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Overall 4-1: Home 3-0, Road 0-0, Neutral 1-1 / NWC 1-0: Home 1-0, Road 0-0
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HIGHLIGHTS:
* Coming Up: Road Games at NWC-Puget Sound, Non-NWC Northwest
* Recent Games: Bruins Split in Hawaii, Win NWC Opener
* Heu-Weller BAA Athlete of the Week, HM for NWC Honors
* Career Lists: Parker Climbs to 4th on FG Pct. List
* NWC Stats: Four Bruins Listed in Four Categories Each
RECENT GAMES: 4-1 (Click score for link to stories and box scores):
Nov. 23 - Concordia-Irvine 84, George Fox 61 (Maui Classic at Pukulani, Hawaii)
Nov. 24 - George Fox 63, Alvernia 56 (Maui Classic at Pukulani, Hawaii)
Nov. 28 - at George Fox 91, Linfield 85
COMING UP:
* Sat., Dec. 2, 8:00 pm - at University of Puget Sound Loggers (3-1, NWC 0-0), Tacoma, Wash.
KFOX Radio webcast ... Puget Sound was picked to win its 4th straight NWC title in the pre-season coaches' poll, while GFU was picked 7th ... Series record: GFU trails 9-22 since 1974 (5-7 home, 4-15 road ... UPS has won the last three meetings and 12 of the last 13, including 106-97 in Tacoma on Jan. 6 and 97-76 in Newberg on Feb. 3 last year ... The Bruins' last win was on Jan. 21, 2005, in Newberg, a 68-66 upset of the 5th-ranked Loggers ... Puget Sound leads the NWC in scoring (113.5), 3-pt field goals (14.00), and free throw pct. (.72), is 4th in field goal pct. (.456), and is 9th in defense (97.0) ... The Loggers have six players in double-figure scoring: F Jason Foster (20.8, 2nd in the NWC), F Robert Krauel (18.8, 5th), G Taylor Marsh (15.3, 10th), G Antwan Williams (15.0, 12th), G Curtis Medved (12.3, 23rd), and G Ryan DeLong (11.0, 27th) ... Foster is the top rebounder (7.8, 4th) ... Marsh leads the league in 3-pt field goals (3.75) ... Williams is 4th in assists (7.0) and steals (2.75) ... First-year coach Justin Lunt, a UPS assistant since 2004, was given the coaching job on an interim basis when Eric Bridgeland took an assistant's position at Pepperdine ... Puget Sound hosts Willamette Dec. 1 before meeting GFU, then hosts Puget Sound Christian Dec. 6 at 7:30 p.m. ...
* Tue., Dec. 5, 7:30 pm - at Northwest University Eagles (7-2), Kirkland, Wash.
KFOX Radio webcast ... Non-conference game ... Northwest is a member of the NAIA and the Cascade Collegiate Conference ... Series record: GFU leads 12-7 since 1971 (6-3 home, 6-4 road) ... The Bruins have won the last two meetings, including last year's 107-91 win in their season opener in Newberg behind Phil Heu-Weller's career-high 32 points ... The Eagles' last win was 63-59 in Kirkland in the 2004-05 season opener on Nov. 19 ... The Eagles average 99.6 ppg while allowing 71.3, make 9.6 3-pt field goals a game, and are shooting .518 from the field and .786 from the line ... The Eagles have five players in double-figure scoring: F Chris Keller (14.6), F Aaron Sawyer (14.4), F Kendrick Holley (13.1), F Stephen Ishmael (12.9), and G Nate Yokers (10.6) ... Holley is the top rebounder (6.8) ... Northwest is at Warner Pacific Dec. 1 and Cascade Dec. 2 before meeting GFU, then hosts Pacific Lutheran Dec. 8 at 7:30 p.m. ...
Click here for the latest NWC Standings.
