The Forester women's basketball team dropped a 71-64 decision at Cornell College Friday night. Senior guard Sam Schuring led Lake Forest with 17 points and climbed into 10th place in program history with 912 points in her career.
Schuring shot 8-for-14 from the field on the night and added three steals and a game-high five assists. She leads the Midwest Conference with 5.6 assists per game this season. Schuring raised her career point total to 912, surpassing Kristy Freeman (2001-05) for 10th place in team history.
Senior forward Gina Ambrose and sophomore forward Sam Cady also reached double figures on Friday with 16 and 10 points, respectively. Ambrose knocked down three three-pointers in the contest and added seven rebounds. Cady led the visitors with eight boards and her four assists were just one shy of her career-high.
The Foresters made one more field goal than the Rams and both teams connected six times from three-point range. Cornell had a significant edge at the free throw line, where the home team shot 19-for-28 while Lake Forest connected on 10 of 13 attempts. The Foresters were out-rebounded 43-41 but forced 15 turnovers while committing a dozen.
Lake Forest scored the first six points of the game but the Rams quickly tied the game at six. The score was tied again at 24 before Cornell rattled off 10 straight points in a three-minute span. The Foresters trailed 37-28 going into the locker room at halftime.
The deficit was trimmed to five points twice early in the second half but Cornell eventually pulled away and led 57-44 with 12 minutes remaining. Back-to-back three-pointers by Ambrose began a 10-0 Forester run that pulled the visitors to within three with 7:53 to play. Another three-pointer by Ambrose a few minutes later tied the score at 61 but Cornell scored the next six points and Lake Forest got no closer than three the rest of the way.
The Foresters are now 1-11 overall this season and 1-6 in MWC play. Cornell raised its overall record to 9-3 and league mark to 5-2.
Lake Forest will host Lawrence University Tuesday night at 7:30.