Box Score

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - Freshman Molly McGraw scored a career-high 25 points to pace the Illinois Wesleyan women's basketball team to a 70-55 nonconference win over Rose-Hulman at the Shirk Center on Saturday, Dec. 20.

The Titans are now 6-3 while the Engineers slipped to 6-4 this season.

The score was tied at 29-29 at halftime before the Titans went on a 10-0 run, with six of those points coming from McGraw, to grab a 39-29 lead with 17:03 to play. The Engineers closed to within two at 39-37 with 13:08 left but were never closer as the Titans led by as many as 16 points (64-48) with just under 3:00 left.

The Titans scored 36 points off 37 Rose-Hulman turnovers but the Engineers held a 37-25 rebounding advantage and scored 36 points in the paint compared to 28 for Illinois Wesleyan.

Illinois Wesleyan Statistics and Leaders
Field Goal Percentage - .481 (25 of 52)
3-Point Field Goal Percentage - .385 (5 of 13)
Free Throw Percentage - .625 (15 of 24)
McGraw (25 points, 5 rebounds, 3 steals)
Senior Kasey Reaber (13 points, 7 assists, 5 rebounds, 4 steals)
Sophomore Gabby Weber (8 points, team-high 6 rebounds)

Rose-Hulman Statistics and Leaders
Field Goal Percentage - .468 (22 of 47)
3-Point Field Goal Percentage - .000 (0 of 7)
Free Throw Percentage - .611 (11 of 18)
Gracie Gibbs (20 points, 4 blocks)
Jamie Loving (7 points, team-high 8 rebounds)

Who's Next?
Illinois Wesleyan will play next on Sunday, Dec. 28, in the Montclair State (N.J.) Tournament against No. 21-ranked Salisbury at 7:30 p.m. (ET). On the next day, the Titans will play either the No. 7-ranked host school or Baruch at either 1 or 3 p.m.