WAVERLY, Iowa - The Wartburg men's basketball team is on the road this week to play American Rivers Conference rival Simpson on Wednesday, Jan. 22 with game start at 7:30 p.m. The team then travels to face Nebraska Wesleyan on Saturday, Jan. 25. Tipoff is at 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 22 - 7:30 p.m. - Cowles Fieldhouse - WATCH - LIVE STATS
Wartburg Knights (7-9, 3-4 A-R-C) vs. Simpson Storm (8-8, 2-5 A-R-C)

Saturday, Jan. 25 - 7 p.m. - Snyder Arena - WATCH - LIVE STATS
Wartburg Knights (7-9, 3-4 A-R-C) vs. Nebraska Wesleyan Prairie Wolves (15-2, 8-0 A-R-C)

Matchup Notes

• Last season, the Knights won the first matchup against Simpson 92-81
• The Storm hosted Wartburg for the second matchup and won 84-81
• The Knights lost both matches to the Prairie Wolves (89-73 & 85-82)
• Simpson hosted the Knights for the 2017-18 IIAC Tournament first round with Wartburg winning 76-72 and advancing to the semifinals to play Nebraska Wesleyan
• The Prairie Wolves won the semifinals with a 94-77 victory and advanced on to the championship

Wartburg

• The Knights are third in conference defensive scoring, with 1224 points and an average of 76.5 points per game, and third in field goal percentage defense (0.337)
• Junior Max Smith Drahos leads the Orange and Black in scoring with 188 points and averages 12.5 points per game and is sixth in conference assists (54)
• Senior Jacob Kuhlemeier scored a career-high 18 points against Luther and is ranked eighth in A-R-C blocked shots (8)

Simpson

• The Storm are nationally ranked eighth in free-throw percentage (78.2) and ranked in the top 20 for scoring offense (87.6) and field-goal percentage (49.4)
• Senior Adam Reiter leads the A-R-C in field goal percentage (.620), rebounds (155) and is nationally ranked in the top 25 for field-goal percentage (62.0) and double doubles (8.0)
• Senior Conor Riordan is third in conference scoring (316) and assists (69) and is nationally ranked in the top 25 in free-throw percentage (88.5) and assist turnover ratio (3.0)

Nebraska Wesleyan

• The Prairie Wolves are nationally ranked second in field-goal percentage (53.1)
• Senior Nate Schimonitz is nationally ranked first in total field goals made (177.0) and is ranked in the top 10 in points per game (27.0), total points (459.0) and total field goal attempts (297.0)
• Schimonitz also leads the A-R-C scoring, assists (82) and is second in field goal percentage (.596) and steals (30)