Box Score NORTHFIELD, Minn.—Bethel University's men's basketball team traveled to Northfield, Minn., Saturday afternoon for a highly-contested matchup with Carleton College and unfortunately for the Royals, it was the Knights that came away with a 60-57 victory on their home court.
 
The two squads exchanged ten lead changes and found themselves tied five more times. In addition, no team held a bigger lead than five points and most often it was under three. Yet despite BU possessing a three-point advantage with 7:22 remaining in the game, it was Carleton's 6-0 run over the next three minutes that proved to be the difference maker down the stretch. Bethel had two looks from outside the 3-point arc with under a minute remaining, but failed to convert what would've been a ticket to overtime.
 
The Knights kept the Royals offense in check throughout the entire game, as BU was held to 31.6 percent shooting from the floor. That led to a sizeable difference in the rebounding margin, as Carleton out-boarded Bethel 43-23. Despite the discrepancy between the two teams in rebounding, BU was able to take advantage of a 6-17 turnover margin in Saturday's matinee. Forcing the Knights into 17 turnovers helped Bethel outscore the Carleton 18-0 in points off turnovers.
 
Bridgeport Tusler finished the affair with a game-high 18 points, thanks to a 4-of-10 effort from downtown. In addition to Tusler, Brycen Wojta and Jackson Canfield each had 12 points with Wojta adding five assists. Kyle Zimmermann's 17-game streak of scoring in double figures when playing the entire game came to an end, as foul trouble held Zimmermann to seven points and 11 rebounds.
 
Carleton had four players in double figures with Kevin Grow leading the Knights with 13 points and 11 rebounds.
 
Bethel's ability to bounce back from Saturday's loss will be difficult, as the Royals welcome the University of St. Thomas to the Robertson Center Gym Monday night for a 7 p.m. tipoff. The Tommies enter the matchup tied for first place with a 7-1 mark in conference play.