Cameron Krueger

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Carthage CARTH 12-3,5-2 CCIW

Wheaton (IL) WHEIL 14-2,6-1 CCIW

Carthage CARTH

12-3,5-2 CCIW

Final

Jan. 14, 2023

Wheaton (IL) WHEIL

14-2,6-1 CCIW

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	F
Carthage CARTH	25	45	70
Wheaton (IL) WHEIL	47	29	76

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | 1/14/2023 9:42:00 PM

Valiant Second Half Effort Falls Short at Wheaton

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1/18/2023 | 7 p.m.

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WHEATON, Ill. — The Carthage College men's basketball team fought hard against Wheaton (Ill.), ranked No. 8 in this weeks D3hoops.com top 25 poll, but fell 76-70 Saturday night on the road.

Final score: Wheaton (Ill.) 76 - Carthage 70
Location: Wheaton, Illinois - King Arena
Records: Wheaton (Ill.) 14-2 (6-1 CCIW), Carthage 12-3 (5-2 CCIW)

The Thunder began with a 17-point lead until a three from Julian Campbell and back-to-back layups from Fillip Bulatovic and Tanner Lamb cut it to 10.
Later, a layup from Dane Hamilton shrank the lead to single digits with under 10 minutes remaining in the half.
The home team ended the half with a 22-9 run sending the Firebirds trailing 47-25 into the halftime break.
Carthage mounted their comeback in the second half getting the margin down to nine with a pair of free throws from Anthony Bernero.
After Wheaton (Ill.) pushed the advantage back to 14, Carthage used an 11-1 run, making it a four-point game off a jumper from Campbell with under two minutes left.
A long-range three by Campbell, a layup, and a lone free throw from Bulatovic made it 72-70 with 30 seconds left.
Wheaton (Ill.) sank a pair of free throws to push it to four as Carthage could not find the bottom of the bucket. The Thunder won 76-70.

Four Firebirds finished with double-digit points: Fillip Bulatovic (17), Julian Campbell (16), AJ Johnson (10), Antuan Nesbitt (10).
Bulatovic and Nesbitt each had double-doubles on the day finishing with 17 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 points, 11 rebounds, respectively.
The double-double from Nesbitt was the first point and rebound double-double of the season, as he had 14 assists and 14 points against Greenville on December 31.
Anthony Bernero followed Nesbitt and Bulatovic in the rebound category with seven, while Campbell had five.

"Tough road game against one of the best teams in the country! The first half, they really dictated the game and couldn't miss from the perimeter. It was the first time in a while that we got punched in the mouth and put ourselves in too much of a hole to come back from.

The second half was a completely different game. Our guys took on the challenge, and we played fantastically! I'm not usually one for moral victories, but that's as close to one as I can get. Wheaton is a team that has a lot of players that have been in big games like this before. I think our youth showed a little to start the game, and we will be a better team in the long run because of this.

We finish the first half of conference play against another experienced team in North Central. Need to really focus and have two good days of practice to get ready for Wednesday!"