Advance ticket sales will be available locally for the Illinois Wesleyan men's basketball game at North Central for this Saturday's third-round NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Championship game at Gregory Arena in Naperville, Ill.

Tickets from the IWU allotment of 600 will be available for sale in the Illinois Wesleyan Shirk Center athletics office from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday and from 8 to 11 a.m. on Friday.

Ticket prices are $7 for adults and $4 for senior citizens, students and children. Children under 2 years of age will be admitted free of charge. Tickets will also be sold at North Central on Saturday prior to the game, beginning at 5 p.m.

Making their fourth straight NCAA tourney appearance, the No. 10-ranked Titans improved to 23-5 with a 71-67 win at Washington U. on Saturday. The Titans have an NCAA Division III tournament record of 49-21 in their 22nd overall NCAA tournament appearance, including a national championship in 1997, third place finishes in 1996, 2001 and 2006 and a semifinal appearance in 2012. This is the 16th time for IWU to advance to the round of 16.

Winners of 10 straight games, North Central is 26-3 and ranked No. 3 in the D3hoops.com poll. The Cardinals moved into the tournament's round of 16 for the second straight year with a 64-60 victory over the No. 5-ranked University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, the defending Division III national champions.
North Central won the CCIW tournament title and IWU was the regular season league champion.