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Overall 4-5: Home 2-1, Road 1-1, Neutral 1-3
NWC 0-0: Home 0-0, Road 0-0
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HIGHLIGHTS:
* Recent Games: Bruins 1-2 in Final Non-League Games in San Diego
* Coming Up: First Two NWC Games at Home vs. PLU, #10 UPS
* Satern BAA Athlete of the Week, HM for NWC Honors
* NCAA Stats: Atwater in Threes, Satern in Assists in Top 5 Nationally
* NWC Stats: Satern, Atwater in Top 10 in Four Categories
* Career Lists: Satern Closes in on 8th in All-Time Assists
* The Wirta Watch: "Biggs" Adds Three More to Remarkable Streak
RECENT GAMES: 1-2 (click on links for press releases and box scores)
Dec. 28 - George Fox 60, Heidelberg 57 (Surf-n-Slam Tournament)
Dec. 29 - York (N.Y.) 63, George Fox 57 (Surf-n-Slam Tournament)/a>
Dec. 31 - Wisconsin-Platteville 79, George Fox 69
COMING UP: First Two NWC Games at Home vs. PLU, #10 UPS
Fri., Jan. 4, 8:00 p.m. - vs. Pacific Lutheran University, in Newberg, Ore.
Sat., Jan. 5, 8:00 p.m. - vs. University of Puget Sound, in Newberg, Ore.
Pacific Lutheran (4-4, NWC 0-0) - KFOX radio webcast ... Northwest Conference opener for both teams ... The Lutes from Tacoma (Parkland), Wash., were picked 5th in the NWC pre-season coaches poll, the Bruins 7th ... Series record: George Fox trails 12-13 since 1985 (8-4 home, 4-9 road) ... The teams split last year, the Bruins winning 77-68 in Tacoma on Jan. 19 before the Lutes won 78-66 in Newberg on Feb. 16, snapping a six-game Bruin winning streak in the series ... PLU is coming off an 86-71 loss to Wheaton (Ill.) on Dec. 29 in the Cactus Jam in Phoenix, Ariz. ... PLU averages 78.9 ppg (4th in the NWC) while allowing 81.8 (9th), and leads the league in rebounding (42.4) and blocked shots (3.13) ... The Lutes have two players in double-figure scoring: G Josh Dressler (25.3, 2nd), who set a school record with 48 points in a 115-108 overtime win over Ramapo in the Cactus Jam, and P Scott McDaniels (16.8, 4th) ... McDaniels is the leading rebounder (9.3) and shot blocker (2.00) in the NWC ... G Landon Heidenreich is the PLU assists leader (6.25, 3rd) ... Coach Steve Dickerson (Washington State '69) is 13-18 to date in his 2nd season at PLU ... Next game: Jan. 5 at Lewis & Clark, 8 p.m. ...
Puget Sound (7-1, NWC 0-0) - KFOX radio webcast ... Northwest Conference game ... The Loggers from Tacoma, Wash., were picked 2nd in the NWC pre-season coaches poll, the Bruins 7th ... Series record: George Fox trails 10-23 since 1974 (6-7 home, 4-16 road) ... The teams split last year, UPS winning 92-79 in Tacoma on Dec. 2 and GFU winning 75-63 in Newberg on Jan. 27 when the Bruins out-scored the Loggers 34-5 over the final 13 minutes of the game ... UPS, coming off its only loss 78-75 at Westmont of the NAIA on Dec. 29, is ranked 10th in the latest D3hoops.com poll ... UPS averages 99.0 ppg (1st in the NWC) while allowing 79.4 (7th), and leads the league in field goal pct. (.502), 3-point field goals (10.63), and 3-pt pct. (.411) ... The Loggers have four double-figure scorers: G Antwan Williams (19.4, 3rd), G Taylor Marsh (15.1, 10th), F Jason Foster (14.9, 11th), and F Robert Krauel (14.8, 13th) ... Krauel is the top rebounder (4.9, 18th) ... Williams leads the NWC in assists (7.13) and steals (3.00) ... Coach Justin Lunt (Pacific Lutheran) is 25-8 to date in his 2nd season at Puget Sound ... The Loggers are at Pacific Friday to open NWC play before meeting the Bruins ... Next game: Jan. 8 vs. Pacific Lutheran, 8 p.m. ...
Click here for the latest NWC Standings.
COACH MARK SUNDQUIST
Mark Sundquist (Seattle Pacific '89) is 77-106 (.421) in his eighth season as a college head coach, all at George Fox. In the past three-plus years, he has guided the Bruins to a 55-34 record (.600). 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. Click here for the complete bio on Coach Sundquist.
