Lake Forest Drops Pair of Midwest Conference Contests
Lizzy Bauer scores career-high 24 points on Saturday

Lizzy Bauer led the team with 37 points on the weekend.

Junior guard Lizzy Bauer (Madison, WI/Madison West) and junior forward Andrea Durante (Bloomingdale, IL/Lake Park) led the Foresters on Friday with 13 points each. Sophomore guard Jessica Kirincich (Channahon, IL/Minooka) added a career-high 11 and pulled down five rebounds.

St. Norbert shot 45.3% from the floor in the game while the Foresters knocked down just 39.2% of their field goal attempts. The Green Knights shot 6-for-9 from three-point range and 20-for-30 from the free throw line. Lake Forest missed each of its eight three-point attempts and shot 21-for-29 from the foul line. The home team held a 39-32 edge in rebounds but committed 25 turnovers while forcing just 19.

The Foresters scored first but would not lead again. A 10-2 St. Norbert run broke a 6-6 tie and put the visitors ahead for good. A 14-2 run by the Green Knights later in the first half put them ahead 30-16 with four minutes remaining. Lake Forest cut the deficit to seven but trailed 36-24 at halftime. The home team pulled to within eight points five times in the second half, the last with 7:27 left, but would get no closer.

Bauer was 12-for-13 from the foul line and scored a career-high 24 points on Saturday. Senior guard Devon Liebl (Brookfield, WI/Milwaukee Pius XI) and sophomore center Nicole Baich (Westchester, IL/Nazareth Academy) shot a combined 13-for-20 from the field and added 15 points each.

The hosts made 45.1% of their field goals while the Lady Pioneers shot just 40.6%. The teams combined to make just seven three-pointers in 23 tries. Fifty fouls were called in the game, including 30 in the first half, and Carroll outscored the Foresters 28-18 at the foul line. The visitors also pulled down four more rebounds (39-35) and committed nine fewer turnovers (13-22).

There were five ties and four lead changes in the first half and Carroll’s seven-point lead (41-34) at halftime was the largest margin of the game to that point. The Lady Pioneers scored the first seven points of the second half and extended the lead to 21 (62-41) with 11:43 to play. A 14-2 Forester run pulled the home team to within nine with 5:45 to go but Carroll shot 13-for-16 down the stretch to seal the win.

Lake Forest will play its final game of 2005 Tuesday (December 6) night at Carthage College at 7:30.

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