BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – The Illinois Wesleyan men's and women's basketball teams will play College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin games on Wednesday, Feb. 14, with the men (17-5, 10-3 CCIW) on the road against Millikin at 7 p.m. and the women's team (19-3, 12-1 CCIW) on the Shirk Center court against the Big Blue, also a 7 p.m. tipoff.

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CCIW TOURNAMENTS: If Illinois Wesleyan men and women both host the postseason CCIW tournaments, it would be the first time it has ever occurred ... The women's semifinals would be on Thursday (Feb. 22) and the men's semifinals would be on Friday (Feb. 23). Both title games would be Saturday (Feb. 24) with the women's game at 2 p.m. and the men's game at 7:30 p.m. ... The CCIW women's tournament has gone on for 15 seasons, started in 2003, while the men's tournament has taken place since 2006 (12 years).

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TITAN NOTES: Illinois Wesleyan is No. 23 in the D3hoops.com poll, down from No. 17 last week ... Of 416 teams in Division III stats, IWU is 41st with 9.9 3-pointers per game and 23rd with a 1.38 assist/turnover ratio. The Titans are 14th with just 10.9 turnovers per game... Junior Brady Rose is 24th in scoring (22.4 ppg), 45th with 352 field goal tries and 48th in field goals made (169). He has 1,031 points and is No. 41 all-time at Illinois Wesleyan. He is just behind Bob Spear (1035, 1973-77) …Rose's 22.4 average is fifth best in an IWU single season and his 60 treys are tied for the 16th most … IWU has a 3-pointer in 624 straight games (an NCAA Division III record) dating back to an 86-76 win at North Park on Jan. 28, 1996.
 
3-POINT RANKINGS: Brady Rose is No. 9 all-time at IWU with 141 3-pointers. Four other current Titans rank in the top 45 in career 3-pointers made. They are:
#27. 81 - Colin Bonnett (73 games) - 2015-18
#36. 66 - Nick Coleman (44 games) - 2015-18
#38. 57 - Jaylen Beasley (82 games) - 2014-18
#44. 46 - Zach Knobloch (22 games) - 2017-18

SCOUTING THE BIG BLUE: Millikin has won three of its last five games, including an impressive 94-75 home court win over Wheaton … Millikin is 7-4 at the Griswold Center this season … Elijah Henry has six double-doubles this season with highs of 29 points at North Park and 18 rebounds at Finlandia. He is 23rd in the nation with a 62.4 field goal percentage … The six double-doubles is 130th in Division III. The national leader is Tyheim Monroe of Cabrini, who has 21 and is averaging 22.0 points and 15.4 rebounds per game.

COACHES: In his 12th season at IWU, Ron Rose has a 223-108 overall mark (.675) with a 107-60 CCIW ledger. He is third in wins at IWU, behind Dennie Bridges (667-319, 1965-01) and Jack Horenberger (264-212, 1945-65) ... Mark Scherer is in his first season at Millikin. He previously spent 17 years as the head coach at Elmhurst, compiling a record of 245-189 overall and 116-122 in the CCIW with one championship (2001).
 
THE SERIES: Illinois Wesleyan has a 149-78 lead in the series against Millikin, including a 78-62 win in Bloomington on Jan. 17. The Titans trailed, 37-35, at halftime of that game.

HOME COOKING: Illinois Wesleyan is 8-3 at home this season and has a 22-year Shirk Center record of 259-47 (.847) ... In the past six years (2009-17), IWU is 99-18 at home.
   
TITAN NOTES: Illinois Wesleyan is No. 21 in the D3hoops.com poll, down from No. 17 last week... As a team, IWU is No. 4 nationally of 450 D-III teams in scoring offense (85.4 points per game), No. 2 in assist/turnover ratio, No. 10 in field-goal percentage, and No. 6 in turnover margin ... The Titans are seventh in margin of victory ( 23.7) ... Senior Molly McGraw has 1,446 career points, ranking No. 2 in Titan records. She is No. 3 all-time in shots made (568) ... Senior Rebekah Ehresman has 1,148 career points, which is No. 14 in IWU records. Also in school records, she ranks No. 1 in steals (279), No. 4 in assists (338) and No. 14 in rebounds (556) ... Ehresman is No. 2 nationally in assist/turnover ratio (3.53) ... Junior Maddie Merritt's .841 career free throw percentage is the best in an IWU uniform (275-of-327) ... Junior Nina Anderson tops the CCIW in 3-point percentage at .439 (43-of-98) this season.

SHANKS: Illinois Wesleyan sophomore Sydney Shanks suffered a season-ending broken wrist on Saturday in an 87-58 win over Carroll. In 21 starts, she averaged 7.1 points, 4.2 rebounds and 2.5 steals.

FROM DEEP: During the conference season, junior Nina Anderson has made a league-leading 2.53 3-pointers per game in addition to leading the conference in 3-point percentage at .485 ... As a junior Anderson is having her best shooting season to date shooting .461 from the field, an increase from a .359 performance as a sophomore ... Freshman Kendall Sosa ranks second in the conference's 3-point shooting ranks at .448 percent with freshman Sam Munroe sitting sixth at .394.
 
BEHIND ENEMY LINES: Millikin arrives in Bloomington as winners of their last two conference games (North Central and Augustana) ...In national Division III stats, Millikin ranks 116th in offense and 368th in defense ... Devin Curry's 16.1 points per game ranks No. 2 in the CCIW this season ... Three other members of the Big Blue average double figures: Yanni Sadler (11.1), Emily Schultz (10.5), and Jordan Hildebrand(10.4) ... Lauren Moses ranks sixth in the conference with 7.2 rebounds per game.

THE SERIES: Dating back to 1972, Millikin holds a 50-40 advantage over the Titans. IWU has won six straight and nine of the last 10 meetings, including a 79-62 victory on the road earlier this season.
 
COACHES: Illinois Wesleyan's Mia Smith is in her 20th season and has an overall record of 383-162 (.702) with a CCIW mark of 207-74 (.736) ... Lori Kerans, who announced on Monday of this week that she will retire at the end of the season, holds an overall 32-year record of 555-274 with a 294-166 ledger in the CCIW.
 
HOME COURT: IWU has a 216-70 record at the Shirk Center and, since 2008, IWU has a home record of 99-26 (.792).
 
WHAT'S NEXT: The Titans play next on Saturday in a 5 p.m. road contest vs. Carthage in Kenosha, Wis.