STEVENS POINT, Wis. – The UW-Stevens Point women's basketball team returns to action after having the middle of the week off by squaring off with Illinois Wesleyan on the road on Saturday afternoon.

THE BASICS
Who: UW-Stevens Point (4-2) at Illinois Wesleyan (3-4)
When: Saturday, Dec. 12 – 3 p.m.
Where: Bloomington, Ill. – Shirk Center

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LAST TIME OUT
Allie Miceli (Marseilles, IL/Ottawa Township) had 18 points and 16 rebounds to lead UW-Stevens Point to its second win over a ranked opponent this season with a 63-60 win at No. 23 Carthage on Saturday afternoon. By halftime, Miceli already had a double-double of 11 points and 10 boards.

Autumn Hennes (Kaukauna, WI/Kaukauna) added 17 points, including the go-ahead layup with 21 seconds to go. The Pointers' defense limited Morgan Harris, the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin's (CCIW) leading scorer at 21.2 points per game, to just six points on 2-for-12 from the floor.

PROTECTING THE BALL
In the win over the Lady Reds, the Pointers committed just five turnovers, the team's lowest total since at least the 2000-01 season. It was UW-Stevens Point's first game with single-digit turnovers in 40 games since a 60-50 win at UW-Eau Claire on Jan. 29, 2014.

UW-Stevens Point will be challenged by an Illinois Wesleyan team that has forced its opponents into an average of 25.0 turnovers per game through seven games. The Titans have forced 92 turnovers in their last three games for an average of 30.7 per game.

DOUBLE-DOUBLE MACHINE
Miceli's double-double on Saturday was her second of the season and the fifth of her UW-Stevens Point career. For the season, the senior is averaging a double-double of 10.2 points and 10.2 rebounds and she has had at least 10 points or 10 rebounds in each of the last five games. UW-River Falls' Brittany Gregorich was the last WIAC player to average a double-double, averaging 12.9 points and 10.3 rebounds a game in 2012-13.

Miceli is one of just two Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) players to average over 10 rebounds a game this season along with UW-La Crosse's MaKenzie Miller (10.3 rpg). No UW-Stevens Point player has averaged over 10 rebounds a game since at least 2000-01.

AGAINST THE CCIW
Saturday's game at Illinois Wesleyan will be UW-Stevens Point's second consecutive game against CCIW opposition after the win at Carthage. The Pointers are 25-9 (.735) all-time against teams in the CCIW.

UWSP has played every CCIW member except North Park and does not have a losing head-to-head record with any CCIW opponent. The 10 games UW-Stevens Point has played against Illinois Wesleyan make the Titans UWSP's most common CCIW opponent.

IN THE POLLS | D3hoops.com Top 25
After receiving two votes last week, UW-Stevens Point gathered 25 votes in this week's D3hoops.com Top 25. The Pointers' 25 votes is the seventh-highest total in the "receiving votes" category.

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Illinois Wesleyan brings a 3-4 record into play on Saturday's game and has lost four of its last five after opening the season 2-0. The Titans are coming off a 67-39 loss at No. 19-ranked Chicago on Saturday in which IWU shot just 25.9 percent from the floor.

Six of Illinois Wesleyan's seven opponents this season enter this week with at least five wins and a winning record. The seven opponents have combined for a 32-15 (.681) record. Outside a game against Albion, IWU's opponents (Oberlin, Rose-Hulman, UW-Whitewater, DePauw, Illinois College and Chicago) have combined to go 31-10 (.756).

Saturday's game will be IWU's first home game of the season. The Titans are 1-3 away from home and 2-1 on neutral courts this season. Last year, Illinois Wesleyan experienced its first losing record at home (5-6) since 2000-01 (4-7). IWU was 129-33 (.796) on its home court from 2001-2014.

Rebekah Ehresman leads Illinois Wesleyan in scoring (16.1 ppg), rebounding (4.4 rpg) and steals (3.4 spg) this season. The sophomore guard is shooting 52.2 percent from the field and 56.5 percent from behind the arc. Fellow sophomore guard Molly McGraw also averages in double figures in scoring (10.1 ppg) for IWU.

THE COACHES
Shirley Egner is in her 27th season as the head coach at UW-Stevens Point and is the all-time winningest coach in Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) history with a 491-213 (.697) career record. Over the last 14 seasons, Egner has guided the Pointers to a 319-87 record, the best mark of any WIAC team over that span. She is a four-time WIAC Coach of the Year honoree, a three-time Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Division III Women's Coach of the Year (2010-12) was inducted into the WBCA Hall of Fame in 2010. In 2001-02, Egner led the Pointers to the national title and a 30-3 record to become just the eighth team in Division III history to win 30 games in a season.

This season is Mia Smith's 18th at the helm of the Titans and she currently sports a 332-143 (.699) career record at IWU. She is the all-time victories leader in program history and led the Titans to the 2011-12 national championship. In addition to the national title, Smith has guided her teams to six CCIW championships (2003, 2008-12), seven NCAA Tournament berths (2002, 2007-12) and a fourth-place national finish in 2001. Prior to coming to IWU in 1998, Smith coached volleyball and softball at Monmouth College. As a player, she was a four-year letterwinner in both basketball and softball at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville.