KENOSHA, WIS.—The Carthage College women's basketball team returned to Tarble Arena for the first time in nearly a month on Wednesday afternoon to take on North Park University. The Lady Reds were in pursuit of pushing their post-Christmas record to 3-0 for the first time since the 2013-14 season, when they rattled 13-consecutive victories.
 
The Vikings are led by Amani Davis, who entered Wednesday's bout with an NCAA Division III-leading 4.14 assist turnover ratio. The Lady Reds did their part to lock down Davis as she only mustered one assist and two turnovers. That coupled with Autumn Kalis's six-of-six outing from the three-point line helped Carthage secure a 65-50 win over North Park.
 
The Lady Reds improve to 8-4, 3-1 CCIW while North Park falls to 8-5, 1-3 CCIW.
 
Lady Reds 65, North Park 50
 
Kalis put the finishing touches on a 14-2 Carthage run to open the first quarter with a three-pointer at the 2:33 mark. A pair of layups from Maggie Berigan down the stretch of the opening frame propelled the Lady Reds to a 21-6 cushion.
 
A pair three-pointers from Kalis lifted Carthage to their largest advantage of the game at 34-11 with 4:35 left in the second quarter before North Park answered the bell. Five points from Clarissa Ramos sparked a Viking 11-0 run to conclude the second quarter to narrow Carthage's lead to 34-22.
 
A pair of Liz Rehberger field goals got the Vikings within seven points of the Lady Reds on two occasions, with the latest coming at the 6:24 mark of the third quarter. This provoked Carthage head women's basketball coach Tim Bernero to burn a timeout, which proved to be what the doctor ordered. A pair of Kalis three-pointers generated a Carthage 10-4 run en route to a 49-36 lead heading into the fourth quarter.
 
North Park only got within 10 points of the Lady Reds once the rest of the contest once to secure a 65-50 victory.
 
The Lady Reds held North Park to 16-of-74 (.216) from the field, the lowest figure they've held any opponent faced this season. Liz Rehberger registered 19 points on 6-of-28 shooting for the Vikings. Her 28 field goal attempts were two shy of a Carthage single-game record for attempts for an individual opponent in a game.
 
The Vikings tallied only nine turnovers to four assists.
 
"They just dribbled the ball out," said Bernero. "They didn't pass the ball at all, they only had four assists, so they dribbled until they put a shot up. On the other hand, we had 17 assists, which proved to be the difference."
 
Kalis paced the Lady Reds with 18 points while Morgan Harris tallied a double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds.
 
The Lady Reds will return to action on Saturday, January 7 against Elmhurst College at 5:00 p.m.