IWU men fall in NCAA tourney opener

Posted on March 2, 2018
Illinois Wesleyan vs. Wooster
Illinois Wesleyan’s Brady Rose tries to defend Spencer Williams of Wooster on Friday in their NCAA Division III Tournament game at University Heights, Ohio. (Photo by WJBC)

By Eric Stock

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, Ohio –  Brady Rose led all scorers with 31 points but No. 25 Illinois Wesleyan was unable to reverse an early deficit in falling to the College of Wooster, 72, 68, in the NCAA Div. III first-round game at the DeCarlo Center at John Carroll University.

IWU (19-8) game up the game’s first eight points, before Rose scored the next nine for the Titans.  No. 23 Wooster (22-6) led for much of the game using a 21-16 rebounding margin in the first half to grab a 35-31 lead at the break.

PODCAST: Listen to the postgame interview with IWU coach Ron Rose on WJBC. 

The Fighting Scots led 54-44 with 12:07 to go but the Titans moved to within 54-52 on two Rose free throws.

Wooster iced the game down the stretch making 11 consecutive free throws down the stretch.

O’Neill added 11 points and a team-high 14 rebounds for Wesleyan. Colin Bonnett also scored 11.

Eric Stock can be reached at [email protected]. 

Blogs

Labor Day – Expanding voting rights for all

By Mike Matejka Because of COVID, there is no Labor Day Parade this year.  It’s always a great event for our everyday workers to march proudly down the street and enjoys the festive crowd. If there had been a parade, this year’s Labor Day theme was to be “150 years of struggle: your right to vote.” …

Is federal mobilization the answer?

By Mike Matejka As President Donald Trump threatens to send federal marshals into Chicago, over the objections of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, recall another Illinois Governor who protested the incursion of armed federal personnel into the city.   Those federal troops, rather than calming, escalated the situation, leading to deaths and violence. Illinois poet Vachel Lindsay…

In these troubled times, to my fellow white Americans

By Mike Matejka Our nation is at a unique watershed in human relations. African-Americans have been killed too many times in the past before George Floyd, but the response to this man’s death is international and all-encompassing. I was a grade-schooler during the Civil Rights 1960s. I watched Birmingham demonstrators hosed and the Selma – Montgomery…

Workers’ Memorial Day – Remember those whose job took their life

Looking around our community, when we say employer, most will respond to State Farm, Country, or Illinois State University.   We too often forget those who are building our roads, serving our food, or our public employees. COVID-19 has made us more aware of the risk.  Going to work every day for some people means…