WAVERLY, Iowa -- Men's basketball is set to open American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) play this week with a home matchup against Luther on Wednesday, Dec. 3 at 7:30 p.m. and then on the road against Coe College on Saturday, Dec. 6 at 4 p.m.
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Saturday, Dec. 13 | Dubuque, Iowa | Lillis Athletic & Wellness Center
Wartburg (7-1, 2-0 A-R-C) at Loras College (6-1, 2-0 A-R-C) | 4 PM CT |
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Monday, Dec. 15 | Waverly, Iowa | Levick Arena
Wartburg (7-1, 2-0 A-R-C) vs Dominican (1-6, 1-2 NACC) | 4 PM CT |
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Wednesday, Dec. 17 | Waverly, Iowa | Levick Arena
Wartburg (7-1, 2-0 A-R-C) vs Bethany Lutheran (6-3, 0-0 UMAC) | 5:30 PM CT |Â
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All-time Series vs Opponents
- Loras
- The Knights lead the all-time series 52-40
- Loras is 8-2 against Wartburg in its last 10 matchups
- Loras won both regular season matchups a season ago, but Wartburg won in the A-R-C Tournament on the road
- The Duhawks are 27-22 at home against the Knights
- Dominican
- Wartburg is 2-0 all time against the Stars
- Monday will mark the first matchup in Waverly between these programs
- The Knights defeated Dominican 88-80 on the road last season
- Bethany Lutheran
- The Knights lead the all-time series 8-4
- Wartburg is 4-2 at home against the Vikings
- The Knights are 7-3 against Bethany Lutheran in their last 10 matchups
- The Vikings have won the last two games
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Wartburg
- The Knights are 7-1 overall (2-0 A-R-C) to open the season after A-R-C wins over both Luther and Coe College last week
- Wartburg is averaging 88.5 points per game, while allowing 74.9 points per game
- As a team, Wartburg is shooting: 49.3% FG, 30.3% 3P and 63.1% FT
- Four different Knights have connected on six or more made three pointers this season
- Wartburg is averaging 10.1 steals per game and 3.5 blocks per game
- The Knights have a +1.4 turnover margin
- Bienemann leads the team in both steals (18) and in blocks (12), which rank second and tied for first in the A-R-C respectively
- The Knights have a +8.5 margin in rebounding, including an average of 14.7 offensive rebounds per game
- Yungtum is averaging a double double through eight games this season
- 20.9 points per game (team high) and 10.8 rebounds per game (team high)
- Four Knights are averaging 10+ points per game through two games
- Yungtum (20.9), Bienemann (16.6) Cael Schramm (13.4), and Ladwig (10.3)
- 17 different Knights have scored this season and 12 different players have made a three pointer
- Wartburg averages 19.8 assists per game through eight games
- Ladwig leads the team individually with 35 total assists and an average of five assists per game (second among A-R-C)
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Loras
- The Duhawks enter the weekend with an overall record of 6-1 and an A-R-C record of 2-0
- Defeated Dubuque and Simpson to open A-R-C play last week
- Loras is averaging 80 points per game and allowing an average of 68.4 points per game
- Seven Duhawks are averaging between 8-13 points per game this season
- Kyle Kober leads the team with 12.7 points per game
- As a team, the Duhawks are shooting:
- 42.1% FG, 30.3% 3P and 78.4% FT
- Jack Haynes is averaging a double double through seven games (11.7 PPG/11.2 RPG)
- Loras is averaging nine three pointers made per game this season
- Three players have made 10 or more this season
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Dominican (IL)
- The Stars are 1-6 overall and 1-2 in NACC play entering the weekend
- Will host Adrian College before Monday's matchup with Wartburg
- As a team, Dominican is shooting:
- 40.9% FG, 32.8% 3P and 60.9% 3P
- Four Stars are averaging 10 or more points per game
- Braydon Murphy leads the team in blocks (13) and Dominic Crapia leads the team in steals (12)
- Frank Paszkowski has made a team-high 19 three pointers while shooting 42.2% from three
- Dominican has a -9.4 rebounding margin and a +0.7 turnover margin through seven games
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Bethany Lutheran
- The Vikings enter the weekend with an overall record of 6-3
- On a four-game winning streak
- Will face St. Scholastica on Saturday before Wednesday's matchup
- As a team, Bethany Lutheran shoots:
- 45.6% FG, 34.6% 3P and 72% FT
- The Vikings average 10.1 made threes per game and allows only 5.8 per game
- Three players have made 15 or more threes, including Max Briggs who has made 26 on 41.9% shooting
- Briggs and Will Walter lead the team in scoring with 16.3 and 10.7 points per game respectively
- +4.3 rebounding margin and a -0.4 turnover margin
- Jack Brockmann has recorded 17 blocks (team high) and 11 steals (tied for team high)
