NORTHFIELD, Minn. - Despite a career-tying seven three-pointers from Beck Page (Sr./Longmont, Colo./Longmont), the Carleton College men's basketball team saw its three-game win streak snapped by visiting Gustavus Adolphus College, 78-75.
 
Turnovers doomed the Knights (14-3, 9-3 MIAC) as they gave the ball away 18 times, leading the Gusties (7-10, 7-5 MIAC) to build an 18-0 margin in points off turnovers. Carleton did not score following any of Gustavus' 10 giveaways throughout the contest.
 
The conference tilt began as expected, with fast-paced play and a slew of scoring. The Knights' number-one scoring offense in the MIAC burned just a bit hotter, and the home side was enjoying a 12-point lead exactly midway through the opening period after Alex Gibbens (Jr./New Canaan, Conn./New Canaan) found Jeremy Beckler (Sr./Lino Lakes, Minn./White Bear Lake) down low to bring the score to 26-14.
 
The Gusties, who score the most points in conference play, would not be turned away, knotting the game at 36 with 4:10 to play. Page's fourth triple of the half gave the lead back to Carleton, and the home team would eventually carry a 43-42 edge into halftime.
 
While the Gusties knocked at the door throughout the second half, the Knights did not relinquish the lead until there was only 6:05 on the clock, when Jordan Schommer hit a reverse layup. Gustavus Adolphus looked to have the game sealed when a pair of Schommer free throws extended to lead to 75-68 with less than 30 seconds remaining, but Luke Harris (So./Piedmont, Calif./Piedmont) converted a traditional 3-point play to give Carleton new live.
 
Evan Wieker went one-for-two at the charity stripe, and the Knights got the ball quickly to Page, who knocked down his seventh trey of the afternoon to set the score at 76-74 with 13 seconds to play. That was the closest the Knights would get, as Spencer Swanson knocked down two more free throws to ice the game.
 
Swanson finished with 20 points and 10 rebounds for the visitors, and was joined in double figures by four teammates.
 
Five Knights also scored at least 10 points, as Page led all scorers with 21 points off the bench. Spencer Goetz (So./Chaska, Minn./Chaska) was the lone Knights' starter not in double-figures but had one of the better games of his season, pulling down five boards, dishing a pair of assists, and swiping four steals, one shy of his season high. Gibbens matched a career-best with seven assists to go along with 12 points and a share of the team lead in rebounds with six.
 
Page's seven 3-pointers tie both the Knights' season high – originally established by Matt Banovetz (Jr./Minneapolis, Minn./Academy of Holy Angels) on Dec 30 against Bethany Lutheran – as well as his personal career record, when he went 7-of-8 from deep at Concordia-Moorhead during the 2021-22 campaign. Those performances are tied for sixth in recorded team history (see list below).
 
As a team, the Knights converted on 14 deep-balls, tying the 10^th-highest single-game total in recorded program history (see list below).
 
Up Next for the Knights
Carleton stays at home for a mid-week contest against an Augsburg University squad riding a two-game win streak. Tipoff at West Gym is slated for 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan 25.
 
Most 3-point field goals made (team)
1.  18 – vs. Macalester (18-of-32); 1/6/93
1.  18 – vs. Macalester (18-of-32); 1/11/95
1.  18 – vs. Bethany Lutheran (18-of-43); 12/30/22
4.  16 – at Hamline; 1/03/01
4.  16 – at University of Chicago (16-of-31); 11/24/01
4.  16 – at Concordia-Moorhead (16-of-26); 1/23/22
4.  16 – at Northwestern-St. Paul (16-of-36); 12/13/22
8.  15 – vs. Augsburg (15-of-27); 2/4/95
8.  15 – at Martin Luther (15-of-34); 12/5/22
10.  14 – Concordia-Moorhead; 1996
10.  14 – at Bethel (14-of-29); 1/19/05
10.  14 – vs. Augsburg; 1/11/97
10.  14 – vs. Gustavus Adolphus; (14-of-34); 1/21/23
 
Most 3-point field goals made (player)
1.  10, Scott Krohn; Macalester; 1/6/93
2.  9, Jeff Jensen; at Hamline; 01/03/01
3.  8, Dave Heslam; Hawaii Loa College; 11/27/90
3.  8, Scott Krohn; Macalester; 12/14/91
3.  8, Kent Hanson; Augsburg; 02/01/20
6.  7, Scott Krohn; BYU-Hawaii; 11/26/90
6.  7, Jeff Jensen; Colorado College; 11/26/99
6.  7, Anthony Baquero, Augsburg, 12/07/02
6.  7, Anthony Baquero; at Hawaii Pacific; 11/29/04
6.  7, Jake Phillips; at Hamline 1/25/06
6.  7, Jake Phillips; Macalester; 2/14/07
6.  7, Tom Sawatzke; at Hawaii Pacific; 11/24/12
6.  7, Tom Sawatzke; at Macalester; 2/9/13
6.  7, Kent Hanson; at Bethany Lutheran; 12/16/19
6.  7, Beck Page; at Concordia Moorhead; 01/23/22
6.  7, Matt Banovetz, vs. Bethany Lutheran; 12/30/22
6.  7, Beck Page, vs. Gustavus Adolphus; 1/21/23