News Release

Chicago, Ill. — The Carthage College men’s basketball team (13-6, 5-3 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) defeated CCIW-opponent North Park University (6-13, 1-7 CCIW), 81-72, on Wednesday, February 4 at the North Park Gym in Chicago, Ill Carthage saw an early lead slip away, as the Vikings went up, 11-10, five minutes into the game and kept the lead the rest of the first half. North Park bumped its lead to nine points at the break, 36-27. The Vikings made it a 12-point game, 43-31, at 17:28, before Carthage used a 14-2 run to tie the game at 45-45 at 14:37 on three-pointer by Mark Morrison. From there, the lead went back and forth for the next 13 minutes. North Park led by as much as four, 51-47, at 12:45. North Park’s last lead was 70-69 at 3:00 on a three-pointer by Javier Sanchez, and the game was tied at 72-72 at 1:52 on a pair of free throws by Mike Haehn. Carthage took the lead for good, 75-72, on a three-pointer by Morrison, his eighth of the game and his seventh in the second half. Morrison’s eight treys tied a Carthage game record set Jake Olson versus Aurora University on Jan. 7, 1998. Morrison wound with a career-high 28 points on nine-of-12 field goals, including eight-of-10 from three-point range. Five of Morrison’s seven second-half treys brought the Redmen back from either a deficit or a tie game. Theo Powell had 21 points and five rebounds. Scott Hood had 12 points and six assists, and Trevor Cockayne added 10 points. Carthage shot 52 percent (29-56), including a sizzling 62 percent (18-29) in the second half. The Vikings shot 49 percent (27-55), including 53 percent in the first half (16-30). Carthage travels to Bloomington, Ill., on Saturday, February 7 to take on conference-opponent Illinois Wesleyan University in a 7:30 p.m. contest at the Shirk Center.

Newspaper Box Score
Carthage vs North Park
2-4-04 7:30 p.m. at Chicago, Ill.
At Chicago, Ill.
CARTHAGE 81, NORTH PARK 72
CARTHAGE (13-6, 5-3 CCIW)
Morrison, Mark 9-12 2-2 28; Powell, Theo 8-13 5-7 21; Hood, Scott 3-6 4-6
12; Cockayne, Trevor 4-6 1-3 10; Johnson, Keena 2-5 0-0 4; Chamness, Ben 1-3
0-0 2; Kalamatas, Pat 1-5 0-0 2; Hargesheimer, Ryan 1-3 0-0 2; Nikitas, Nick
0-3 0-0 0. Totals 29-56 12-19 81.
NORTH PARK (6-13, 1-7 CCIW)
Mathisen, Brett 10-17 1-2 21; Sanchez, Javier 5-11 3-4 15; Haehn, Mike 4-7
2-2 11; Ecker, Cal 3-6 2-2 8; Thurman, Jason 2-2 2-2 6; Townsend, Lamar 1-5
2-2 5; Wilks, Cory 1-4 0-0 3; Byrd, Dewon 1-1 0-0 2; Edquist, Chris 0-2 0-0
0. Totals 27-55 13-16 72.
Carthage......................   27   54  -   81
North Park....................   36   36  -   72
3-point goals-Carthage 11-21 (Morrison, Mark 8-10; Hood, Scott 2-5;
Cockayne, Trevor 1-3; Hargesheimer, Ryan 0-1; Nikitas, Nick 0-2), North Park
5-16 (Sanchez, Javier 2-3; Haehn, Mike 1-3; Wilks, Cory 1-4; Townsend, Lamar
1-4; Edquist, Chris 0-2). Fouled out--Carthage-None, North Park-None.
Rebounds-Carthage 25 (Morrison, Mark 5; Powell, Theo 5), North Park 36
(Sanchez, Javier 9). Assists-Carthage 13 (Hood, Scott 6), North Park 20
(Ecker, Cal 6). Total fouls-Carthage 15, North Park 21. A-1200