Jan. 24, 2018 – Dominating on both sides of the ball all evening, the North Central College men's basketball team took a one-point lead before the contest began due to an administrative technical foul on Millikin University and proceeded to lead for all 40 minutes, sinking a season-high 17 three-pointers en route to a 75-49 victory on Wednesday inside Gregory Arena.

Due to not reporting their starting lineup on time, the Big Blue (8-10, 1-8 CCIW) began the game with a technical foul while Mike Pollack sank the free throw to give North Central a 1-0 lead before the opening tip-off.

The Cardinals (13-5, 6-3 CCIW) poured it on from that point on, scoring the game's first 12 points including three-pointers from Matt Cappelletti, Aiden Chang and Erwin Henry.

The North Central defense on the other hand held Millikin to just two points on 1-of-9 shooting while forcing three turnovers over the opening eight minutes of the half to open up a 17-2 lead.

North Central continued to build on its lead over the course of the first half, ballooning the lead to 21 just before halftime, finishing the first half 11-of-20 from beyond the arc, led by 16 first-half points from Cappelletti.

Carrying that momentum into the second half, the Cardinals avoided a second half let down, leading by double digits the rest of the way, at one point opening up a 27-point advantage.

Four Cardinals finished in double figures, led by Cappelletti's 19 points, finishing 5-of-10 from three-point range.  Pollack finished with 13 points, knocking down four long balls, while Henry and Blaise Meredithadded 11 and 10, respectively.

Connor Raridon dished out a game-high 11 assists, good for third on the program's single-game list, as Raridon now holds four spots on the list and has three games of 11 or more assists this season.  Raridon needs just five assists to tie the program's all-time record, as his 268 currently sit second behind Adam Teising '06.

North Central assisted on 24-of-26 field goals on the evening, while shooting 43 percent from beyond the arc and out-rebounding Millikin, 48-28.

The Cardinals return home on Saturday, Jan. 27, hosting Elmhurst College at 7 p.m.