Men's Basketball Season Ends Abruptly
Feb 22, 2020
DUBUQUE, Iowa - The University of Dubuque men's basketball team was seeking a fifth place seed in the 2020 American Rivers Conference Tournament on Saturday. Unfortunately, UD found themselves knocked out of a spot in the tournament after a tough senior day loss to the Wartburg College Knights by an 81-92 final score. A simpson victory over Buena Vista shuffled the standings leaving UD wondering what happened. The Spartans needed two wins in their final five games to continue their season, but a 1-4 finish would prove fatal. UD would finish 14-11 overall and 7-9 in the A-R-C.
Senior Avery Butler would be held to just six points after getting in early foul trouble and Senior Henry Thompson also was kept in check with just four points on Senior Day on Jon Davison Court in Stoltz Sports Center. Mitch Burger led UD's offense with 19 points, Peter Ragen added 17 points, and freshman Carter Stevens finsihed with 12 points.
Three Spartans would end the season averaging double digit scoring: Burger-15.6 ppg, Ragen-15.3 ppg, and Butler-10.3 ppg. As a team UD averaged 81.9 points per game and 38.6 rpg.
TEAM STATISTICS DBQM OPP -------------------------------------------------- SCORING................. 2048 2024 Points per game....... 81.9 81.0 Scoring margin........ +1.0 - FIELD GOALS-ATT......... 706-1596 723-1559 Field goal pct........ .442 .464 3 POINT FG-ATT.......... 254-729 203-594 3-point FG pct........ .348 .342 3-pt FG made per game. 10.2 8.1 FREE THROWS-ATT......... 382-511 375-516 Free throw pct........ .748 .727 F-Throws made per game 15.3 15.0 REBOUNDS................ 966 906 Rebounds per game..... 38.6 36.2 Rebounding margin..... +2.4 - ASSISTS................. 301 320 Assists per game...... 12.0 12.8 TURNOVERS............... 340 324 Turnovers per game.... 13.6 13.0 Turnover margin....... -0.6 - Assist/turnover ratio. 0.9 1.0 STEALS.................. 131 175 Steals per game....... 5.2 7.0 BLOCKS.................. 77 49 Blocks per game....... 3.1 2.0 ATTENDANCE.............. 6896 5158 Home games-Avg/Game... 12-575 11-428 Neutral site-Avg/Game. - 2-222 SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd Total ------------------------- ---- ---- ---- Dubuque.................. 932 1116 - 2048 Opponents................ 1002 1022 - 2024
