News Release

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — Senior Chris Jones made a basket as time expired to give Illinois Wesleyan an 88-87 overtime win over Elmhurst on Sat., Feb. 4 at the Shirk Center. Senior Adam Dauksas scored 29 points and hit a 3-pointer at the end of regulation to send the game into the extra period and senior Keelan Amelianovich added 24 as IWU improved to 17-3 and 7-3 in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin. Elmhurst falls to 14-7, 6-4 CCIW. Zach Freeman grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds in a game when the Titans were outrebounded, 38-29. Brent Ruch had 23 points and Chris Martin added 21 points with eight rebounds and eight assists for Elmhurst.

Newspaper Box Score
Elmhurst College vs Illinois Wesleyan
2/4/06 7:30 p.m. at Shirk Center, Bloomington, Ill.
At Shirk Center, Bloomington, Ill.
ILLINOIS WESLEYAN 88, ELMHURST COLLEGE 87
ELMHURST COLLEGE (14-7, 6-4 CCIW)
Ruch, Brent 10-12 3-4 23; Martin, Chris 7-14 7-8 21; Michael, Nick 4-8 6-9
14; Ihlenfeldt, Chris 3-9 2-2 11; Strzemp, Robert 5-7 0-0 10; Lee, Brian 0-2
3-4 3; Patchett, Evan 1-5 0-0 3; Bacon, Pat 1-1 0-0 2; Mohney, Andrew 0-0
0-0 0. Totals 31-58 21-27 87.
ILLINOIS WESLEYAN (17-3, 7-3 CCIW)
Dauksas, Adam 10-16 4-5 29; Amelianovich, Keelan 9-14 4-5 24; Freeman, Zach
2-6 5-8 9; Arnold, Matt 3-10 1-2 8; Jones, Cory 3-5 0-0 6; Jones, Chris 1-3
3-4 5; Fisher, Jason 1-6 0-0 3; Schweer, Steve 1-1 0-0 2; Freeman, Andrew
0-0 2-2 2; McGraw, Mike 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 30-61 19-26 88.
Elmhurst College..............   33   43   11  -   87
Illinois Wesleyan.............   36   40   12  -   88
3-point goals-Elmhurst College 4-21 (Ihlenfeldt, Chris 3-9; Patchett, Evan
1-4; Michael, Nick 0-1; Lee, Brian 0-2; Martin, Chris 0-5), Illinois
Wesleyan 9-22 (Dauksas, Adam 5-9; Amelianovich, Keelan 2-3; Fisher, Jason
1-3; Arnold, Matt 1-6; Freeman, Zach 0-1). Fouled out--Elmhurst
College-Strzemp, Robert; Mohney, Andrew, Illinois Wesleyan-Freeman, Zach.
Rebounds-Elmhurst College 38 (Martin, Chris 8), Illinois Wesleyan 29
(Freeman, Zach 11). Assists-Elmhurst College 15 (Martin, Chris 8), Illinois
Wesleyan 12 (Dauksas, Adam 6). Total fouls-Elmhurst College 26, Illinois
Wesleyan 20. A-3000
Chris Jones makes gamewinner at buzzer; Adam Dauksas made 3-pointer at
end of regulation to send game into OT