BLOOMINGTON, Ill. -- The Illinois Wesleyan women's and men's basketball teams play at Waukesha, Wis., against Carroll University in College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin games on Saturday, Jan. 21, with the women tipping off at 2 p.m. and the men playing the Pioneers immediately following.
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
THE GAME:Â The Illinois Wesleyan women's basketball team (10-6, 5-2 CCIW) plays at Carroll University (1-14, 1-6 CCIW) at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21 in Waukesha, Wis. ... Carroll is back in the league after leaving the CCIW after the 1991-92 season to join the Midwest Conference.
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Molly McGraw
TITAN WOMEN'S HOOP NOTES: The Titans lost to Augustana earlier this week, 83-73 … Junior
Molly McGraw is the current CCIW "Player of the Week". She averaged 25.5 points on .636 field goal shooting and 3.5 rebounds in two wins last week ... McGraw became the 21st player to cross the IWU career 1,000-point threshold with a 3-pointer with 6:00 left in the game at Augustana … McGraw has 1,004 career points, tied for 20th with Ann Considine (1984-88) … The career record of 1,632 is held by Traci Butler (1992-96) … IWU is ninth of 440 NCAA D-III teams in scoring (78.5), 14th in turnovers forced (25.13) and ninth in turnover margin at 8.8 per game ...Â
Amanda Kelly ranks 17th nationally in assist to turnover ratio (2.26) ...Â
Rebekah Ehresman ranks No. 35 in scoring (778), No. 21 in 3-pointers (70), No. 18 in free throws (180), No. 29 in rebounds (385) and No. 19 in assists (194) ... Sophomore centerÂ
Maddie Merritt's .836 career free throw percentage is the best in an IWU uniform (143 of 171).
ABOUT THE PIONEERS: Carroll has struggled in their first season under head coach Lindsay Schultz … Defensively, the Pioneers rank 434th of 440 NCAA D-III teams in field-goal percentage defense (.466) and 433rd in scoring defense (82.5). Offensively, the Pioneers rank 320th averaging 57.5 points per game on .363 percent shooting … Carroll is led in scoring by Brittney Wald who averages 15.5 points per game on .432 shooting. Wald also leads the team in rebounding (7.1), assists (2.7) and steals (29).
COACHES:Â Illinois Wesleyan'sÂ
Mia Smith (Southern Ill.-Edwardsville 1986) is in her 19th season and has an overall record of 356-154 (.698) with a CCIW mark of 188-70 (.728) ... Carroll is coached by Lindsay Schultz (Cardinal Stritch 2004) who owns a 1-14 record in her first season at the helm.
THE SERIES:Â The Pioneers were in the CCIW until leaving after the 1991-92 season and has a 14-0 all-time record against Illinois Wesleyan ... The schools last met in the 2007 NCAA Division III tournament as Carroll won a first-round game, 86-59.
WHAT'S NEXT:Â Illinois Wesleyan hosts league-leading Augustana College at the Shirk Center at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 25.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
THE GAME: The Illinois Wesleyan men's basketball team (12-4, 4-3 CCIW) plays at Carroll University (9-7, 4-3 CCIW) at 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21 in Waukesha, Wis. … It is "Alumni Day" at Carroll … The teams are in a three-way tie for third place in the conference standings with Carthage.
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POLLING PLACE: IWU is among teams receiving votes in this week's D3hoops.com poll, falling from No. 22 in the previous week. North Park is No. 9 and Augustana is No. 20. Among other IWU opponents, Washington U. is No. 11, Middlebury is No. 15 and Carthage is among teams receiving votes.
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ABOUT ILLINOIS WESLEYAN: In national stats, IWU is No. 38 of 416 D-III schools with a 10.4 scoring margin, No. 34 with 9.6 3-pointers/game and No. 78 with 245 assists ... With 429,
Trevor Seibring is tied for 34th at IWU in career rebounds, tied for 41st with 219 free throws and 38th with a .693 career FT percentage ...
Andy Stempel is tied for 21st all-time with 84 3-pointers,
Brady Rose is 35th (63) and
Alec Bausch is 40th (43) ... Â IWU has a 3-point field goal in 593 straight games dating back to an 86-76 win at North Park on Jan. 28, 1996.
SCOUTING THE PIONEERS: As a team, Carroll is No. 18 (of 416) in Division III with a .774 free throw percentage and No. 58 with a .381 3-point shooting percentage … The Pioneers have four players averaging in double figures, led by Kyle Keranen at 15.2 per game. He had a season-high of 30 in a 94-83 loss vs. Chicago. Tanner Zaeske (14.0), Ben Widdes (12.3) and Tyler Ingebrigtsen (10.1) also score in double digits … Zaeske averages 4.6 rebounds per game as the Pioneers are outrebounded, 32.3-30.8 … Carroll outscores opponents, 75.8-73.4 … Carroll's CCIW wins have come over North Park, Millikin, North Central and Carthage with losses to Elmhurst, Wheaton and Augustana.
COACHES: Illinois Wesleyan's
Ron Rose is in his 11th season and has an overall record of 201-99 (.669) with a CCIW ledger of 93-54. Rose is third in all-time wins at IWU, behind
Dennie Bridges (667-319, 1965-01) and Jack Horenberger (264-212, 1945-65). He got his 200th career win at home against Wheaton on Jan. 7 ... Paul Combs (Ripon 1993) has a 53-36 overall record in his fourth season as head coach at Carroll. Prior to 2013 he spent four years as head coach at Division II Wayne State College in Nebraska (54-58), was at Wis.-Platteville from 2003-09 (102-57) and Lakeland College (60-45).
THE SERIES: Dating back to 1955-56, IWU leads the Carroll series, 59-16 … The schools have met just once since Carroll exited the CCIW after the 1991-92 season – in 2006 IWU won an 81-68 decision in the first round of the NCAA D-III tournament at Whitewater, Wis. … Titan teams have won seven in a row and 14 of the last 15 played against Carroll ... When Carroll plays in Bloomington on Feb. 4, it will be their first game at the Shirk Center.
WHAT'S NEXT: Illinois Wesleyan plays at North Park at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 25.
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