BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – The Illinois Wesleyan men's and women's basketball teams play College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin games against the North Park Vikings in Chicago on Saturday, Jan. 13.

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THE GAME: The No. 21-ranked Illinois Wesleyan women's basketball team (12-2 overall, 5-0 CCIW) play at 5 p.m. game at North Park Gymnasium against North Park University (8-6, 3-2 CCIW). 

TITAN WOMEN'S HOOP NOTES: As a team, IWU is No. 5 nationally of 450 D-III teams in scoring offense, No. 8 in assist/turnover ratio, and No. 15 in field-goal percentage ... Senior Molly McGraw has 1,334 career points, ranking No. 7 in Titan records. She is No. 6 all-time in shots made (524) … Rebekah Ehresman has 1,064 career points, which is No. 16 in IWU records. Also in school records, she ranks No. 20 in 3-pointers (82), No. 7 in free throws (272), No. 18 in rebounds (510) and No. 7 in assists (299) ... Ehresman also is No. 3 nationally in assist/turnover ratio (3.19) ... Maddie Merritt's .847 career free throw percentage is the best in an IWU uniform (243 of 287) ... Go here to see career statistics for Illinois Wesleyan women's basketball.
 
BEHIND ENEMY LINES: Coming into Saturday's contest, North Park has lost two straight in conference play. North Park has league wins over North Central, Millikin and Carroll bfore lsoing their last two to Wheaton and Elmhurst ... The Vikings rank No. 278 nationally in scoring offense with an average of 60.4 points per game ... The Vikings rank No. 183 in scoring defense, allowing opponents to score 61.6 points per game ... Gabby Sandoval is the team's leading scorer with an average of 8.1 points per game. Sandoval is shooting 26.1 percent from the field and 19.5 percent from 3-point range ... Shaylee Sloan leads the team in rebounding at 9.0 per game alongside 7.9 points per game.

COACHES: Illinois Wesleyan's Mia Smith is in her 20th season and has an overall record of 376-161 (.700) with a CCIW mark of 200-73 (.732). With 200 league wins, Smith joins Millikin's Lori Kerans (292 wins, 1986-present) and Beth Baker of Wheaton (248 wins, 1986-2010) in the league's 200-win club ... In her ninth season at North Park, Amanda Crockett has an overall record of 102-136 (.428) with a 39-94 (.293) mark in the CCIW.
 
THE SERIES: Dating back to 1974, Illinois Wesleyan holds a 51-13 advantage over North Park. Illinois Wesleyan has won 27 consecutive meetings against the Vikings with North Park's last victory coming during the 2004-05 season. Last season, Illinois Wesleyan defeated North Park by scores of 93-54 and 89-61.
 
THE GAME: The Illinois Wesleyan men's basketball team (11-3, 4-1 CCIW) plays at North Park (4-9, 1-4 CCIW) at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 13.
 
ABOUT ILLINOIS WESLEYAN: Of 416 teams, IWU is sixth in D-III stats with just 10.8 turnovers per game, 36th with 10.2 3-pointers per game, 40th in 3-pointers attempted (390) and 18th with a 1.4 assist/turnover ratio ... After matching his career-high with 35 points against Elmhurst last Saturday, Brady Rose was chosen as the CCIW Player of the Week for the second time this season. Go here to read the complete story ... Of all D-III players, Rose is 40th in scoring (21.7 ppg). Grinnell's Vinny Curta leads D-III with a 34.3 scoring mark. Rose ranks 16th with 233 field goal tries and 28th in field goals made (108). He is 12th all-time at IWU with 119 3-pointers, just behind Mark Aubry (135, 1992-95). Go here to see career statistics for Illinois Wesleyan men's basketball ... IWU has made a 3-point field goal in 616 consecutive games dating back to an 86-76 win at North Park on Jan. 28, 1996.
 
SCOUTING THE VIKINGS: The Vikings were 11-5 and shared the CCIW championship last season, the school's first since 1987 … North Park was 1-6 on December 10 so has gone 3-3 since then. They have a CCIW win over Millikin with losses to Wheaton, Elmhurst, Carthage and North Central … Colin Lake leads North Park, is third in the conference and 44th in the nation with a 21.5 scoring average while Billy Kirby scores 13.5 points per contest … The Vikings are scoring an average of 65.6 points while allowing an average of 74.5 and North Park is third in the CCIW with 9.38 3-pointers made per game ... Matt Mohr is the team's top rebounder at 6.2 per game … Teams are shooting .500 from the field against the Vikings, which ranks 405th (of 416) in Division III.
 
COACHES: In his 12th season at IWU, Ron Rose has a 217-106 overall mark (.670) with a CCIW ledger of 102-59. Rose is third in wins at IWU, behind Dennie  Bridges (667-319, 1965-01) and Jack Horenberger (264-212, 1945-65) ... In his sixth season at North Park, Tom Slyder has a 61-78 overall mark and a 26-51 conference record. He had a 102-84 previously as head coach at Anderson (Ind.).
 
THE SERIES: Illinois Wesleyan has a 79-33 lead in the series (since 1941-42) and lost both games to the Vikings in the 2016-17 season ...The Titans have won nine of the last 13 and 36 of the last 47 meetings ... IWU won 17 straight at home vs. the Vikings from 1989-2006.