Box Score

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - The Illinois Wesleyan women's baskeball team improved to 3-0 with a 79-70 home court win over No. 19-ranked Cornell on Friday (Nov. 22). Senior Lexi Baltes made 13 second half free throws to help IWU to the victory.

Cornell lost for the first time this season as the Rams committed 29 turnovers to 24 for IWU. Cornell held a 48-37 lead on the boards but were outscored 52-41 in the second half after claiming a 29-27 lead over Wesleyan at the half. Aside from Baltes going 13 of 14 from the free throw line, the rest of the team was a combined 13 of 21 (61.9 percent).

Illinois Wesleyan Statistics & Leaders
Field goal percentage: 40.0 (24-for-60)
Three point field goal percentage: 29.4 (5-for-17)
Free throw percentage: 74.3 (26-for-35)
• Baltes (19 points, team-high 8 rebounds)
• Senior Shelby Jackson (18 points, 5 rebounds)
• Senior Katy Seibring (14 points)


Cornell College Statistics & Leaders
Field goal percentage: 34.8 (23-for-66)
Three point field goal percentage: 26.1 (6-for-23)
Free throw percentage: 66.7 (18-for-27)
• Caitlin Bisinger (16 points)
• Taylor Dicus (14 points)
• Maggie Hogen (12 points, 10 rebounds)


Who's Next?
The Titans have a short turnaround time and play at 4 p.m. Saturday (Nov. 23) against No. 23-ranked Wisconsin-Stevens Point. The Pointers are 2-1 after a 48-43 loss to No. 5-ranked St. Thomas on Thursday.