WAVERLY, Iowa--The No. 15 Wartburg men's basketball team (8-1 overall) prevailed over UW-LaCrosse (5-2), 72-69 Sunday.



Senior Nate Woeste (Atkins) became the program's 32nd member of the 1,000 career points club. 

1. 1928 - GE Buenning (105 games) - 1966-70
2. 1596 - Jordan Cannon (108 games) - 2013-17
3. 1519 - Jordan Sathoff (104 games) - 2008-12
4. 1477 - John Hearn (89 games) - 1964-68
5. 1450 - Jason Steege (109 games) - 2002-06
6. 1446 - Art Margheim (78 games) - 1954-57
7. 1409 - Mike Murphy (93 games) - 1985-89
8. 1406 - Matt Ellis (76 games) - 1978-81
9. 1355 - John Tuecke (90 games) - 1956-60
10. 1348 - Todd Reinhardt (105 games) - 1987-91
11. 1344 - John Adix (103 games) - 1954-58
12. 1340 - Mike Pipho (108 games) - 1999-03
13. 1309 - Mark Merritt (77 games) - 1980-83
14. 1277 - Tom Manchester (107 games) - 1967-71
15. 1244 - Rich Nickels (82 games) - 1973-76
16. 1190 - Pat Morrison (102 games) - 1997-01
17. 1185 - Rich Kloster (90 games) - 1993-98
18. 1175 - Rob Kain (84 games) - 1991-95
19. 1171 - Nick Webber (110 games) - 2013-17
20. 1159 - Matt Freesemann (73 games) - 1993-96
21. 1152 - Dan Nettleton (106 games) - 1987-91
22. 1151 - Nate Schmidt (108 games) - 2002-06
23. 1133 - Frank Stewart (79 games) - 1969-73
24. 1118 - Ward Prine (81 games) - 1983-86
25. 1112 - Mark Olenius (91 games) - 1987-91
26. 1096 - Fred Waldstein (96 games) - 1970-74
27. 1067 - Jacob Olsen (102 games) - 1999-03
28. 1037 - Dave Jensen (94 games) - 1957-61
29. 1022 - Bob Adix (64 games) - 1952-55
30. 1011 - Cole Danielson (78 games) - 2008-11
32. 1007- Nate Woeste (106 games) - 2014-17
31. 1002 - Mark Fry (78 games) - 1974-7

The Eagles jumped out to an early 4-1 lead to start the game, before the Knights exploded on a 17-6 run. Wartburg led by as many as 22 points during the first half. 

At the half, the Orange and Black led UW-La Crosse, 39-17.

The Eagles battled back to within two at two different times in the second half, 7:53 and 8:58. 

After a clinch offensive rebound from senior Clifton Brown (Mims, Fla.), junior Jaran Sabus (Urbandale) would score a layup and be fouled, putting the Knights up by nine at 5:21.

Sabus led Wartburg's offense with a team-high 22 points. Junior Cam Kickbush (Reinbeck) tallied ten. Senior Sawyer Herman (Monticello) earned a career-best four assists. 

Defensively, Brown led the team with seven rebounds. Sabus tallied six. Woeste also earned three steals. 

The Orange and Black held the advantages in rebounds (39-31), assists (14-13), steals (3-2).

With the win, the Knights move their winning streak to eight. 

Wartburg will travel to Las Vegas, Nev. for the d3hoops classic to face UW-Stevens Point on Dec. 28 at 6 p.m. PT and Augsburg University on Dec. 30 at 2 p.m. PT.