CHICAGO - The Illinois Wesleyan University women's basketball team was on the losing end of a 77-64 decision versus North Park University in College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin action Wednesday evening, Jan. 29. The Titans had their record drop to 12-6 on the season (6-3 CCIW), while the league-leading Vikings improved to 16-3 overall (9-1 CCIW).

North Park led for the entirety of the game as it built up a nine point lead by the end of the first quarter. The Titans got to within seven of the Vikings in the next quarter, but NPU built up a 43-31 halftime edge.

In the second half, the Vikings pushed their lead to as many as 16 points before the Titans cut the deficit to as little as eight, but the hole proved too much to overcome as IWU fell 77-64.

Four starters scored in double figures for the Titans, with junior Kendall Sosa (Bloomington, Ill.-Normal Community HS) leading the way at 19 points. Senior Sydney Shanks (Bloomington, Ill.-Central Catholic HS) added 14 points of her own, while junior Riley Brovelli (Oglesby, Ill.-LaSalle-Peru HS) and sophomore Brooke Lansford (Leawood, Kan.-Blue Valley West HS) tacked on 10 each. Junior Anna Lowis (Springfield, Ill.-Sacred Heart-Griffin) led all Titans with 10 rebounds while chipping in six points.

The Titans finished the game 21-of-70 from the floor (30 percent) and 7-of-22 from three-point range (31.8 percent). IWU also forced 17 turnovers from NPU with 10 steals.

The Vikings finished the game 27-of-49 from the floor (55.1 percent) and 5-of-13 from downtown (38.5 percent). North Park held a significant edge in bench points, scoring 28 while Illinois Wesleyan had 11.

IWU will return to the Shirk Center Saturday, Feb. 1 to faceoff against Carroll University. Tipoff is scheduled for 2 p.m. as part of a doubleheader with the men's team.