WISCONSIN DELLS — The Carthage College men's basketball team headed into the holiday break with a 78-58 nonconference win over Edgewood Sunday afternoon. 

• Final Score: Carthage 78 - Edgewood 58
• Location: Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
• Records: Carthage 7-4, Edgewood 1-8

• Jabe Haith gave Carthage a nine-point cushion midway through the first half with a layup at the 13:06 mark.
• A basket from Chris Schlesinger, followed by another Haith layup, extended the lead to 24-14.
• Griffin Daun added a layup at the 3:27 mark to push the Firebird advantage to 29-18.
• AJ Johnson converted a layup with three seconds remaining, sending Carthage into halftime ahead 37-27.
• Schlesinger opened the second-half scoring with a jumper that made it 50-38.
• Ryan Johnson knocked down a long-range bucket with less than ten minutes remaining.
• Johnson later connected on a jumper to stretch the lead to 18 as the Firebirds pulled away for a 78-58 victory.

• Chris Schlesinger provided a spark off the bench with 21 points, shooting eight-of-nine from the field and four-of-five from the free-throw line.
• Brothers AJ and Ryan Johnson each finished with 13 points, with Ryan Johnson adding 11 rebounds.
• Riley Brooks contributed 11 points and six rebounds, while Griffin Daun added eight points and six rebounds.

"Good way to go into the Christmas break. Our defensive effort was terrific. We really focused on taking away perimeter looks for Edgewood and held them to 4-22 from the three point line. 

What a game today by Chris Schlesinger. We struggled a little early on to get some good looks on the offensive end and Chris really stepped up! Griffin Daun has been terrific the past few games on both ends of the floor. Also thought Jabe Haith gave some quality minutes off the bench with his activity. 

We are playing some of our best basketball right now and need to continue to build off our last few games when we come back from break."

• Carthage faces Benedictine (Ill.) on Tuesday, December 30, at 2 p.m. at home.