6-8 freshman Nick Roper with another highlight reel dunk! #d3hoops pic.twitter.com/ylPQ6m4mDp
— Bob Quillman (@IWUhoopscom) January 22, 2022
WAUKESHA, Wis. – The Illinois Wesleyan basketball team bolstered a slender halftime lead with a dominant second half on Saturday in a 72-54 win over the Illinois-Wisconsin University Conference against Carroll at the Van Male Fieldhouse.
The No. 3-ranked Titans improved to 14-2 on aggregate and 7-1 in the CCIW with their sixth straight win.
IWU led 30-27 at the break. Three points from Luke Yoder and Matt Leritz quickly extended that margin to nine.
A pair of Lucan Heflen 3-pointers helped the Titans increase their lead to 49-30. IWU led by no less than 22.
Leritz sank 8 of 10 shots from the field and passed Wesleyan with 19 points. Heflen added 11.
Ryan Mendoza led Carroll (5-13, 1-8) with 18 points.
Seven rebounds from Leritz and six from Yoder helped IWU take a 36-26 lead on the boards.
The Titans shot 51.7% from the field compared to the Pioneers’ 37.7%.
Photos: Notable deaths in 2022
Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier, the groundbreaking actor and enduring inspiration who transformed the way black people were portrayed on screen and became the first black actor to win an Oscar for best lead performance and the first to be a top draw. box office, died on January 6, 2022. He was 94 years old. Poitier won the Best Actor Oscar in 1964 for “Lilies of the Field.”
PA file, 2008
Bob Saget
Bob Saget, the actor-comedian best known for his role as beloved single father Danny Tanner on the sitcom “Full House” and as the wisecracking host of “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” died Jan. 9, 2022. He was 65 year.
PA file, 2019
Peter Bogdanovitch
Peter Bogdanovitch, the ascot-wearing movie buff and director of 1970s black-and-white classics like “The Last Picture Show” and “Paper Moon,” died Jan. 6, 2022. He was 82. Bogdanovich was heralded as an auteur early on, with the chilling lone shooter film “Targets” and soon after “The Last Picture Show,” from 1971, his evocative portrayal of a dying small town that garnered eight nominations at the Oscars and catapulted him to stardom.
PA file, 2005
marilyn bergman
marilyn bergman, the Oscar-winning lyricist who teamed up with husband Alan Bergman on “The Way We Were,” “How Do You Keep the Music Playing?” and hundreds of other songs, died on January 8, 2022. She was 93 years old.
AP file, 1980
Dan Reeves
Dan Reeves, who won a Super Bowl as a player with the Dallas Cowboys but was best known for a long coaching career highlighted by four other title game appearances with the Denver Broncos and Falcons. Atlanta, all losses, died Jan. 1, 2022. He was 77.
PA file, 2014
Don Maynard
Don Maynard, a Hall of Fame wide receiver who had the most impact catching passes from Joe Namath in the AFL wide open, died on January 10, 2022. He was 86. When Maynard retired in 1973, he was professional football’s career receptions leader with 633 catches. for 11,834 yards and 88 touchdowns. The Jets retired his No. 13 jersey.
AP File, 1968
Michael Lang
Michael Lang, co-creator and promoter of the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival that served as a touchstone for generations of music fans, died Jan. 8, 2022. He was 77.
PA file, 2009
Lawrence N. Brooks
Lawrence N. Brooks, the oldest World War II veteran in the United States – and considered the oldest man in the country – died on January 5, 2022, at the age of 112.
PA file, 2019
Dwayne Hickman
Dwayne Hickman, the network television actor and executive who, despite many accomplishments throughout his life, will always be remembered by a generation of baby boomers for his role as Dobie Gillis, died on January 9, 2022 He was 87 years old.
AP file
Ronnie Spector
Ronnie Spector, the cat-eyed, bee-eyed rock ‘n’ roll siren who sang 1960s hits such as “Be My Baby,” “Baby I Love You” and “Walking in the Rain” as the band’s frontman of daughters The Ronettes, who died on January 12, 2022. She was 78 years old.
PA file, 2010
Charles McGee
Charles McGee, a Tuskegee Airman who flew 409 fighter combat missions in three wars and later helped bring attention to black pilots who had fought racism at home to fight for freedom overseas, is died on January 16, 2022. He was 102 years old.
PA file, 2019
Gaspard ulliel
French actor Gaspard ulliel, known for his appearances in advertisements for Chanel perfumes as well as film and television roles, died on January 19, 2022 following a skiing accident in the Alps. He was 37 years old. Ulliel played young Hannibal Lecter in 2007’s “Hannibal Rising” and fashion mogul Yves Saint Laurent in the 2014 biopic “Saint Laurent.” He is also in the Marvel series “Moon Knight.”
PA file, 2015
Andre Leon Talley
Andre Leon Talley, a towering figure who made fashion history as a rare black editor in a predominantly white industry, died on January 18, 2022. He was 73. Talley was the former creative director and editor of Vogue magazine. Often dressed in large capes, he was a highly visible regular in the front row of fashion shows in New York and Europe for decades.
PA file, 2016
Meatloaf
Meatloaf, the heavyweight rock superstar loved by millions for his album “Bat Out of Hell” and for dark, theatrical anthems like “Paradise By the Dashboard Light”, “Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad” and ” I’d Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That),” died January 20, 2022. He was 74.
AP file, 1994
Louis Anderson
Louis Anderson, whose four-decade career as a comedian and actor included his unlikely, Emmy-winning performance as the mother of twin adult sons on the television series “Baskets,” died Jan. 21, 2022. He was 68. In 2016, Anderson won a Best Supporting Actor Emmy for his portrayal of Christine Baskets, mother of twins, in the FX series “Baskets.” He was a familiar face elsewhere on television, including as the host of a revival of the game show “Family Feud” from 1999 to 2002.
PA file, 2017