BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – The Illinois Wesleyan women's basketball team plays a College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin road game on Saturday, Dec. 8, facing Augustana at 5 p.m. at the Carver P.E. Center in Rock Island, Ill.

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THE POLLS: The Illinois Wesleyan women's basketball team (7-2, 2-0 first place in CCIW) is ranked No. 13 in the D3hoops.com rankings and No. 15 in the WBCA weekly ratings.
 
TITAN NOTES: Senior Maddie Merritt needs one more free throw to become the all-time leader in free throws made in an IWU career. Merritt has 329 and the record is 330 by Rebekah  Ehresman (108 games, 2014-18) … Merritt ranks No. 10 nationally in Division III in field goal percentage (.626) and is No. 45 in free throw accuracy (.872) ... Merritt is No. 15 all-time at IWU in scoring (1,097 points) and No. 24 with 446 rebounds and her .848 free throw percentage is the school career record (329 of 388) … Go here to see Illinois Wesleyan women's basketball career statistics ... Junior Sydney Shanks is No. 66 in the national statistics with 3.0 steals per game … Senior Nina Anderson has 106 3-pointers and is No. 13 all-time at IWU. Kendall Sosa is tied for 33rd with 40 3-pointers and Sam Munroe is 41st with 29 ... As a team, IWU is No. 29 nationally of 450 D-III teams in scor­ing offense (76.3), No. 12 in field goal percentage (.469), and No. 16 in assists per game (18.4) ... Go here to see Illinois Wesleyan women's basketball statistics.
 
BEHIND ENEMY LINES: This is Augustana's fourth straight home game … Augie has a 4-4 record overall and is 1-1 in the CCIW with a win over Carroll (69-56) and a loss to North Central (69-58) … Averaging 17.6 points and 7.9 rebounds, Alexis Jones has been the Vikings' leading scorer in five games this year and their top rebounder in all eight ... Izzy Anderson, who was a second team all-CCIW player a year ago, averages 17.0 points per game. She has 879 career points, No. 18 at Augustana all-time ... Go here to see Augustana women's basketball statistics.
 
THE SERIES: Dating back to 1976, Illinois Wesleyan holds a 44-33 advantage over Augustana. The Titans have won five of the last six meetings and nine of the last 11.
 
COACHES: Illinois Wesleyan's Mia Smith is in her 21st season and has an overall record of 396-165 (.706) with a CCIW mark of 212-74 (.737) ... In his seventh season in Rock Is­land, Mark Beinborn has a career record of 68-91 with a 31-59 mark in conference play.
 
WHAT'S NEXT: The Titans break for finals before their next game at home against Carroll University on Saturday, Dec. 15, at 5 p.m.