WAVERLY, Iowa – Men's basketball will hit the road for two American Rivers Conference matchups this week, beginning on Wednesday, Jan. 24 at Luther College with tipoff set for 5:30 p.m. The Knights will close the week at Simpson College on Saturday, Jan. 27 at 2 p.m.
 
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The Series

• Luther
  • Wartburg leads the all-time series 89-30
    • Knights have won the last three
  • Knights defeated the Norse 61-58 earlier this season
  • Wartburg is 43-18 on the road in this series
• Simpson
  • The Knights lead the all-time series 82-39
    • Wartburg has won the last two matchups
  • Wartburg defeated Simpson 79-75 earlier this season
  • Wartburg is 33-24 at Simpson in the series

 
Wartburg

• The Knights enter the week with an overall record of 3-15 and an A-R-C mark of 2-7
  • Both A-R-C wins came against Luther and Simpson earlier this season
• Marshun Willimas leads Wartburg in scoring with an average of 13.6 PPG and Luke Ladwig averages 11.7 PPG
• Ladwig is currently 8^th in assists per game in the A-R-C at 3.3 APG
• Five Knights have recorded 20+ point scoring performances this season
  • Carter Cuvelier, Williams (Three times), Luke Ladwig, Richie Rosenblum and Ethan Yungtum
• The Knights are averaging 71 PPG offensively, but are allowing an average of 81.4 PPG
• Wartburg has three shooters that have 20+ made three pointers and are shooting 36.5% or higher from three this season
  • Isaac Besh, Luke Ladwig and Richie Rosenblum
• Williams and Trent Allard lead the team in rebounding
  • 5.4 and 4.7 RPG

 
Luther

• The Norse enter Wednesday's matchup with an overall record of 5-13 and an A-R-C record of 0-9
  • On a five-game losing streak
• Luther is averaging 63.8 PPG offensively (9^th) and allows an average of 72.7 PPG (8^th)
• Daniel Webster is the only Norse scorer in double-digit points per game at 10.4
  • Ben Gill averages 9.7 PPG
• Mikkel Schutte leads the team in rebounding with an average of 5.8 RPG
• Luther ranks last in the A-R-C in FG%, 3P% and FT%
  • 42.2% FG, 28.3% 3P and 56.4% FT
• Luther ranks last in assists, steals, and assist/turnover ratio

 
Simpson

• The Storm is 7-10 overall and 1-7 in A-R-C play entering the week
  • Will face Central before Saturday's matchup
• Have lost six of its last 10 games
• Simpsons scoring offense is currently third in the A-R-C with an average of 81.4 PPG
  • Defense allows 78.3 PPG (8^th in A-R-C)
• Andrew Gibb is the third leading scorer in the A-R-C with 20.5 PPG
  • 56.3% FG (6^th in A-R-C), 54.2% 3P (1^st in A-R-C) and 90.9% FT (2^nd in A-R-C)
• Andrew Curran averages 1.6 steals per game (T4th in A-R-C) and 3.7 assists per game (6^th in A-R-C)
• Simpson is second among all A-R-C teams in three point offense and defense
  • Shooting 36.5% from three with an average of 9.4 made per game
  • Allows opponents to shoot just 31.9% from three