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Huntington College HC
Gets Road Win The Foresters picked up a coveted MCC road win with their 59-42 victory over Goshen College. HC got off to a quick start scoring several baskets in transition to build an early lead over the Maple Leafs and then backed it up with some sticky defense to hold Goshen to just five field goals and 21% shooting in the first half. In the second half, the Foresters cooled off from the field, but continued to keep Goshen from establishing any offensive rhythm with some of their best defense of the year. HC pushed its 17-point halftime lead to as many as 26 midway through the second half to dash any Maple Leaf hopes of a comeback. HC's Betsey Bean was the top scorer in the game with 17 and added a team-high seven rebounds. Jessica Ramey chipped in 14 points, four steals and three assists, and Tiffany Malfait went 6-7 from the field for 13 points off the bench. Erin McDugle had 14 points to lead the Maple Leafs. With the win, the Foresters improve to 7-10 on the season and 2-4 in the MCC. Box Score
Marian Routs Foresters The Marian College Knights (11-3, 3-2) used a stifling defense to rout the Huntington College Foresters (6-10, 1-4) 70-48. The Knights jumped out to a 9-0 lead and never looked back. Marian shot 47% from the field in the first half and held the Foresters to just 33% shooting on their way to a 34-21 lead at the half. The Knights then scored the first 12 points of the second half to put the game out of reach. Meghan Pilarski took game-high honors with 13 points for the Knights. Allison Harris and Kristi Koselke added 11 and 10 respectively. The Foresters were led Amy Berry’s 12 points. Tiffany Malfait chipped in 10 off the bench. Box Score
HC Finishes Third In Tournament The Foresters (6-9) came from behind to defeat the Belles of St. Mary's College 66-62, giving them a third place finish in the St. Xavier University Christmas Tip-off Tournament. Huntington struggled from the field in the first half, hitting just 9 of 30 attempts for 30%, and was fortunate to be down just six (33-27) at the break. After taking 13 3-point shots in the opening stanza, the Foresters decided to get more aggressive on the offensive end and take the ball to the hole. The adjustment paid off as Huntington went 21-25 from the charity stripe to just 4-5 for the Belles. A solid effort by the Forester defense held St. Mary's to 1-14 shooting from behind the arc and just 29 points in the second half. Betsey Bean, who represented Huntington on the All-Tournament team, led five players in double figures with 15 points and seven rebounds. Jamie Grogg, Janna Knisely, and Amy Berry each added 11 and Jessica Ramey had 10. St. Mary's Emily Creachbaum led all scorers in the game with 16 points. In semi-final action the previous day, the Foresters fell 74-54 to the Saints of Aquinas College. Bean, the lone Forester to reach double digits finished the game with 12 points and 11 rebounds. Box Score
Foresters Avenge Earlier Loss In the first round of the St. Xavier University Christmas Tip-off Tournament, the Foresters avenged an earlier loss with their 73-69 win over St. Ambrose University. HC fell to the Fighting Bees 80-72 in the championship game of the St. Ambrose Tournament back on December 6 when they were without starters Jessica Ramey and Janna Knisely. With Jamie Grogg and Betsey Bean in early foul trouble, Ramey went to work for the Foresters and finished with a team-high 22 points and five assists. Knisely also made her presence felt with 10 rebounds, six points and three assists. After a two week layoff, both teams struggled from the field early. St Ambrose shot 22.9% (8-35) in the opening period and HC went 10-29 from the field for 34.5%, giving the Foresters a 25-20 edge at the break. In the second half, both teams found their range. The Fighting Bees made several runs at HC, but the Foresters hit the big shots when they needed them, including Grogg's 4-4 performance from the line in the waning seconds to seal the win. Joining Ramey in double figures for HC was Amy Berry with 15, Grogg with 14, and Bean with 12. St. Ambrose's Jennifer Goetz led all scorers in the game with 26. With the win, the women improve to 5-8 on the season. The Foresters advance to the semifinals of the Christmas Tourney and will face Aquinas tomorrow at 5:00 p.m. Box Score
