WAVERLY, Iowa-- The Wartburg men's basketball team (8-5 overall, 1-1 IIAC) travels to face Luther (1-12, 0-2) Wednesday at 8 p.m.
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The SeriesWartburg holds the all-time series lead at 72-28. The two teams split the meetings last season as each won on its home court.
WartburgJunior Jordan Cannon (Bolingbrook, Ill.) leads the Knights with an average of 15.9 PPG. Classmate Nick Webber (Peosta) follows with 13.1 and sophomore Nate Woeste (Atkins) averages 11.1. Classmate Ty Putchio (Dubuque) has a team-best 3.8 rebounds per game.
LutherNathan Meyer has 14.67 PPG and junior Kevin Stafford has 10.33. Christian Wright has a team high of 5.56 rebounds per game.
National Stat RankingsWartburg is ranked in the top 100 of 10 statistical categories, released by the NCAA on Tuesday.
The Knights rank 20
th in field-goal percentage (49.0), 36
th in turnovers forced (17.77), 37
th in total steals (120), 42
nd in steals per game (9.2), 61
st in free-throw percentage (73.1), 66
th in total assists (204), 70
th in assists per game (15.7), 76
th in scoring offense (81.1) and 86
th in turnover margin (2.1), as well as scoring margin (6.4).