Lake Forest College Sports Information
February 18, 2006
Contact: Mike Wajerski, SID

Lake Forest Defeats Grinnell in Season Finale
Liebl and Baich each record double-doubles

 Devon Liebl recorded a double-double in her final game.
LAKE FOREST, IL - The Forester women’s basketball team defeated Grinnell College 75-60 at home Saturday (February 18) afternoon in the season finale for both teams. Lake Forest finished the year with a 14-9 overall record and an 8-8 mark in Midwest Conference play. Grinnell ended the year 9-14 overall and 5-11 in the league.

The Foresters had two players reach double figures in both points and rebounds in the same game for the first time this season. Sophomore center Nicole Baich (Westchester, IL/Nazareth Academy) matched one career-high with 19 points and set others with 15 rebounds and five assists. She shot 7-for-9 from the field and 5-for-7 from the free throw line in her fifth double-double in the last 10 games. Senior guard Devon Liebl (Brookfield, WI/Milwaukee Pius XI) had 11 points and as many boards for her third double-double of the year and seventh of her career.

Three others scored in double figures for the home team, giving Lake Forest five players with at least 10 points in a game for the first time since the opening weekend of the 2003-04 season. Junior guard Beth Lucas (Arlington Heights, IL/John Hersey) shot 6-for-9 from the field and finished with 13 points. Junior forward Andrea Durante (Bloomingdale, IL/Lake Park), the team’s leading scorer on the year, had 11 points and seven rebounds and sophomore guard Sarah Holsen (Oconomowoc, WI/Oconomowoc) scored 10. Junior guard Lizzy Bauer (Madison, WI/Madison West) matched Baich’s five assists and added a game-high four steals.

Lake Forest shot 43.7% from the floor in the game, 3-for-15 from three-point range, and 10-for-18 from the free throw line. Grinnell was held to 34.5% shooting from the field, knocked down 11 of 33 three-pointers, and shot 9-for-15 from the foul line. The Foresters out-rebounded their guests 54-31 and pulled down 14 in a row late in the first half.

The game was tied at 2, 6, 14, and 18 before a 10-0 Lake Forest run gave the home team a double-digit lead. After the Pioneers scored the game’s next seven points to trim the margin to three, the Foresters scored the first half’s final five points to take a 33-25 lead into the locker room at intermission.

Grinnell outscored Lake Forest 10-2 in the first 2:15 of the second half to tie the score at 35. A 9-2 Forester run put the home team ahead to stay and a 14-0 Lake Forest run beginning with just over nine minutes to play put the game out of reach.

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