IUSB Gets Come-From-Behind Win The Titans of Indiana University South Bend (8-4) came from behind to defeat the Foresters (4-8) 80-72. HC took a 39-32 lead into the locker room behind some solid first half shooting (17-35, 49%), but IUSB blistered the nets in the second half (16-26, 62%) to fuel their comeback. The Foresters owned a 10-point lead at 51-41 with 14:15 left in the second half, but the Titans went on a 15-4 run to take their first lead of the game at 56-55. HC responded with four unanswered points to reclaim the lead, but IUSB finished off the Foresters with another 11-1 run over the next five minutes. The Titans hit 7-8 free throws down the stretch to seal the win. IUSB’s Jessica Hass took game-high honors with 24 points and 12 rebounds in the game. Ashley Houston and Stephanie Campbell added 20 and 16 points respectively for the Titans. For the Foresters, Amy Berry had 20 points and Jamie Grogg and Jessica Ramey each added 17. Box Score
Foresters Snap Losing Streak The Foresters snapped a six-game losing streak with a 61-49 win over Grace College in Mid-Central Conference action. Despite shooting just 32% in the first half, the Foresters took advantage of 14 Lancer turnovers to take a 27-18 lead at the break. HC started the second half with a 9-3 run behind the shooting of Jessica Ramey, who scored seven of the nine points, to give the Foresters a 36-21 lead. At the 12:54 mark, HC’s Jamie Grogg hit a trey from deep in the left corner for a seemingly insurmountable 16-point lead at 42-26. But the Lancers had other ideas. Over the next ten minutes, Grace out-scored the Foresters 23-10 to pull within three at 52-49 with 2:50 remaining in the game. HC’s defense came to the rescue holding the Lancers scoreless the rest of the way and the Foresters hit 5-6 free throws down the stretch to seal the win. HC’s Amy Berry led all scorers in the game with 16, all in the first half. Joining Berry in double figures was Ramey with 13, Grogg with 11 and Betsey Bean with 10 points and 9 rebounds. Laura Kister had 15 points and 9 rebounds to lead the Lancers. With the win, the Foresters improve to 4-7 on the season and 1-3 in the MCC. Box Score
HC Skid Continues The Foresters' losing streak moved to six in a row with their 79-71 loss to Taylor University. During the skid, HC has continued to find ways to shoot itself in the foot. This time the Foresters could not keep the Trojans off the boards giving up 27 offensive rebounds in the contest. After allowing Taylor a 12-2 run to start the game, the Foresters seemed to settle down on both ends of the floor and pulled to within 29-26 at the half. HC moved to within one twice in the early minutes of the second half, but Taylor responded with a 10-2 run to end the Foresters' threat. HC continued to battle, but each time the Foresters seemed to be gaining the momentum, an untimely turnover or a Taylor putback would swing it the other way. Taylor's Melanie Brumbaugh took game-high honors in scoring and rebounding with her 18 points and 12 boards. Three Foresters scored in double figures with Amy Berry hitting for 16, Jamie Grogg 15, and Betsey Bean 12. With the loss, the women fall to 3-7 on the season and 0-3 in the MCC. Box Score
Foresters Close Again Unfortunately for the Foresters, moral victories still go in the loss column. Once again HC gave an MCC opponent all they could handle, but fell 87-83 this time to the University of St. Francis. Playing from behind most of the first half, the Foresters battled to a 44-44 tie at the half. The second stanza was a seesaw affair with neither team able to gain more than a four-point margin until the Cougars put together a mini run to take their largest lead of the game at 75-67 with just over four minutes to play. HC again battled back to within two on four separate occasions, but two huge three pointers by USF's Shannon Pung and four consecutive free throws from Cassie Kline and Amanda Engleking sealed the win for the Cougars. The final statistics illustrate just how tight the game was. USF held slim advantages over the Foresters in field goal percentage (50.8 to 48.3%), rebounds (35-30), three pointers made (8-7) and free throws made (19-18). The biggest difference for the Cougars was the play of its bench. The USF reserves outscored the Foresters' second unit 37-4. St. Francis forward, Megan Dossen, took game-high honors with her 26 points. Chivonn Keppeler (18) and Nikki Lewis (14) were also in double figures for the Cougars. Amy Berry paced HC with a team-high 25, Jessica Ramey finished with 19, Betsey Bean added 15 and Jamie Grogg had 13. The loss drops the women to 3-6 on the season and 0-2 in the MCC. Box Score IWU Survives
