1/9 - PUGET SOUND 107, GEORGE FOX 79: Just Your "Average" Game as Loggers Overrun Bruins
NEWBERG, Ore. - It was just your "average" Northwest Conference men's basketball game Friday night here at Miller Gym in the Wheeler Sports Center as the University of Puget Sound Loggers, averaging 107 points a game, defeated the George Fox University Bruins, averaging 79 points a game, by a score of -- 107-79!
Playing a free-wheeling helter-skelter style of basketball, the Loggers put up 37 3-pointers and sank 15 of them, forced 25 turnovers with 40 minutes of full-court pressure, and turned a game that was close after 30 minutes into a blowout in the final 10 minutes.
The Loggers led 54-46 at the break, and stretched it to 13 at 72-59 on a trey by Vincent Buehler with 14:01 left. The Bruins then scored 8 points on four baskets by four different players, and with 11:19 to play, it was only a 5-point game at 72-67. Over a 4-minute span, however, the Loggers ignited to hit 9 of 12 shots while the Bruins were missing 8 in a row and scored 21 unanswered points, taking an insurmountable 97-69 lead with 5:42 left.
For the Bruins, Mark Gayman scored 19, Ben Melvin and Chris Parker had 12 each (a career high for Parker), and Bryan Wadlow added 10. Scott Szalay had a career-high 13 rebounds as the Bruins led on the boards 41-38. Aaron Schmick had a game-high 6 assists.
Curtis Medved led a quintet of Loggers in double figures with 22 points, followed by Zack McVey with 13, Jeremy Cross and Matt Glynn with 12 each, and Chris O'Donnell with 11. Mario Mendoza was the top rebounder for UPS with 8, while Mendoza and Josh Walker had 3 assists each.
George Fox is now 3-6 overall and 0-1 in the conference after dropping its 3rd in a row, while Puget Sound is 9-1 overall, 1-0 in the league, and has won 5 straight.
The Bruins host Pacific Lutheran University while the Loggers go to Pacific University Saturday (Jan. 10), both games at 8:00 p.m. following women's games at 6:00 p.m. The Border Collies International trained dog show is scheduled for the halftime at both George Fox games Saturday.