WAVERLY, Iowa – No. 7/8 women's basketball is set to host two more conference games this week against Dubuque and Buena Vista. The Knights host Dubuque on Wednesday, Feb. 7 at 5:30 p.m. and then host Buena Vista on Saturday, Feb. 10 at 2 p.m.
 
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The Series

• Dubuque
  • The Knights lead the all-time series 65-24
  • Wartburg is 32-13 at home in the series
  • The Knights have won 18 of the last 19 matchups
• Buena Vista
  • Wartburg leads the all-time series 52-35
  • The Knights have won 15 straight games in the series
  • Won 80-61 earlier this season in Storm Lake

 
Wartburg

• The Knights enter the week 20-2 overall and 13-0 in American Rivers Conference play
• Wartburg wears pink EVERY home game in February in honor of ALL cancer victims and survivors
• Ranked No. 7 in the latest D3hoops.com top 25 poll and ranked No. 8 in the latest Women's Basketball College Association (WBCA) top 25 poll
• Wartburg leads the A-R-C in opponents points per game giving up 54.7 points per game
  • Opponent shooting percentages: 36.3% FG, 27.1% 3P and 64% FT
• Jaedon Murphy and Sara Faber are both top-10 in scoring in the A-R-C
  • Murphy 14.4 PPG (Third) and Faber 12.2 PPG (Ninth)
• Three Knights have made 40+ three-pointers this season
  • Britney Young (43), Murphy (41) and Faber (40)
• Lauren Woeste leads the conference in field goal percentage shooting 67.3% from the field
• Wartburg averages 71.3 PPG and leads the A-R-C in scoring margin per game with 16.6
• The Knights average 39 rebounds per game while allowing 34.7 rebounds to opponents

 
Record Watch

• Macy Harris is now the leader in career games played at 121 and counting
• Faber is five three pointers away from tying tenth all-time
• Young is fifth all-time in career assists with 286 (20 assists away from tying fourth)
• Harris is sixth all-time in career assists with 285 (21 assists away from tying fourth)
• Murphy is fifth in career blocked shots with 106 (Two blocks away from tying fourth)

 
Dubuque

• The Spartans enter the week 14-7 overall and 8-4 in American Rivers Conference play
• Tabria Thomas is fourth in the A-R-C in scoring with 14.1 PPG
  • 46.5% FG, 25% 3P and 80.5% FT
• Morgan Hawkins is fifth in the A-R-C in rebounds per game with seven rebounds per game
• Karsen Kershner is first in the conference in blocked shots per game with 1.7 blocks per game
• Dubuque is third in turnover margin in the conference at 3.29
  • Second in steals per game with 11.52 steals per contest
• Dubuque shooting percentages: 39.8% FG, 30.4% 3P and 67.7% FT
  • Opponent shooting percentages: 36.8% FG, 28.8% 3P and 67.4% FT

 
Buena Vista

• Buena Vista enters the week 2-17 overall and 1-11 in American Rivers Conference play
• Two beavers average 10+ PPG this season
  • Danika Demers: 11.2 PPG and Mckenna Cone: 10.7 PPG
• Danika Demers is second in the A-R-C in assists with 4.1 assists per game
• Buena Vista averages 57.4 points per game while allowing 78.5 points to opponents
• The beavers commit 21.1 turnovers per game while only forcing 14.2 turnovers a game
• Buena Vista averages 34.5 rebounds per game while allowing 39.7 rebounds to opponents
• Buena Vista shooting percentages: 35.7% FG, 26.8% 3P and 65.4% FT
  • Opponent shooting percentages: 42.7% FG, 36.1% 3P and 69.3% FT