WAVERLY, Iowa – Men's basketball is scheduled for two American Rivers Conference games and a non-conference home game over the next week. The Knights will travel to the University of Dubuque on Wednesday, Jan. 3 for a 7:30 tipoff. Wartburg will be at home on Saturday, Jan. 6 against Nebraska Wesleyan and at home again on Monday, Jan. 8 against Emmaus Bible College.
 
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Series History

• Dubuque
  • In 120 total games, Wartburg leads the all-time series 75-45
  • Wartburg and Dubuque has split the season series the past two years
  • The Knights are 33-27 on the road in the series
• Nebraska Wesleyan
  • Saturday will mark the 17^th all-time matchup
    • NWU leads series 11-5
  • NWU has won the last two matchups
  • Wartburg is 4-5 at home in the series
• Emmaus
  • Monday will be the second all-time matchup between these programs
  • Wartburg won the last meeting 103-46 during the 2015-16 season

 
Wartburg

• The Knights enter Saturday's game with an overall record of 2-10
  • Both wins came in American Rivers Conference play (2-2 A-R-C)
• Marshun Williams leads Wartburg in scoring with an average of 16.2 PPG
  • 50% FG, 26.9% 3P and 70.8% FT
• Four Knights have recorded 20+ point scoring performances this season
  • Williams (Three times), Luke Ladwig, Richie Rosenblum and Ethan Yungtum
• The Knights are averaging 71.3 PPG offensively, but are allowing an average of 82.2 PPG
• Wartburg has three shooters that have 10+ made three pointers and are shooting 37.5% or higher from three this season
  • Isaac Besh, Ladwig and Rosenblum
• Trent Allard and Williams lead the team in rebounding
  • 5.6 and 4.9 RPG
• Ladwig's 3.6 assists per game puts him eighth overall in the A-R-C

Dubuque

• The Spartans enter 2024 with a perfect 11-0 record (3-0 A-R-C)
  • In its last contest, UD defeated St. Norbert College in the Nicolet National Bank Holiday Tournament Championship (Hosted by St. Norbert)
• UD has the No. 13 scoring defense in Division III, allowing an average of just 60.8 points per game
  • First in A-R-C
• Jaylin McCants is averaging 21.3 points per game and nine rebounds per game through 11 games (Second and Third in A-R-C)
  • 53.8% FG, 12% 3P and 63.5% FT
• The Spartan offense is averaging 75.1 points per game as a team
  • Ranks seventh in A-R-C
• UD has an average of 12.73 assists per game, which ranks eighth in the A-R-C
• Sam Kilburg ranks fourth in assist/turnover ratio
  • 2.2 assists to turnovers

 
NWU

• The Prairie Wolves enter the week with an overall record of 10-2 (1-2 A-R-C)
  • Losses came to UD (72-57) and Loras (89-76)
  • Will host Simpson on Wednesday, Jan. 3 before Saturday's game in Waverly
• NWU has a +10 average scoring margin (Scoring 78.8 PPG and allowing 68.8 PPG)
  • Fifth ranked scoring offense and third ranked scoring defense in A-R-C
• The Prairie Wolves defense allows 41.9% shooting from the field (4^th in A-R-C) and 35.5% from three (Last in A-R-C)
• NWU has three scorers who average 12+ PPG
  • Peter Lash: 17 PPG, Carter Glenn: 15.4 PPG and Jack Groeteke: 12.6 PPG
    • All three are shooting above 30% from three
• Glenn leads the A-R-C in steals with 3.2 per game

 
Emmaus

• The Eagles are currently 3-9 overall entering the week
  • Have lost four of its last five games
• Nashon Harper and Mitchell Mar lead Emmaus in scoring
  • 13.7 and 13.6 PPG respectively
• Harper also leads the eagles in rebounding (6.7 RPG) and steals (1.5 SPG)
• Emmaus is averaging 67.2 points per game and allowing an average of 74.3 points per game
• Eagles shooting percentages: 36.5% FG, 27.3% 3P and 69.5% FT
  • Opponent shooting percentages: 38.3% FG, 25.5% 3P, and 72.5% FT
• Eagles defense averages 6.8 steals per game and 1.8 blocks per game