The Carthage College men's basketball team (5-7, 1-1 College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin) defeated CCIW-opponent North Park University (8-4, 0-2 CCIW), 67-60, on Wednesday, Jan. 7 at the North Park Gymnasium in Chicago.
 
Carthage never trailed in the game and jumped out to a 16-8 lead at 13:12 first period.  The Red Men led by six points at halftime, 35-29.  A 14-2 run the open the second half put Carthage up by 18 points, 49-31, at 14:39.  The Vikings roared back with a 26-11 run of their own to cut the lead to three points, 60-57, at 1:03.  Carthage's Donte Logan and Mike Kjeldsen helped ice the game by making three free throws each in the final minute for the 67-60 margin.
 
Carthage shot 47 percent (27-58), including just five-of-20 from three-point range, while North Park shot 42 percent (23-55), including just four-of-15 three-pointers.  The Red men got to free-throw line 14 times and made eight, while the Vikings converted 10-of-16.  Carthage out-rebounded North Park by a 38-32 margin.
 
Cameron Van Wyk (Sr., Wassenaar, Netherlands) led the Red Men with 14 points on seven-of-nine field goals, along with eight rebounds.  Brad Kruse (Fr., Hawthorn Woods, Ill./Lake Zurich) had 12 points on four-of-nine shooting, including two-of-five three-pointers and two-of-five free throws and seven rebounds.  Juwan Henry led the Vikings with a game-high 21 points on six-of-22 field goals and eight-of-eight free throws, while Jordan Robinson added 17 points and 11 boards.
 
Carthage travels to Bloomington, Ill., on Saturday, Jan. 10 to take on No. 22 Illinois Wesleyan University (9-4, 1-1 CCIW) in a 7 p.m. game at the at the Shirk Center.