WAVERLY, Iowa – Men's basketball is set for two American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) matchups this week beginning with a road game against Coe College on Wednesday, Jan. 22 at 7:30 p.m. followed by hosting Central College on Saturday, Jan. 25 at 4 p.m.
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The Series
- Coe
- The Knights lead the all-time series 44-33
- The Kohawks have won the last five matchups over Wartburg
- Last Wartburg win in the series came during the 2021-22 season at home
- Wartburg is 17-22 on the road against Coe
- Central
- Wartburg leads the all-time series 71-55
- The Dutch have won four-straight games over the Knights
- Wartburg is 41-25 at home against Central
Wartburg
- The Knights enter the week with an overall record of 10-6 and an A-R-C record of 3-4
- Defeated Buena Vista 78-63 in only contest last week
- Wartburg leads the A-R-C in average three pointers made per game with 9.9 per game
- Williams is currently second overall in the A-R-C in scoring with 22.5 points per game
- One of three players to average over 20+ points per game this season in the A-R-C
- The Knights lead the A-R-C in defensive rebounding (28.8 per game) and rank third overall in total rebounding (39.8 per game)
- Luke Ladwig is leading the A-R-C in assist/turnover ratio at +2.0
- Ranks second in assists per game at 4.2
- Ethan Yungtum ranks inside the top-five in both field goal percentage (55.1%, fourth) and three point percentage (43.9%, third)
- Wartburg has the third ranked scoring offense (77.6 per game) and the eighth ranked scoring defense (76.0 per game) in the A-R-C
Coe
- The Kohawks enter Wednesday with an overall record of 9-7 and a 3-4 mark in A-R-C play
- Currently on a two-game losing streak (defeated by Dubuque and Nebraska Wesleyan)
- Coe has three players averaging 10+ points per game this season
- Bennett Sherry (19.7), Cooper Nailor (12.9) and Cole Hrubes (12.9)
- The Kohawks rank second in blocked shots (4.38 per game) and third in steals (7.56 per game) as a team
- Sherry ranks in the top two in both categories individually (first in steals with 35 and second in blocks with 36)
- Coe ranks sixth in average scoring margin at +3.3
- Sixth scoring offense (73.1) and fourth scoring defense (69.9)
- Nailor leads the Kohawks in assists with an average of 2.7 per game
- Coe ranks seventh in assists per game as a team in the A-R-C
- The Kohawks have a rebounding margin of +0.2
- Ranks seventh in the A-R-C
Central
- The Dutch enter the week with an overall record of 9-7 and a conference record of 4-3
- 2-2 in A-R-C play in last four contests (defeated by Coe and Dubuque)
- Will face Luther at home on Wednesday before Saturday's game in Waverly
- Josh Van Gorp leads the A-R-C in scoring (23.4), rebounding (11.4) and field goal percentage (67%) so far this season
- Central has the second ranked scoring offense in the A-R-C with an average of 78.1 points per game
- Ranks second as a team in field goal percentage (48.3%) and three point percentage (35.9%)
- Kaleb Brand leads the conference in assists per game with an average of 5.4
- Also the top ranked A-R-C team in assists per game (17.31)
- Central is second in the A-R-C in rebounding margin at +8.6
- Owen Schipper has made a team-high 42 three pointers while shooting 44.2% from three
