WAVERLY, Iowa – No. 2/2 women's basketball continues nonconference play this week on the road against Knox College on Wednesday, Nov. 13 at 5:30 p.m. in Galesburg, Ill.
 
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The Series

• Wednesday will mark the second meeting all time between these programs
• Wartburg won the first meeting 83-58 in 2007

 
Wartburg

• The Knights began the season with two wins at their own Wartburg Tipoff Tournament to enter this week 2-0
  • Defeated both Westminster College and Greenville University
• Both Jaedon Murphy and Lauren Woeste are averaging double doubles to begin the season
  • Murphy: 16.0 PPG and 10.5 RPG
  • Woeste: 16.5 PPG and 10.0 RPG
• Wartburg is shooting 40.3% from the field and 27.6% from three as a team
• The Knights have a +20 margin in rebounding through two games
• Sara Faber leads the Knights in assists (eight) and steals (seven)
• Wartburg's opponents have averaged 22.5 turnovers per game so far this season
• Four Knights have made three or more three pointers through two games
  • Murphy, Faber, Brylee Seaman and Jenna Saunders

 
Knox

• The Prairie Fire opened the 2024-25 season at the Loras Tipoff Classic where they went 1-1
  • Knox defeated Loras College 64-53 and fell to Coe College 88-75
  • Knox was 19-8 overall last season
• Knox is scoring an average of 69.5 points per game and is allowing an average of 70.5 points per game
  • Knox is shooting 37.3% from the field and 31% from three
• Both Nayeli Nidez Acuna and Bria Medina are averaging 15+ points per game
  • Nidez Acuna: 19.5 PPG
  • Medina: 15 PPG
• Knox is being outrebounded by an average of 4.5 rebounds per game
  • Nidez Acuna leads the team in rebounding with 11.5 per game
• The Prairie Wolves have attempted 53 free throw so far this season and are shooting 79.2% from the line as a team