Overall 3-10: Home 1-4, Road 0-4, Neutral 2-2 /
NWC 0-5: Home 0-3, Road 0-2
HIGHLIGHTS:
* Last Week: Bruins Fight Hard but Remain Winless in Conference
* Coming Up: Bruins Take On Willamette at Home, Then a Week Off
* Gayman Honorable Mention for NWC "Player of the Week"
* NWC Stats: Szalay Leads League in Offensive Rebounding
* "Biggs" to See 400th Straight Home Game on Jan. 20
THIS WEEK (Previews below):
Tue., Jan. 20, 8:00 pm - vs. Willamette University Bearcats (7-5, 2-1), Newberg, Ore. (NWC DH)
(DH - GFU women's game at 6:00 pm)
LAST WEEK: 0-3 (Click score for link to story):
Jan. 13 - Pacific 77, at George Fox 67
Jan. 16 - at Lewis & Clark 73, George Fox 67
Jan. 17 - at Linfield 92, George Fox 69
NORTHWEST CONFERENCE: George Fox (3-10, 0-5), still seeking that elusive first conference win, hope to get it in their only game this week at home against early-surprise Willamette. Puget Sound and Linfield are the only NWC teams unbeaten in conference thus far. For the latest NWC standings and stats, go to www.nwcsports.com.
COACH MARK SUNDQUIST (Seattle Pacific '89) is 23-64 (.264) in his 4th season as a college head coach, all at George Fox. He coached the boys' programs at Woodburn (Ore.) High for two years and at Newberg (Ore.) High for one year before joining the Bruins.
Sundquist vs. upcoming opponents:
Willamette - 1-5 (1-2 home, 0-3 road)
THIS WEEK (Previews):
Tue., Jan. 20, 8:00 pm - vs. Willamette University Bearcats (7-5, 2-1), Newberg, Ore. (NWC DH)
All-time series: George Fox trails the series 28-35 since 1967 (16-10 in Newberg, 12-25 in Salem) ... The Bearcats from Salem, Ore. have won the last 5 meetings, including a 76-60 decision on Jan. 24 in Salem and a 59-52 win on Feb. 21 in Newberg last year ... The Bruins' last win was a 106-104 double-overtime victory inNewberg on Jan. 16, 2001 ... Willamette has won its last 2, including a 72-68 win at pre-season NWC favorite Whitworth and a 67-63 home win over Lewis & Clark ... The Bearcats are 6th in the NWC in scoring (75.2) and 7th in defense (77.5) ... The Bearcats have two double-figure scorers: David Force (12.3, 13th in the NWC) and Miles Sandgathe (11.2, 20th) ... Harold Sublett, Jr., is Willamette's top rebounder (5.0, 15th) ... Ryan Ralfs is 2nd in the league in field goal pct. (.615) ... Willamette hosts the Tacoma teams this weekend, starting with Puget Sound on Friday ...
BRUIN BITS:
* Gayman Honorable Mention for NWC "Player of the Week"
Mark Gayman (Jr., Hillsboro, Ore. / Glencoe HS) had three good games despite the Bruins' 0-3 record, earning Honorable Mention for Northwest Conference "Player of the Week" for Jan. 12-18. In a 77-67 loss to Pacific Tuesday, he had 18 points on 8-13 from the field (1-1 on 3's) and 1-2 at the line, with 6 rebounds and 6 assists. In a 73-67 loss at Lewis & Clark Friday, he had 19 points on 6-16 from the field (1-2 on 3's) and 6-6 at the line, with 11 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 blocks, and 3 steals. In a loss at Linfield Saturday, he had 16 points on 6-11 from the field (3-4 on 3"s) and 1-2 from the line, with 1 rebound. In 3 games, he totaled 53 points (17.7) on 20-40 (.500) from the field, including 5-7 (.714) on 3's, and 8-10 (.800) from the line, with 18 rebounds (6.0), 7 assists, 2 blocks, and 3 steals.
NWC "Player of the Week" went to Matt Glynn of Puget Sound, who had 48 points, 10 assists, 8 rebounds, and 7 steals in the Loggers' 2-0 week. He made 54% of his 3-pointers and 90% of his free throws.
* Double-Doubles:
--- Mark Gayman (season 3, career 11) - 25 pts/13 reb vs. Warner Pacific, 11/25/03; 17 pts /12 reb vs. Ramapo at Phoenix, Ariz., 12/27/03; 19 pts/11 reb at Lewis & Clark, 1/16/04
--- Scott Szalay (season 3, career 3) - 15 pts/11 reb vs. Warner Pacific, 11/25/03; 10 pts/10 reb vs. Linfield at Phoenix, Ariz., 12/30/03; 10 pts/10 reb at Linfield, 1/17/04
* 100th Year of Bruin Basketball in 2003-04:
The 2003-04 season marks the 100th year for which there are records in which there has been men's basketball at the institution now known as George Fox University. While the school did have basketball on the campus of then-Pacific Academy prior to the 1901-02 season, that is the first year for which there is an official record. There have been two years since then when there was no team: 1903-04, when smallpox forced cancellation of the season, and 1918-19, when an influenza outbreak wiped out the schedule. Insofar as records can be authenticated, the Bruins, counting this season's scores, have a 100-year cumulative record of 966-999-1 (.490).
