Foresters Fall to Carroll in Overtime, 79-75 
Clerkin pulls down 16 rebounds in defeat
  

Sherry Wagner scored a career- high 17 points on Friday.

Sophomore guard Sherry Wagner (Chicago, IL/Mother McAuley) scored a career-high 17 points in the loss. She shot 6-of-10 from the floor, including 3-of-6 from three-point range, and 2-of-2 from the free throw line.

Senior guard Jenni Klusman (New Berlin, WI/New Berlin West) and junior forward Katie McCants (Menasha, WI/Menasha) also scored in double-figures with 14 and 12 points, respectively. Klusman, who leads the MWC in three-point field goals, connected four times from behind the arc and McCants made six of eight field goal attempts.

Freshman forward Shannon Clerkin (Barneveld, WI/Barneveld) pulled down a Forester season-high 16 rebounds to go with nine points and a pair of assists.

Lake Forest outshot Carroll 42.6% to 40.3% from the floor and made nine three-pointers to the visitors' two. Rebounds (Carroll 43, Lake Forest 41) were fairly even, as were turnovers (Lake Forest 26, Carroll 23). The most significant statistical edge in Carroll's favor was at the free throw line, where the Pioneers shot 27-of-34 and the Foresters made 8 of 13 attempts.

The teams played at roughly the same level for the first 10 minutes of the game, with the home team holding a 15-14 edge after the halfway mark of the first period. Over the next five-and-a-half minutes, however, Carroll went on a 16-4 run and opened up an 11-point lead (30-19). The Foresters responded with an 8-0 run to close out the half, which ended with Carroll ahead, 32-30.

A 10-2 run to open the second half gave Lake Forest a 40-34 lead, their largest of the game at that time. After the lead grew to ten points (52-42), the Pioneers began to gradually come back and eventually retook the lead with just under six minutes remaining in regulation. Three lead changes and as many ties later, the second period buzzer sounded with the teams in a 68-68 deadlock.

After the Pioneers scored on a free throw early in the five-minute overtime period, the teams held each other scoreless until Carroll scored again on a jumper with 2:15 left to take a three-point lead. An offensive rebound and basket by McCants less than 30 seconds later was the only other scoring until the game's final 32 seconds, when the Pioneers connected on all eight of their free throw attempts and the home team could not keep up.

At 7-2 in the league, the Foresters remain in good position to advance to the four-team MWC Championship Tournament February 22-23rd. They will host St. Norbert College (8-8, 5-4 MWC) tomorrow (January 26th) before traveling to Monmouth College (3-13, 3-6) and Ripon College (9-7, 5-4) next week.

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