WAVERLY, Iowa – Men's basketball will continue nonconference play this week at home test against Grinnell College on Wednesday, Nov. 19 at 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 19 | Waverly, Iowa | Levick Arena
Wartburg (3-1) vs Grinnell College (2-1) | 7 PM CT |
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All-time Series vs Grinnell
- Wednesday will mark the 26th matchup between these programs
- The Knights lead the all-time series 16-9
- Wartburg has won six of the last seven matchups
- The Knights are 5-5 at home against Grinnell
- Wartburg has scored 100 or more points 12 times in the series
- Both teams scored 100 or more in four matchups
Wartburg
- The Knights enter the week with a 3-1 overall record
- Fell to Concordia (Wis.) 80-75 and defeated Cornell 99-74 last week
- Wartburg is averaging 84 points per game, while allowing 72.5 points per game
- As a team, Wartburg is shooting: 47.3% FG, 32% 3P and 65.2% FT
- Ethan Yungtum has recorded a double double in each game to begin the season
- 19 points per game (team high) and 10.8 rebounds per game (team high)
- Three Knights lead the team in made three pointers with six each
- Wartburg is averaging 9.5 steals per game and four blocks per game
- The Knights have a -1.8 turnover margin
- Both Luke Ladwig and Bienemann lead the team in steals with eight and Bienemann also leads the team in blocks with six
- The Knights have a +8 margin in rebounding, including an average of 14.25 offensive rebounds per game
- Three Knights are averaging 10+ points per game through two games
- 16 different Knights have scored this season and 11 different players have made a three pointer
- Wartburg has an average of 18.6 assists per game through four games
- Ladwig leads all Knights with 15, but seven different players have recorded five or more this season
Grinnell
- The Pioneers enter Wednesday's game with an overall record of 2-1
- Fell to Macalester College 126-114 in their last contest
- Grinnell is averaging 125.7 points per game, which ranks second amongst all Division III teams
- Also allows 110 points per game, which is the third most among all Division III teams
- Four Pioneers are averaging over 10+ points per game this season
- Gabe Garcia leads the team with 18 PPG
- The Pioneers have both a positive turnover margin (+10.7) and rebounding margin (+0.7)
- Tyler Copes is the leading rebounder with an average of 7.3 per game
- Both Nick Courtney and Zach Rosen lead the team in steals with eight each
- Copes is the team leader in blocks with 15 through three games
- As a team, Grinnell is shooting: 45.6% FG, 29.1% 3P and 74.4% FT
- Average of 13 made three pointers per game
- Both Kai Te Huki and Sean Murphy have made nine three pointers to lead the Pioneers
- Rosen and Garcia lead the team in assists with 15 and 13 respectively
