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Overall 6-6: Home 4-1, Road 1-3, Neutral 1-2 / NWC 2-2 (5th, T): Home 2-1, Road 0-1
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HIGHLIGHTS:
* Coming Up: Willamette Home, at Pacific on Weekend
* Recent Games: Bruins Split with "Whits" at Home in NWC Play
* Parker BAA Athlete of the Week, HM for NWC Player Honors
* NCAA Stats: Satern 21st Among National Assist Leaders
* NWC Stats: Duo of Parker and Heu-Weller in Top 10 Scorers
RECENT GAMES: 1-1 (Click score for link to stories and box scores):
Jan. 5 - at George Fox 77, Whitman 63
Jan. 6 - #6 Whitworth 83, at George Fox 53
COMING UP: Willamette Home, at Pacific on Weekend
* Fri., Jan. 12, 8:00 pm - vs. Willamette University (5-8, NWC 1-3, 7th T), at Newberg, Ore.
KFOX Radio webcast at www.kfoxradio.net ... Northwest Conference doubleheader (women's game at 6 p.m.) ... The Bearcats from Salem, Ore., were picked to finish 3rd in the NWC pre-season coaches' poll; the Bruins were picked 7th â?¦ Series record: GFU trails 28-41 since 1967 (16-13 home, 12-28 road) ... The Bearcats have won the last 11 meetings and 14 of the last 15, including 86-77 in Salem Jan. 21 and 79-76 in Newberg Feb. 18 last season â?¦ The Bruins' last win in the series was 106-104 in double overtime in Newberg Jan. 16, 2001 â?¦ Willamette averages 76.9 ppg (7th in the NWC) and allows 84.2 ppg (7th) ... Willamette leads the NWC in free throw pct. (.753, 26th nationally) and blocked shots (3.54 bspg) â?¦ The Bearcats have three players in double-figure scoring: P Dan Nugent (15.3, 11th in the NWC), W Michael Smith (11.9, 23rd), and P Kyler McClary (10.9, 28th) â?¦ Nugent is the league leader in blocked shots (1.38), and is 3rd in the league and 35th nationally in field goal pct. (.613) â?¦ P Ian Mansfield is the Bearcats' top rebounder (8.5, 3rd) and assists leader (2.85, 10th) â?¦ Coach Gordie James (Cal Poly-Pomona) is 312-189 to date in his 20th season ... Willamette next hosts Linfield Jan. 13 at 6 p.m. ...
* Sat., Jan. 13, 8:00 pm - at Pacific University (7-6, NWC 3-2, 3rd T), at Forest Grove, Ore.
KFOX Radio webcast at www.kfoxradio.net ... Northwest Conference doubleheader (women's game at 6 p.m.) ... The Boxers from Forest Grove, Ore., were picked to finish 5th in the NWC pre-season coaches' poll; the Bruins were picked 7th â?¦ Series record: GFU trails 35-38 since 1966 (23-12 home, 12-26 road) â?¦ The Bruins have won the last four meetings, including 70-67 in Forest Grove Jan. 7 and 79-72 in Newberg Feb. 4 last season â?¦ The Boxers' last win in the series, which was their 10th in a row vs. the Bruins, was 68-62 in Forest Grove Feb. 14, 2004 â?¦ Pacific averages 70.7 ppg (9th in the NWC) and allows 64.8 ppg (2nd) ... The Boxers are 2nd in the league in rebounding margin (+5.8) and blocked shots (3.00) â?¦ Pacific has two players in double-figure scoring: G Donn Harrison-Davis (14.9, 12th in the NWC) and F Ross Bartlett (13.8, 17th) ... Bartlett is the top rebounder (9.4, 2nd) â?¦ Coach Jason Lowery (Pomona-Pitzer '97) is 17-21 to date in his 2nd season at Pacific, and 36-52 in his 5th season overall ... Pacific next visits Linfield Jan. 19 at 6 p.m. ...
Click here for the latest NWC Standings.