* Career Lists:
--- Mark Gayman, who entered this season with 582 career points, had 53 in the Bruins' 3 games this past week, giving him 809 for his career. He needs 191 more to become the 31st player in the 100-year history of Bruin basketball to reach 1,000 career points ...
* Personal Highs:
--- Mark Gayman set a new career high for assists (6) vs. Pacific on Jan. 13, for free throw pct. (1.000, 6-6) at Lewis & Clark on Jan. 16, and tied his high for 3-pt field goals (3) at Linfield on Jan. 17 ...
--- Aaron Schmick tied his career high for rebounds (7) at Lewis & Clark on Jan. 16, and his high for assists (6) at Linfield on Jan. 17 ...
--- Scott Szalay tied his career highs for free throw attempts (6) vs. Pacific on Jan. 13, and his highs for points (19), field goals (9), and attempts (13) at Lewis & Clark on Jan. 16 ...
--- Bryan Wadlow tied his career high for 3-pt field goal attempts (6) at Linfield on Jan. 17 ...
--- Ben Melvin tied his new career high for rebounds (6) at Linfield on Jan. 17 ...
--- Brett Yeager set a new career high for 3-pt field goal attempts (6) and tied his high for assists (6) vs. Pacific on Jan. 13, and set a new high for steals (4) and tied his high for blocks (2) at Linfield on Jan. 17 ...
--- Chris Parker set new career highs for field goal attempts (9) and assists (4) and tied his high for rebounds (4) at Linfield on Jan. 17 ...
--- Mark Johnson set a new career high for 3-pt field goal attempts (2) at Linfield and tied his high for field goal attempts (2) at Linfield on Jan. 17, and tied his high for free throw attempts vs. Pacific on Jan. 13 ...
--- Ryan Rockwood set new highs for field goal attempts (4) and free throw attempts (3) and tied his high for points (4) and field goals (2) at Linfield on Jan. 17 ...
--- Matt Hagen tied his career high in rebounds (1) at Linfield on Jan. 17 ...
* NWC Stats (thru Jan. 18) - Szalay Leads League in Offensive Rebounding:
Team:
Scoring Offense - 75.9 (4th)
Scoring Defense - 83.2 (8th)
Scoring Margin - -7.3 (9th)
Free Throw Pct. - .630 (8th)
Field Goal Pct. - .456 (6th)
FG Pct. Defense - .449 (5th)
3-Pt FG Made - 7.00 (6th)
3-Pt FG Pct. - .360 (5th)
3-Pt Pct. Defense - .352 (7th)
Rebounding Off. - 38.5 (3rd)
Rebounding Def. - 37.8 (8th)
Rebound Margin - +0.7 (3rd)
Blocked Shots - 3.31 (2nd)
Assists - 18.31 (1st)
Steals - 5.69 (8th, T)
Turnover Margin - -4.77 (8th)
Ast/TO Ratio - 0.98 (6th)
Individual:
--- Mark Gayman - 2nd in Defensive Rebounding (5.69), 3rd in Rebounding (7.8), 5th in Scoring (17.5), 6th in Offensive Rebounding (2.15), 9th in 3-Pt FG Pct. (.412), 11th in Blocked Shots (0.54, T)
--- Aaron Schmick - 5th in 3-Pt FG (2.69), 6th in Defensive Rebounding (4.54), 7th in Scoring (15.2), Assists (4.00), 11th in 3-Pt FG Pct. (.393), 13th in FT Pct. (.755), Ast/TO Ratio (1.30), 14th in Rebounding (5.1)
--- Scott Szalay - 1st in Offensive Rebounding (2.85), 2nd in Blocked Shots (1.23, T), Rebounding (8.0), 3rd in Defensive Rebounding (5.15), 11th in Steals (1.46), 7th in FG Pct. (.566), 12th in Scoring (12.3)
--- Bryan Wadlow - 4th in 3-Pt FG Pct. (.453), 11th in 3-Pt FG (1.85), 19th in Rebounding (4.5, T), 30th in Scoring (9.8)
--- Ben Melvin - 5th in Assists (4.31), 15th in Ast/TO Ratio (1.12)
--- Brett Yeager - 5th in Blocked Shots (0.92), 14th in Ast/TO Ratio (1.15)
--- Chris Parker - 8th in FT Pct. (.791, T)
* 2003-04 Honors:
--- Mark Gayman - Northwest Conference "Player of the Week" (Nov. 24-30); Mortgage Market Holiday All-Tournament Team
* "Biggs" to See 400th Straight Home Game on Jan. 20:
Mike "Biggs" Wirta, George Fox's statistical guru, will see his 400th straight men's basketball home game when the Bruins host the Willamette Bearcats Tuesday night. The last home game he missed was on Dec. 15, 1972, vs. Willamette, when he was in advanced training with the Army at Ft. Jackson in Columbia, S.C. With the three games he attended last week, he has raised his string of consecutive Bruin men's basketball games, home and away, to 526, last missing one on Nov. 25, 1985, at Puget Sound. Now in his 33rd season of keeping Bruin statistics, Biggs he has seen 939 George Fox men's basketball games.