Illinois Wesleyan basketball defeats Milikin

Posted on February 5, 2015

Brady Rose scored 10 points in IWU's 80-61 win at Millikin. (WJBC/Eric Stock)

By Austin Duncan

DECATUR- The Illinois Wesleyan Titans men’s basketball team shot 47 percent (16-34) from three point land en route to an 80-61 win over CCIW rival Millikin.

IWU never trailed after beginning the game on a 10-5 run.

The Titans were paced by junior guard Byrce Dolan’s 12 points all of which game in the first half. Freshman Brady Rose had a career high 10 points.  Trevor Seibring led IWU with 11 rebounds.

Millikin’s leading scorer was freshman  Zach Long with 12 points.

IWU improves to 8-2 in the CCIW after dropping their conference opener to North Central.

The Titans return to action Saturday Feb. 7 as they host North Central at the Shirk Center. Tipoff is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.

Listen to interviews with head coach Ron Rose and his son, freshman guard Brady Rose here.

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