The Lake Forest men's basketball team was clicking on all cylinders to start Saturday's game against Cornell College, getting out to a halftime lead en route to a 94-74 victory on Saturday in Mount Vernon, Iowa.
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The victory pushed Lake Forest's (9-5, 4-1 MWC) winning streak to six games; only Grinnell College has a longer current winning streak among teams in the Midwest Conference.
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Alex Forowycz scored 26 points on 10-of-19 shooting, including 3-of-9 from three-point range, and contributed four rebounds and a game-high six assists. The nation's leader in free-throw percentage improved on his mark for the season, draining all three of his free-throw attempts to improve his season percentage to 97.8.
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Coltrane Marchand notched his second double-double of the season with 12 points and 12 rebounds. Senior
Luke Arington set a new season high by scoring 24 points; the wing from Surprise, Ariz., was on fire from three-point range, hitting 7-of-15 shots from behind the arc.
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Lake Forest came out of the gates Saturday firing offensively. The Foresters put up 51 points in the first half, shooting 58.8 percent from the field, including making 9-of-19 (47.4 percent) from the three-point line. Lake Forest dominated the rebounding battle 45-28, and the Foresters converted 13 offensive rebounds into 22 second-chance points.
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The Foresters leaned on Forowycz to take a lead into the halftime intermission. The senior was integral to Lake Forest's 16-3 run in the final four minutes to end the first half, scoring 10 points during that span. The sprint by the visitors turned a tie game into a 13-point halftime advantage for Lake Forest.
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In the second half, the Foresters kept the Rams at an arm's length, as Lake Forest never let their lead drop below 13 points for the remainder of the game.
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The Foresters will look to continue their current winning streak in their next game Tuesday night against Beloit College. That Midwest Conference matchup will tip off at 5:30 p.m. at the Sports and Recreation Center.
