WAVERLY, Iowa – Men's basketball is at home twice this week for American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) matchups against Luther College on Wednesday, Jan. 29 at 7:30 p.m. and then against Simpson College on Saturday, Feb. 1 at 4 p.m.
 
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Food Drive Competition
Please bring canned goods to either of Wednesday night's basketball games for our SAAC food drive competition against Luther! There will be collection containers around Levick Arena from 5-8 p.m.

The Series

• Luther
  • Wednesday will mark the 122^nd matchup between these programs
  • Wartburg leads the all-time series 90-31
  • The Knights defeated Luther earlier this season 67-58 in Decorah, Iowa
• Simpson
  • Wartburg leads the all-time series 83-40
  • Saturday will mark the 124^th matchup between these programs
  • Wartburg defeated Simpson earlier this season 82-70 in Indianola, Iowa

 
Wartburg

• The Knights enter this week with an overall record of 10-8 and an A-R-C record of 3-6
  • Fell to Coe and Central in its last two games
• Wartburg has the fourth ranked scoring offense (76.3 per game) and the eighth ranked scoring defense (76.2 per game) in the A-R-C
• Wartburg leads the A-R-C in average three pointers made per game with 9.5 per game
  • Marshun Williams (40), Richie Rosenblum (34) and Isaac Besh (33) all rank inside the top-five in three pointers made among all A-R-C players
• Williams is currently second overall in the A-R-C in scoring with 21.8 points per game
  • One of five players to currently average over 20+ points per game this season in the A-R-C
• Luke Ladwig is leading the A-R-C in assist/turnover ratio at +2.1
  • Ranks second in assists per game at 4.3
• Ethan Yungtum ranks inside the top-five in both field goal percentage (54.3%, fourth) and three point percentage (41.9%, fifth)
• The Knights rank fifth in rebounding margin (+3) and seventh in turnover margin (-2.56)

Luther

• The Norse enter Wednesday's matchup with an overall record of 1-16 and an A-R-C mark of 0-9
  • Currently on a 16-game losing streak
• Luther has the fourth ranked scoring defense (69.9 points per game) in the A-R-C, but ranks ninth in scoring offense (58.4 points per game)
  • Average scoring margin of -11.8 (eighth in A-R-C)
• Aidan Bailey leads the Norse in scoring with an average of 11.6 points per game
• Bailey (25), Will Bockenstedt (24) and Matthew Franzen (20) all have made 20+ three pointers for Luther this season
• Luther ranks second in offensive rebounds among A-R-C teams with an average of 12.6 per game
  • Ranks fifth overall in combined rebounds (37.2 per game) and eighth in average rebounding margin (-1.8)
• The Norse rank fourth in the A-R-C in turnover margin (-0.12), but rank seventh in blocked shots (2.24 per game) and ninth in steals (5.35 per game)

 
Simpson

• The Storm enter the week with an overall record of 4-14 and an A-R-C record of 1-8
  • Currently on a three-game losing streak
  • Defeated Luther 61-57 on Saturday, Jan. 11 for lone A-R-C win
• Cam Henderson, Bo Huston and Caden Rehmeier all average 10+ points per game
• Simpson ranks ninth among A-R-C teams in both turnover margin and rebounding margin
• Both Huston (45.8%) and Rehmeier (43.1%) rank in the top three in three point percentage among all eligible A-R-C scorers
• Simpson ranks fifth in FG (45.1%), fifth in 3P (33.7%) and seventh in FT (67.7%) among A-R-C teams
• Henderson ranks eighth in steals per game (1.5) and Matt Schubert ranks fourth in blocks per game (1.1) among all A-R-C players