The Crusaders shot 76.0% in the first half and the Tigers never led, falling behind 52-33 at halftime. Clarke won an important game in the conference standings, improving to 8-7 in the MCC (17-9 overall) while Wesleyan dropped to 6-9 in league play and 11-11 overall.

IWC offered little resistance in the first half as the Crusaders made 19 of 25 shots over the first 20 minutes. Clarke also out-rebounded the Tigers 16-6 in the first half, and Wesleyan was unable to keep up despite shooting 48.1% (13 of 27) at the break.

Iowa Wesleyan trailed by as many as 21 early in the second half and got no closer than 11 points the rest of the way. Derrick Nillissen (Jr.-Wittenberg, Wis.) hit a three-pointer to make it 74-63 with 6:37 left but the Tigers went scoreless the next 3:40 and never mounted a serious challenge down the stretch.

Kyle Warner (Jr.-Gresham, Ore.) and Shakka Eke (Sr.-Reno, Nev.) led IWC with 17 points each. Davis Warner (Sr.-Murfreesboro, Tenn.) added 13 points and Nillissen chipped in 11 off the bench, and both Nillissen and Davis Warner hit three three-pointers each. The Tigers shot 31 of 63 (49.2%) for the game but were out-rebounded 37-25 and also hit just 9 of 17 free throws (52.9%).

Bryan Louff scored 16 points to lead four Clarke players in double figures. Even after shooting just 37.9% in the second half the Crusaders finished shooting 30-for-54 and also hit 24 of 28 free throw attempts (85.7%).

IWC concludes the regular season with three straight home games starting Saturday against Ashford University. Game time is 3 p.m. at Ruble Arena, and live audio and video will be available online at http://www.iwc.edu/onlinemedia.

Box score Clarke 92 IWC 79