KENOSHA, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin-Stout men's basketball team (1-2) fell 91-54 to Carthage (3-0) on Saturday afternoon.
 
Carthage built a 14-4 lead before Aiden Johnson's layup and Mason Stoik's 3-pointer helped Stout close the gap to 14-9. Carthage pushed the margin to 32-16 on Sam Ritchie's 3-pointer with 6:41 left in the first half before UW-Stout responded with an eight-0 run from 6:00 to 4:59. Domanyck Schwarzenberger made a free throw, Collin Vick added a steal and layup, Justin Nelson hit a jumper, and Schwarzenberger connected from 3-point range off Vick's assist to cut the deficit to 32-24. Schwarzenberger later added a layup and another 3-pointer, but KJ Cathey's layup with 51 seconds left sent Carthage into halftime ahead 41-32.

AJ Uttech hit an early jumper to start the second half, and Gavin Johnson's 3-pointer off a Vick assist brought the Blue Devils within 47-37 at 18:13 after Carthage had moved back ahead by double digits. Stout then went nearly six minutes without scoring as Carthage pushed the lead to 60-37. Uttech's steal and fast-break layup at 12:18 ended the drought, but Carthage kept converting turnovers into transition points and moved ahead 73-43 by 10:11 despite inside baskets from Uttech and Nelson. Stoik added a jumper and a 3-pointer, and Aiden Johnson scored twice in the final 1:41, but Carthage hit late 3-pointers to finish the win.

The Blue Devils committed 21 turnovers, and Carthage turned them into 31 points.

Top Performers
- Schwarzenberger: 12 points, 4-for-6 from the field, 2-for-4 from 3-point range
- Vick: 8 assists, 2 steals, 3 rebounds
- Stoik: 10 points, 4-for-5 from the field, 2-for-3 from 3-point range
- Aiden Johnson: 9 points, 6 rebounds, 2 offensive rebounds
- Nelson: 2 blocks, 4 points, 1 steal
 
The Blue Devils will return home to host Macalester College on Tuesday, Nov. 17, at 7 p.m. at Johnson Fieldhouse.