The Lake Forest College women's basketball team was defeated 60-52 by visiting Carroll University Wednesday night. Forester junior guard/forward Gina Ambrose scored a game-high 17 points in the contest.
Ambrose made a pair of three-pointers in the first half and poured in 11 points in the second. She shot 5-for-7 from the field, 3-for-4 from three-point range, and 4-for-4 from the free throw line in the game.
Senior forward Liz Radtke and freshman forward K.C. Stralka were next on the team with 10 points apiece and they combined for 11 rebounds. Stralka had four blocked shots and Radtke added four assists.
Both teams shot slightly less than 40 percent from the field and made five three-pointers. The Foresters connected on 17 of 23 foul shots and the Pioneers 13 of 20. Carroll out-rebounded the home team 31-25 and Lake Forest committed 29 of the game's 53 turnovers.
The Foresters scored the game's first six points but Carroll came back quickly and took the lead for good at 12-11 with 6:34 to play in the first half. The Pioneer lead reached as many as nine points in the period and the visitors led 29-22 at halftime.
Lake Forest had 25 turnovers in the game's first 27 minutes as Carroll built a 44-26 lead. The home team began taking better care of the ball and outscored the Pioneers 18-3 over the next nine minutes to pull to within just three points. A three-pointer by senior guard Alex Messacar with 1:56 to play trimmed the deficit to three points again but the Foresters were unable to get any closer and the Pioneers pulled away for the victory.
The Forester fell to 2-2 overall and 1-1 in Midwest Conference play this season while Carroll raised its overall record to 4-1 in its first league game of the year.
Lake Forest will continue conference play at Illinois College Saturday afternoon at 1:00.