Andre Wagner scored a team-high 13 points off of the bench to lead Buena Vista. Nesha Francic also came off of the Beaver bench to contribute 11 points and a team-high seven rebounds. BVU head coach Brian Van Haaften juggled his starting lineup while giving Jesse Schmidt his third start of the season and Jeff Bissen his first collegiate start.
Wartburg capitalized on a solid shooting performance. The Knights were 13 of 23 (57%) from three-point range in the game while canning nine of 13 attempts from behind the arc in the first half alone.
Rance Cartmill poured in 17 points and grabbed seven rebounds to lead 15th ranked Wartburg. Nate Schmidt added 16 points while Jason Steege scored 15 and dished out eight assists.
Rahn Franklin and Matt Wittry each scored 10 points for Buena Vista, which dropped to 4-10 on the season and 2-3 in the IIAC. The Beavers made 28 of 63 (44%) shots from the field, but were just four of 17 (24%) from long range.
Wartburg, which improved to 13-2 and 6-1 in the conference, went on an 11-0 run midway through the first half to break open a 10-9 game. The Knights went on to lead by as many as 25 points in the second half.
Buena Vista will continue conference play on Saturday, on January 21 by traveling to the University of Dubuque.
Buena Vista vs Wartburg College 01/18/06 8 p.m. at Knights Gymnasium - Waverly, Iowa At Knights Gymnasium - Waverly, Iowa WARTBURG COLLEGE 94, BUENA VISTA 77 BUENA VISTA (4-10, 2-3IIAC) WAGNER, Andre 6-13 0-0 13; FRANCIC, Nesha 5-9 1-5 11; FRANKLIN, Rahn 4-6 1-2 10; WITTRY, Matt 3-7 3-3 10; SCHMIDT, Jesse 3-8 2-2 8; FOGLEMAN, Brian 3-7 2-4 8; BISSEN, Jeff 1-1 5-5 7; JOEKEL, Mark 2-4 0-0 4; MORGAN, Casey 0-2 3-4 3; YOUNG, Derrick 1-1 0-0 3; GRAY, KJ 0-0 0-0 0; METZ, Sean 0-0 0-0 0; CLEVELAND, Matt 0-1 0-0 0; HAWLEY, Teddy 0-1 0-0 0; PERSON, Travis 0-1 0-0 0; GRIMM, Nolan 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 28-63 17-25 77. WARTBURG COLLEGE (13-2, 6-1IIAC) CARTMILL, Rance 7-11 1-2 17; SCHMIDT, Nate 7-10 0-1 16; STEEGE, Jason 2-4 9-10 15; GULLICKSON, Nick 6-7 0-1 13; NELSON, Lee 4-13 0-1 12; STARK, Dan 4-4 0-0 8; VOGEL, Ben 2-3 0-0 5; PETERSON, Cassidy 1-4 1-2 3; FORMANEK, Joel 1-1 0-0 3; KRAMER, Nick 1-1 0-0 2; TROST, Jon 0-0 0-0 0; KRAMER, Kyle 0-0 0-0 0; MASON, Cashes 0-1 0-0 0; SCHMITT, Brad 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 35-59 11-17 94. Buena Vista................... 39 38 - 77 Wartburg College.............. 53 41 - 94 3-point goals-Buena Vista 4-17 (WITTRY, Matt 1-4; YOUNG, Derrick 1-1; WAGNER, Andre 1-5; FRANKLIN, Rahn 1-1; JOEKEL, Mark 0-1; CLEVELAND, Matt 0-1; HAWLEY, Teddy 0-1; PERSON, Travis 0-1; GRIMM, Nolan 0-2), Wartburg College 13-23 (NELSON, Lee 4-9; SCHMIDT, Nate 2-3; CARTMILL, Rance 2-4; STEEGE, Jason 2-3; GULLICKSON, Nick 1-1; FORMANEK, Joel 1-1; VOGEL, Ben 1-2). Fouled out--Buena Vista-None, Wartburg College-None. Rebounds-Buena Vista 37 (FRANCIC, Nesha 7), Wartburg College 31 (CARTMILL, Rance 7). Assists-Buena Vista 9 (FRANKLIN, Rahn 2; WITTRY, Matt 2), Wartburg College 23 (STEEGE, Jason 8). Total fouls-Buena Vista 20, Wartburg College 23. A-1000