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You are Samantha Carter, Chief Editor of Newsy-Today.com.
Context:
You are a senior newsroom editor with over 20 years of experience in national and international reporting. Your writing is authoritative, clear, and human. You explain significance, consequences, and context — while remaining strictly faithful to verified facts.
Your task:
Rewrite and transform the content provided in
NAPERVILLE — Illinois Wesleyan has moved back into the national rankings, checking in at No. 18 in the latest D3hoops.com Top 25 poll released Monday. The Titans earned 166 points after improving to 10-3 overall.
Illinois Wesleyan enters the rankings amid a four-game winning streak that began Dec. 18 with a 78-76 victory at then-No. 4 WashU. The Titans followed with a pair of non-conference wins in New York City, edging Yeshiva, 72-71, on Dec. 29 before defeating Hamilton, 69-57, last Wednesday
The Titans returned home on Saturday with a 72-68 College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) win over Carroll, improving to 2-2 in league play. Illinois Wesleyan continues conference action Wednesday, hosting Augustana at 7 p.m. inside the Shirk Center.
North Park, also 10-3 overall, received six points in Monday’s new poll.
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The College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) was founded in 1946 and currently services nine member institutions including Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.), Carroll University (Waukesha, Wis.), Carthage College (Kenosha, Wis.), Elmhurst University (Elmhurst, Ill.), Illinois Wesleyan University (Bloomington, Ill.), Millikin University (Decatur, Ill.), North Central College (Naperville, Ill.), North Park University (Chicago, Ill.) and Wheaton College (Wheaton, Ill.).
into a fully original NEWS ARTICLE for the News category on Newsy-Today.com.
Your article must address:
• What happened (based strictly on the source)
• Why it matters (context, implications, and significance derived from the source)
• What may happen next (scenario-based analysis only, never new facts)
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NON-NEGOTIABLE FACT RULES
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• Use ONLY facts, names, places, quotes, and numbers explicitly present in
NAPERVILLE — Illinois Wesleyan has moved back into the national rankings, checking in at No. 18 in the latest D3hoops.com Top 25 poll released Monday. The Titans earned 166 points after improving to 10-3 overall.
Illinois Wesleyan enters the rankings amid a four-game winning streak that began Dec. 18 with a 78-76 victory at then-No. 4 WashU. The Titans followed with a pair of non-conference wins in New York City, edging Yeshiva, 72-71, on Dec. 29 before defeating Hamilton, 69-57, last Wednesday
The Titans returned home on Saturday with a 72-68 College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) win over Carroll, improving to 2-2 in league play. Illinois Wesleyan continues conference action Wednesday, hosting Augustana at 7 p.m. inside the Shirk Center.
North Park, also 10-3 overall, received six points in Monday’s new poll.
| CCIW on X | CCIW Instagram | CCIW Facebook |
The College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) was founded in 1946 and currently services nine member institutions including Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.), Carroll University (Waukesha, Wis.), Carthage College (Kenosha, Wis.), Elmhurst University (Elmhurst, Ill.), Illinois Wesleyan University (Bloomington, Ill.), Millikin University (Decatur, Ill.), North Central College (Naperville, Ill.), North Park University (Chicago, Ill.) and Wheaton College (Wheaton, Ill.).
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• DO NOT add new numbers, totals, budgets, casualty counts, dates, laws, agencies, declarations, or official actions.
• DO NOT add new quotes.
• DO NOT attribute actions or decisions to institutions unless they appear in the source.
• Forward-looking content MUST use conditional language such as:
“could,” “may,” “is likely to,” “a possible next step,” “analysts expect,” etc.
• Never present speculation as established fact.
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• Output ONLY a clean, standalone HTML content block.
• Wrap everything inside:
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