KENOSHA, Wis. — The Carthage College men's basketball team defeated Rose-Hulman in the final game of the Honda of Kenosha Classic 73-63 Saturday evening in Tarble Arena.

The Red Men (5-0) started the game with a 16-9 lead over the Fightin' Engineers (2-2) off a jumper from Jordon Kedrowski. A layup from Fillip Bulatovic with 4:03 left in the half made the Carthage advantage grow to 12 at 34-22 before taking a 38-28 score into the intermission break.  

The Red Men continued the momentum in the second half as a dunk from Sean Johnson made it 45-35 to start. Rose-Hulman climbed back into the game shrinking the deficit to nine with a Fightin' Engineers layup to make it 62-53 with two minutes left. Carthage went on to take the victory 73-63. 

The Red Men return to the court on Wednesday, December 4 in the first Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) game of the season facing North Central (Ill.) at home starting at 7 p.m. 

Head Coach Bosko Djurickovic

"What a fun weekend at the Honda of Kenosha Classic. It is the first time we have been 5-0 in quite some time. We battled today against a very smart and well coached Rose Hulman team. We are going to enjoy a few days off for Thanksgiving Break. We have the conference opener is next up against an experienced North Central team. I hope we can continue to build on our start and keep moving in the right direction!" 
 

Quick Facts

• Four Red Men finished with double-digit points: Kienan Baltimore (17), Jordon Kedrowski (15), Sean Johnson (15) and Brad Perry (10)
• Johnson nearly missed a double-double on the day finishing with nine rebounds while Baltimore lead Carthage in assists with five. 
• Carthage went 29-of-58 (50%) from the floor and 11-of-14 (78%) from the foul line.
• The Red Men start the season with five-straight victories for the first time since the 2001-02 season.  

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