NORTHFIELD, Minn. — Wartburg (0-1) lost to Carleton (1-0) 74-60 on the road Friday, Nov. 6 to open the 2026-27 season.
Ethan Yungtum led the way for the Knights with a 20-point and 14-rebound double-double along with 21 points from
Austin Bienemann. The Knights went 18-for-61 from the field, including 4-for-33 from 3-point range, while making 20 of 27 free throws.
How It Happened
First Half
After
Austin Bienemann answered Patrick Smith's opening layup with a putback to tie the first half at 2, Carleton used back-to-back transition layups by Sam Koelling to move ahead 6-2 before Bienemann's 3-pointer and
Reed Pfaltzgraff's steal-and-dunk brought the Knights even at 11 at 13:01. George Norsman put Carleton back in front at 12:40, and Patrick Smith, Tobias Averill, Josh Engelberg and Koelling contributed to a stretch that gave Carleton a 21-12 lead on Koelling's 3-pointer at 9:40. The Orange and Black cut into it with Bienemann jumper, a Pfaltzgraff 3-pointer, a
Parker Berns layup and free throw, and
Cael Schramm's layup off
Drew Britson's assist to make it 27-23 at 4:03. Carleton answered late with Koelling's layup and Andrew Weber's 3-pointer, and after
Lyle Olsen hit a 3-pointer for the Knights, Engelberg made two free throws to send Carleton into halftime ahead 34-26.
Second Half
Ethan Yungtum scored the Knights' first six points of the second half, but Carleton used turnovers and paint baskets to build a 44-32 lead at 16:28. The Orange and Black worked back within 46-42 on Yungtum's 3-pointer at 13:12 after inside scoring from Bienemann and Yungtum, but Carleton answered with baskets from Omar Kaba, Sam Koelling, Andrew Weber and Josh Engelberg to move ahead 60-44. The Knights continued to get to the line and pulled within 68-57 on a Yungtum free throw at 2:51, but Carleton added a Koelling layup and late free throws. Yungtum scored again off an offensive rebound in the final two minutes, and Carleton closed out a 74-60 win.
Top Performers
Ethan Yungtum
- 20 points
- 14 rebounds
- 7 field goals made
- 3 steals
Austin Bienemann
- 21 points
- 6 field goals made
- 8/9 free throws made
- 5 rebounds
Reed Pfaltzgraff
- 9 points
- 3 steals
- 4/6 free throws made
Notes/Streaks
- First matchup between these programs since the 2013-14 season
- Wartburg leads the all-time series 6-4
- 19th career double-double for Yungtum
- 11th career 20-point performance for Bienemann
- Parker Berns and Reed Pfaltzgraff both recorded their first career points at Wartburg
Up Next
Up next, the Knights travel to St. Paul, Minnesota, to face Macalester College on Saturday, Nov. 7, at noon.
