Calvin Fisher
Kevin Krows/Millikin University
75
Winner Millikin MIL-U 11-8,6-4 CCIW
72
Carthage CARTH 9-10,2-8 CCIW
Winner
Millikin MIL-U
11-8,6-4 CCIW
75
Final
72
Carthage CARTH
9-10,2-8 CCIW
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 OT 1 OT 2 F
Millikin MIL-U 28 34 4 9 75
Carthage CARTH 23 39 4 6 72

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Big Blue Men Escape with 2OT Victory

The Millikin men's basketball team scored the last 10 points in regulation and escaped with a 75-72 double overtime win Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin on January 29. 
 
Trailing 62-52 with 2:27 left in regulation, Millikin closed the game on a 10-0 run to tie the game at 62-62. Senior Calvin Fisher's three-pointer with 2:12 left in the game started the comeback. DeMarcus Bond hit two free throws to pull Millikin within five. Drake Stevenson made both his free throws with 1:04 left in the game to make it 62-59. Fisher tied the game with another three-pointer with 56 seconds remaining. 
 
In the first overtime, Antuan Nesbitt gave Carthage a 64-62 lead, but Fisher answered to tie the game at 64-64. Fillip Bulatovic put the Firebirds with 66-64 with 1:32 left in the first overtime. Fisher then hit a turnaround jumper with eight seconds left to tie the game at 66-66. Fisher blocked Carthage's game winning shot attempt sending the game to overtime number two. 
 
Bulatovic opened the second overtime with a basket, but Fisher answered again with a basket and free throw to make it 69-68 Millikin. Bulatovic then put the Firebirds back on top, but Noah Livingston put the Big Blue back in front 71-70 with 3:13 left in the game. AJ Johnson's basket gave Carthage its final lead of the game 72-71. Two Stevenson free throws made it a 73-72 Millikin lead with 48 seconds remaining in the second overtime. JT Welch sealed the victory with a pair of free throws with eight seconds left to play. 
 
Fisher led Millikin with 19 points and 10 rebounds. Fisher went over the 1,000 point mark in his career and he now scored 1,001 points for the Big Blue. 
Stevenson recorded his own double double with 14 points and 10 rebounds. Welch finished with 12 points and Scott Gowan added 10 for the Big Blue. 
 
Bulatovic led Carthage with 21 points and 17 rebounds.  
 
Millikin shot 37 percent from the field making 28-75. The Big Blue were 9-28 (32 percent) from three-point range and 14-17 (82 percent) from the free throw line. 
Carthage made 28-75 (37 percent) from the field and connected on 6-27 (22 percent) from beyond the arc. The Firebirds were 10-16 from the line. Carthage won the rebounding battle 53-46. 
 
Millikin improves to 11-8, 6-4 while Carthage falls 11-8, 2-7. 
 
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