Men's Basketball Release - Dec. 27, 2005
Overall 8-2: Home 6-0, Road 2-2 / NWC 2-0: Home 200-0, Road 0-0
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HIGHLIGHTS:
* Recent Games: Bruins Go 2-1 on California Swing
* Coming Up: NWC Play Resumes First Weekend in January
* Parker HM for NWC "Player of the Week" for Dec. 12-23
* Bruins 4 Wins Away from Historic 1,000th in 102 Seasons
* Career Lists: Schmick Moves into Top 20 in All-Time Points
* NWC Stats: Bruins Lead in 4 Team, 4 Individual Categories
* The Wirta Watch: "Biggs" 15 Away from Seeing 1,000th GFU Men's Game
RECENT GAMES: 2-1 (Click score for link to stories and box scores):
Dec. 19 - George Fox 68, at Whittier 64
Dec. 20 - La Verne 84, George Fox 75 (at Claremont, Calif.)
Dec. 22 - George Fox 90, at Chapman 85
COMING UP:
* Fri., Jan. 6, 8:00 pm - at #5 University of Puget Sound (7-1, 2-0), Tacoma, Wash.
Radio broadcast/webcast on KFOX radio ... Third Northwest Conference game for the Bruins and first on the road â?¦ NWC doubleheader (women's game at 6:00 p.m.) â?¦ The Puget Sound Loggers are currently ranked 5th in the D3hoop.com NCAA Division III national poll after defeating Division I California-Riverside 115-111 on Dec. 21 â?¦ Series record: GFU trails 9-20 since 1974 (5-6 home, 4-14 road) â?¦ The teams split last year, the Bruins winning 68-66 in Newberg and the Loggers winning 91-84 in Tacoma â?¦ The Bruins' win over UPS, ranked 5th nationally at the time, was the Loggers' only conference loss of the season, while the Loggers' win clinched the NWC title and eliminated the Bruins â?¦ UPS leads the NWC in scoring (98;9), scoring margin (+17.9), and steals (17.88) â?¦ The Loggers are led in scoring by All-NWC guard Chase Curtiss (15.4), pre-season All-America post Zack Mcvey (14.3), guard Josh Walker (11.1), guard Taylor Marsh (10.4), and forward Jason Foster (10.3) â?¦ McVey leads the league in field goal pct. (.667) while Curtiss leads in steals (2.88) â?¦ The Loggers play two games in the Westmont College Tournament, including a meeting with #1-ranked Illinois Wesleyan on Dec. 29, and host Pacific Lutheran in an NWC game on Jan. 3 before meeting the Bruins â?¦ Next game for UPS after the Bruins is vs. Whitworth on Jan. 13 at 8:00 p.m. â?¦
* Sat., Jan. 7, 8:00 pm - at Pacific University (6-3, 1-1), Forest Grove, Ore.
Radio broadcast/webcast on KFOX radio ... Fourth Northwest Conference game for the Bruins and second on the road â?¦ The Pacific Boxers are in their first season under new coach Jason Lowery â?¦ Series record: GFU trails 33-38 since 1966 (22-12 home, 11-26 road) â?¦ The Bruins swept both games last year, winning 77-71 in Forest Grove and 88-69 in Newberg â?¦ Pacific is last in the NWC in scoring (62.7) but first in defense (63.7) â?¦ The Boxers are led in scoring by guard Brandon Kawazoe (14.9), forward Ross Bartlett (10.4), and guard Ryan Turcott (10.4) â?¦ Forward Kyle Motta is 3rd in the league in rebounding (7.2) â?¦ Turcott is the league leader in free throw pct. (.871) â?¦ The Boxers play at Menlo on Dec. 30 and at Linfield in an NWC game on Jan. 6 before meeting the Bruins â?¦ Next game for Pacific after the Bruins is vs. Willamette on Jan. 13 at 8:00 p.m. â?¦
COACH MARK SUNDQUIST
Mark Sundquist (Seattle Pacific '89), the 2005-06 Northwest Conference Coach of the Year, is 53-81 (.396) to date in his 6th season as a college head coach, all at George Fox. He picked up his 50th win on Dec. 6 when the Bruins rallied from 15 down to defeat Corban College 87-82. He coached the boys' programs at Woodburn (Ore.) High for two years and at Newberg (Ore.) High for one year before joining the Bruins. Click here for the complete bio on Coach Sundquist.
Sundquist vs. upcoming opponents:
Puget Sound - 1-9 (1-4 home, 0-5 road)
Pacific - 2-8 (1-4 home, 1-4 road)
BRUIN BITS:
* Parker HM for NWC "Player of the Week" for Nov. 28-Dec. 4
Junior post Chris Parker gave the Bruins a spark off the bench in all three games in California, receiving honorable mention for Northwest Conference "Player of the Week" for Dec. 12-23. In a 68-64 win at Whittier, he scored a team-high 18 points on 7-9 field goals and 4-5 free throws, with a team-leading 7 rebounds and an assist. In an 84-75 setback to La Verne, he had 10 points on 5-6 field goals, with a rebound and 2 assists. In a 90-85 win at Chapman, he scored 11 points on 4-8 field goals and 3-5 free throws, with 2 rebounds. For the week, he scored 39 points (13.0 ppg) on 16-26 field goals (.615) and 7-12 free throws (.583), with 10 rebounds (3.3 rpg) and 3 assists.
