BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – The Illinois Wesleyan women's and men's basketball teams play College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin games against North Central on Saturday, Feb. 18, with the women's game at 5 p.m. and the men's game immediately following  … It is Seniors' Night for both teams with introductions prior to each game.

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THE GAME: The Illinois Wesleyan men's basketball team (16-7, 8-6 CCIW) hosts North Central College (14-10, 8-7 CCIW) at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18 at the Shirk Center.

SENIORS: Four Illinois Wesleyan men's basketball seniors will be honored pregame – Austin Amann, Trevor Seibring, Andy Stempel and Alec Bausch … In their career, IWU teams are 76-34 with two 20-win seasons.

POLLING PLACE: From the CCIW, Augustana (18-5) is ranked No. 23 in this week's D3hoops.com poll. Among other IWU opponents, Washington U. (18-4) is No. 7 and Middlebury (20-3) is No. 10 ... Illinois Wesleyan is the only other CCIW team receiving votes in the poll.
 
ABOUT ILLINOIS WESLEYAN: In the latest national stats, IWU is 29th of 416 D-III schools with a +10.3 scoring margin, 51st with 9.3 3-pointers/game and 31st in fewest turnovers (257) ... Brady Rose is 16th nationally with an 89.8 free throw percentage …With 462, Trevor Seibring is 27th at IWU in career rebounds, 35th with 239 free throws and 35th with a .699 career FT percentage... Andy Stempel is 20th all-time with 92 3-pointers, Rose is 29th (74), Colin Bonnett is 40th (48), Alec Bausch is 41st (47) and Nick Coleman is 42nd (46)... Stempel is 35th with 146 career assists and Bausch is 43rd all-time with 400 rebounds... IWU has a 3-point field goal in 600 straight games dating back to an 86-76 win at North Park on Jan. 28, 1996.

HOME COOKING: Illinois Wesleyan is 10-1 at home this year and has a 22-year Shirk Center record of 250-43 (.852) ... In the past six years (2009-17), IWU is 90-14 at home.

SCOUTING THE CARDINALS: This is North Central's final regular season game. The Cardinals were the CCIW preseason coaches' pick at No. 1 and were ranked as high as No. 6 in the D3hoops.com poll in December... After a four-game winning streak, the Cardinals have lost two of their last three - in OT at Augustana (72-66) and in OT at Carthage (78-74)... Connor Raridon hasn't played since breaking his hand at Millikin Dec. 10 ... Assistant coach Steve Schweer (IWU '06) played on two NCAA "Sweet 16" teams and on IWU's 2006 Final 4 squad.
 
COACHES: In his 11th season at Illinois Wesleyan, Ron Rose has a 205-102 overall mark (.669) with a CCIW ledger of 97-57. Rose is third in wins at IWU, behind Dennie Bridges (667-319, 1965-01) and Jack Horenberger (264-212, 1945-65). He got his 200th career win at home vs. Wheaton Jan. 7 ... In his 13th year at North Central, Todd Raridon has a 221-124 record, the best in school history. His teams are 108-75 in the CCIW.
 
THE SERIES: Dating back to 1920, IWU leads the series vs. NCC, 115-42. North Central has won nine of the last 13 and three straight vs. IWU, including an 84-75 win in Naperville on Dec. 3.
 
WHAT'S NEXT:  The Titans close out the regular season at home on Tuesday, Feb. 21, against Augustana and it will be "Matt 'the Cat' Adams Night" at the Shirk Center with a towel giveaway featuring the likeness of the long-time IWU "fan / volunteer / assistant coach / bat boy / question-answerer."
 
THE GAME: The Illinois Wesleyan women's basketball team (17-6, 12-2 CCIW) hosts North Central College (12-11, 6-8 CCIW) at 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18 at the Shirk Center.

SENIORS: Six Illinois Wesleyan women's basketball seniors will be honored pregame – Shelby Gray, Alina Lehocky, Brittney Reaber, Gabrielle Holness, Gabby Weber and Amanda Kelly – along with student assistant coach Kaitlyn O'Boye … In their four years, Illinois Wesleyan teams are a combined 63-39.

TITAN WOMEN'S HOOP NOTES: IWU has won seven straight and 12 of the last 13 ... IWU is seventh of 440 NCAA D-III teams in scoring (79.2), 10th in turnovers forced per game (25.4) and seventh in turnover margin (9.7) ... Gabby Weber set a career-high with 17 points against Elmhurst on Feb. 15 ... Rebekah Ehresman is ranked No. 30 in scoring (845), No. 21 in 3-pointers (72), No. 16 in free throws (203), No. 27 in rebounds (412), No. 8 in offensive rebounds (160) and No. 17 in assists (213) in program history ... Amanda Kelly ranks No. 7 in the nation for assist-to-turnover ratio (2.77). Ehresman is right behind Kelly ranking No. 17 for assist-to-turnover ratio (2.20).
 
BEHIND ENEMY LINES: North Central boasts the top offense in all of D-III, averaging 89.4 points-. However, the Cardinals style of play results in their defense ranking 440th of 440 in points allowed per game at 85.9 ... North Central ranks No. 1 in 3-point field-goals per game with 13.1, but is 261st in 3-point percentage, shooting 28.0 percent from deep ... The Cardinals are one of the best rebounding teams in the country, averaging 50.1 rebounds overall, and 21 offensive boards per game.
 
HOME COURT: IWU is 10-2 at home this year and has a 208-69 mark at the Shirk Center... Since 2008, IWU has a home record of 91-25 (.783).
 
COACHES: Illinois Wesleyan's Mia Smith is in her 19th season and has an overall record of 363-155 (.700) with a CCIW mark of 195-71 (.733) ... Michelle Roof is in her seventh year as North Central head coach and has an 87-91 overall record (39-59 CCIW).
 
THE SERIES: IWU holds a 42-28 advantage over North Central in a series that dates back to 1979-80. Illinois Wesleyan bested the Cardinals in overtime earlier this season by a final score of 118-113.
 
WHAT'S NEXT: IWU hits the road to face Wheaton in the final regular season game on Tuesday, Feb. 21 ... IWU, Wheaton and Elmhurst have qualified for the CCIW postseason tourney Feb. 24-25 at a site to be determined in the next two games.