WAVERLY, Iowa – No. 9/11 Women's basketball continue American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) action this week with a road matchup against Coe College at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 22 followed by a home contest against Central College on Saturday, Jan. 25 at 2 p.m.
 
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The Series

• Coe
  • The Knights are 51-20 all-time against the Kohawks
  • Wartburg has swept the regular season series against Coe three-straight seasons
  • The Knights are 26-11 on the road vs Coe
• Central
  • Wartburg won this season's earlier matchup 71-43 in Pella, Iowa
  • The Knights lead the all-time series 67-22
    • Wartburg has won the last 24 games in the series
  • The Knights are 38-6 at home against Central

 
Wartburg

• Wartburg enters the week with an overall record of 14-2 and an A-R-C record of 7-0
  • The Knights are on a 23-game win streak in conference play
  • Defeated Buena Vista 87-53 in its only contest last week
• Sara Faber (17.1), Jaedon Murphy (15.8) and Lauren Woeste (13.1) are all averaging 10+ points per game this season
• The Knights have the top scoring defense in the A-R-C with an average of 53.6 points per game allowed
  • Wartburg has the top average scoring margin in the A-R-C at +16.2
• Wartburg is the top rebounding team in the A-R-C with a margin of +8.5
  • Leads conference in offensive rebounds per game (13.2) and ranks second in defensive rebounds per game (29.4)
    • Woeste and Murphy lead the team in rebounding with 7.8 and 7.5 rebounds per game respectively (Both are top six individually in rebounding in the A-R-C)
• Murphy (1.8) and Grace Hennessy (1.5) are first and third in blocked shots per game among all A-R-C student athletes
• Faber leads the A-R-C in total steals (53) and steals per game (3.3)
  • The Wartburg single-season record for steals is 84
• The Knights rank third in the A-R-C in assists per game as a team at 15.56 per game
  • Both Faber (4.1, third) and Young (3.2, eighth) rank in the top 10 among all A-R-C players in assists per game

 
Coe

• The Kohawks head into Wednesday's matchup with an overall record of 13-3 and an A-R-C mark of 5-2
  • Defeated Nebraska Wesleyan 97-43 in its last contest
  • 2-2 in A-R-C play since the new year (defeated by Luther and Dubuque)
• Taylor Brunson (19.9 PPG) and Caydee Kirkham (16.4 PPG) are currently the leading and fourth-leading scorers among all eligible A-R-C players
  • Kirkham also ranks second in assists with 4.2 per game
• Coe is currently second in scoring defense (58.6), third in scoring offense (72.7) and second in scoring margin (+14.1) in the A-R-C
• Audrie Helmrichs is second overall individually in rebounding among A-R-C players with an average of nine per game
  • Coe ranks third as a team in rebounding margin at +4.4
• The Kowhawks rank in the top three of all major shooting categories among A-R-C teams
  • 44.3% FG (third), 33.3% 3P (third) and 76.6% FT (first)
• Brunson ranks second in the A-R-C in steals per game (3.0) and total steals (48)

 
Central

• The Dutch enter the week with an overall record of 10-6 and an A-R-C record of 3-4
  • Will faceoff with Luther on Wednesday before Saturday's matchup in Waverly
  • Fell to Dubuque 76-69 in their last time out
• Abby Johnson (11.1) and CeCe Moore (10.1) lead the Dutch in scoring through 16 games
• Central ranks second in the A-R-C in average offensive rebounds per game at 11.3 per game
  • Central is fourth in the A-R-C in rebounding margin (+0.9)
• Both Jasmyn Williams (3.4, sixth) and Emily Naughton (3.2, seventh) rank in the top 10 individually among all A-R-C players in assists per game
  • Williams is also tied for third in assist/turnover ratio
• Central is tied with Loras and Wartburg for average three pointers made per game at 7.9 (tied for third)
• The Dutch rank fourth in blocked shots (52) and sixth in steals (140) among all A-R-C teams