Sundquist vs. upcoming opponents
Pacific Lutheran - 8-6 (4-3 home, 4-3 road)
Puget Sound - 2-12 (2-5 home, 0-7 road)
BRUIN BITS:
* Satern BAA Athlete of the Week, HM for NWC Honors
Senior point guard Brent Satern has been named the Bruin Athletic Association Men's Athlete of the Week for Dec. 24-30 after leading the Bruins to a 1-1 record in the Surf-n-Slam Tournament in San Diego, Calif., and earning All-Tournament honors. In a 60-57 win over Heidelberg on Dec. 28, he had a game-high 18 points on 6-13 from the field (1-3 on threes) and 5-7 from the line, with 9 assists, a steal and a rebound. In a 63-57 loss to York (N.Y.) on Dec. 29, he had 16 points on 6-11 from the field (3-4 on threes) and 1-4 from the line, with 2 assists and a steal. For the week, he scored 34 points (17.0) on 12-24 (.500) from the field, including 4-8 (.500) on threes, and 6-11 (.545) from the line, with 11 assists, 2 steals, and a rebound. He also received honorable mention for Northwest Conference Men's Player of the Week for Dec. 17-26. The next NWC award will be announced after games through Jan. 5. Satern currently ranks is 2nd in the NWC in assists (7.00), 3rd in assist/TO ratio (2.63), 6th in steals (1.78, T), and 17th in scoring (13.8).
* 2007-08 Honors:
Evan Atwater
- Bruin Athletic Association Men's Athlete of the Week (Nov. 12-18; Dec. 3-9)
- NWC Player of the Week (HM, Nov. 12-18; HM, Dec. 3-9)
Mark Metzler
- Bruin Athletic Association Men's Athlete of the Week (Nov. 19-25)
- NWC Player of the Week (HM, Nov. 19-25)
Brent Satern
- Bruin Athletic Association Men's Athlete of the Week (Dec. 17-23; Dec. 24-30)
- NWC Player of the Week (HM, Dec. 17-26)
* NCAA Stats: Atwater in Threes, Satern in Assists in Top Five Nationally
In the first NCAA Division III national statistics report (including games thru Dec. 16), George Fox is 44th in scoring defense (63.0), 61st in assist/TO ratio (1.08), and 70th in assists (16.2) ... Individually, Evan Atwater is 3rd in 3-pt field goals (4.6), 7th in 3-pt field goal pct. (.575), and his .700 (7-10) 3-pt field goal pct. at Colorado College on Nov. 17 is tied for the 18th-best pct. in a game this season ... Brent Satern is 5th in assists (7.8), and 28th in assist/TO ratio (2.44) ... The next NCAA stats will be out on Jan. 8 ...
* NWC Stats: Satern, Atwater in Top 10 in Four Categories
Where the Bruins rank in the latest Northwest Conference stats (thru Jan. 1):
Scoring Offense - 8th (64.3)
Scoring Defense - 2nd (65.1)
Scoring Margin - 5th (-0.8)
Field Goal Pct. - 8th (.394)
Field Goal Pct. Defense - 3rd (.434)
3-Pt Field Goals - 6th (6.67)
3-Pt Field Goal Pct. - 7th (.302)
3-Pt Field Goal Pct. Defense - 4th (.294)
Free Throw Pct. - 7th (.657)
Rebounding Offense - 8th (34.1)
Rebounding Defense - 6th (37.4)
Rebounding Margin - 9th (-3.3)
Assists - 5th (14.33)
Blocked Shots - 4th (1.78)
Steals - 4th (7.89)
Turnover Margin - 4th (+2.33)
Assist/Turnover Ratio - 4th (0.97)
- Brent Satern is 2nd in assists (7.00), 3rd in assist/TO ratio (2.63), 6th in steals (1.78, T), 17th in scoring (13.8) ...
- Evan Atwater is 3rd in free throw pct. (.839), 5th in scoring (15.6), 3-point field goals (3.33), 8th in 3-pt field goal pct. (.441) ...
- Mark Metzler is 10th in rebounding (5.9) ...
- Taylor Martin is 15th in blocked shots (0.33, T) ...
- Bryan O'Connell is 9th in blocked shots (0.44, T) ...
- Travis Toedtemeier is 13th in 3-pt field goals (1.56, T), 15th in blocked shots (0.33, T), 19th in rebounding (4.6) ...
Click here for the latest NWC Statistics.
* Career Lists: Satern Closes in on 8th in All-Time Assists
- Brent Satern had 17 assists in the Bruins' three games in San Diego, giving him 63 for the season and 401 for his career, 9th on the all-time GFU list. Ahead is Tom Hewitt (404, 1973-77) ...
* The Wirta Watch: "Biggs" Adds Three More to Remarkable Streak
Mike "Biggs" Wirta, who has been charting basketball statistics for the George Fox men's team game since the 1970-71 season while he was an undergraduate student, hit a major milestone with the Bruins' second game vs. Colorado College in the Colorado College Tipoff Tournament on Nov. 16. It was the 1,027th game he had seen, which was exactly half of the 2,054 games that had been played in 104 years of Bruin basketball. With the Bruins' three games in San Diego recently, he has now seen 50.2% of all Bruin games ever played (1,034 of 2,061). He stretched his streak of consecutive GFU men's basketball games seen, both home and road, to 622. He has worked 441 in a row at home, not missing a home game since 1972 when he was in military service.