Red Men run out of comebacks

Friday, November 30, 2007 11:42 PM CST

Journal Times staff

Carthage College recovered from a double digit deficit but couldn’t rally a second time Friday night in a 75-63 loss to Calvin College in the CCIW-MIAA Classic at Grand Rapids, Mich.

The Red Men (3-1) fell behind 20-10 and trailed 39-30 at halftime before battling back early in the second half. Trey Bowens, who led the Red Men with 26 points, sparked Carthage’s comeback with a layup and Joe Higgins followed with a 3-point basket as the Red Men cut their deficit to 44-41.

Bowens added another basket off a steal to cut the lead to one. Calvin (4-1), a member of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association answered on Josh Engelman’s tip-in but Steve Djurickovic’s jumper trimmed the lead to 46-45.

Derek Griffin then took over for Calvin, scoring six points in a 13-2 run over a six-minute stretch that gave Calvin a 59-47 lead with 6:16 remaining. Calvin led by double digits the rest of the way.

Djurickovic finished with 14 points.

John Mantel had 19 points and Caleb Veldhouse and Griffin each had 16 for Calvin.

Women

HOPE 80, CARTHAGE 60: Erika Burchholz had 17 points and Shana Lieberman added 13 for Carthage in a loss to Hope in the CCIW-MIAA Classic at Holland, Mich.

The Carthage women lost for the first time after opening the season with a pair of wins.

Carrie Snikkers had 16 points and nine rebounds and Jordy Boles added 14 points for Hope (4-0).

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