WAVERLY, Iowa – No. 2/2 women's basketball is set for a break in American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) play this week as they travel down south to Belton, Tex. to compete in the Mary Hardin-Baylor Classic hosted by the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor.
 
The Wartburg will face the hosting Crusaders of UMHB on Tuesday, Dec. 17 at 2 p.m. and then will play East Texas Baptist University on Wednesday, Dec. 18 at 2 p.m.
 
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The Series

• Mary Hardin-Baylor
  • Tuesday will mark the second all-time matchup between these programs
  • Wartburg won the first matchup 67-62 during the 2012-13 season
• East Texas Baptist
  • Wednesday will mark the second all-time matchup between these programs
  • These teams met in the 2017-18 NCAA Division III Tournament
    • Wartburg won 65-61 at home

 
Wartburg

• The Knights enter the Mary Hardin-Baylor Classic with an overall record of 8-0 and an A-R-C record of 3-0
  • Ranked No. 2 in both D3hoops.com and the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Top 25 polls
• Sara Faber (17), Jaedon Murphy (15) and Grace Hennessy (12) lead the Knights in made three pointers through eight games
  • Wartburg has made 10+ three pointers as a team in three-straight games
• The Knights are averaging 76.1 points per game and are allowing an average of 51.3 points per game
  • Both rank first among all A-R-C teams
• Both Hennessy (14 steals and 11 blocks) and Murphy (20 steals and 14 blocks) have recorded 10+ blocks and steals this season
  • Only two other A-R-C student athletes have 10+ in each statistic
  • Faber leads the team in steals with 25 (Tied for first in A-R-C in steals per game)
• Wartburg has a +13.9 margin in rebounding and a +3 turnover margin so far this season (Both lead the A-R-C)
• Lauren Woeste is leading the A-R-C and is third overall in Division III in field goal percentage at 66.7%

 
 
Mary Hardin-Baylor

• UMHB enters the tournament with an overall record of 7-2
  • Fell to No. 10 Whitman College last week 64-50
• The Crusaders are holding opponents to an average of 54.2 points per game through nine games
  • +9.4 average scoring margin this season
• The UMHB offense is led by three 10+ point per game scorers
  • Josie Bruder (12.8), Adyson James (10.8) and Jaycie Brisco (10.1)
• Brisco leads the team in rebounding with an average of 10.3 per game
  • Three double-doubles this season
• The Crusaders have a +11.1 margin in rebounding per game and average 11.1 assists per game as a team
• UMHB averages 4.6 made three pointers per game and allows an average of 6.1

 
East Texas Baptist
 

• The Tigers enter this week's games with an overall record of 8-1
  • Have won five straight games
  • Will play McMurray before playing Wartburg at the Mary Hardin-Baylor Classic
• East Texas Baptist has a +19.2 average scoring margin this season
  • Scoring an average of 73.9 points per game while allowing 54.7 points per game
• Two Tigers are averaging 10+ points per game through nine games
  • Madison Hurta (12.8) and Payton Hicks (11.9)
    • Hurta has made 23 three pointers this season at a 42.6% clip
    • Hicks averages a team-high 4.1 assists per game
• As a team, the Tigers have a +14.2 rebounding margin per game, but have a -1.2 margin in turnovers per game