WAVERLY, Iowa – The Wartburg College Knights (17-8 overall, 11-5 A-R-C) will host the University of Dubuque Spartans (13-12-6-10) in the first round of the American Rivers Conference tournament on Tuesday, Feb. 19, at 7 p.m. The Knights hold the third seed, while the Spartans are the sixth.
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Tournament Schedule
First Round – Thursday, Feb. 19, 2019
No. 3 Wartburg vs. No. 6 Dubuque - @ Waverly, Iowa
No. 4 Simpson/Coe vs. No. 5 Simpson/Coe - @ High Seed
Semifinals – Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019
No. 1 Nebraska Wesleyan vs. Winner of No. 4/5 - @ Lincoln, Neb.
No. 2 Loras vs. Winner of No. 3/6 - @ Dubuque, Iowa (LOR)
Championship – Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019
TBD – Played at the High Seed
The Series
Wartburg owns the all-time series lead at 88-46. The Knights defeated the Spartans 71-61 on Saturday to complete their regular season sweep over Dubuque.
Wartburg
Leading the team in scoring is senior guard
Jaran Sabus (Urbandale) at 21.2 points/game. Senior guard
Cam Kickbush (Reinbeck) is second on the squad at 16.9 points/game, while sophomore guard
Max Smith Drahos (Cedar Rapids) is third at 12.6 points/game. Sabus leads the team in rebounds with 5.9 rebounds/game, while senior center
Josh Gehling (Dyersville) is second with 5.0 rebounds/game. Gehling leads the team in field goal percentage (.600), while Sabus is second (.533). Wartburg is 9-3 at home this season, including 6-2 against the conference.
Career Record Watch
Sabus' 1,563 career points are third in program history, trailing second by 33 points (1,596) and first by 369 points (1,932). His 261 career assists are sixth in program history, six short of tying fourth (267) and 27 short of tying third (288). Kickbush's 1,135 career points are 24
th in program history, trailing 23
rd by 16 (1,151) and 22
nd by 17 (1,152).
Single Season Record Watch
Smith Drahos has recorded 53 steals this season, a mark that places him third all-time in program history for an individual season. He needs one to tie second (54) and nine to tie first (62). Sabus' 530 points this season are ninth in program history for an individual season, trailing the two-way tie of seventh place by four (534) and 12 points short of tying sixth (542).
Wartburg in the Conference Tournament
Wartburg has qualified for the conference tournament for the 17
th time and seventh-straight year. The Orange and Black have been crowned tournament champions twice (2001, 2017). The last time the Knights faced the Spartans in the tournament was on Feb. 14, 2015, when Dubuque defeated Wartburg to become the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference champions.
Dubuque
Marcus McDaniel leads the team in scoring with 16.5 points/game. Avery Butler is second on the team with 11.1 points/game, while Michael Williams is third at 11.0 points/game. Michael Williams leads the team in rebounding with 7.2 rebounds/game, while Butler is second with 6.6 rebounds/game. Dubuque is 4-6 on the road this season, including 3-5 against the conference.
