WAVERLY, Iowa – Wartburg men's basketball is back in American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) action this weekend as the Knights are set to travel to Indianola, Iowa to face Simpson College on Saturday, Jan. 4 at 4 p.m.
 
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The Series

• Wartburg leads the all-time series 82-40
• The regular season series has been split the past two seasons between these teams
• The Knights are 33-25 on the road in this series

 
Wartburg

• The Knights enter Saturday's matchup with an overall record of 8-4 and an A-R-C mark of 1-2
  • Wartburg went 2-1 in nonconference play over the past two weeks
  • Fell to Cornell 79-71 in last contest (Dec. 31)
  • All four of Wartburg's losses this season have been within eight points
• Marshun Williams (24.0), Richie Rosenblum (10.9) and Gabe Trujill0 (10.2) all average over 10 points per game
  • Luke Ladwig, Ethan Yungtum, Isaac Besh and Austin Bienemann all average over seven points per game
• Wartburg leads the A-R-C in three pointers made per game at 10.2
  • Shooting 35.4% from three as a team (fourth in A-R-C)
• Wartburg ranks second as a team in assists per game (16.5) in the A-R-C
  • Ladwig ranks second and Williams ranks fourth individually in assists per game
• Williams is currently leading the A-R-C in scoring with an average of 24 points per game
  • Ranks 15^th nationally
• The Knights rank fifth in rebounding margin (3.6) and seventh in turnover margin (-2.58)
  • Ranks second in assist/turnover ratio (1.25)

 
Simpson

• The Storm enter the weekend with an overall record of 3-9 and an A-R-C record of 0-3
  • 2-3 record in December with wins over Bethany Lutheran and UW-Whitewater
  • Fell to Knox 74-73 on Tuesday, Dec. 31 in last competition
• Simpson is averaging 70.2 points per game scored and allowing an average of 79.6 points per game scored
  • Ranks eighth and ninth respectively among all A-R-C teams
• Simpson has three players averaging 10+ points per game
  • Bo Huston (11.2), Cam Henderson (10.9) and Caden Rehmeier (10.4)
• The Storm rank ninth in the A-R-C in both rebounding margin (-5.8) and turnover margin (-3.5) through 12 games played
• Both Rehmeier (4^th, 56.9%) and Huston (6^th, 53.2%) rank in the top 10 in field goal percentage among A-R-C players
• Simpson is shooting 45.1% from the field (sixth in A-R-C), 33.6% from three (fifth in A-R-C) and 66.5% from the free throw line (ninth in A-R-C)