The 2019-20 season will be the 25th year of Illinois Wesleyan basketball in the Shirk Center, opened in 1994, where the Titans are 227-74 (.754).
The women's team played the first varsity game at the Shirk Center, hosting DePauw on Nov. 18, 1994.
The $15 million building was dedicated Oct. 15, 1994 and was funded in part by a $5 million gift from the Russell and Betty Shirk Foundation of Bloomington. The Shirk family owns Beer Nuts, Inc., the Bloomington-based snack food company.
The Shirk Center replaced Fred Young Fieldhouse, where the Titans were 40-33 in the final six seasons. Prior to 1987-88, the IWU women's team played at Memorial Gym, now the Hansen Student Center on campus.
IWU WOMEN AT SHIRK CENTER
| Year |
Home Record |
| 1994-95 |
11-1 |
| 1995-96 |
10-3 |
| 1996-97 |
6-5 |
| 1997-98 |
9-4 |
| 1998-99 |
8-2 |
| 1999-00 |
7-3 |
| 2000-01 |
4-7 |
| 2001-02 |
6-3 |
| 2002-03 |
10-3 |
| 2003-04 |
6-5 |
| 2004-05 |
8-3 |
| 2005-06 |
6-4 |
| 2006-07 |
11-1 |
| 2007-08 |
13-2 |
| 2008-09 |
14-1 |
| 2009-10 |
17-1 |
| 2010-11 |
12-4 |
| 2011-12 |
13-1 |
| 2012-13 |
8-3 |
| 2013-14 |
8-2 |
| 2014-15 |
5-6 |
| 2015-16 |
6-3 |
| 2016-17 |
10-3 |
| 2017-18 |
12-1 |
| 2018-19 |
7-3 |
| Overall (25 years) |
227-74 (.754) |
30 POINT INDIVIDUAL GAMES AT SHIRK CENTER
| Name/School |
Opponent |
Date |
Points Scored |
| Sara Seebruch, IWU |
North Central |
1/16/99 |
39 |
| Sydney Moss, Thomas More |
IWU |
12/30/15 |
37 |
| Fiona McMahon, Elmhurst |
IWU |
2/21/15 |
37 |
| Molly McGraw, IWU |
North Park |
1/11/17 |
33 |
| Molly McGraw, IWU |
WashU |
11/27/16 |
33 |
| Stephanie Kuzmanic, Carthage |
IWU |
1/25/14 |
33 |
| Amanda Orsburn, North Central |
IWU |
1/30/01 |
33 |
| Lyndsie Long, Elmhurst |
IWU |
2/27/10 |
32 |
| Katie Cantrell, IWU |
Elmhurst |
2/15/03 |
32 |
| Amanda Orsburn, North Central |
IWU |
1/16/99 |
31 |
| Deb Hughes, Elmhurst |
IWU |
1/04/98 |
31 |
| Nicole Merchant, Wheaton |
IWU |
1/13/96 |
31 |
| Allison Grubbs, Lake Forest |
IWU |
12/09/00 |
30 |
