WAVERLY, Iowa – No. 11/12 women's basketball continues American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) play this week with two home games, beginning with Luther College on Wednesday, Jan. 29 at 5:30 p.m. followed by a matchup against Simpson College on Saturday, Feb. 1 at 2 p.m.
 
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Food Drive Competition
Please bring canned goods to either of Wednesday night's basketball games for our SAAC food drive competition against Luther! There will be collection containers around Levick Arena from 5-8 p.m.
 
The Series

• Luther
  • Wartburg leads the all-time series 57-40
  • The Knights have won 13-straight games over Luther
  • Wartburg was victorious on the road against Luther earlier this season 78-62
• Simpson
  • Simpson leads the all-time series 52-42
  • Wartburg won 61-49 over the Storm earlier this season in Indianola, Iowa
  • The Knights have won five-straight matchups
    • 6-4 in last 10 games against Simpson

 
Wartburg

• Wartburg enters the week with an overall record of 16-2 and an A-R-C record of 9-0
  • The Knights are on a 25-game win streak in conference play
  • Defeated Coe and Central last week
  • Enters the week ranked No. 11 in the WBCA Top 25 Poll and No. 12 in the D3hoops.com Top 25 Poll
• 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 +15.4
• Sara Faber (16.7), Jaedon Murphy (15.4) and Lauren Woeste (13.7) are all averaging 10+ points per game this season
• Wartburg is the top rebounding team in the A-R-C with a margin of +8.2
  • Leads conference in offensive rebounds per game (13.1) and ranks second in defensive rebounds per game (28.7)
    • Woeste and Murphy lead the team in rebounding with 8.2 and 7.3 rebounds per game respectively (Both are top seven individually in rebounding in the A-R-C)
• The Knights lead the A-R-C in both blocked shots per game (4.72) and steals per game as a team (11)
• Faber leads the A-R-C in total steals (59) 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 (3.8, fourth) and Young (3.0, ninth) rank in the top 10 among all A-R-C players in assists per game
• Murphy (1.8) and Grace Hennessy (1.4) are first and fourth in blocked shots per game among all A-R-C student athletes

 
Luther

• The Norse enter Wednesday's matchup with an overall record of 13-5 and an A-R-C mark of 6-3
  • 3-2 in last five A-R-C games with losses to Loras and Central
  • Currently in a three-way tie with Coe and Simpson for second in the A-R-C standings
• Luther currently has the second ranked scoring offense (74.1) and fourth ranked scoring defense (62.2) in the A-R-C
• Haylie Strum (15.2), Kailey Jones (14.8) and Natalie Beaver (14.4) are all in the top 10 of A-R-C scorers
  • All three rank inside the top five in individual field goal percentage
• The Norse rank second in the A-R-C in field goal percentage (45.1%), three point percentage (34.1%) and free throw percentage (76.2%)
• Currently, Strum is the A-R-C assist leader (6.5 APG) and Jones is the A-R-C rebound leader (12.8)

 
Simpson

• The Storm enter the week with an overall record of 10-8 and an A-R-C record of 6-3
  • Simpson has won four of its last five games (loss to Luther 84-83)
  • Will face Central on the road before Saturday's matchup in Waverly
• Simpson has the top scoring offense in the A-R-C with an average of 77.3 points per game, but have the seventh ranked scoring defense with an average of 68.4 points per game allowed
• Molly Lutmer and Haley Rassmussen lead the Storm in scoring with 16.9 and 14.8 points per game respectively
  • Lutmer is first in three pointers made in the A-R-C (50) and Rasmussen is one shy in second place
  • Rasmussen leads the conference in three point percentage at 52.1%
• Simpson leads the conference in average turnover margin at +3.61
• Ella Anderson leads the A-R-C in field goal percentage entering the week at 62.1%
• The Storm are shooting 46.4% FG (first in A-R-C), 40% 3P (first in A-R-C) and 74.3% FT (third in A-R-C)