Illinois Wesleyan Titans
Both Olivia Lett and Jordan Zimmer led their respective teams to victory Saturday night at the Shirk Center Titans take dual sweep in regular season finale
BLOOMINGTON -- One victory in a night is good but two is better, as both the men's and women's basketball teams beat Elmhurst Saturday on Senior Night at the Shirk Center in Bloomington.
For the Titan men, a slightly cold start proved to be irrelevant as they cruised to a 79-60 win over the Elmhurst Bluejays
Redbird fans welcome Oakland to Normal for the BracketBuster Saturday. (Photo By B Corbin/WJBC) Redbird, Titan basketball on WJBC
After losing two games on the road, the Illinois State men's basketball team returns to Redbird Arena Saturday for the BracketBuster game against Oakland.
The Redbirds have had significant success in the 'Buster, going 13-4 in the 10-year history of the event. In fact, those 13 victories are the most of any team involved in the BracketBuster.
Illinois Wesleyan's Kevin Callahan has been named a Preseason Honorable Mention All-American. (Photo by Rebecca Sill/IWU Sports) IWU baseball tied for 1st in CCIW poll
NAPERVILLE - Illinois Wesleyan is the preseason co-favorite in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin baseball coaches poll released on Wednesday.
The Titans are tied with Carthage in the poll. Both teams advanced to the NCAA Tournament last season. IWU tied for the league title last season with North Park.
The Titans improved to 9-4 in the CCIW with a win over Millikin Tuesday. (WJBC File Photo) 
Johnny Hill and the Redbirds look to complete a season sweep of Indiana State in Terre Haute, Ind. on Tuesday. (Photo by B Corbin/WJBC) Redbirds, Titans, Blaze on WJBC tonight
The Illinois State men travel to Terre Haute, Ind., on Tuesday in search of their second Missouri Valley Conference win.
The Redbirds (2-7 on the road) will play an Indiana State team that's coming off of a record-setting win over Southern Illinois. The Sycamores connected on all 12 of their three-point attempts.
Illinois Wesleyan's Olivia Lett has been named CCIW Player of the Week for a fifth time this season. (Photo courtesy Marc Featherly/IWU Sports) IWU’s Lett wins Player of Week for 5th time
NAPERVILLE - For the fifth time this season, Illinois Wesleyan senior Olivia Lett has been named the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Player of the Week for women's basketball on Monday.
Since 2001, only three other seasons have seen players win the CCIW weekly honor five or more times - Millikin's Lindsey Ippel (five times in 2006-07 and six times in 2007-08) and Elmhurst's Lindsay Long (five times in 2009-10).
Ron Rose is 100-60 in six seasons at Illinois Wesleyan. (Photo by B Corbin/WJBC) Rose nets 100th win; IWU women earn share CCIW
KENOSHA, Wis. – The Illinois Wesleyan men withstood a furious second-half rally from the Carthage Redmen, who rallied from 16 down to within two, before the Titans held on for a 69-64 victory Saturday, the 100th in the six-year career for coach Ron Rose at IWU.
John Koschnitzky led four Titans in double figures with 14 points. His dunk in the final minute was a punctuation mark on a Titan victory after the Redmen had drawn to within 61-59.
Jackie Carmichael is averaging 15.6 points over the last five games. (WJBC File Photo) Redbird, Titan basketball on WJBC
Illinois State's men's basketball team takes a two-game winning streak into Cedar Falls, Iowa to face the Panthers Saturday night.
The Redbirds beat UNI 65-61 in the Missouri Valley Conference opener on December 29th, but Illinois State has struggled on the road recently, dropping their last four away contests.
Illinois Wesleyan's Jordan Zimmer could return for the Titans' Feb. 11 game at Carthage. (Photo courtesy shutterfly user Keith Anderson) Zimmer could return for IWU on Saturday
BLOOMINGTON - Illinois Wesleyan men's basketball coach Ron Rose says he's optimistic that the team's leading scorer, Jordan Zimmer, will be able to return to the lineup for the Titans' game at Carthage on Saturday.
Rose says tests conducted Thursday showed that Zimmer did not suffer a concussion after taking an elbow to the chin from a North Central player during Tuesday's 80-73 loss.
Victor Davis led scoring for the Titans after Jordan Zimmer went out with an injury midway through the 2nd half (Photo Courtesy B. Corbin) 
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