WAVERLY, Iowa – Wartburg men's basketball is set for its regular season finale against Coe College in American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) play this Saturday, Feb. 22 at 4 p.m. inside Levick Arena.
 
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The Series

• Coe defeated Wartburg earlier this season 79-69 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
• Wartburg leads the all-time series 44-34
• Coe has won nine of the last 10 matchups
• The Knights are 27-11 overall at home against Coe

 
American Rivers Standings/A-R-C Tournament Outlook

School	A-R-C	A-R-C PCT.	ALL	ALL PCT.	Home	Away	Neutral	Streak
DubuqueC | (1)	13-2	.867	19-5	.792	8-2	9-3	2-0	W5
Nebraska WesleyanQ	11-4	.733	18-6	.750	9-1	5-5	4-0	W1
LorasQ	11-4	.733	17-7	.708	13-3	4-4	0-0	W5
CoeQ	8-7	.533	14-10	.583	9-3	5-7	0-0	L1
CentralQ	8-7	.533	13-11	.542	6-5	4-5	3-1	L4
Wartburg	7-8	.467	14-10	.583	5-5	7-5	2-0	W1
Buena Vista	7-8	.467	12-12	.500	6-4	6-8	0-0	W1
Simpson	2-14	.125	5-20	.200	2-10	2-9	1-1	L4
Luther	1-14	.067	2-21	.087	0-10	2-10	0-1	L2

C - A-R-C Champion
T - A-R-C Tournament Champion
(#) - A-R-C Tournament Seed
Q - Qualified for A-R-C Tournament

The Knights clinch an A-R-C Tournament berth with either a win vs Coe Saturday or a BVU loss vs NWU Saturday.

 
Wartburg

• The Knights enter the weekend with an overall record of 14-10 and an A-R-C mark of 7-8 in A-R-C play
• Wartburg ranks third in team three point percentage (33.9%) and fourth in team field goal percentage (44.5%) in the A-R-C
  • Second in three pointers made per game (9.2)
• Marshun Williams leads the Knights offensively with 21.4 points per game (2^nd in A-R-C) as well as eight rebounds per game (2^nd in A-R-C)
  • Also adds three assists per game (tied for 5^th in the A-R-C)
• Wartburg is ranked second in team assists per game with 15.38 per game
  • Luke Ladwig is second in assists individually (4.8 per game)
• Isaac Besh (38), Richie Rosenblum (44) and Williams (55) all have recorded 35+ three pointers this season
• Austin Bienemann and Ladwig both rank inside the top-10 in field goal percentage in the A-R-C (51.1% and 50.4% respectively)
• The Knights have the fourth-ranked scoring offense in the A-R-C with 75.1 points per game
  • Seventh in average scoring margin (+0.4)

 
Coe

• Coe enters the week with an overall record of 14-10 and 8-7 in A-R-C play
  • Fell to Dubuque 78-75 in last contest
  • 2-3 in last five games played
• The Kohawks rank second as a team in both blocked shots (4.04) and steals per game (8.58)
  • Bennett Sherry leads the A-R-C in both blocked shots per game (2.2 BPG) and steals per game (2.2 SPG)
• Sherry is top five in the A-R-C in both scoring (5^th, 18.8 PPG) and rebounding (3^rd, 7.8 RPG)
• Cooper Nailor ranks tied for fifth in assists per game (3.0) and tied for fifth in steals per game (1.8)
• The Kohawks hold opponents to 42.4% from the field (2^nd in A-R-C) and 31% from three (third in A-R-C)
• Nailor (first, 88.1%) and Cole Hrubes (fifth, 79.2%) rank inside the top five in the A-R-C in free throw percentage