The Lake Forest College men's basketball team won 66-59 at St. Norbert College, the ninth-ranked team in the nation, on Saturday (February 6). The Foresters have now won five games in a row and nine of their last 10. The team raised its overall record to 11-9 and Midwest Conference mark to 9-4. The Green Knights fell to 18-2 overall and 12-1 in league play.

Lake Forest senior forward Patrick Hanley (Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield) led all players in the game with a career-high 30 points. He shot 9-for-13 from the field, 6-for-9 from three-point range, and 6-for-7 from the free throw line. He also pulled down five rebounds and his two assists gave him 115 on the season, surpassing the previous program record of 114 set by Danny Nikitas in 1978-79.

Sophomore post player Travis Clark (Evanston, Ill./Evanston) and freshman guad Jeff Beck (Algonquin, Ill./Dundee-Crown) also reached double figures with 12 and 10 points, respectively. Clark also led the Foresters with seven rebounds, senior guard Victor Campbell (Milwaukee, Wis./Wisconsin Lutheran) dished out a team-high three assists, and sophomore forward Nate Bateman (Lake Forest, Ill./Lake Forest Academy) recorded a pair of steals.

Lake Forest shot just 38.9 percent from the field but held St. Norbert to 37.3 percent. The visitors knocked down just seven of 23 three-point field goal attempts but connected on 17 of 21 free throws. The Foresters were out-rebounded (37-34) for just the fourth time this season but committed just nine turnovers, two more than the home team.

The Foresters led by as many as five points and the Green Knights by as many as three in a closely-contested first half. A three-pointer by Hanley in the final minute of the period tied the score at 21 and it remained there until halftime.

Hanley started the second half with back-to-back three-pointers, kicking off a 12-2 Forester run. St. Norbert responded with a 16-5 run to take a one-point lead (39-38) with 9:20 to play. Hanley then knocked down another three-pointer and added three free throws after being fouled attempting another long-range jumper. After the Green Knights tied the game at 48 with 4:16 remaining, Campbell completed a traditional three-point play and Hanley connected again from beyond the arc to put the Foresters ahead by six. St. Norbert closed to within two points but got no closer as Clark, Hanley, and Beck made seven of eight foul shots in the final 62 seconds of the contest.

The Foresters will continue league play at Knox College next Saturday (February 13) at 3:00 p.m. A live video webcasts of the game will be available at pennatlantic.com.