WAVERLY, Iowa – The Wartburg College men's basketball team (5-2 overall, 1-1 A-R-C) will travel to Dubuque to take on No. 21 Loras College (4-1, 0-1) Wednesday, Dec. 5 at 8 p.m.
 
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The Series
The two programs have met 129 times, with the Knights owning the series at a record of 50-39, including winning three of its last four matchups. The last time the two teams played was on Jan. 24, 2018 in a 92-75 loss to the Duhawks. Wartburg hasn't lost back-to-back games to Loras since the 2012-13 seasons.
 
Career Record Watch
Senior guard Jaran Sabus (Urbandale) moved into 17^th all-time in Wartburg history for scoring, bringing his career total to 1,188 points. He trails 16^th overall by two points (1,190) and 15^th overall by 56 points. Additionally, Sabus tied fourth all-time in program history for free throw makes (355), connecting on five of his free throw attempts during Saturday's loss to Coe. He stands eight made free throws away from tying third all-time (363).
 
Senior guard Cam Kickbush (Reinbeck) connected on four three-pointers during Saturday's affair, bringing his career total to 182 and trying him with fourth place in program history. Kickbush trails third place by 21 treys (203).
 
Wartburg
The Knights are coming off a tightly-contested 80-78 loss to the Coe College Kohawks on Saturday afternoon. On the year, the Knights boast the conference's fourth highest scoring offense by scoring 83.3 points per contest, all while allowing the third-fewest points per game (72.3) in the A-R-C. Leading the way in scoring for the Orange and Black is Sabus at 22.1 points per game, good for third overall in the conference. Trailing Sabus in scoring is Kickbush at 11.7 points per game and sophomore guard Max Smith Drahos (Cedar Rapids) at 9.7 points per game.
 
Junior center Ryan Stulken (Walford) leads the team in rebounding at 6.8 boards per game, a mark that stands at third-overall in the A-R-C. Sabus is second on the team in rebounds at 5.4 per game, while senior center Josh Gehling (Dyersville) is third on the team with 5.1 per game. Gehling leads the team in field goal percentage (61.5%) on 32 of 52 shooting.
 
Loras College
The Duhawks are coming off a 78-73 loss to the University of Dubuque on Nov. 28. Loras comes into the Wednesday matchup owning the conference's second-best offense, scoring 96 points per game and giving up a conference-worst 89.6 points per game. Senior guard Josh Ruggles leads the team and the conference in scoring at 25 points per game, with fellow senior guard Ryan DiCanio trailing not far behind at 20.8 points per game, good for fifth overall in the A-R-C. DiCanio leads the team in rebounding by pulling in 6.2 boards per game, a mark that's good for fifth overall in the conference.
 
The head coach of the Duhawks is Chris Martin, who enters his third season at the helm. He is assisted by Gabe Miller, Jon Aldridge and former Wartburg assistant Jacob Oswald.
 
National Stat Rankings
The Knights are currently ranked in ten top-100 statistical categories, which the NCAA released on Monday.
 
 The Orange and Black are 15^th in field goal percentage (51.9%), tied for 37^th in total assists (119), 39^th in three-point field goal percentage (41%), 46^th in free throw percentage (75.8%), tied for 48^th in assists per game (17), tied for 54^th in made three-pointers (161), tie for 61^st in scoring margin (11), tied for 69^th in rebound margin (6.6), tied for 71^st in scoring offense (84.2 PPG) and tied for 85^th in three-point attempts per game (9.4).
 
The Orange and Black currently have two players placing in the top-100 of eight statistical categories.
 
Sabus is tied for 13^th overall in made free throws (45), tied for 14^th overall in attempted free throws (55), tied for 30^th in total points (155), 39^th in points per game (22.1), tied for 65^th in total made field goals (87) and is 98^th in field goal percentage (57.5%). Smith Drahos ranks tied for 27^th in total steals (18) and tied for 43^rd in steals per game (2.57).