WAVERLY, Iowa – Men's basketball continues American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) play this week with an away game against Loras on Wednesday, Feb. 5 at 7:30 p.m. before closing the week at home against Nebraska Wesleyan University on Saturday, Feb. 8 at 4 p.m.
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The Series
- Loras
- The Knights lead the all-time series 51-39
- Loras has won five straight matchups against Wartburg
- Defeated Wartburg 79-72 earlier this season
- Wartburg is 21-26 on the road in the series
- Knights have not won at Loras since the 2021-22 season
- Nebraska Wesleyan
- Saturday will mark the 20th all-time matchup between these programs
- NWU leads the series 15-4
- Nebraska Wesleyan has won five straight matchups against Wartburg
- Wartburg is 4-6 at home in the series
- Last win vs the Prairie Wolves came during the 2021-22 season
Wartburg
- The Knights enter the week with an overall record of 12-8 and an A-R-C record 5-6
- 2-0 in A-R-C play last week with wins over Luther and Simpson
- Wartburg's 85-63 win over Simpson was the largest margin of victory this season
- Wartburg has the third ranked scoring offense (76.6 per game) and the eighth ranked scoring defense (75 per game) is the A-R-C
- Marshun Williams is currently second overall individually in scoring (21.7 PPG) and rebounding (8.8 RPG) among all A-R-C players
- Also ranks fifth in assists per game with an average of 3.1 per game
- Wartburg leads the A-R-C in three pointers made per game at 9.8
- Has made 10 or more threes in 13/20 games this season
- Richie Rosenblum is currently sixth in the A-R-C in three point percentage at 39.8%
- Luke Ladwig leads the A-R-C in assist/turnover ratio at 2.2
- Also second in assists per game with an average of 4.8 per game as well as ranks fifth in field goal percentage at 51%
- The Knights are ranked third in rebounding margin (+3.5) and seventh in turnover margin (-2.05)
- Austin Bienemann leads the Knights in steals per game (1.2) and blocks per game (0.7)
- Also averages 10.3 points per game
Loras
- The Duhawks enter Wednesday's matchup with an overall record of 12-7 and an A-R-C mark of 6-4
- Has lost three straight games (Dubuque, Coe and Nebraska Wesleyan)
- Loras has the top scoring offense in the A-R-C with an average of 84 points scored per game
- Ranks seventh in scoring defense (allows an average of 73.4 points per game)
- Four Duhawks are averaging 10+ points per game this season
- Gavin Sarvis (15.7), Tyler Bass (14.9), Jack Haynes (13.8) and Jared Pearson (12.7)
- Loras ranks second among all A-R-C teams In both rebounding margin (+8.4) and turnover margin (+1.11)
- Haynes (66.0%) and Alex Singleton (54.5%) both rank inside the top five in field goal percentage among all A-R-C players
- Nolan Berends ranks third in three point percentage (41.9%)
- Sarvis and Bass both average 1.9 steals per game, which ranks inside the top ten in the A-R-C
Nebraska Wesleyan
- The Prairie Wolves enter the week with an overall record of
- NWU has the top scoring defense in the A-R-C with an average of 64.3 points per game allowed
- Holds opponents to 37.9% from the field and 28.8% from three (both first in A-R-C)
- Seventh in scoring offense with an average of 71.6 pointer per game scored
- Gunner Reed (14.4) and Glenn Carter (13.9) both rank inside the top 10 of A-R-C scorers
- Nebraksa Wesleyan leads the A-R-C in offensive rebounds with an average of 12.5 per game
- Jack Groeteke leads the conference in blocked shots (49) and blocked shots per game (2.5)
- NWU ranks first as a team in blocked shots among A-R-C teams
- The Prairie Wolves rank third in the A-R-C in assists per game (13.85 per game)
- Carter ranks fourth individually with an average of 3.2 per game