* 2005-06 Honors:
Phil Heu-Weller - NWC "Player of the Week" (Nov. 14-20)
* Double-Doubles:
Scott Szalay: Career 11, season 4 - 14 pts/13 reb vs. Northwest, 11/19; 14 pts/12 reb at Corban, 11/22; 10 pts/13 reb vs. Northwest Christian, 11/29; 17 pts/19 reb vs. Whitworth, 12/2
Brent Satern: Career 1, season 1 - 13 pts/10 ast vs. Northwest, 11/19
* Bruins 4 Wins Away from Historic 1,000th in 102 Seasons
With an 8-2 record this year, the George Fox Bruins now have an all-time record of 996-1,016-1 (.495) in their 102nd season of competition. Needing 4 more wins to reach 1,000 in their history, the Bruins are certainly hopeful of reaching that goal this season!
* Career Lists: Schmick Moves into Top 20 in All-Time Points
Aaron Schmick: With 40 points in the Bruins' three games in California, Schmick reached 1,173 for his career, passing Ron Willcuts (1,145, 1958-61) and Hille van der Kooy (1,170, 1979-81) for 19th on the all-time list at George Fox. Ahead are Gary Chenault (1,187, 1976-79), Gary Blackmar (1,215, 1964-68), and Mike Faber (1,222, 1995-99) ... He entered the season with the 11th-best career free throw pct. (.815, 234-287). After going 4-6 in California, he is at .812 (268-330), ranking 10th ...
Phil Heu-Weller began the season with the 2nd-best free throw pct. in Bruin history (.868, 66-76). He was 13-15 in California and is now at .857 (102-119), tied for 2nd with Dave Morgan's .857 (84-98, 1970-72) behind Gary Chenault's .870 (195-224, 1976-79) ..
Scott Szalay had 5 blocked shots in California and is 5th on the all-time GFU blocks list with 81. In 4th is Hille van der Kooy (121, 1979-81) ...
Chris Parker entered the season 8th in career free throw pct. (.821, 87-106). He was 7-12 in California and is now at .811 (129-159), 11th on the chart ...
* NWC Stats: Bruins Lead in 4 Team, 4 Individual Categories
Where the Bruins ranks in the latest Northwest Conference stats (thru Dec. 22):
Scoring Offense - 2nd (84.2)
Scoring Defense - 4th (78.3)
Scoring Margin - 4th (+5.9)
Field Goal Pct. - 1st (.500)
3-Pt Field Goals - 3rd (8.80)
3-Pt Field Goal Pct. - 1st (.451)
Free Throw Pct. - 2nd (.741)
Field Goal Pct. Defense - 4th (.467)
3-Pt Field Goal Pct. Defense - 2nd (.343)
Rebounding Offense - 7th (31.9)
Rebounding Defense - 3rd (35.0)
Rebounding Margin - 7th (-3.1)
Assists - 1st (17.40)
Blocked Shots - 1st (2.90)
Steals - 8th (5.70)
Turnover Margin - 6th (+0.40)
Assist/Turnover Ratio - 1st (1.36/1)
--- Phil Heu-Weller is 3rd in 3-pt field goal pct. (.500, T), 4th in scoring (16.8), 3-pt field goals (3.00), 5th in free throw pct. (.837), 9th in blocked shots (0.50, T), 18th in rebounding (4.3) ...
--- Aaron Schmick is 1st in assist/turnover ratio (3.00/1), 4th in assists (4.20), 9th in scoring (14.4), 3-pt field goals (2.20), 10th in free throw pct. (.791) â?¦
--- Scott Szalay is 1st in rebounding (8.9), blocked shots (1.70), 7th in field goal pct. (.543), 24th in scoring (10.6) ...
--- Ben Melvin is 2nd in 3-pt field goal pct. (.524), 9th in field goal pct. (.524), 20th in scoring (11.6) ...
--- Brent Satern is 1st in assists (5.60), 3-pt field goal pct. (.600), 2nd in assist/turnover ratio (2.24/1), 10th in steals (1.60) ...
--- Chris Parker is 2nd in field goal pct. (.648), 9th in free throw pct. (.792), 15th in scoring (13.4) ...
--- Brady Strutz is 8th in blocked shots (0.56) ...
--- Nate Mansfield is 3rd in 3-pt field goal pct. (.500, T) ...
For the latest NWC statistics, go to www.nwcsports.com.
* The Wirta Watch: "Biggs" 15 Away from Seeing 1,000th GFU Men's Game
With the Bruins' first 10 games of the season, Mike "Biggs" Wirta, George Fox's statistical guru, has stretched his string of keeping statistics at George Fox men's basketball contests, home and road, to 573 in a row, and to 421 in a row at home. The last home game he missed was in 1972. He has now seen 985 men's games altogether (48.9% of all 2,013 GFU games ever played) and, barring any unforeseen circumstances, should observe his 1,000th game on the last day of the regular season, vs. Willamette at home on Feb. 18 ...