2/19 - GEORGE FOX 72, PACIFIC LUTHERAN 57: Schmick Scores 1,000th Point as Bruins Foil Lutes
TACOMA, Wash. - Aaron Schmick became the 32nd player in George Fox University men's basketball history to score 1,000 or more points, his 12 points giving him 1,007 in three years and helping the Bruins to a 72-57 win over the Pacific Lutheran University Lutes in a Northwest Conference game Saturday night here at Olson Auditorium.
Schmick's special moment came with 17:45 left in the game on a three-pointer, giving 1,001 at that time. He went on to pass Mike Rasmussen's 1,004 career points and is 31st on the all-time GFU scoring list. The Bruins now have two 1,000+ scorers on the team, as Mark Gayman, who hit the magic mark in the final game of last season, is 8th all-time with 1,415 points.
Scott Szalay's jumper with 12:40 left in the first half put the Bruins in front for good at 11-9 and began a 26-8 George Fox run, highlighted by four straight three-pointers, that gave the Bruins a 35-17 advantage with 5:20 left in the half. The Lutes cut the difference to 10 points, 39-29, at intermission, but could get no closer in the second half.
Gayman paced the Bruins with 18 points and 8 rebounds, while Schmick and Szalay had 12 points apiece. Schmick had 6 assists as well.
Drew Cardwell posted a double-double for the Lutes with 19 points and 10 rebounds, and Landon Heidenreich scored 12 along with 6 assists.
George Fox is now 16-7 overall and 11-3 in the conference, with the most wins in a season since the 1993-94 team went 17-16. The win also guaranteed the Bruins no worse than second place in the conference standings. Pacific Lutheran is 5-17 overall and 3-10 in the league after losing its 10th straight NWC contest.
The Bruins close out the season with two games at home, starting Tuesday against Pacific University at 8:00 p.m. The GFU-Pacific women's game precedes the men's game at 6:00 p.m. The Lutes host Willamette University Tuesday in a make-up of a game that was postponed from Feb. 4 because of a power outage on the PLU campus. That game will be played at 7:00 p.m., following completion of the PLU-Willamette women's game at 6:30 p.m. that was suspended with Willamette up 47-42 and four-and-a-half minutes left in the game.