COACH MARK SUNDQUIST
Mark Sundquist (Seattle Pacific '89) is 65-89 (.422) 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:
Puget Sound - 1-11 (1-5 home, 0-6 road)
Northwest - 3-5 (1-3 home, 2-2 road)
BRUIN BITS:
* Heu-Weller BAA Athlete of the Week, HM for NWC Honors
Senior wing Phil Heu-Weller 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 Nov. 20-26 as he led the Bruins in scoring in both games of a 1-1 trip to Hawaii. In the Bruins' first game of the US Bank-Whitworth College Maui Classic in Pukulani, Hawaii, on Thanksgiving Day, he scored 23 points in an 84-61 loss to Concordia-Irvine, hitting 7-16 from the field (3-6 on 3's) and 6-9 from the line, with 5 rebounds and an assist. In a 63-56 win over Alvernia on Friday, he scored 16 points on 4-10 from the field (4-9 on 3's) and 4-5 from the line, with 4 rebounds and 2 assists. For the week, he scored 39 points (19.5 ppg) on 11-26 (.423) from the field, including 7-15 (.467) on 3's, and 10-14 (.714) from the line, with 9 rebounds (4.5 rpg) and 3 assists. He is currently 3rd in the NWC in scoring (19.2), 6th in 3-pt field goal pct. (.481), 10th in 3-pt field goals (2.60), and 20th in rebounding (5.4).
* 2006-07 Honors:
Chris Parker - Bruin Athletic Association Men's Athlete of the Week (Nov. 13-19); NWC Player of the Week (Nov. 13-19)4-20)
Phil Heu-Weller - Bruin Athletic Association Men's Athlete of the Week (Nov. 20-26); NWC Player of the Week (HM-Nov. 20-26)
* 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
* 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)
* Career Lists: Parker Climbs to 4th on FG Pct. List
- Phil Heu-Weller began the season with the 4th-best free throw pct. in Bruin history (.847, 138-163). He was 16-24 in the last three games and is now at .820 (169-206), ranking 8th â?¦
- Chris Parker entered the season with the 6th-best field goal pct. in Bruin history (.559, 208-372). He was 14-23 in the last three games and is now at .571 (237-415), ranking 4th ... He also entered the season with the 12th-best free throw pct. (.805, 169-210). He was 15-18 in the last three games and is now at .806 (199-247), still 12th ...
* NWC Stats: Four Bruins Listed in Four Categories Each
Where the Bruins rank in the latest Northwest Conference stats (thru Nov. 29):
Scoring Offense - 6th (74.8)
Scoring Defense - 4th (70.2)
Scoring Margin - 5th (+4.6)
Field Goal Pct. - 3rd (.496)
Field Goal Pct. Defense - 1st (.403)
3-Pt Field Goals - 7th (5.80)
3-Pt Field Goal Pct. - 4th (.397)
3-Pt Field Goal Pct. Defense - 6th (.388)
Free Throw Pct. - 2nd (.701)
Rebounding Offense - 6th (34.6)
Rebounding Defense - 2nd (33.0, T)
Rebounding Margin - 4th (+1.6)
Assists - 5th (16.20)
Blocked Shots - 6th (1.80)
Steals - 8th (6.20)
Turnover Margin - 8th (-2.60)
Assist/Turnover Ratio - 6th (0.91:1)
- Chris Parker is 2nd in field goal pct. (.674), 6th in rebounding (7.2), 7th in scoring (17.6), 8th in free throw pct. (.811) ...
- Phil Heu-Weller is 3rd in scoring (19.2), 6th in 3-pt field goal pct. (.481), 10th in 3-pt field goals (2.60), 20th in rebounding (5.4) ...
- Brent Satern is 3rd in assists (7.60), 7th in steals (2.00, T), 13th in assist/turnover ratio (1.03:1, T), 14th in scoring (14.6) ...
- Brady Strutz is 2nd in blocked shots (1.00, T), 7th in assists (4.20), 11th in assist/turnover ratio (1.31:1, T), 12th in rebounding (6.2) ...
Click here for the latest NWC Statistics.
* The Wirta Watch: "Biggs" Adds Three Games to Streaks
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, continues to add to his remarkable streaks of attendence. With the Bruins' two games games in Hawaii over the Thanksgiving holidays and the NWC opener Tuesday vs. Linfield, he has now seen 1,005 GFU men's games (49.4% of all 2,033 games in the team's 103 seasons of competition). He has seen 593 straight games, home and road, and has worked 431 in a row at home, not missing a home game since 1972 when he was in military service. A member of the GFU Sports Hall of Fame Class of 1998, he also serves on the Hall of Fame Committee as its resident historian, calls statistics for the women's games, and keeps the Bruins' baseball scorebook. He was the GFU Volunteer of the Year in 1988, and inducted into the NAIA District 2 Hall of Fame in 1994.