WAVERLY, Iowa – Men's basketball is set for a key stretch of games to end the regular season beginning on the road Wednesday, Feb. 11 against Buena Vista University before returning home to host Central College on Saturday, Feb. 14 at 4 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 11 | Storm Lake, Iowa | Siebens Fieldhouse
Wartburg (16-6, 12-1 A-R-C) at Buena Vista (13-8, 7-5 A-R-C) | 7:30 PM CT |
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Saturday, Feb. 14 | Waverly, Iowa | Levick Arena
Wartburg (16-6, 12-1 A-R-C) vs Central (9-12, 4-8 A-R-C) | 4 PM CT |
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All-Time Series vs Opponents
- Buena Vista
- Wartburg owns the all-time series lead at 71-61
- BVU won 77-65 in Waverly earlier this season
- The Knights are 31-36 on the road in the series
- Each team has won four times in the past eight meetings
- Central
- Central has won six-straight matchups over the Knights
- Last Wartburg win came during the 2022-23 season at home
- Wartburg holds a 71-57 series lead
- The Knights are 41-26 at home against Central
A-R-C Standings
| School |
A-R-C |
A-R-C PCT. |
ALL |
ALL PCT. |
Home |
Away |
Neutral |
Streak |
 Nebraska WesleyanQ |
12-1 |
.923 |
17-5 |
.773 |
8-2 |
8-2 |
1-1 |
W7 |
 LorasQ |
10-3 |
.769 |
16-6 |
.727 |
7-3 |
9-3 |
0-0 |
L1 |
 Univ. of Dubuque |
7-5 |
.583 |
14-7 |
.667 |
3-4 |
9-2 |
2-1 |
L1 |
 Coe |
7-6 |
.538 |
15-7 |
.682 |
7-3 |
7-4 |
1-0 |
W2 |
 Buena Vista |
5-7 |
.417 |
12-9 |
.571 |
7-5 |
3-4 |
2-0 |
W1 |
 Simpson |
5-7 |
.417 |
8-13 |
.381 |
4-5 |
3-8 |
1-0 |
L5 |
 Central |
4-8 |
.333 |
11-10 |
.524 |
4-4 |
3-6 |
4-0 |
W1 |
 Wartburg |
4-9 |
.308 |
12-10 |
.545 |
8-6 |
4-4 |
0-0 |
L3 |
 Luther |
2-10 |
.167 |
7-14 |
.333 |
4-8 |
3-6 |
0-0 |
L1 |
C - A-R-C Champion
T - A-R-C Tournament Champion
(#) - A-R-C Tournament Seed
Q - Qualified for A-R-C Tournament
Wartburg
- The Knights enter the week with an overall record of 12-10 and 4-9 in A-R-C play
- Fell to Dubuque 90-81 and to Nebraska Wesleyan 75-72 this past week
- Ethan Yungtum (16.2), Austin Bienemann (16.1), Cael Schramm (12.5) and Luke Ladwig (10.4) all average 10 or more PPG this season
- Schramm leads the A-R-C in field goal percentage (61.4%)
- Bienemann is averaging 26 points per game over the last two games
- Wartburg has the second ranked scoring offense in the A-R-C through 20 games, with an average of 79.8 points per game
- The scoring defense is ranked sixth in the conference, with an average of 75.1 points per game allowed
- Yungtum ranks inside the top six in both scoring (sixth, 16.2 PPG) and rebounding (first, 11.6 RPG) among A-R-C players
- Has recorded a double double in 15/22 games this season
- Second in Division III in double doubles this season
- Bienemann ranks seventh in the A-R-C in scoring with 16.1 points per game
- Bienemann and Schramm are tied with two other players for second overall in the A-R-C in blocked shots per game with 1.3
- Bienemann (2) is also third in steals per game alongside Ladwig with 1.8 per game to make him fourth overall in the A-R-C
- Wartburg leads the A-R-C with 3.68 blocks as a team per game
- Ladwig is currently third in the A-R-C in assists per game (4.6) and ranks fourth in assist/turnover ratio (1.8)
- Wartburg leads the league in assists per game as a team with 16.73 per game
- Bienemann ranks tied for fourth overall in the A-R-C with 3.6 per game
- 18 different Knights have scored this season and 12 different players have made a three pointer
- As a team, Wartburg is shooting: 45.9% FG (second in A-R-C), 29.1% 3P (eighth in A-R-C) and 63.6% FT (ninth in A-R-C)
- Wartburg leads the A-R-C in combined rebounds (41.3), offensive rebounds per game (13.8) and total rebounding margin (+4.9)
- Both Yungtum (first, 11.8 per game) and Schramm (tied for fifth, 7.1 per game) rank inside the top 10 individually among the A-R-C
Buena Vista
- The Beavers enter Wednesday night's game with an overall record of 12-9 and an A-R-C record of 5-7
- Fell to UD 84-71 and defeated Simpson 72-71 last week
- As a team, BVU is shooting:
- 42.6% FG (eighth in A-R-C), 34.7% 3P (fifth in A-R-C) and 79.2% FT (first in A-R-C)
- BVU ranks eighth in turnover margin this season among A-R-C teams (-1.38 per game)
- The Beavers rank second in the conference in assists per game as a team with 15.81
- Sievers (3.9 per game) rank inside the top 10 in the A-R-C
- Four Beavers are averaging 10+ points per game this season:
- Carter Sievers (18.8), Jayden Brink (15), Adam Bryte (13) and Jackson Jones (10.3)
- Kyle Sternberg is just shy of 10 PPG at 9.5 points per game
- BVU is fourth in the A-R-C in rebounding margin with a mark of +1.7 despite having the lowest amount of offensive rebounds per game in the conference (9.3 per game)
- Sievers is currently second overall in the conference in scoring and ranks first in assist/turnover ratio (2.3), while ranking inside the top five in assists and three point percentage
Central
- The Dutch enter the week with an overall record of 11-10 and a conference record of 4-8
- Fell to Loras 89-66 and defeated Dubuque (79-73) last week
- Will face Simpson at home on Wednesday before traveling to Wartburg on Saturday
- Five players average nine or more points per game for Central
- Kyle Cason (14.1), Owen Schipper (12.5), Braylon Thomsen (11.1), Anthony Gott (9.9) and Grant Uecker (9.6)
- As a team, Central is shooting:
- 43.9% FG (sixth in A-R-C), 32.5% 3P (seventh in A-R-C) and 74.2% FT (third in A-R-C)
- Both Uecker and Schipper both rank inside the top 10 of the conference in assists per game at 3.1 and 2.8 respectively
- Central ranks sixth as a team in assists per game (13.74)
- Central ranks first in the A-R-C in defensive rebounds per game, but rank seventh in rebounding margin with an average of +0.4 per game
- Anthony Gott ranks tied for second overall in the conference in blocked shots per game with 1.3
- Both Jaden Jones and Jayden Brink lead the team in steals this season with 24 and 21 respectively
