WAVERLY, Iowa—The Wartburg College men’s basketball team under 15^th-year head coach, Dick Peth, opens its 2011-12 season on the road against Carleton College Tuesday at 7 p.m.

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A Look at the Teams:
Wartburg:
The Knights return three starters, including the Iowa Conference’s leading scorer, in senior Jordan Sathoff (Packwood) led the IIAC with his 19.4 points per game against conference opponents and was the league’s fourth-leading rebounder (7.4 RPG).

Junior Mitchell Murphy (Cresco) returns to the lineup after being sidelined by an injury last season. He set the program’s single-season record for assists (147) as a freshman. Senior Kirk Sidey (Greenfield) played more minutes than any other player in Wartburg’s program last year and had a team-best assist to turnover ratio.

Carleton:
The Knights claimed a share of the MIAC regular-season crown in 2011, but if Carleton is able to return to the playoffs once again, it will have to do so with several new faces in the lineup. Graduation hit the Knights hard, claiming a trio of starters, yet in the preseason poll, MIAC coaches still selected Carleton to finish fourth in the conference.

Top returners include Caleb Rosenow who was tabbed All-MIAC honorable mention and chosen as the conference’s Sixth Man of the Year last season. He tallied 9.5 points per game, with 11 contests in double figures, as well as 4.6 rebounds per game. He ranked sixth in the MIAC in field-goal percentage (.575) and was also among MIAC leaders in rebounding.

Joining him will be point-guard Tom Sawatzke who had 7.9 points per game last season and also posted 2.7 rebounds and a .725 free-throw percentage.

The other returning starter is Scott Theisen who tied with Jonker for a team-high 5.5 rebounds per game (13th in the MIAC) and also boasted a .732 free-throw percentage and a .479 field-goal percentage last year.

Home Tournament:
The Orange and Black return to their home court this weekend as they host Macalester, Crown College and UW-Stout in the annual Buzz Levick Tournament Friday-Saturday.