Foresters Split Pair of MWC Home Games
Team falls to St. Norbert, defeats Beloit

Kandyce Green scored 32 points on the weekend.

Against St. Norbert, junior guard Kandyce Green (Chicago, IL/Marian Catholic) poured in a game-high 19 points and classmate Kristy Freeman (Palatine, IL/Palatine) added a dozen. Green finished the night shooting 7-for-8 from the free throw line and draining two of her four three-point field goal attempts. All of Freeman’s points came from behind the arc, and the guard has made a team-best 39 three-pointers this year.

Despite shooting only 25% from the field in the first half, the Foresters trailed by just four (26-22) at the intermission. But the Green Knights outscored the home team 18-6 to open the second half and led 44-26 with 12:32 remaining. Green scored eight points during a 14-2 Lake Forest run later in the period that cut the lead to 48-46, but the visitors used a 10-0 run to secure the win.

On Saturday, junior forward Shannon Clerkin (Barneveld, WI/Barneveld) scored a team-high 15 points, Green added 13, and senior guard Sherry Wagner (Chicago, IL/Mother McAuley) pitched in 11 in the Foresters’ win over Beloit College. The three shot a combined 12-for-12 from the charity stripe, with Clerkin knocking down five, Wagner connecting on four, and Green hitting three.

After getting off to a slow start, Lake Forest picked up the intensity late in the first half and held a 35-31 lead at the break. The home team’s second half featured 16 unanswered points in a span of five minutes to build an insurmountable 69-46 lead with 4:47 left to play.

The Foresters out-rebounded the Buccaneers 42-36 and forced the opponents into 25 turnovers. Lake Forest connected on 23 of 28 free throw attempts (82.1%) compared to Beloit’s 12-of-22 (54.5%) free throw shooting performance.

Lake Forest will travel to Wisconsin for a pair of conference games next weekend (February 6-7). On Friday the Foresters will battle Lawrence University (9-7, 5-5 MWC) at 5:30 p.m. Saturday’s 2:00 p.m. contest will be at Carroll College (8-9, 5-5).

By Franklyn Beckford

Lake Forest - St. Norbert Box Score
Lake Forest - Beloit Box Score