Carthage College Athletic Department issued the following announcement on Dec. 18
The Carthage College men's basketball team collected another non-conference road win over Webster 89-72 on Saturday afternoon at Grant Gymnasium
Carthage (6-5) held an early 14-6 margin off a tip-in bucket from Nemi Ostojic. Webster (1-8) later got the score to 24-17 with a 9-3 run but a layup from Tyler Guest put the Firebirds ahead eight. The visitors sank back-to-back three-pointers from Colton Sigel and Tanner Lamb which made it 35-24 with 7:30 left in the half. Later, another pair of threes from Garrett Horner and Sigel extended the Firebird lead to 46-34. After the Gorloks made it a ten-point game, Sigel hit another three which as Carthage headed into the intermission break up 54-40.
The home team sank a three-pointer in the second half which cut the margin to 64-50. Later, a hook shot from Fillip Bulatovic gave Carthage a 20-point advantage with under seven minutes remaining in regulation. A layup from Kyle Czerak made it a 22-point game as Carthage went on to win 89-72.
The Firebirds return to the court on Wednesday, December 29 for the first game of the Music City Classic Tournament in Nashville, Tenn. Carthage faces Tufts at 5 p.m.
Head Coach Steve Djurickovic
"We're gaining more and more confidence going forward. We shot the ball really well today. 15 offensive rebounds was our best offensive output so far this year and we also shared the ball well today with 23 assists and only nine turnovers. We've been pretty well on the road. I thought our consistency for 40 minutes was much better. Garrett Horner has been fantastic for us the last few games, Kyle Kostes had another great game for us off the bench and Alonzo Paul set our defensive tone on the defensive end. We are learning to play together, we're learning close-out games when we need to and it will make us a much better team going into the last two months of the year."
Quick Facts
- Sophomore Garrett Horner led all scorers with a new career-best 27 points. Horner also picked up his second collegiate double-double on the season grabbing 10 rebounds.
- Freshman Colton Sigel registered a new season-best with 20 points and went 6-for-10 from long-range distance. Sigel also led the Firebirds in assists with four.
- Senior Kyle Czerak tied his season-best in rebounds with seven while junior Fillip Bulatovic added 12 points and senior Tyler Guest had 10 points.
- The Firebirds tallied a season-best 15 offensive rebounds, eight of which were from Czerak and Kyle Kostes.
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