COACH MARK SUNDQUIST
Mark Sundquist (Seattle Pacific '89) is 67-94 (.416) to date in his 7th season as a college head coach, all at George Fox. He was the NWC Coach of the Year in 2004-05 for leading the Bruins to an 18-7 record and 2nd place in the conference. 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:
Willamette - 1-11 (1-5 home, 0-6 away)
Pacific - 4-8 (2-4 home, 2-4 away)
BRUIN BITS:
* Parker BAA Athlete of the Week, HM for NWC Player Honors
Chris Parker has been named the Bruin Athletic Association Men's Athlete of the Week and received honorable mention for Northwest Conference Men's Player of the Week for Jan. 1-7as the Bruins split a pair of conference home games. In a 77-63 win over Whitman Friday, the senior forward scored 17 points on 6-11 field goals and 5-5 free throws, with 2 rebounds and a steal. In an 83-53 loss to 6th-ranked Whitworth Saturday, he had 1 points on 3-7 field goals and 7-8 free throws, with 3 rebounds. For the week, he had 30 points (15.0 ppg) on 9-18 (.500) field goals and 12-13 (.923) free throws, with 5 rebounds and a steal. He is 7th in the conference in scoring (16.3) and field goal pct. (.538), 8th in free throw pct. (.814) and 20th in rebounding (4.8) â?¦
* 2006-07 Honors:
- Chris Parker - Bruin Athletic Association Men's Athlete of the Week (Nov. 13-19, Dec. 4-10, Jan. 1-7); NWC Player of the Week (Nov. 13-19, HM-Dec. 4-10, HM-Jan. 1-7)
- Phil Heu-Weller - Bruin Athletic Association Men's Athlete of the Week (Nov. 20-26); NWC Player of the Week (HM-Nov. 20-26)
- Brent Satern - Bruin Athletic Association Men's Athlete of the Week (Nov. 27-Dec. 3); NWC Player of the Week (HM-Nov. 27-Dec. 3)
- Brady Strutz - Bruin Athletic Association Men's Athlete of the Week (Dec. 11-21); NWC Player of the Week (HM-Dec. 11-21)
* NCAA Stats: Satern 21st Among National Assist Leaders
In the latest NCAA national statistics (thru Jan. 7), Brent Satern is 21st in assists (5.8) while ranking 2nd in the conference to national leader Bryan Williams of Whitworth (8.3) â?¦
* NWC Stats: Duo of Parker and Heu-Weller in Top 10 Scorers
Where the Bruins rank in the latest Northwest Conference stats (thru Jan. 9):
Scoring Offense - 8th (72.6)
Scoring Defense - 4th (73.8)
Scoring Margin - 6th (-1.2)
Field Goal Pct. - 4th (.467)
Field Goal Pct. Defense - 3rd (.428)
3-Pt Field Goals - 9th (5.75)
3-Pt Field Goal Pct. - 5th (.356)
3-Pt Field Goal Pct. Defense - 4th (.360)
Free Throw Pct. - 5th (.700)
Rebounding Offense - 7th (34.2)
Rebounding Defense - 4th (34.5)
Rebounding Margin - 6th (-0.3)
Assists - 6th (14.50)
Blocked Shots - 6th (1.83)
Steals - 9th (5.50)
Turnover Margin - 7th (-2.83)
Assist/Turnover Ratio - 6th (0.86:1)
- Chris Parker is 7th in scoring (16.3), field goal pct. (.538), 8th in free throw pct. (.814), 20th in rebounding (4.8) â?¦
- Phil Heu-Weller is 9th in scoring (16.0), 10th in 3-pt field goals (2.42), 12th in 3-pt field goal pct. (.382), 17th in rebounding (4.9) ...
- Brent Satern is 2nd in assists (5.92), 7th in steals (1.67, T), 13th in assist/turnover ratio (1.22:1), 18th in scoring (13.0) â?¦
- Brady Strutz is 7th in assists (3.50), rebounding (6.0), 8th in blocked shots (0.67), 15th in assist/turnover ratio (1.17) â?¦
- Mark Metzler is 11th in steals (1.50) ...
Click here for the latest NWC Statistics.
* Double-Doubles:
Brent Satern: Career 2, season 1 - 14 pts/10 ast vs. Corban, 11/17
Chris Parker: Career 1, season 1 - 18 pts/10 reb vs. Holy Names, 11/18
Phil Heu-Weller: Career 1, season 1 - 13 pts/10 reb at St. Martin's, 12/20
* Records Set or Tied in 2006-07:
- Most Turnovers, Player, Game - 12 by Brent Satern vs. Concordia-Irvine at Pukulani, Hawaii (old record was 11 by Gary Chenault at Portland State, 1/13/78)
* Bruins vs. Ranked Teams (1-3):
Nov. 18 - defeated NAIA D-II #9 Holy Names 85-65 in Newberg, Ore.
Dec. 2 - lost to NCAA D-III #22 Puget Sound 79-92 in Tacoma, Wash.
Dec. 8 - lost to NAIA D-II #2 Oregon Tech 73-84 in Salem, Ore.
Jan. 6 - lost to NCAA D-III #6 Whitworth 53-83 in Newberg, Ore.
* Career Lists: Parker Among GFU Leaders in Both FG and FT Pct.
- Phil Heu-Weller began the season with the 4th-best free throw pct. in Bruin history (.847, 138-163). He was 4-6 in the last two games and is now at .806 (179-222), ranking 12th â?¦
- Chris Parker entered the season with the 6th-best field goal pct. in Bruin history (.559, 208-372). He was 9-18 in the last two games and is now at .554 (271-489), still 6th ... He also entered the season with the 12th-best free throw pct. (.805, 169-210). He was 12-13 in the last two games and is now at .807 (239-296), ranking 11th ...
* The Wirta Watch: "Biggs" Sees 600th Straight vs. Whitworth
Mike "Biggs" Wirta, George Fox's statistical guru who saw his 1,000th Bruin men's basketball game on the final day of last season vs. Willamette on Feb. 18, stretched his streak of consecutive GFU men's basketball games watched to 600 when the Bruins hosted Whitman and Whitworth Jan. 5-6. He has now seen 1,012 GFU men's games (49.6% of all 2,040 games in the team's 103 seasons of competition). He has worked 433 in a row at home, not missing a home game since 1972 when he was in military service.