GEORGE FOX MEN'S BASKETBALL
Overall 7-16: Home 2-6, Road 3-9, Neutral 2-1 / NWC 1-13: Home 1-5, Road 0-8
HIGHLIGHTS:
* Bruins Fall Twice on Tough Road Trip to Tacoma
* Kenny Macy Honorable Mention for NWC Player of the Week
* Bruins in NWC Stats: Person Remains 1st Assist/Turnover Ratio
* Upcoming Previews: vs. Linfield, Willamette (end of regular season)
THIS WEEK:
Tue., Feb. 18, 8:00 pm - vs. Linfield College (14-8, NWC 7-6), Newberg, Ore.
Fri., Feb. 21, 8:00 pm - vs. Willamette University (16-5, NWC 10-3), Newberg, Ore.
LAST WEEK - 0-2:
Feb. 14 - at Puget Sound 90, George Fox 72
Feb. 15 - at Pacific Lutheran 95, George Fox 76
NORTHWEST CONFERENCE: George Fox (7-16, NWC 1-13) dropped both games on a tough Tacoma trip and now faces to NWC contenders in its final two home games of the season. The Bruins would love to play "spoiler" for Linfield and Willamette as the regular season comes to a close. For the latest NWC standings and stats, go to www.nwcsports.com.
COACH MARK SUNDQUIST (Seattle Pacific '89) is 20-52 (.286) through Feb. 17 in his 3rd season as a college head coach, all at George Fox. Against this week's opponents, he is 0-5 vs. Linfield (0-2 in Newberg, 0-3 in McMinnville), and 1-4 vs. Willamette (1-1 in Newberg, 0-3 in Salem).
BRUIN BITS:
* Kenny Macy Honorable Mention for NWC Player of the Week:
Kenny Macy (Sr., W, Culver, Ore.) had two of the finest games of his career for the Bruins last week, earning Honorable Mention for Northwest Conference "Player of the Week" honors for Feb. 10-16. In a 90-72 loss at Puget Sound, he scored a team-high 13 points, hitting 4-6 from the field (2-4 on 3's) and 3-4 at the line, with 2 rebounds and 2 assists. In a 95-76 loss at Pacific Lutheran, he had 14 points on 4-7 from the field (1-3 on 3's) and 5-8 from the line, with 2 rebounds and 5 assists. For the week, he scored 27 points (13.5), hitting 8-13 from the field (3-7 on 3's) and 8-12 (.667) from the line, with 4 rebounds and 7 assists.
NWC "Player of the Week" honors went to Marques Johnson of Willamette, who had 35 points, 26 rebounds, and 3 blocks as the Bearcats went 2-0 to remain on the heels of Whitworth in the NWC race.
* Where Bruins Rank in NWC Stats (thru Feb. 16):
Scoring Offense - 5th (73.7)
Scoring Defense - 9th (83.1)
Scoring Margin - 8th (-9.4)
Field Goal Pct. - 6th (.439)
3-Pt FG Made - 5th (6.30)
3-Pt FG Pct. - 6th (.344)
Free Throw Pct. - 6th (.694)
FG Pct. Defense - 9th (.488)
3-Pt FG% Defense - 8th (.395)
Rebound Offense - 8th (33.1)
Rebound Defense - 9th (39.8)
Rebound Margin - 9th (-6.7)
Assists - 2nd (15.70)
Turnover Margin - 7th (-0.65)
Assist/TO Ratio - 5th (0.94)
Steals - 3rd (8.48)
Blocks - 3rd (2.61)
Mark Gayman - 5th in scoring (15.9), 5th in rebounds (7.0), 15th in FG% (.488), 11th in steals (1.26), 9th in blocks (0.61)
Aaron Schmick - 21st in scoring (9.5), 5th in FT% (.778), 6th in 3-pt FG% (.429)
Bryan Wadlow - 26th in scoring (9.0)
Trevor Person - 5th in assists (4.13), 1st in A/TO ratio (1.67)
Brett Yeager - 12th in assists (2.35), 12th in blocks (0.52)
* 2002-03 Bruin Honors:
NWC Player of the Week - Mark Gayman (Dec. 9-15)
* Bruin Records Set This Season:
- Best Free Throw Pct., Team, Game - 1.000 (12-12) at Willamette, 1/24/03 (previous record was 11-11 vs. Western Baptist, 12/7/94)
- Best Free Throw Pct. (with miss) - .947 (18-19) vs. Dominican IL at Redlands, Calif., 12/7/02 (previous record was .929, 13-14, vs. Willamette, 1/16/99)
- Fewest Turnovers, Team, Game - 5 at Whitman, 1/3/03
* The Wirta Streaks:
Mike "Biggs" Wirta, George Fox's statistical guru, is now in his 32nd season of keeping Bruin statistics. He has been courtside for 494 straight Bruin men's basketball games, home and away, and has also worked 392 straight home games. The last home game he missed was in 1972. Altogether, he has seen 924 George Fox men's basketball games. He watched his 900th Bruin men's basketball on Feb. 15, 2002,when George Fox hosted Whitman as a part of Homecoming weekend, and was presented with a special engraved souvenir basketball at halftime by director of athletics Craig Taylor. "Biggs" says that he anticipates seeing his 1,000th George Fox game some time late in the 2005-06 season.
UPCOMING GAMES (Previews):
Tue., Feb. 18, 8:00 pm - vs. Linfield College (14-8, NWC 7-6), Newberg, Ore.
Northwest Conference game and 1st of final 2-game home stand to rend the regular season ... The Wildcats are the Bruins' Yamhill County rivals from McMinnville, Ore. ... George Fox leads the all-time series with Linfield 34-32 ... The Wildcats have won the last 5 in a row, including a 123-91 win on Jan. 21 in McMinnville ... George Fox's last win was 102-96 on Feb. 12, 2000, in Newberg ... One team or sometimes both have scored 100 points or more in each of the last 9 meetings ... Linfield leads the NWC in scoring (83.1), rebounding (40.4), and steals (8.82) ... Matt Larson leads the Wildcats in scoring (13.1, 12th), assists (4.45, 2nd), and is the national leader in free throw pct. (.918) ... Nick Fusare leads in rebounding (7.3, 4th) and blocks (2.18, 1st) ...
Fri., Feb. 21, 8:00 pm - vs. Willamette University (16-5, NWC 10-3), Newberg, Ore.
Northwest Conference game and final game of the season ... The Bearcats are located in Salem, Ore. ... George Fox trails the all-time series with Willamette 28-34 ... The Wildcats have won the last 4 games, including a 76-60 decision on Jan. 24 in Salem ... The Bruins' last win was 106-104 in double overtime on Jan. 16, 2001, in Newberg ... Willamette leads the NWC in defense (62.0) and is 6th in offense (71.0) ... Marques Johnson leads the Bearcats in scoring (16.3, 3rd) and rebounding (7.4, 3rd) and is 2nd in field goal Pct. (.577) ... Ryan Hepp is 8th in scoring (14.9) and 3rd in assists (4.38) ... Miles Sandgathe is 7th in scoring (15.0) and 2nd in FT% (.864) ...