Foresters' Upset Bid The NAIA Division II 5th-ranked Indiana Wesleyan University Wildcats (8-2) survived HC’s upset bid with a 76-63 double overtime win in their Mid-Central Conference opener. The Foresters were down 12 midway through the first half, but rallied to within six at the break. To start the second half, the Foresters committed four consecutive turnovers to allow the Wildcats to take a 28-18 lead. Following a Huntington timeout, the Foresters clawed their way back to take a 38-37 lead with just over eight minutes to play. The rest of regulation was a seesaw affair. Janna Knisely’s jumper from the left elbow with eight seconds to play brought Huntington even at 53-53 and Jennie Martin’s 3-point attempt at the buzzer dropped short for the Wildcats. In the first overtime, Huntington took an early four-point lead as a result of back-to-back turnovers by the Wildcats and had an opportunity to put the game out of reach with HC up 59-57 and Betsey Bean heading to the charity stripe with :23 left to play. Bean missed the front end of the one-and-one and IWU’s Martin dribbled the length of the floor and hit a layup to tie it at 59-59 with 16 seconds left. Jessica Ramey tried to return the favor, but her attempt was off the mark and Bean’s try after rebounding Ramey’s miss bounced off the rim sending the game to a second extra period. With both of Huntington’s starting forwards having fouled out, the Foresters were forced to help more inside in the second overtime, which opened up the perimeter for IWU. The Wildcats responded by knocking down three treys that finally put the Foresters away. Indiana Wesleyan’s Liz Howerth took game-high honors with her 26 points and nine rebounds. Jennie Martin added 18 and Abby Wilson had 12 for the Wildcats. Ramey, playing in her first full game since a pre-season injury sidelined her, scored 23 to lead the Foresters. Jamie Grogg had 15 and Bean added 10. The loss drops the women to 3-5 on the season. Box Score ODU Downs
Foresters The Ohio Dominican University Panthers ran away from the Foresters in the second half to earn the 78-69 win. HC came out firing in the first half and had a 28-16 advantage with about eight minutes left in the half, but the Panthers picked up their intensity and out-scored the Foresters 17-5 to close out the half and knot the score at 33-33. In the second stanza, it was all Panthers as they built a double-digit lead midway through the half and never left the out-come in doubt. HC's Amy Berry scored 24 to claim game-high honors. Betsey Bean added 18 points and a team-high 8 rebounds, while Jamie Grogg finished with 14. Brandy Caldwell led four Panthers in double figures with 17. The loss drops the women to 3-4 on the season. Box Score HC
Falls in 2OT The Aquinas College Saints out-lasted the Foresters to pick up the 82-80 win in double over-time. The Saints happily returned the favor after losing to HC 94-86 in double over-time last season at the Merillat Complex. Too many turnovers and offensive rebounds led to the Foresters' demise. After building as much as an 11-point lead early in the first half, the Foresters began coughing up the ball which allowed the Saints to cut the lead to three at the half at 31-28. Aquinas picked up their intensity to begin the second half and took the lead over the first five minutes of play. The Saints built and maintained an eight-point lead throughout most of the half until HC applied a full-court press. The Foresters came up with back-to-back steals that resulted in a trey from Jamie Grogg and a field goal by Kendra Stahl to cut the Saints lead to 57-56 with 6:07 left in regulation. The two teams battled back and forth with Aquinas owning a 68-66 lead with :21 left to play. HC brought the ball up the floor and got a shot a couple offensive rebounds before Janna Knisely was fouled on her attempt with 3.6 second left. Knisely sank both tosses to force overtime. In the first extra period, the Foresters again had to play catch-up. Down two, HC was forced to foul to stop the clock. Aquinas' Whitney March missed the first, but got the second to fall to give the Saints a three-point lead with 14 second to go. Knisely tried to spring Grogg with a high pick and roll, but both defenders stayed with Grogg. Knisely took the dish from Grogg and calmly hit the trey to send the game to a second overtime. Three costly Forester turnovers late in the period gave Aquinas a few extra opportunities on their offensive end, and the Saints' Ashley Heuvelman shot a running floater that found the bottom of the net as time expired. HC's Grogg led all scores in the game with 28 points on 10 of 15 shooting, including 6-7 from behind the arc and 2-2 from the line. Four other Foresters finished in double figures with Amy Berry getting 14, Knisely, back from an earlier knee injury, finished with 13, Betsey Bean had 11 and Katie Stiffler added 10. Jackie Braspenninx led the Saints with 19 points. With the loss, the women fall to 3-3 on the season. Box Score #2 Cedarville
