WAVERLY, Iowa – Men's basketball won its third-straight game to move to 5-1 after a dominant 96-65 showing at home over Principia College on Tuesday, Nov. 25.
The Knights were led by a career-high 28 points from
Austin Bienemann, who also tallied three steals and three blocks on the defensive side of the ball.
Game Summary
- First Half
- Bienemann scored the first five points of the game for Wartburg to give the Knights a 5-2 lead after three minutes of play
- Luke Ladwig scored the next six points for the Knights after three baskets in the paint to make the score 11-7 with just over 13 minutes remaining in the half
- The Panthers made a three to take a 12-11 lead, but the Knights stormed back with a 7-0 run after four points from Jamison Poe and three from Ethan Yungtum to make the score 18-12
- After Principia cut the Wartburg lead to 18-17, the Knights got scores from Gabe Trujillo, Cael Schramm and Giovanni St Onge to extend the lead to 25-19 with 5:38 left in the first half
- The Knights continued to add on to the lead over the next three minutes after a three pointer from Lyle Olsen and scores from Yungtum, St. Onge and Ladwig brought the Wartburg lead to 10
- Wartburg closed the half on a 11-2 run led by seven points from Bienemann and another thee from Olsen
- The Knights led 44-25 at the break
- Second Half
- Wartburg opened the second half with a steal on the inbounds pass by Ladwig that led to a dunk in transition for Bienemann
- Yungtum and Bienemann combined to score the next 11 Wartburg points to push the Knights' lead to 57-33 with 16:30 left to play
- The Knights continued to attack the Panther defense over the next six minutes of play as Bienemann, Poe and Yungtum combined for a 12-7 Wartburg run that kept them in front 69-42
- A Bienemann dunk with 8:10 left to play put Wartburg ahead 75-47 and then just over a minute later Olsen connected on his third three pointer of the game to make it a 30-point lead
- The Knights were able to show off some depth in the lineup in the final minutes of the game with scores from: Brody Bauer, Schramm, Mason Matson, Clay Nielsen, Evan Gray, Dominic Braet and Drew Britson
Top Performers
Notes/Streaks
- The Knights are now 2-0 all-time against Principia
- Career high in scoring for Bienemann
- Trujillo matched a career-high in steals with four
- Third-straight game shooting over 50% from the field as a team
- The Knights outscored the Panthers 62-32 in the paint
- Wartburg held a 47-34 advantage on the glass (19-13 offensive rebounds)
- Through six games, Bienemann is now averaging 2.67 steals per game along with 2.0 blocks per game
Next Time Out
The Knights will be in action next on Saturday, Nov. 29 at 2 p.m. against Dominican University (Ill.) inside Levick Arena.
