Foresters Defeated by the Hosts at Calvin Tip-Off Tournament

The Lake Forest College men's basketball team was defeated 85-78 at Calvin College in the consolation game of Calvin's Tip-Off Tournament on Saturday (November 21). The Foresters fell to 1-2 on the season while the Knights evened their record at 1-1.

Sophomore post player Travis Clark (Evanston, Ill./Evanston) led the visitors with 16 points and a game-high 10 rebounds. He shot 7-for-11 from the field and added a pair of steals. Senior guard Victor Campbell (Milwaukee, Wis./Wisconsin Lutheran) scored a season-high 14 points and had three assists and three steals in the game. Sophomore guard Chris Roets (Hartland, Wis./Arrowhead) also reached double figures with 13 points and shot 3-for-5 from three-point range.

The Foresters shot 51.8 percent from the field as a team and knocked down six of 19 three-pointers and 14 of 22 free throws. Calvin made exactly half of their field goal attempts, including 11 of 19 from beyond the arc, and 10 of 34 free throws. The Knights out-rebounded Lake Forest 35-30 and both teams committed 13 turnovers.

Calvin scored the game's first eight points and the Foresters rattled off the next nine for the first of 14 first half lead changes. Lake Forest led by as many as five points and Calvin by nine in the period, which ended with the home team ahead 49-44.

The margin reached nine points again early in the second half before a 13-2 Forester run put the visitors ahead 65-63 with nine minutes to play. A Calvin three-pointer with less than six minutes left on the clock gave the home team the lead for good and the Knights stretched the margin to nine points again and made seven free throws in the final 66 seconds to secure the victory.

The Foresters will play their next game at the University of Chicago Tuesday night (November 24) at 8:00. A live video webcast and live stats will be available on the University of Chicago athletics web site.