Sprints Past HC The NAIA #2-ranked Cedarville University Yellow Jackets used an up-tempo running game to sprint past the Foresters 98-51 in the championship game of the Huntington College Tournament. HC kept it close early and held a slim 9-8 lead five minutes into the game, but a 25-5 Yellow Jacket run over the next seven minutes gave Cedarville a 33-14 lead and they never looked back. The Foresters trimmed the deficit to 14 at the half at 43-29, but Cedarville emerged from the locker room and dominated play in the second half out-scoring HC 55-22 on 69% shooting. Four Yellow Jackets scored in double figures in the game led by All-Tournament selections Kari Flunker with 23 and Emily Delimpo with 22. Tourney MVP Brittany Smart added 19. HC senior Jamie Grogg led three Foresters in double digits with 15 points. Amy Berry and Betsey Bean, two All-Tournament team picks, finished with 14 and 12 respectively. Trinity Christian College's Jessica Einigenburg represented the Trolls on the All-Tournament team. The loss for the Foresters drops them to 3-2 on the season. Box Score Foresters Advance to
Tourney
Championship The Foresters advanced to the Championship game of their own tournament with a 70-50 win over Trinity Christian College. HC used two runs to key the win. The Foresters jumped to an early 13-0 lead to begin the game, but the Trolls whittled it down to just seven at the half. Trinity pulled within two at 43-41 with 12:24 left in the game when HC went on a 15-5 run to push the lead back up to 12 at 58-46 with just under six minutes to play. The Foresters then held the Trolls scoreless over the final three minutes to seal the win. HC put four in double figures in the game with Betsey Bean dropping in a team-high 17. Amy Berry, Jamie Grogg, and Katie Stiffler each added 15 points. Although the Foresters shot just 38% in the game, they won the battle of the boards grabbing 21 offensive rebounds to the TCC's 10. The Trolls couldn't keep Berry off the glass as she picked up a career-high 15 rebounds to lead the team. Bean added nine and Stiffler had 8. Trinity Christian was lead by Jessica Eenigenburg who took game-high honors with 19 points. The Foresters will take on Cedarville University in tomorrow's championship game. The Yellow Jackets routed St. Joseph's College 89-50 in the late game Friday evening. Box Score Grogg Sets School
Record Jamie Grogg hit a school-record nine 3-point field goals to help lead the Foresters to a come-from-behind 72-61 win over Indiana Tech. With the rest of the team struggling to knock down shots in the first half (5-20), Grogg went 4-8 from behind the arc to keep HC within striking distance down just six (33-27) at the break. In the second half, the rest of the Foresters finally started to heat up. HC went on an 21-8 run over the first seven minutes to take a 48-41 lead. During the stretch, Grogg hit three more treys, while Amy Berry added seven points and Betsey Bean, who finished the game two assists shy of a triple double, chipped in five. The Warriors would not go away as they fought back to within two at 54-52 with 8 minutes to play, but two free throws by Katie Stiffler and two more threes from Grogg put the game out of reach. Grogg finished the with a game-high 27 points on 9-17 shooting and added 3 assists and a steal. Bean's performance included 13 points, 13 rebounds and eight assists, while Berry added 14 points, seven rebounds and five assists. With the win the Foresters improve to 2-1 on the season. Box Score Foresters
Runner-Up in Tournament The Forester women opened their season at the St. Ambrose Tournament in Davenport, Iowa and fell to the hosts 80-72 in the championship game. HC got off to a hot start hitting seven of their first 10 shots to take a 19-11 lead eight minutes into the half, but the Fighting Bees size advantage began to take its toll on the Foresters. With four starters picking up two fouls apiece, the Foresters lost the momentum and went into the intermission down 41-35. In the second half, St. Ambrose increased its lead to as many as 13, but HC would not go away. The Foresters battled back to within four at 66-62, but couldn’t come up with the big baskets when they needed them. The Fighting Bees’ 6’3 center led all scorers in the game with 23 points. HC was led by Jamie Grogg’s 20 points and 11 rebounds. Amy Berry added 18 points and Betsey Bean chipped in 15. Following the game, both Grogg and Berry were named to the All-Tournament Team. Box Score In Friday evening’s game, the Foresters used some stifling defense to get the 67-46 win over Robert Morris College in their season opener. HC held the Eagles to just 12 points on 18% shooting in the first half and 29% for the game, while shooting 49% from the floor themselves. Berry took top scoring honors in the game with 20 points. Grogg added 16 points and 8 rebounds and Bean had 15. The women are now 1-1 on the season. Box Score
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