MOORHEAD, Minn. -- Jeremy Beckler (Fy./Lino Lakes, Minn./White Bear Lake), Alex Battist (So./Maple Grove, Minn./Maple Grove), and Kent Hanson (Sr./St. Paul, Minn./St. Paul Academy) each surpassed 20 points as the Carleton College men's basketball team pulled away in the second half for a 78-55 road triumph over Concordia College-Moorhead.
 
Beckler totaled a game-high 27 points, while Battist and Hanson reach 20 points exactly. It has been two years and two days since the last time Carleton had three players score at least 20 points in the same contest as the feat was last accomplished on Dec. 9, 2017 at Macalester.
 

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Last three 20-20-20 games for Carleton

• 12/11/19 at Concordia (W, 78-55) — Jeremy Beckler (27), Alex Battist (20), Kent Hanson (20)
• 12/9/17 at Macalester (W, 101-76) — Kent Hanson (30), Matt Stritzel (27), Kevin Grow (20)
• 2/9/13 at Macalester (W, 84-71) — Tom Sawatzke (26), Shane McSparron (22), Scott Theisen (21)
 

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"It was a very determined Carleton team on the floor tonight," said Carleton head coach Guy Kalland. "We were as solid defensively tonight as we've been all season, and we had a number of quality possessions on offense as well. It was nice way to wrap up the first quarter of our MIAC schedule before we head into three non-conference games next week."
 
After a back-and-forth opening to the game that featured four ties and six lead changes, Concordia (2-6, 0-4 MIAC) opened up its largest advantage of the contest at 25-20 with 8:03 remaining in the first half. Battist answered with back-to-back 3-pointers to spark an 11-0 run that gave the Knights (2-4, 1-4 MIAC) the lead for good.
 
Carleton went 6-of-11 (55 percent) from downtown in the first half and carried a 37-32 margin into intermission. The Knights cooled down from long range after halftime, going 1-for-11 over the final 20 minutes, but it did not matter as the visitors cashed in 17-of-21 field-goal attempts (81 percent) inside the arc over the same span and shot 60 percent overall in the second half.
 
The Knights used a 22-2 run that spanned nearly 10 minutes of game action to put the game out of reach. Concordia used a fastbreak bucket by Tommy Schyma to pull within 48-40 with 14:40 still to play, but Carleton forced the Cobbers into a 1-for-11 dry spell with five turnovers.
 
Concordia trailed by 28 points before it scored again with 4:40 still to play.
 
For Beckler, this was his second consecutive 20-point performance and the third of his rookie campaign. He finished the game 10-of-13 from the floor, including 4-of-5 from 3-point range.
 
Battist was 2-of-3 from beyond the arc, part of his 9-for-14 shooting night. In addition to notching his third 20-point game of his season and career, Battist added six rebounds, three blocks, two assists, and two steals.
 
Hanson has now eclipsed the 20-point mark 23 times in his career. He now has 1,271 career points, moving him past Tommy Drake '08 and into 11th place on Carleton's all-time scoring list.
 
Carleton point guard Henry Bensen (Sr./Roseville, Minn./Roseville) was the leading rebounder in the contest as he equaled his career best with nine boards.
 
Two Cobbers finished in double figures. Schyma paced the hosts with 13 points and seven rebounds, while Jackson Jangula chipped in 10 points.
 
The home team had won 14 of the previous 17 meetings between these two programs.
 
UP NEXT FOR THE KNIGHTS: Carleton's road trip continues with a 7 p.m. tipoff at Bethany Lutheran College on Monday, Dec. 16. The Knights will then head to Orlando, Fla. for games against Hope College and Finlandia University on Dec. 18-19.