MOUNT VERNON, Iowa – Men's basketball (10-2, 2-1 A-R-C) closed 2025 with an 86-69 road win over Cornell College (1-10, 0-2 MWC) behind a 29 point and 17 rebound double-double performance from Ethan Yungtum.
 
Game Summary

• First Half
  • Wartburg jumped out to a 7-0 lead in the opening minutes after five points from Ethan Yungtum and two from Gabe Trujillo
  • Yungtum and Luke Ladwig each connected on three pointers along with a bucket from Austin Bienemann to take a 18-7 lead after six minutes of play
  • Drake Wemark and Yungtum each scored four points over the next three minutes to keep the Knights in front 27-11
  • After Cornell cut the lead to 10 points, Trujillo nailed a three pointer with 4:48 left in the half
  • The Knights closed the half on an 8-3 run behind scores from Yungtum, Wemark and Kaleb Ferguson
    • Wartburg led 44-36 at halftime
• Second Half
  • Cornell outscored Wartburg 8-5 in the first three minutes of the second half after scores from Trujillo and Cael Schramm
  • Wartburg brought the lead to 57-38 following three pointers from Yungtum and Ladwig and a score from Bienemann
  • Lyle Olsen connected on another Wartburg three pointer as the Knights held a 64-45 lead with just over 10 minutes left to play
  • The Knights continued to hold their lead over the next three minutes as both Trujillo and Bienemann scored four points each
  • Bienemann had back-to-back dunks for Wartburg to push the Knights' lead to 77-58 with 4:46 to go
  • The Knights continued to match Cornell's scoring in the final minutes as Yungtum, Bienemann and Ladwig combined for nine points to close out an 86-69 win for Wartburg

 
Top Performers

• Ethan Yungtum
  • 29 points
  • 17 rebounds
  • Two assists
• Gabe Trujillo
  • 14 points
  • Nine rebounds
  • Five assists
  • Two steals
• Austin Bienemann
  • 16 points
  • Five assists
  • Two rebounds
  • One block
  • One steal

 
Notes/Streaks

• Wartburg moves to 2-0 over Cornell this season
  • First time with multiple wins over Cornell in one season since 2018-19
• 10^th double double of the season for Yungtum
  • 12^th of his career
• Four blocks is a career high for Schramm
  • 12 blocks over his last five games
• 10 assists ties Ladwig's career best
  • Fifth career game with 10 assists (second this season)
• Career high in rebounds for Yungtum (17)
  • Most by any Knight this season
• Third time this season with 10+ threes made as a team
• Seventh 20+ point scoring performance for Yungtum this season

 
Next Time Out
The Knights are back in action on Saturday, Jan. 3 for a home matchup against Nebraska Wesleyan University at 4 p.m.