Lincoln's Matt Schick picks Wesleyan

IWU has not announced it yet, but I've learned that IBCA 3rd Team all-stater Matt Schick has decided to attend Illinois Wesleyan and play for coach Ron Rose.

6-4/190 Schick, a 4-year varsity starter, averaged 13.4 ppg, 4.7 rpg, and 4.3 apg for a 33-3 Lincoln team that made it to the Class AA Elite Eight in Peoria. In the Railsplitters' Normal super-sectional win over Peoria Richwoods and U. of Illinois-bound Bill Cole, Schick led all scorers with 17 points.

Matt's impact on Lincoln basketball might be best illustrated by the fact that he is now the all-time leader in games played at the Class AA power. He played in 135 games from 2002-03 to 2006-07...more games played than greats like Brian Cook (U. of Illinois, currently L.A. Lakers), Joe Cook (Duke), Chuck Verderber (Kentucky), and Mike Thomas (Illinois Wesleyan). Schick finished his career #2 on the all-time Railsplitter assist list (410), behind only Dan Duff (Notre Dame). His 232 3-pointers made is #2, behind only Greg Alexander (Illinois State).

Matt's Lincoln teams went 109-26 (.807) with two trips to Peoria:

Freshman: 21-10
Sophomore: 31-5 (Peoria)
Junior: 24-8
Senior: 33-3 (Peoria)

In some ways, I compare Schick to former Titan Nathan Hubbard ('99). He is just one of those "do it all" kind of players that just seems to find very a way to help his team win. Like Nathan, he was a winner in high school and was extremely well coached. One of those "high basketball I.Q." type kids.

Matt will be a very solid addition to the Titan basketball program.