WAVERLY, Iowa-- The Wartburg men's basketball team (14-8 overall, 7-6 IIAC) hosts Nebraska Wesleyan (20-3, 11-3) Saturday at 4 p.m. The Prairie Wolves stand atop the conference standings and the Knights are fifth.
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The Series
The all-time series is tied at 4-4, which includes the first meeting of the season. NWU was victorious, 99-60.
Wartburg
Three Knights average in double digits as junior Jaran Sabus (Urbandale) leads the team at 15.5 PPG. Seniors Sawyer Herman (Monticello) and Nate Woeste (Atkins) follow at 12.5 and 10.9, respectively. Junior Cam Kickbush (Reinbeck) rounds out the leading scorers with 10.6 PPG.
Sabus also has a team-high 5.8 rebounds/game. He is the league's seventh-leading scorer (16.9 PPG).
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Woeste is now 23rd with his 1,146 points, eighth with 123 three-point field goals, tied for sixth with 111 steals, and fourth with 351 free throws.
Kickbus is tied for sixth in three-point field goals (148) and Sabus is 10th in free throws (292).
Nebraska Wesleyan
The Prairie Wolves enter the weekend on a three-game winning streak. Six players average in double figures as Cooper Cook paces the team at 17.0 PPG. Nate Schimonitz follows at 15.0, Ryan Garver has 14.6, Deion Wells-Ross has 13.3, Jack Hiller has 13.1, and Nate Bahe has 10.0.
Wells-Ross averages a double-double with 10.0 rebounds/game.