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TICKET INFORMATION: Tickets will go on sale at 8 a.m. Tuesday, March 3. Fans can call 715-346-4100 to pre-purchase tickets. There will be a split session Friday. Tickets for the 5 p.m. game are $8 for adults, $4 for students college age and under. All seating will be general admission. Tickets for the 8 p.m. game are also $8 for adults, $4 for students college age and under. There will be reserved seating for this contest. Fans wishing to attend both contests can purchase both for $12.

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - The Illinois Wesleyan men's basketball team will play the University of Dubuque (23-5) at 5 p.m. on Friday, March 6, in the first round of the 62-team 2015 NCAA Division III basketball championships in Stevens Point, Wis. The Pointers (21-5) will host Concordia Wis. (19-9) with the winners to meet Saturday night.

Earning an at-large bid into the tourney, the Titans (19-8) are making their sixth straight and 24th overall NCAA tournament appearance in the 32 years of NCAA affiliation and have a 53-23 record in tournament play, including a national championship in 1997, third place finishes in 1996, 2001 and 2006 and semifinal appearances in 2012 and 2014.

The Titans have a 2-0 all-time record against Dubuque with wins in the 1952-53 season (82-53) and in the 1960-61 season (97-75). The 1960-61 IWU team captain was Dennie Bridges, former IWU basketball coach and current athletic director until he retires on July 31 this year.

Go here for listing of IWU games in postseason tournaments

DUBUQUE - Home | Roster | Statistics | Schedule
The University of Dubuque is in the NCAA Division III tournament for the second time in the last three years and for the sixth time overall ... The Spartans are in after winning the automatic qualifier from the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference with an 81-73 home victory over Wartburg on Saturday ... The Spartans lost at Elmhurst, 98-93 in overtime on Dec. 13 ... Two of Dubuque's losses were to Buena Vista, a team IWU defeated 76-63 back on Nov. 21 ... Dubuque was also in the NCAA after claiming the IIAC tournament title in 2013. Andre Norris is averaging 20.3 points and 8.8 rebounds per game to lead the Spartans while senior Gage Heffernan is averaging 14.3 points and 2.9 assists per game.

WISCONSIN-STEVENS POINT - Home | Roster | Statistics | Schedule
Wisconsin-Stevens Point is making its ninth straight and 14th overall appearance in the NCAA Division III tournament following a 21-5 season... The Pointers received one of 19-at large bids following a 50-47 loss to Wisconsin-Oshkosh in the WIAC semi-finals. Two of the Pointers five losses have come at the hands of No. 2 Wisconsin-Whitewater, and also dropped a home game to North Central 56-53 on Nov. 29. Last season, Stevens Point advanced the NCAA Division III Sectional Round, falling to Emory 76-73 in overtime. Senior forward Alex Stevens leads the Pointers this season averaging 12.5 points per game to go along with 4.0 rebounds per game.

CONCORDIA (Wis.) - Home | Roster | Statistics | Schedule
Concordia Wisconsin received an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III tournament following a 73-71 win over Aurora in the NACC tournament title game, and is making only their second-ever appearance in the tournament having last qualified in 2011. The Falcons have won 15 of the past 18 games dating back to the beginning of January, including six straight coming into Friday evening's contest. Concordia split their season series with Benedictine with each team winning on the road while sweeping all three games played against Milwaukee School Of Engineering this season. Eric Kittel leads the Falcons averaging 12.4 points per game while Brett Boettcher leads Concordia with 7.3 rebounds per game.

Augustana and Elmhurst from the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin also made the field. Augustana was one of two schools to receive a first-round bye and the Vikings' opponent Friday will be either the Bears of Washington University (20-5 and runners-up in the University Athletic Association) or the Tigers of DePauw (19-9 and champions of the North Coast Athletic Conference postseason tournament). In the NCAA tournament for the fourth time in school history, Elmhurst (19-7) will play at No. 3-ranked St. Norbert (24-1) on Friday, March 6.