WAVERLY, Iowa – Men's basketball is in American Rivers Conference action twice this week beginning with a home game against No. 20 Loras College at 7:30 p.m. The Knights will then hit the road on Saturday, Feb. 3 against No. 23 Nebraska Wesleyan University at 4 p.m.
 
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Series History

• Loras
  • Wartburg leads the all-time series 51-37
  • Loras has won the last three matchups
  • The Knights are 30-11 at home in the series
• Nebraska Wesleyan
  • NWU leads the all-time series 12-5
  • The Prairie Wolves have won the last three games
  • Wartburg is 4-6 at home in the series

 
Wartburg

• The Knights enter the week with an overall record of 3-17 and an A-R-C mark of 2-9
• Marshun Williams leads Wartburg in scoring with an average of 14.2 PPG and Luke Ladwig averages 11.9 PPG
• Five Knights have recorded 20+ point scoring performances this season
  • Carter Cuvelier, Williams (Four times), Ladwig, Richie Rosenblum and Ethan Yungtum
• Ladwig is currently tied for ninth in three pointers made per game in the A-R-C at 1.7
• The Knights are averaging 71.8 PPG offensively, but are allowing an average of 82.6 PPG
• Williams and Trent Allard lead the team in rebounding
  • 5.7 and 4.7 RPG
• Wartburg ranks fifth in the A-R-C in three point shooting percentage at 33.1%
  • Also fifth in three pointers made per game with eight

 
 
Loras

• The Duhawks have started the season 16-2 overall and 7-2 in A-R-C play
  • Ranked No. 20 in D3hoops.com Top 25 poll
• Loras' offense is averaging an A-R-C leading 88.1 points per game
• Duhawks' shooting percentage: 47.6% FG, 38.7% 3P and 79.7% FT
• Ali Sabet leads the team in scoring with an average of 19.1 PPG
  • Three other Duhawks average above 10+ PPG
• The Duhawks average 12.5 made threes per game
  • Third in Division III
• Tyler Bass and Jack Haynes leads Loras in rebounds with 7.0 and 6.3 per game
• The Duhawks have allowed an average of 71.5 points per game
  • 43.6% FG and 32.6% 3P

 
Nebraska Wesleyan

• The Prairie Wolves enter the week with an overall record of 17-3 (8-3 A-R-C)
  • Ranked No. 23 in D3hoops.com Top 25 poll
• NWU has the second-best average scoring margin in the A-R-C at +10.4
  • (Scoring 78.2 PPG and allowing 67.9 PPG)
• The Prairie Wolves defense allows 42.5% shooting from the field (3^rd in A-R-C) and 35.1% from three (8^th in A-R-C)
• NWU has three scorers inside the top 20 individual scorers in the A-R-C
  • Peter Lash: 17.5 PPG (7^th), Carter Glenn: 15.4 PPG (9^th) and Jack Groeteke: 12.1 PPG
    • All three are shooting above 30% from three
• Glenn leads the A-R-C in steals with 2.9 per game