WAVERLY, Iowa-- Wartburg (3-1 overall) travels to face UW-Eau Claire (3-2) Saturday at 5 p.m. The Blugolds will host Buena Vista Friday night.



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The Series
The series is knotted at 2-2 and the Knights claimed last year's game, 85-74 in Eau Claire.

UW-Eau Claire
Three players are scoring in double figures and are led by 15.2 PPG from Jack Martinek. George Diekelman has 12.6 and Tyson Kalien follows with 11.0 PPG.
Jared Schneidermann has a team-best 7.6 rebounds/game.

Wartburg
The Knights also have three players in double digits and are paced by 17.0 PPG from junior Nick Webber (Peosta). Sophomore Nate Woeste (Atkins) and junior Jordan Cannon (Bollingbrook, Ill.) follow with 13.3 and 12.3 PPG, respectively.  Four players have 4.3 rebounds/game: Cannon, freshman Jaran Sabus (Urbandale) and sophomores Ty Putchio (Dubuque) and Bo Bader (Union).

National Stat Rankings
Wartburg ranks in the top 100 of 14 statistical categories, which the NCAA released Monday. The Knights rank first in field-goal percentage (54.9), tenth in assists per game (20.0), 13^th in turnovers forced (21.25),16^th in steals per game (11.5), 21^st in scoring margin (16.5), 23^rd in rebound margin (10.3) and 33^rd in scoring offense (89.0). The Orange and Black also rank 55^th in total steals (46), 72^nd in turnover margin (3.3), 76^th in won-lost percentage (75.0), 79^th in total assists (80), 97^th in free-throw percentage (72.9), 98^th in fewest fouls (75) and 100^th in three-point field-goal percentage (37.7).

Individually, three Knights rank in the top 100 of three statistical categories.Freshman Jaran Sabus (Urbandale) ranks fifth in assist turnover ratio (6.50). Junior Nick Webber (Peosta) ranks 27^th in field-goal percentage (67.7). Sophomore Nick Woeste (Atkins) ranks 99^th in steals per game (2.25).