BLOOMINGTON, Ill. -- Illinois Wesleyan junior Brady Rose led four players in double figures with a career-high 18 points to pace the Titans in an 86-65 season-opening win over Dominican (Ill.) at the Shirk Center on Tuesday, Nov. 15.

Senior Andy Stempel scored 17, senior Trevor Seibring added 15 and senior Alec Bausch scored 12 with a game-high 11 rebounds. Rose contributed five assists and Stempel had four.

Illinois Wesleyan held a 49-37 edge in rebounds and committed only seven turnovers while forcing 13. The Titans never trailed in the game and the issue was tied for 1:39 with the Titans leading the remaining 38:21.

IWU built up a large advantage in the first half, leading 45-21 at halftime and leading by a game-best 30 points at 17:37 to play in the game (53-23).

Illinois Wesleyan was 28 of 75 from the field and made 12 of 38 3-pointers. The 75 field goals attempted is tied for second most in an IWU game and the 38 3-point attempts is also second most in a game. The records are 76 shots (Hope, March 3, 2012) and 39 3-point attempts (Austin, Nov. 29, 2014).

The Stars, who outscored IWU 44-41 in the second half, were led by 14 points from Josh Mayberry and 12 from Tim Robertson.

WHAT'S NEXT?
Illinois Wesleyan hosts the Frontier Communications Tip-Off Tournament Friday and Saturday. Loras meets Aurora at 5 p.m. in game one Friday, followed by the Titans against Webster. On Saturday the third place game is at 5 p.m. followed by the title match ... Illinois Wesleyan, Loras and Aurora are 1-0 and Webster is 0-1 heading into the weekend. Webster suffered a 60-59 home loss at No. 20-ranked Washington U. Tuesday, missing two free throws with :00.8 remaining that would have earned the win … Loras defeated Elmhurst 104-102 at home Tuesday in the first game of Chris Martin's head coaching career … Demond George scored 28 and Justin Van Wambeke added 18 with a 3-pointer with :02 left to put Loras ahead … Aurora beat Millikin 87-63 Tuesday on the newly-christened James Lancaster Court … Marcus Myers scored 21 with seven boards and Max Vickers added 16 in Lance Robinson's head coaching debut.