WAVERLY, Iowa – No. 9/11 women's basketball is back in American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) action this weekend against Buena Vista University on Saturday, Jan. 18 at 2 p.m.
 
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The Series

• The Knights have won 16 consecutive games against the Beavers
• Wartburg is 53-35 all-time against BVU
• Last year's 95-25 home victory for the Knights was the largest margin of defeat in the series history

 
Wartburg

• Wartburg enters Saturday with an overall record of 13-2 and an A-R-C mark of 6-0
  • Defeated Nebraska Wesleyan 68-56 on the road last Saturday in its last time out
• The Knights currently have the top-ranked scoring defense in the A-R-C at 53.7 points per game allowed
  • Also has the best average scoring margin in the conference at +15
• Sara Faber and Jaedon Murphy lead Wartburg in scoring with an averages of 17 points per game and 15.5 points per game respectively
  • Both rank in the top five of all A-R-C scorers
• Wartburg is the top rebounding team in the A-R-C with a margin of +8.7
  • Leads conference in offensive rebounds per game (13.3) and ranks second in defensive rebounds per game (29.4)
    • Lauren Woeste leads the team in rebounding with 7.9 per game
• Murphy (1.8) and Grace Hennessy (1.5) are first and second in blocked shots per game among all A-R-C student athletes
• Wartburg averages 7.6 made three pointers per game
  • Seven different Knights have made five or more threes this season
• Faber leads the A-R-C in total steals (51) and steals per game (3.4)
  • The single season record for steals at Wartburg is 84

 
Buena Vista

• The Beavers enter Saturday's matchup with an overall record of 5-10 and an A-R-C record of 0-6
  • Currently on a five-game losing streak
  • Defeated by Simpson 77-55 in its last contest
• BVU has three players averaging over 10 points per game this season
  • Bradi Krager (13.6), McKenna Cone (11.2), Tyme Boettcher (10.3)
• Danika Demers is currently fifth overall in the A-R-C in assists per game (3.5)
• Buena Vista ranks sixth among A-R-C teams in both field goal percentage (39.2%) and three point percentage (28.7%)
• Boettcher leads BVU in rebounding at 7.1 per game
• The Beavers rank eighth in both rebounding margin (-2.7) and turnover margin (-1.13)