WAVERLY, Iowa – Men's basketball is preparing for two American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) matchups inside of Levick Arena this week against both Simpson College and Coe College.
The Knights will be at home in four of their next five games beginning on Wednesday, Jan. 21.
Wednesday, Jan. 21 | Waverly, Iowa | Levick Arena
Wartburg (10-6, 2-5 A-R-C) vs Simpson (8-8, 5-2 A-R-C) | 7:30 PM CT |
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Saturday, Jan. 24 | Waverly, Iowa | Levick Arena
Wartburg (10-6, 2-5 A-R-C) vs Coe (11-5, 3-4 A-R-C) | 4 PM CT |
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All-Time Record vs Opponents
- Simpson
- The Knights lead the all-time series 84-40
- Wartburg swept last year's matchups
- The Knights are 8-2 in the last 10 games against Simpson
- Wartburg is 50-15 at home against the Storm
- Coe
- The Knights defeated Coe 73-72 earlier this season in Cedar Rapids
- Wartburg has won the last two matchups against Coe
- Coe is 7-3 in the last 10 games between these teams
- The Knights are 28-11 overall at home against Coe
A-R-C Standings
| School |
A-R-C |
A-R-C PCT. |
ALL |
ALL PCT. |
Home |
Away |
Neutral |
Streak |
 Loras |
7-1 |
.875 |
13-4 |
.765 |
5-2 |
8-2 |
0-0 |
L1 |
 Nebraska Wesleyan |
6-1 |
.857 |
11-5 |
.688 |
6-2 |
4-2 |
1-1 |
W1 |
 Simpson |
5-2 |
.714 |
8-8 |
.500 |
4-3 |
3-5 |
1-0 |
W3 |
 Buena Vista |
4-3 |
.571 |
11-5 |
.688 |
6-3 |
3-2 |
2-0 |
W2 |
 Coe |
3-4 |
.429 |
11-5 |
.688 |
5-1 |
5-4 |
1-0 |
W1 |
 Univ. of Dubuque |
3-4 |
.429 |
10-6 |
.625 |
3-3 |
5-2 |
2-1 |
L2 |
 Wartburg |
2-5 |
.286 |
10-6 |
.625 |
7-3 |
3-3 |
0-0 |
L4 |
 Central |
1-6 |
.143 |
8-8 |
.500 |
3-3 |
1-5 |
4-0 |
W1 |
 Luther |
1-6 |
.143 |
6-10 |
.375 |
4-5 |
2-5 |
0-0 |
L2 |
Wartburg
- The Knights enter the week with an overall record of 10-6 and 2-5 in A-R-C play
- Fell to BVU 77-65 and Central 75-69 a week ago
- 5-5 in last 10 games, but have lost four straight
- Ethan Yungtum ranks inside the top three in both scoring (18.2 PPG) and rebounding (12.3 RPG) among A-R-C players
- Has recorded a double double in 13/16 games this season
- Second in Division III in double doubles this season
- Wartburg has the second ranked scoring offense in the A-R-C so far this season, with an average of 81.8 points per game
- The scoring defense is ranked sixth in the conference, with an average of 73.9 points per game allowed
- As a team, Wartburg is shooting: 45.8% FG (second in A-R-C), 28% 3P (eighth in A-R-C) and 64% FT (eighth in A-R-C)
- Yungtum (18.2), Austin Bienemann (14.6), Cael Schramm (12.8) and Luke Ladwig (11) all average 11 or more PPG this season
- Schramm leads the A-R-C in field goal percentage (63.3%)
- Wartburg leads the A-R-C in combined rebounds (43.2) offensive rebounds per game (15.3) and total rebounding margin (+7.6)
- Both Yungtum and Schramm rank inside the top-five individually among the A-R-C
- Ladwig is the current A-R-C leader in assists per game (5.4) and tied for the lead in assist/turnover ratio (2.3)
- Wartburg leads the league in assists per game as a team with 18.44 per game
- Bienemann ranks fourth overall in the A-R-C with 3.8 per game
- Both Bienemann and Schramm are tied for second in the A-R-C in blocked shots per game with 1.3 per game each
- Bienemann (1.9) is also fourth in steals per game alongside both Ladwig (1.7) and Gabe Trujillo (1.6), who rank fifth and tied for sixth respectively
- 18 different Knights have scored this season and 12 different players have made a three pointer
Simpson
- The Storm enter Wednesday's matchup with an overall record of 8-8 and 5-2 in A-R-C play
- Defeated Central 94-79 and Dubuque 88-73 last week
- On a three-game winning streak and is 6-2 in their last eight games
- Simpson has three players averaging 11+ points per game so far this season
- Cam Henderson (17.8), Levi Gurwell (16.6), and Calix Cahill (11.7)
- Henderson ranks fourth individually and Gurwell ranks sixth individually among all A-R-C scorers
- The Storm are averaging 76.2 points per game offensively per game (fifth per game) and allowing an average of 76.8 points per game (ninth in A-R-C)
- Cahill leads the team in rebounding with an average of 7.4 per game (sixth in A-R-C)
- As a team, Simpson ranks ninth in rebounding margin (-2.1)
- As a team, Simpson is shooting 44.6% FG (fourth in A-R-C), 37.7% (first in A-R-C) and 72.5% FT (fifth in A-R-C)
- The storm rank seventh among A-R-C teams in assists per game (13.25), steals per game (5.75) and blocked shots per game (2.25)
- Gurwell (2.5) and Henderson (1.9) both rank inside the top 10 in the A-R-C in made three pointers per game
Coe
- The Kohawks enter the week with an overall record of 11-5 and an A-R-C mark of 3-4
- Will host Central on Wednesday before Saturday's matchup in Waverly
- Fell to Simpson 78-64 and defeated Dubuque 85-74 a week ago
- 5-4 on the road this season
- Coe's offense is led by two 15+ points per game scorers in Cooper Nailor (16.3) and Jackson Bowman (15)
- Kanyon Bryte adds 11.8 points per game for the Kohawks
- The Kohawks rank third in scoring defense (70 points allowed per game) and sixth in scoring offense (75 points scored per game) among conference teams
- Coe has the individual A-R-C leader in both steals and blocked shots so far this season
- Bryte (1.9 blocks per game) and Nailor (2.6 steals per game)
- As a team, Coe is shooting 46% FG (first in A-R-C), 34.8% 3P (sixth in A-R-C) and 74.6% FT (third in A-R-C)
- Nailor is shooting at a very efficient clip this season: 49.1% FG, 44.3% 3P (third in A-R-C) and 91.9% FT (first in A-R-C)
- Bryte ranks third in individual field goral percentage at 57.7%
- Nailor leads the team with 5.3 assists per game (second in A-R-C) and ranks fourth in the conference in assist to turnover ratio (1.8)
