Illinois Wesleyan rally falls short in loss to North Park

Posted on December 7, 2016

Nick Coleman scored 12 points in Illinois Wesleyan’s loss to North Park on Wednesday. (Photo by WJBC)

By Eric Stock

BLOOMINGTON – Illinois Wesleyan squandered several opportunities to take the lead in the second half but failed each time as No. 18 North Park led wire-to-wire in a 72-68 in a College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin game at Shirk Center.

NPU (6-0, 2-0 in the CCIW) stormed out to a 43-30 lead late in the first half as junior forward Jordan Robinson nailed five three pointers in the half for 21 points. He finished with a game high 28.

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The No. 16 Titans drew to within 59-58 but a Robinson three off an offensive rebound enabled the Vikings to seize control of the game.

Wesleyan would get a chance to tie the game in the final seconds after North Park’s Colin Lake missed a free throw, but confusion over the set up of the final play led to a double dribble call with three seconds to go.

Trevor Seibring led IWU with 13 points and nine rebounds.

IWU drops to 5-2 overall, 0-2 in CCIW. The Titans play at Elmhurst at 4 p.m. Saturday.

Eric Stock can be reached at [email protected].

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