The Forester men's basketball team routed Beloit College 77-56 on the road Friday night (January 15). Lake Forest is now 4-8 overall this season and 2-3 in Midwest Conference play. The Buccaneers fell to 3-10 overall and 1-5 in the league.

Forester sophomore post player Travis Clark (Evanston, Ill./Evanston) led all players in the game with 17 points on 8-of-11 shooting from the field and tied for team-high honors with eight rebounds and four assists. With 10 points, freshman guard Jeff Beck (Algonquin, Ill./Dundee-Crown) was the only other player in the contest to reach double figures in scoring. Sophomore post player Dayton Young (Muskego, Wis./Catholic Memorial) and sophomore forward Nate Bateman (Lake Forest, Ill./Lake Forest Academy) each scored nine points and Young matched Clark's eight rebounds. Senior forward Patrick Hanley (Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield) was the other Forester with four assists.

Lake Forest shot 57.7 percent from the floor while the Bucs made just 38 percent of their field goal attempts. The Foresters also had a 37-26 edge in rebounds.

The Foresters led for nearly all of the game and used a 12-1 first half run to extend the advantage to double figures, where it remained the rest of the contest. Lake Forest led 40-23 at halftime and by as many at 28 (72-44) late in the game.

Lake Forest will travel to Lawrence University for tomorrow afternoon's 4:00 tip-off. A live video webcast of the game will be available at pennatlantic.com.