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 Pflederer#tallied 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.