Carthage stayed unbeaten on Saturday afternoon in Kenosha, beating the University of Wisconsin-Stout 91-54. Carthage is now 3-0, while Stout fell to 1-2.
Carthage built an early 14-4 lead. Aiden Johnson's layup and Mason Stoik's 3-pointer helped Stout close to 14-9, and Carthage later pushed the margin to 32-16 on a Sam Ritchie 3-pointer with 6:41 left in the first half.
Stout answered with an 8-0 run. Domanyck Schwarzenberger made a free throw and a 3-pointer, Collin Vick added a steal and layup, and Justin Nelson hit a jumper to cut the deficit to 32-24. Carthage still led 41-32 at halftime.
Stout pulled within 47-37 early in the second half on Gavin Johnson's 3-pointer, then went nearly six minutes without scoring as Carthage pushed the lead to 60-37. Carthage kept converting turnovers into transition points and led 73-43 by the 10:11 mark.
Schwarzenberger led Stout with 12 points, Stoik added 10, and Johnson finished with 9 points and 6 rebounds. Vick had 8 assists. Stout committed 21 turnovers, which Carthage turned into 31 points.
Stout returns home to host Macalester College on Tuesday, Nov. 17, at 7 p.m. at Johnson Fieldhouse.
