IWU’s Nelson, Reaber earn CCIW weekly honors

Posted on January 20, 2015

IWU's Jordan Nelson averaged 21 points per game in two Titan victories last week. (WJBC file photo)

By WJBC Staff

NAPERVILLE – Two Titan basketball players have earned weekly honors in the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin.

Illinois Wesleyan's Jordan Nelson, a senior guard from Lincoln, helped lead the Titans to a pair of CCIW wins last week. He scored a career-high 28 points on 9-of-10 shooting from the field, including 7-of-8 on three-pointers, in just 23 minutes during a 93-60 win over Millikin on Wednesday. The seven made three-pointers was just one shy of the school record.

Nelson added 14 points and six rebounds in a 76-66 win over North Park on Saturday to close out the week.

Kasey Reaber, Reaber, a senior guard from Bensenville and Montini Catholic High School, averaged 23.5 points, 8.5 rebounds and totaled 11 steals and 12 assists for the 1-1 Titans last week. Against Millikin on Wednesday, she finished with 24 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists and five steals. She then totaled 23 points, eight rebounds, five assists and six steals in an 89-72 win over North Park on Saturday, the Titans' first CCIW win of the season.

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