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Kenosha, Wis. - The Wheaton men's basketball team played well in all facets of the game on Thursday night to earn an 80-60 victory at Carthage College (11-9/4-5). Wheaton is now 14-6 on the year, with a 5-4 record in CCIW play. The Thunder will remain on the road for its next contest, a 7:30 PM tipoff at North Park University.

Tim McCrary led the Thunder with 26 points and 12 rebounds for his eighth “double-double” of the season. He also distributed six assists on a night that he shot 11-for-16 from the field. In the game the junior All-American became the 12th player in Wheaton history to collect 600 career rebounds, now with 608 career boards in his tremendous career. Jeremy Pflederertallied 13 points, with four assists and junior Spencer Schultze added 12 points. Freshman Jon DeMoss scored 11 points and Andrew Jahns added six points, with three assists.
Wheaton head coach Mike Schauer noted after the game, “I am proud of our guys. I thought we had several guys play well tonight.”

Steve Djurickovic led Carthage with 27 points and Mitch Thompson scored 13 points, with five rebounds.

Wheaton shot 62.3% (33-53) from the field, with 50% (3-6) from three-point range and 78.6% (11-14) at the free throw line. Carthage recorded a 42.6% (20-47) field goal percentage, with 15.4% (2-13) from three-point range and 66.7% (18-27) at the free throw line. The Thunder out-rebounded Carthage 32-20, with a 5-4 edge on the offensive glass. Led by McCrary's effort, the Thunder owned a 42-24 scoring edge in the paint.

The two teams played a close contest for the first 12 minutes of the game tonight. With the Thunder holding a four-point advantage at 23-19 with 7:50 remaining in the first half, the guests put together a 8-2 scoring run to build up a 31-21 lead with 6:15 left before halftime. The 'Orange and Blue' held a 41-33 edge at halftime. The closest the Red Men could get in the second half was a five-point deficit when Wheaton led 48-43 with 15:40 remaining in the game. The 20-point lead in the 80-60 final score was Wheaton's largest advantage of the game.