Lake Forest College Sports Information
February 12, 2005
Contact: Mike Wajerski, SID

Lake Forest Keeps MWC Playoff Hopes Alive With Win Over Monmouth
Three Foresters score in double figures

 Kristy Freeman led all players with 14 points.
LAKE FOREST, IL - The Lake Forest College women’s basketball team defeated Monmouth College 64-46 at home on Saturday (February 12). The win kept the Foresters in fifth-place, just a half-game behind Illinois College in the Midwest Conference standings. Lake Forest is now 12-9 overall and has a 9-5 record in league play. Monmouth dropped to 5-17 overall and 4-11 in the conference.

Senior guard Kristy Freeman (Palatine, IL/Palatine) led all scorers with 14 points. She shot 5-for-10 from the field with two three-pointers, bringing her season total to 56, just four shy of the single-season school record. Junior guard Devon Liebl (Milwaukee WI/Milwaukee Pius XI) and freshman forward/center Nicole Baich (Westchester, IL/Nazareth Academy) each scored 12 points and combined for 10 rebounds. Sophomore point guard Lizzy Bauer (Madison, WI/Madison West) contributed seven points, a steal, an assist, and no turnovers in 20 minutes of play.

The Foresters shot 36.8% from the field and 9-of-18 at the foul line. The Fighting Scots shot 30.0% from the floor and 58.3% from the free throw line. Lake Forest out-rebounded Monmouth 50-41 and forced 25 turnovers while committing just 17.

Baich scored first for Lake Forest to kick off a 7-0 run to start the game. The Foresters led by as many as nine in the first half and were up by six (33-27) at intermission. The Scots fought back and tied the score (40-40) with 11:12 left in the game but were unable to take the lead away from the home team.

The Foresters will host Illinois College on Wednesday (February 16) at 5:30 p.m. A win over the Lady Blues would clinch a spot for Lake Forest in the four-team Midwest Conference Championship Tournament, played on February 25-26. The Foresters will close out the regular season at Grinnell College next Saturday (February 16) afternoon.

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