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January 4, 2004 Contact: Mike Wajerski, SID Lake Forest Begins 2004 With Victory Over Chicago
Junior guard Kandyce Green (Chicago, IL/Marian Catholic) led all scorers with a season-high 22 points. She shot 8-for-13 from the field, including 3-for-5 from three-point range, and added three steals. Sophomore guard Devon Liebl (Milwaukee, WI/Milwaukee Pius XI) and junior guard/forward Alissa Mildebrath (Carol Stream, IL/West Chicago) also reached double figures with 12 and 10 points, respectively. Both players made their third start of the season, this time filling in nicely for injured starters Kristy Freeman (Palatine, IL/Palatine) and Sherry Wagner (Chicago, IL/Mother McAuley), who are expected to return to the lineup for the team's next game. Junior forward Shannon Clerkin (Barneveld, WI/Barneveld), the team's leading scorer on the year with 14.7 points per game, scored just six on Sunday but led the squad with eight rebounds, four steals, and a pair of blocked shots. The Foresters shot only 39.3% in the game but held the Maroons to 35.8% shooting, including a 1-for-17 performance from beyond the three-point arc. Lake Forest also held a slight edge in rebounds (40-37) and turnovers (21-22). Green carried the home team early in the game. She scored the Foresters' first nine points and 16 of their first 20, giving the squad a five-point lead with less than nine minutes remaining before halftime. Green was held scoreless the rest of the period but Lake Forest was able to stretch its lead to 34-24 by halftime. Chicago trimmed the margin to seven points three times in the second half before a 10-2 Forester run extended the lead to 52-37 with five minutes to play. The Maroons got no closer than 11 points the rest of the way. Lake Forest will put its 4-1 home record and 2-0 Midwest Conference mark on the line Wednesday (January 7) night at 7:00 against Monmouth College (3-5, 1-0 MWC). The game is the first of 14 straight against league opponents.
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