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The Foresters had things working on both ends of the floor as the offense shot 50% or better in both halves and finished at 54% for the game, while the defense limited Spring Arbor to just 31 points in each half on 42% shooting.  The Forester defense also clamped down on Micah Lancaster, holding the sharp-shooting Cougar guard to 2-12 from the field for five points.  HU also did a better job defensively on Mike Folkert, who knocked down nine treys in their first meeting.  The Foresters held him to 4-10 from behind the arc for the game.

After taking just a five-point lead into the break, the Foresters emerged from the locker room with some of their best basketball of the season.  A steal by Alex Kock resulted in a Verba layup to get the Foresters rolling and a Doug Sheckler layup capped off an 11-0 run to give HU a 47-31 advantage at the 16:25 mark.  With the Foresters up 58-40, Spring Arbor began to mount a comeback.  Over a four-minute stretch, the Cougars out-scored HU 12-2 to cut the deficit back to single digits at 60-52.  After trading baskets, Kyle Ganton stretched HU's lead back to 12 on a 4-point conversion as he was fouled and drilled the three in the corner with 7:14 left.  The play effectively swayed the momentum back in HU's favor and the Foresters used it to push the lead to as many as 19 points down the stretch.

Kock's double-double of 25 points and 12 rebounds paced the Forester offense.  Ganton went 7-12 from the field and 5-8 from behind the arc to finish with 20 points.  Sheckler dropped in 15 points and had four swats for the Foresters, and Verba added 10 points.  Dajuan Jefferson and Mike Folkert led the Cougars with 19 and 18 points respectively.

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