WAVERLY, Iowa – Men's basketball will close American Rivers Conference play as well as the 2023-24 season this weekend on the road against Coe College. Tipoff is scheduled for 4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 17 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
 
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The Series

• Wartburg leads the all-time series 44-32
  • Coe has won in the last four meetings
• Coe is 21-17 at home in the series
• The Kohawks defeated Wartburg 80-52 earlier this season

 
Wartburg

• The Knights enter the week with an overall record of 3-21 overall and an A-R-C mark of 2-13
• Both Marshun Williams and Luke Ladwig lead the Knights in scoring with 14.5 and 11.3 points per game respectively
  • Williams ranks 11^th in scoring and ninth in field goal percentage among the A-R-C
• Wartburg is currently fifth in the A-R-C in both three point percentage  (33.5%) and thee pointers made per game (8.2)
• Williams leads the Knights in rebounds with an average of 5.6 per game
  • Ranks 13^th in A-R-C
• Isaac Besh and Ladwig have both made 39 three pointers this season
  • 36.1% and 35.5% from deep respectively
• The Knights have made 10+ threes as a team nine times this season
  • Average of 9.6 made per game over the last five games

 
Coe

• Coe enters the week tied for the A-R-C lead with a record of 11-3 and an overall mark of 19-4
  • Will face Dubuque on Wednesday, Feb. 14 before Saturday's matchup
• The Kohawks have the number two ranked scoring defense in the A-R-C
  • Allowing an average of 66.8 points per game
• TJ Schnurr and Cael Schmitt lead Coe in scoring with 17.7 and 17.5 PPG
  • Sixth and eighth among the A-R-C
• Coe has the top turnover margin in the conference at +4.91
• Schnurr and Sherry Bennett are both top 10 in the A-R-C in rebounding
  • 6.7 and 6.4 rebounds per game respectively
• Schmitt (2.6 per game) and Bennett (1.8 per game) are second and third in steals among the A-R-C