WAVERLY, Iowa – No. 6/7 women's basketball is set to play in its third Final Four in program history this Thursday, Mar. 14 against No. 14/14 Smith College at 5 p.m. eastern time in Columbus, Ohio.
 
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Tournament Schedule:
5:00 PM: Wartburg vs Smith | 7:30 PM: NVU vs Transylvania

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Series History

• Thursday will mark the first matchup between these programs
• Third Final Four appearance since 2016 for Wartburg
• Smith was a Final Four team a season ago
  • Fell to eventual champions Transylvania 76-65

 
Wartburg

• The Knights come into the Final Four after defeating Bates College 54-53 and No. 9/19 Washington & Lee University 68-58 in the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight
• Wartburg is ranked 45^th in the nation in scoring defense allowing 54.1 PPG to opponents
  • Opponent shooting percentages: 36.7% FG, 28.3% 3P and 63% FT
• The Knights average 15.2 assists per game and 8.5 steals per game
  • Macy Harris and Britney Young lead the team in assists with 101 and 97, respectively
  • Sara Faber leads the team in steals averaging 1.7 per game
• Wartburg averages 38.5 rebounds per game while allowing 33.4 to opponents
  • The Knights outrebounded opponents by 11 in the first four rounds
• Jaedon Murphy leads the team in points and rebounds per game
  • 14.8 PPG and 6.1 RPG
    • 45.8% FG, 32.2% 3P and 71.7% FT
• Lauren Woeste leads the Knights in FG percentage shooting at 65.4%
• Wartburg connects on 8.7 three pointers per game, good for 10^th in division three
  • Three Knights have made 55+ three-pointers: Young (64), Murphy (59) and Faber (56)
• Wartburg shooting percentages:
  • 42.1% FG, 32.2% 3P and 70.6% FT

Record Watch

• Murphy is fifth all-time in career points scored with 1,466 points (25 away from tying fourth)
• Murphy is second all-time in career blocked shots with 119
• Murphy is eighth in single season points scored with 460 points (15 away from tying seventh)
• Young is second all-time in career three-pointers made with 226 (18 away from tying first)
• Young is tied fifth all-time in career assists with 306 (Six away from tying fourth)
• Harris is fourth all-time in career assists with 312
• Harris is 10th in single season assists with 101 (Seven away from tying ninth)
• Thursdays game will tie the team record of 32 games played in a season
• Woeste is fourth in single season field goal percentage shooting 65.4% this season 

Smith

• The Pioneers come into the Final Four after defeating UW-Oshkosh 61-59 and Bowdoin College 52-47 in the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight
• Smith led the NEWMAC in scoring offense averaging 77.2 points per game
• Jessie Ruffner leads the Pioneers in scoring averaging 14.4 points per game
  • 59.3% FG and 78.1% FT
• Ally Yamada leads the team in three-pointers made with 94 on the season averaging 14.1 points
  • 44.6% FG, 41.6% 3P and 83.3% FT
• The Pioneers allow an average of 56.7 PPG to opponents
  • Opponent shooting percentages: 38% FG, 29% 3P and 69.6% FT
• Smith averages 37.4 rebounds per game while allowing 29.1 rebounds to opponents
  • Jessie Ruffner and Sofia Rosa lead the team averaging 9.3 and 7.3, respectively
• The Pioneers average 15.3 assists per game while only allowing 8.1 assists to opponents
  • Jessie Ruffner and Hannah Martin lead the team with 4.4 and 2.8 assists, respectively

• Smith shooting percentages:
  • 49.5% FG (Second in D3), 40.1% 3P (First in D3) and 68.1% FT

NYU

• NYU enters the Final Four after defeating Hardin-Simmons University 73-55 and University of Scranton 68-46 in the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight
• NYU brings a 29-game win streak into the Final Four

Transylvania

• Transylvania enters the Final Four after defeating UW-Stout 63-58 and UW-Whitewater 62-48 in the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight
• Transylvania brings a 64-game win streak into the Final Four
• 2022 and 2023 national champions

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