From Tuesday's Kenosha News ...

http://www.kenoshanews.com/sports/bears_to_take_a_look_at_carthage_player_7817743.html

Sam Savaglio, a 6-foot-1 guard from Kenosha Tremper is heading to Augustana.

He was a first-team All-Southeast Conference and first-team All-Kenosha County selection.

Senior season -- 12.9 points, 5.6 rebounds, 3.0 assists, shot 79 percent from the free-throw line (64-of-81). He scored 753 career points.

From the Daily Chronicle ...

Genoa-Kingston senior boys basketball player Scott Suchy will play his college basketball at Division III Carthage College in Kenosha, Wis. He committed to the school last weekend.

Carthage finished its season with a 24-6 record and lost in a sectional championship game to Illinois Wesleyan, 77-72.

Suchy averaged 21.5 points and 6.2 rebounds a game for the Cogs and finished his career with 1,834 points. The G-K senior was named third-team all-state in Class 2A by the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association. He was the Daily Chronicle's Boys Basketball Player of the Year in 2007-08.

From Friday's Kenosha News ...

http://www.kenoshanews.com/sports/for_the_red_men_its_clash_of_the_titans_iv_7532632.html

From Thursday's Kenosha News ...

http://www.kenoshanews.com/sports/cciw_champs_7369908.html

From today's Kenosha News ...

http://www.kenoshanews.com/sports/red_men_eye_share_of_cciw_7361491.html

From today's Kenosha News ...

http://www.kenoshanews.com/sports/rolling___red_men_host_vikings_7286732.html

From today's Kenosha News ...

http://www.kenoshanews.com/sports/zampanti_stevie_d_delightful_7280141.html

From today's Kenosha News ...


BY ANDREW HORSCHAK
ahorschak@kenoshanews.com
With four freshmen and one sophomore among its top seven players, the most surprising aspect of the Carthage men's basketball team this season has been its success away from Tarble Arena.
Ranked No. 23 in the latest D3hoops.com poll, the Red Men are 7-1 on the road (2-2 on neutral floors) after going 24-31 in the previous five seasons.
That sparkling road record will be tested when first-place Carthage (15-4, 7-1 CCIW) puts its six-game winning streak on the line against Wheaton (13-6, 5-3) 7:30 tonight at King Arena. The game will be broadcast on WRJN-AM 1400 and over the Internet at http://www.carthage.edu/ais/webcast/
"I wish I had a button to push so I could just say, 'Do it this way,' and it would work every time," Carthage coach Bosko Djurickovic said. "I really don't know. I don't know if the matchups have been good or whether we have just played well on those particular nights.
"We're playing pretty well right now everywhere. I think it does carry over. We're playing with more and more confidence."
After limiting talented 6-foot-7 forward Doug Sexauer to nine points in a convincing victory over Illinois Wesleyan on Saturday, Carthage will have to contend with another quality big man tonight in Tim McCrary.
The 6-foot-6 sophomore has emerged as the top challenger to Carthage junior Steve Djurickovic for the CCIW's Most Outstanding Player award.
"He is as athletic of a big guy as you're going to run into in our league," the Carthage coach said. "He is quick. He is fast. He is a great finisher. What makes him a little bit different is he is a great passer. He can't go down and double him unless you are 100 percent sure you can get the ball out of his hands."
In eight league games, McCrary ranks second in scoring (22.3), first in rebounding (10.0), second in assists (4.1), fourth in blocked shots (1.5), fifth in steals (1.3) and ninth in field-goal percentage (.556).
Djurickovic is first in scoring (23.1) and assists (8.8), third in free-throw percentage (.859), sixth in 3-point percentage (.444), ninth in blocked shots (0.50) 11th in field-goal percentage (.541) and 14th in rebounding (4.6) and steals (0.88).
In the CCIW opener on Jan. 6 at Tarble Arena, McCrary scored 29 points on 10-of-19 shooting and added seven rebounds and four assists, but Carthage came away with a 75-62 victory as Djurickovic scored 29 points on 11-of-15 shooting and chipped in seven assists and five rebounds.
Carthage senior guard Cody Hilton was one of the unsung stars of the game after helping hold Wheaton sharp-shooter Ben Panner (15.7 ppg) to eight points – his second-lowest total of the season -- on 2-of-10 shooting.
"Panner is an excellent player," Bosko Djurickovic said. "He does a lot of things well. He's an exceptional shooter and plays with a lot of confidence."

A couple of stories from the Kenosha News ...

http://www.kenoshanews.com/sports/red_men_all_alone_in_first_place_7247010.html

http://www.kenoshanews.com/sports/red_men_still_have_work_to_do_7253021.html

A couple of stories from the Kenosha News on tonight's game ...

http://www.kenoshanews.com/sports/its_all_good_carthage_visits_upstart_north_park_tonight_7219251.html

http://www.kenoshanews.com/sports/tough_gets_going_for_carthage_7219262.html