The Blue Streaks held the lead for a majority of the first half, with the only Quakers advantage occurring early in the game (4-2 at 18:13). JCU shot 16-31 (.516) from the field compared to Wilmington’s 12-25 (.480) effort in the first 20 minutes.
Owning a 39-29 lead at the half, John Carroll looked to maintain their advantage. While never letting its lead slip below double digits, JCU was able to push the margin to 20 points – achieved on a Demetrius Travis lay-up with 5:16 left on the clock.
Wilmington closed to within 11 points on two occasions, but could get no closer.
Roggenburk, who shot 13-15 from the field to collect most of his career-high 31 points, also had a game-high 10 rebounds for John Carroll (4-1, 1-0 OAC). Junior Pete Moran and sophomore John Curran followed with 17 and 15 points, respectively, as the Blue Streaks finished the game 28-54 (.519) from the field and forced 24 turnovers.
Wilmington (4-1, 0-1 OAC), in dropping its first game of the year, was led by a trio of players -- Nick Berter, Eric Sterling and Fred Harrison -- who all had 13 points
Newspaper Box Score Wilmington vs John Carroll 12-03-05 3:00 pm at DeCarlo Varsity Center JOHN CARROLL 82, WILMINGTON 67 WILMINGTON (4-1, 0-1 OAC) Fred Harrison 4-7 3-4 13; Nick Berter 4-7 3-4 13; Eric Stirling 6-14 0-0 13; Josh Rohrbacher 4-7 0-1 9; Zach Broermann 2-5 0-0 4; Scott Walters 1-5 2-2 4; Justin Gaines 2-6 0-1 4; Travante Leftenant 1-2 1-2 3; Josh Walters 1-3 0-0 2; Brett Carpenter 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 26-59 9-14 67. JOHN CARROLL (4-1, 1-0 OAC) Kyle Roggenburk 13-15 5-8 31; Pete Moran 5-9 6-6 17; John Curran 4-9 4-4 15; Chris Day 1-5 4-6 6; Demetrius Travis 2-7 1-2 5; Derek Smith 2-2 1-5 5; Jon Franks 1-3 0-0 2; Rory O'Neil 0-1 0-0 0; Justin Ragor 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 28-54 22-33 82. Wilmington.................... 29 38 - 67 John Carroll.................. 39 43 - 82 3-point goals-Wilmington 6-20 (Nick Berter 2-4; Fred Harrison 2-4; Josh Rohrbacher 1-3; Eric Stirling 1-2; Josh Walters 0-1; Justin Gaines 0-2; Scott Walters 0-1; Zach Broermann 0-3), John Carroll 4-10 (John Curran 3-6; Pete Moran 1-2; Justin Ragor 0-1; Chris Day 0-1). Fouled out--Wilmington-Nick Berter, John Carroll-None. Rebounds-Wilmington 32 (Josh Rohrbacher 5), John Carroll 43 (Kyle Roggenburk 10). Assists-Wilmington 7 (Josh Rohrbacher 2), John Carroll 17 (Pete Moran 8). Total fouls-Wilmington 24, John Carroll 18. A-423