WAVERLY, Iowa – Men's basketball will hit the road Wednesday, Jan. 28 for an American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) contest against Luther before coming back home to host Loras on Saturday, Jan. 31 inside Levick Arena.
Wednesday, Jan. 28 | Decorah, Iowa | Gerdin Fieldhouse
Wartburg (11-7, 3-6 A-R-C) vs Luther (6-12, 1-8 A-R-C) | 7:30 PM CT |
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Saturday, Jan. 31 | Waverly, Iowa | Levick Arena – Senior Day
Wartburg (11-7, 3-6 A-R-C) vs Loras (13-5, 8-1 A-R-C) | 4 PM CT |
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All-Time Record vs Opponents
- Luther
- Wartburg won this season's previous meeting 74-56 in Waverly
- Wednesday will mark the final regular season A-R-C matchup between these teams in the series
- The Knights have won the last three meetings
- Wartburg holds a 92-31 series record
- Wartburg is 44-19 on the road in the series
- Loras
- Loras defeated the Knights 91-79 in Dubuque earlier this season
- Wartburg is 2-8 in the last 10 matchups against Loras
- Defeated Loras 96-86 on the road in the A-R-C tournament last season
- Loras has a 28-22 record at home in the series
- Wartburg leads the all-time series 52-41
A-R-C Standings
| School |
A-R-C |
A-R-C PCT. |
ALL |
ALL PCT. |
Home |
Away |
Neutral |
Streak |
 Loras |
8-1 |
.889 |
14-4 |
.778 |
6-2 |
8-2 |
0-0 |
W1 |
 Nebraska Wesleyan |
8-1 |
.889 |
13-5 |
.722 |
7-2 |
5-2 |
1-1 |
W3 |
 Simpson |
5-4 |
.556 |
8-10 |
.444 |
4-3 |
3-7 |
1-0 |
L2 |
 Univ. of Dubuque |
4-4 |
.500 |
11-6 |
.647 |
3-3 |
6-2 |
2-1 |
W1 |
 Coe |
4-5 |
.444 |
12-6 |
.667 |
5-2 |
6-4 |
1-0 |
W1 |
 Buena Vista |
4-5 |
.444 |
11-7 |
.611 |
6-4 |
3-3 |
2-0 |
L2 |
 Wartburg |
3-6 |
.333 |
11-7 |
.611 |
8-4 |
3-3 |
0-0 |
L1 |
 Central |
3-6 |
.333 |
10-8 |
.556 |
4-3 |
2-5 |
4-0 |
W3 |
 Luther |
1-8 |
.111 |
6-12 |
.333 |
4-6 |
2-6 |
0-0 |
L4 |
Wartburg
- The Knights enter the week with an overall record of 11-7 and 3-6 in A-R-C play
- Defeated Simpson 74-66 and fell to Coe 62-55
- 8-4 at home this season and 3-3 on the road
- Wartburg has the second ranked scoring offense in the A-R-C so far this season, with an average of 79.8 points per game
- The scoring defense is ranked sixth in the conference, with an average of 72.8 points per game allowed
- Ethan Yungtum ranks inside the top three in both scoring (17.2 PPG) and rebounding (11.8 RPG) among A-R-C players
- Has recorded a double double in 13/18 games this season
- Second in Division III in double doubles this season
- As a team, Wartburg is shooting: 45.2% FG (second in A-R-C), 28.2% 3P (tied for eighth in A-R-C) and 63.9% FT (eighth in A-R-C)
- Yungtum (17.2), Austin Bienemann (14.6), Cael Schramm (12.3) and Luke Ladwig (11) all average 11 or more PPG this season
- Schramm leads the A-R-C in field goal percentage (59.9%)
- Wartburg leads the A-R-C in combined rebounds (42.7), offensive rebounds per game (14.6) and total rebounding margin (+6.2)
- Both Yungtum (first, 11.8 per game) and Schramm (fifth, 7.8 per game) rank inside the top five individually among the A-R-C
- Bienemann is third in the A-R-C and Schramm is tied for fourth in the A-R-C in blocked shots per game with 1.4 and 1.3 per game respectively
- Bienemann (2.0) is also fourth in steals per game alongside Ladwig (1.9) and Gabe Trujillo (1.6), who rank fifth and tied for sixth respectively
- Wartburg leads the A-R-C with 3.94 blocks as a team per game
- Ladwig is currently tied for A-R-C leader in assists per game (5.1) and ranks second in assist/turnover ratio (2.1)
- Wartburg leads the league in assists per game as a team with 17.5 per game
- Bienemann ranks fourth overall in the A-R-C with 3.7 per game
- 18 different Knights have scored this season and 12 different players have made a three pointer
Luther
- The Norse enter Wednesday's matchup with an overall record of 6-12 and an A-R-C record of 1-8
- On a four-game losing streak
- Fell to Dubuque 71-47 and Nebraska Wesleyan 64-57 a week ago
- Luther has the second ranked scoring defense (67.8 points per game allowed) and the ninth ranked scoring offense (64.9 points per game) among A-R-C teams
- Andre Palavra (11.3), Henry Kreckman (9.7), Jeremy Andera (9.2) and Charlie Wunderlich (8.8) lead the Norse in scoring this season
- As a team, Luther is shooting: 40.8% from the field (ninth in A-R-C), 35.5% from three (second in A-R-C) and 63.3% from the free throw line (ninth in A-R-C)
- Kreckman leads the team in rebounding with 8.1 per game (fourth in A-R-C)
- Luther is tied for fifth in the A-R-C in rebounding margin this season (+0.6)
- Two Norse rank inside the top ten in blocked shots with Kreckman at 0.9 and Owen Bockenstedt at 0.8
- Luther ranks eighth in the conference in turnover margin (-1.33) and ninth in assist/turnover ratio (.90)
Loras
- The Duhawks enter the week with an overall record of 11-4 and a conference record of 8-1
- Fell to Nebraska Wesleyan 82-74 on the road before defeating Simpson 77-71 at home last week
- Habe won six of their last seven games played
- Will face Dubuque at home before Saturday's matchup
- Loras enters the week with the top scoring offense in the A-R-C at 82.7 points per game
- Fifth overall scoring defense with 72.4 points per game allowed
- Three Duhawks are averaging double-digit scoring figures this season in Jack Haynes (15.1), Gavin Sarvis (14.2) and Nolan Berendes (11.8)
- As a team, Loras is shooting: 44.9% from the field (third in A-R-C), 34.8% from three (fourth in A-R-C) and 76.8% from the free throw line (second in A-R-C)
- Anthony Gott ranks third overall in field goal percentage (59.5%) and Deng Makeer ranks fourth in three point percentage (43.6%)
- Loras ranks first in combined opponent rebounds (32.2 per game) and second in offensive rebounds per game (12.7) and total rebounding margin (+4.3)
- Haynes is second in the A-R-C in rebounding with 9.2 per game
- The Duhawks have the top turnover margin in the conference at +4.94
- Gavin Sarvis leads the team with 1.6 steals per game (tied for sixth in A-R-C) while Berendes and Emmett Loew each have 1.3 per game this season (tied for 12th in A-R-C)
