First-team All-CCIW Pick Steve DjurickovicThe Carthage College men’s basketball team (0-0, 0-0 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) opens its 2008-09 season with a two-game trip to California. Carthage plays its season-opener on Saturday, Nov. 22 against the University of Redlands in a 2 p.m., PST, game at Currier Gym in Redlands, Calif. On Monday, Nov. 24, the Red Men take on California Lutheran University in a 7:30 p.m., PST game at the Gilberts Center in Thousand Oaks, Calif.