WAVERLY, Iowa – Wartburg men's basketball will open American Rivers Conference play on Tuesday, Nov. 22 at 7:30 p.m. with a home game against the University of Dubuque.
 
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The Series

• Tuesday's game will be the 141^st meeting between these programs
• Wartburg leads the all-time series 90-50
• They split last year's matchups with each team winning on the road
• Wartburg is 2-3 in last five matchups

 
Wartburg

• The Knights went 2-1 in three games a week ago
  • Wins over Grinnell College and Concordia University (Wis.)
  • Fell to No. 15 UW-La Crosse in Buzz Levick Tournament final
• Wartburg is averaging 84 points per game and allowing 80 per game through four games
• The Knights are allowing an average of 10 three's made per game
• Wartburg shooting percentage averages:
  • Field goal – 46.0%
  • Three point – 32.4%
  • Free throw – 73.7%
• Opponent shooting percentage averages:
  • Field goal – 40.7%
  • Three point – 30.3%
  • Free throw – 61.0%
• Jack Molstead has scored over 23+ points in three of four games
  • 44.8% FG
  • 50% 3P
  • 73.7% FT

 
Dubuque

• Six straight away games to start the 2022-23 season
• Enters Tuesday's matchup with a 2-1 record
  • Won two straight
• UD was picked to finish first in the A-R-C preseason coaches' poll
  • Wartburg picked second
• Dubuque is averaging 73.3 points scored per game and is allowing an average of 68.3
• The Spartans are led by Brock Simon and Jaylin McCants
  • Simon
    • 13.7 PPG
    • 50% FG
    • 8 RPG
  • McCants
    • 13.3 PPG
    • 32.4% FG
    • 6.7 RPG
• Sam Kilburg has 11 assists through three games to lead UD
• Dubuque shoots 42.6% from the field and 28.6% from beyond the arc