The UW-Whitewater men’s and women’s basketball teams will be making the trek south on I-39 on Tuesday as both teams will take on nationally ranked Illinois Wesleyan University.
SPECIAL GAME NOTE: The UW-Whitewater women's basketball game at Illinois Wesleyan University originally set for Wednesday, November 28 at 6:00 has been moved to Tuesday, November 27 at 5:15. The game will be played in the Shirk Center in Bloomington, Illinois as part of a basketball doubleheader, with the Whitewater and IWU men tipping off at approximately 7:30. All four teams are ranked among the top ten in the D3hoops.com preseason poll
Pat Miller’s UWW men’s team, ranked No. 3 in the D3hoops.com national poll, will collide with the eighth ranked Titans.
The 8th ranked UW-Whitewater women collide with 5th ranked Illinois Wesleyan.
The Illinois Wesleyan men are 4 & 0 and coming off a 62-56 win at Wabash College .
The Warhawks enter the game 3 & 0 coming off two wins at the Carthage Classic in Kenosha . Whitewater rolled over Aurora 106-68 on Friday evening. The Hawks defeated host Carthage 74-69 Saturday afternoon.
The Titans will attempt to avenge a regular season 65-53 loss to the Warhawks last year in Whitewater.
“It will definitely be a step up in competition,” UWW head coach said following Saturday’s win at Carthage .
With the WIAC portion of the schedule coming up on Saturday at Stout the Hawks continue to improve.
“It was a good win against a good program,” Miller told Voiceseyeonbasketball.blogspot.com after the win over Carthage . “It was a hostile environment – a tough place to play and it will help prepare us for Tuesday’s game at Illinois Wesleyan.”
Whitewater, the defending Division III national champions, enter Tuesday night’s game ranked No. 3 in the D3hoops.com preseason national rankings.
Tipoff Tuesday night at the Shirk Center in Bloomington , Illinois is set for aqpproximately 7:15 p.m.
You can listen to boths game with Gary Douglas on the microphone on KOOL 106.5.
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