WAVERLY, Iowa – No. 14 women's basketball will continue its tough nonconference schedule this weekend at the Paul F. Knueppel Classic hosted by Wisconsin Lutheran College in Milwaukee, Wis. Wartburg will face two NCAA Tournament teams from a season ago, which will put the season total at three NCAA Tournament opponents through four games.
The Knights will begin the tournament with a matchup against (RV) DePauw University on Friday, Nov. 14 at 5 p.m. before taking on the host school, Wisconsin Lutheran, on Saturday, Nov. 15 at 3:15 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 14 | Milwaukee, Wis. | Time of Grace Center
Wartburg vs DePauw | 5 PM CT |
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Saturday, Nov. 15 | Milwaukee, Wis. | Time of Grace Center
Wartburg at Wisconsin Lutheran | 3:15 PM CT |
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All-Time Series vs Opponents
- DePauw
- Friday will mark the fourth matchup all time between these programs
- DePauw leads the series 2-1
- Wartburg won the most recent matchup 89-40 during the 2023-24 regular season on a neutral court
- Wisconsin Lutheran
- Saturday will be the sixth all-time matchup between these teams
- Wartburg leads the series 5-0
- These teams have met in Waverly the past two seasons
- Wartburg defeated WLC 72-65 in the NCAA Tournament two seasons ago and defeated the Warriors 62-55 last season
In the Rankings
- Wartburg is ranked No. 14 in the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) top 25 poll and is receiving votes in the D3hoops.com top 25 poll
- DePauw is receiving votes in both polls
- Full WBCA Poll
- Full D3hoops.com Poll
Wartburg
- The Knights enter the weekend with a 1-1 record overall after defeating Knox College and falling to No. 8/10 Johns Hopkins University to open the season
- As a team, Wartburg is shooting:
- 34.9% FG, 29.6% 3P and 73% FT
- Wartburg is averaging eight made three pointers per game while allowing just 4.5 makes per game from opponents
- Both Katie Boulanger and Grace Hennessy are each averaging over 15 points per game through two games
- Boulanger: 18.5 PPG
- Hennessy: 16 PPG
- The Knights have forced opponents into 22 turnovers per game over two games
- Wartburg is averaging 20 points per game off turnovers
- Boulanger (eight), Emma Townsley (six) and Reagan Pagniano (five) all have recorded five or more steals this season
- The Knights are being outrebounded by an average of 11.5 rebounds per game
- 13 different Knights have scored this season and five different Knights have made a three
- Hennessy leads the team in blocked shots with six out of the team's 11 recorded
DePauw
- DePauw enters Friday's matchup with an overall record of 0-1 after falling to Transylvania 62-52 at home
- As a team, DePauw is shooting:
- 33.3% FG, 35.7% 3P and 50% FT
- Four players scored 10 or more points in the season opener
- Riley Mont leads all scorers with 17 points per game
- DePauw had 15 turnovers in the opener, but also forced 15 Transylvania turnovers
- 10 steals and zero blocks for the Tigers
- The Tigers scored two bench points against the Pioneers
- Outrebounded Transylvania 37-33
Wisconsin Lutheran
- The Warriors enter the weekend with a 1-0 record after defeating (RV) Trine on the road 66-64
- Will face (RV) Gustavus Adolphus before Saturday's matchup against Wartburg
- As a team, Wisconsin Lutheran is shooting:
- 43.9% FG, 33.3% 3P and 50% FT
- Abby Cole leads the team in both points (17) and rebounds (11) through one game
- The Warriors scored 11 points off of turnovers in their opener and had a +2 margin in turnovers (14-16)
- WLC recorded nine steals and five blocks against Trine
- Jayden Hill leads the team in steals with three
- Both Margie Stevens and Madeline Leffel have each recorded two blocks
- The Warriors outrebounded Trine 35-32
