WAVERLY, Iowa – Men's basketball will travel to Simpson College on Wednesday, Feb. 18 to close regular season American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) play against the Storm beginning at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 18 | Indianola, Iowa | Cowles Fieldhouse
Wartburg (13-11, 5-10 A-R-C) at Simpson (9-14, 6-8 A-R-C) | 7:30 PM CT |
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Live Stats
All-Time Series vs Simpson
- Defeated Simpson 74-66 earlier this season
- Wartburg owns a 85-40 series lead
- 34-25 on the road against the Storm
- The Knights have won the last three games against Simpson
- 8-2 in the last 10 matchups
A-R-C Standings
| School |
A-R-C |
A-R-C PCT. |
ALL |
ALL PCT. |
Home |
Away |
Neutral |
Streak |
 Nebraska WesleyanQ |
12-2 |
.857 |
17-6 |
.739 |
8-2 |
8-3 |
1-1 |
L1 |
 LorasQ |
12-3 |
.800 |
18-6 |
.750 |
9-3 |
9-3 |
0-0 |
W2 |
 Coe |
8-6 |
.571 |
16-7 |
.696 |
7-3 |
8-4 |
1-0 |
W3 |
 Univ. of Dubuque |
7-7 |
.500 |
14-9 |
.609 |
3-5 |
9-3 |
2-1 |
L3 |
 Buena Vista |
6-8 |
.429 |
13-10 |
.565 |
8-5 |
3-5 |
2-0 |
L1 |
 Simpson |
6-8 |
.429 |
9-14 |
.391 |
5-5 |
3-9 |
1-0 |
W1 |
 Central |
5-9 |
.357 |
12-11 |
.522 |
5-4 |
3-7 |
4-0 |
L1 |
 Wartburg |
5-10 |
.333 |
13-11 |
.542 |
9-6 |
4-5 |
0-0 |
W1 |
 Luther |
3-11 |
.214 |
8-15 |
.348 |
5-8 |
3-7 |
0-0 |
W1 |
A-R-C Tournament Outlook
- To make the A-R-C Tournament as the sixth seed, Wartburg will need the following to happen:
- A win vs Simpson
- Central to finish 0-2 (vs Coe/Luther)
- Simpson to lose final game (vs Coe)
- A-R-C Tournament Homepage
Wartburg
- The Knights enter the week with an overall record of 13-11 and 5-10 in A-R-C play
- Fell to Buena Vista 86-71 and defeated Central 70-63 this past week
- Austin Bienemann (16.1), Ethan Yungtum (15.9), Cael Schramm (11.9) and Luke Ladwig (10.4) all average 10 or more PPG this season
- Schramm leads the A-R-C in field goal percentage (60.8%)
- Bienemann ranks sixth in the A-R-C in scoring
- Wartburg has the second ranked scoring offense in the A-R-C through 24 games, with an average of 79 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 seven in both scoring (seventh, 15.9 PPG) and rebounding (first, 11.6 RPG) among A-R-C players
- Has recorded a double double in 17/24 games this season
- Second in Division III in double doubles this season
- Bienemann and Schramm are ranked fourth and fifth overall in the A-R-C in blocked shots per game with 1.3 and 1.2 respectively
- Bienemann (2.1) is also tied for second in steals per game alongside Ladwig with 1.7 per game to make him fifth overall in the A-R-C
- Wartburg is second in the A-R-C with 3.46 blocks as a team per game
- The Knights have made seven or more three pointers as a team in six-straight games
- Yungtum (34), Bienemann (33), (Ladwig 23) and Mason Matson (21) lead the Knights in three pointers made
- Ladwig is currently third in the A-R-C in assists per game (4.3) and ranks fourth in assist/turnover ratio (1.6)
- Wartburg leads the league in assists per game as a team with 16.5 per game
- Bienemann ranks fifth 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 (40.9), offensive rebounds per game (13.5) and total rebounding margin (+4.4)
- Both Yungtum (first, 11.6 per game) and Schramm (tied for fifth, 7.0 per game) rank inside the top 10 individually among the A-R-C
Simpson
- The Storm enter Wednesday's matchup with an overall record of 9-14 and 6-8 in A-R-C play
- Fell to Central 69-57 and defeated Dubuque 79-66 last week
- 1-6 in last seven games (win over UD snapped six-game losing streak)
- Simpson has three players averaging 12+ points per game so far this season
- Cam Henderson (17.2), Levi Gurwell (14.8), and Calix Cahill (12.6)
- Henderson ranks third and Gurwell ranks 11th among all A-R-C scorers
- The Storm are averaging 74.1 points per game (sixth in A-R-C) and allowing an average of 75.6 points per game (seventh in A-R-C)
- Cahill leads the team in rebounding with an average of 6.8 per game (tied for eighth in A-R-C)
- As a team, Simpson ranks ninth in rebounding margin (-2.5)
- As a team, Simpson is shooting 43.3% FG (sixth in A-R-C), 35.2% (third in A-R-C) and 71.5% FT (fifth in A-R-C)
- Cahill ranks sixth in the A-R-C in field goal percentage (52.7%) and Henderson ranks fourth in three point percentage (41.2%)
- The storm rank seventh among A-R-C teams in assists per game (12.91) and sixth in both steals per game (6.22) and blocked shots per game (2.65)
- Gurwell (2.3, second) and Henderson (1.8, 10th) both rank inside the top 10 in the A-R-C in made three pointers per game
