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Men's Basketball KatieJo Kuhens

Wartburg Travels to Face Simpson in Conference Tournament

WAVERLY, Iowa-- The Wartburg men's basketball team (16-9 overall) travels to face Simpson (13-11) in the quarterfinals of the Iowa Conference tournament Tuesday at 7 p.m.

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Tournament Schedule
Tuesday, February 20th - First Round
No.3 Buena Vista vs. No.6 Central | Storm Lake, IA | 7 p.m.
No.4 Simpson vs. No.5 Wartburg | Indianola, IA | 7 p.m
 
Thursday, February 22nd - Semifinals
No.1 Nebraska Wesleyan vs. Winner of 4/5 | Lincoln, NE | 7 p.m.
No.2 Loras vs. Winner of 3/6 | Dubuque, IA | 7 p.m.
 
Saturday, February 24th - Championship
TBD, 7 p.m.

The Series
Wartburg holds the all-time series lead at 90-39. The teams split the regular season meetings, as each won on its home court.

Wartburg
Three Knights average in double digits as junior Jaran Sabus (Urbandale) leads the team at 15.8 PPG. Seniors Sawyer Herman (Monticello) and junior Cam Kickbush (Reinbeck) follow at 13.2 and 10.8, respectively.

Sabus also has a team-high 5.8 rebounds/game.

Career Leader List Watch
Woeste is 21st with his 1,154 points, eighth with 124 three-point field goals, fifth with 113 steals, and third with 354 free throws.

Kickbush is sixth in three-point field goals (156) and Sabus is fifth in free throws (312).

Single Season Leader List Watch
Kickbush is eighth with his 62 three-point field goals.

Wartburg in the IIAC Tournament
The Knights have qualified for the conference tournament for the 16th time and sixth-straight year. This is the first time the Knights and Storm have met in the conference tournament since 2005, also in the quarterfinals.

Simpson
Sam Amsbaugh leads the team with 19.9 PPG. Conor Riordan and Tyler Stumbo join him in double digits at 19.5 and 10.0 PPG, respectively.

National Stat Rankings
Wartburg ranks in the top 100 of five statistical categories, which the NCAA released Monday.
 
The Knights rank 60th in personal fouls per game (15.8), 65th in fewest fouls (396), 67th in free throw attempts (557), 76th in free throws made (393), and 100th in field-goal percentage (46.6).
 
Individually, two Knights rank in the top 100 of three statistical categories: Woeste ranks 91st in free-throw percentage (84.0), and Sabus ranks 70th in free throws made (110) and 83rd in free throw attempts (141).

 
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