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SERIES NOTABLES – COE
• The Duhawks boast a 34-19 all-time record in the matchup … Loras has won six of the previous seven meetings … Last meeting was a 70-59 win in favor of the Duhawks

TEAM NOTABLES – COE
• Projected to finish fourth in the Iowa Conference preseason poll, the Kohawks currently hold a 1-2 record with their sole victory being a 66-48 victory over Iowa Wesleyan
• Senior Jenna Lehman leads Coe on the offensive end, averaging 17.0 points per game, shooting 62.1 percent from the floor and 55.6 percent from behind-the-arc
• Division II Upper Iowa transfer, Karlee Grabau, has dominated the glass for the Kohawks, holding a team high average of 7.3 rebounds a game
• The Senior duo of Lehman and Aleena Hobbs combined to score 880 points a year ago, 48 percent of Coe's total on the year … Hobbs is a two-time D3Hoops.com All-West Region honoree and two-time All-Iowa Conference first team member … Lehman earned Second Team All-Conference honors as a junior in 2017

SERIES NOTABLES – LUTHER
• Luther currently holds a 35-25 record over Loras including four of the last five ... The Duhawks and Norse last met in last year's semifinal game of the Iowa Conference Tournament in which Luther ousted Loras for the 65-62 win

TEAM NOTABLES – LUTHER
• Voted by the Iowa Conference coaches to finish second in the IIAC this upcoming season with 56 total votes, including two first-place votes
• The Norse are off to a 2-4 start to the season with three of their four losses coming to teams ranked in D3Hoops.com Top-25 ranking (No. 5 UW-Oshkosh, No. 13 Washington-St. Louis and No. 18 DePauw) 
• Luther faces Central in it's Iowa Conference opener before traveling to Dubuque for Saturday's contest against the Duhawks
• Junior Claire Marburger, a transfer from Central who was a D3Hoops.com All-West Region team member a year ago, leads the Norse offensively, averaging 18.3 points per game, which ranks first in the Iowa Conference … Marburger is a two-time All-Iowa Conference honoree (Second team in 2016, First team in 2017) … Marburger has also added 9.3 rebounds per game for Luther this season
• Joining Marburger in heading up the Norse offense is senior Katie Waller, a first team All-Iowa Conference honoree a year ago … The La Crescent, Minn. native is averaging 13.0 points per game including a season-high 24 points in Luther's win over UW-Platteville

TEAM NOTABLES – LORAS
• The Duhawks are coming off their most dominant win thus far in the 2017-2018 campaign, beating Beloit College 94-64 at home
• Loras enters conference play with a 3-1 record, their most noteworthy win being a 81-70 victory over UW-Stevens Point who is projected to finish third in the WIAC

INDIVIDUAL NOTABLES – LORAS
• Junior Tayler Walker is coming off her career high performance against Beloit, tallying 12 points, four assists and two steals
• Senior Addie Oberman recorded double-digit points in her four consecutive game of the season, converting on 7-9 field goals to score 20 points last time out
• In the Iowa Conference Oberman currently ranks first in 3-point field goal percentage at 65.2 percent, 3-point field goals per game (3.8) and fifth in scoring, averaging 16.0 points per game