Press Release
Overall 4-9: Home 2-3, Road 1-3, Neutral 1-3
NWC 0-4, 8th T: Home 0-2, Road 0-2
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HIGHLIGHTS:
* Recent Games: Bruins Suffer Late Losses at Willamette and Linfield
* Coming Up: Lewis & Clark at Home Friday, Then at Pacific
* Satern BAA Athlete of the Week, HM for NWC Honors
* It's Not How You Start, but How You Finish ...
* NCAA Stats: Satern Ranks 8th Nationally in Assists
* NWC Stats: Bruins Among Leaders in Defensive Numbers
* Career Lists: Satern One Away from 7th in All-Time Assists
* The Wirta Watch: "Biggs" Adds Two More Games to Streaks
RECENT GAMES: 0-2 (click on links for press releases and box scores)
Jan. 11 - at Willamette 73, George Fox 71, OT
Jan. 12 - at Linfield 68, George Fox 65
COMING UP: Lewis & Clark at Home Friday, Then at Pacific
Fri., Jan. 18, 8:00 p.m. - vs. Lewis & Clark College, in Newberg, Ore.
Sat., Jan. 19, 8:00 p.m. - at Pacific University, in Forest Grove, Ore.
Lewis & Clark (8-4, NWC 2-2, 5th) - KFOX radio webcast ... Northwest Conference game ... The Pioneers from Portland, Ore., were picked 1st in the NWC pre-season coaches poll, the Bruins 7th ... Series record: George Fox trails 20-34 since 1965 (10-13 home, 10-21 road) ... Lewis & Clark won both games last year, 74-61 in Portland on Jan. 20 and 75-63 in Newberg on Feb. 17 ... The Bruins' last win in the series was 71-62 in Newberg on Feb. 10, 2006 ... The Pioneers had been ranked in the top 25 all season, but dropped out of the D3hoops.com poll after splitting in eastern Washington last weekend (64-33 loss at Whitworth, 76-68 win at Whitman) ... Lewis & Clark averages 77.8 ppg (4th in the NWC) and allows 70.8 (3rd) ... The Pios lead the NWC in blocked shots (2.67), and are 28th nationally in fewest turnovers (12.8), 30th in 3-pt field goals (9.0), 36th in free throw pct. (.741), and 43rd in assist/turnover ratio (1.12) ... The Pios have four double-figure scorers: G Mark Robinowitz (13.8, 15th), F Tyson Papenfuss (13.3, 17th), F Joey Toboni (11.1, 21st), and PG Thomas Tillery (10.2, 27th) ... Papenfuss is 3rd in the NWC and 41st nationally in field goal pct. (.595) ... Robinowitz is 4th in the NWC and 38th nationally in 3-pt field goals (3.17) ... F Gene Rivera is the rebounds leader (7.5, 3rd) and leads the league in blocked shots (1.73, 53rd nationally) ... Tillery is the assists leader (3.18, 8th) ... Coach Bob Gaillard (San Francisco '62) is 315-187 to date in his 19th season at Lewis & Clark, and 480-245 in his 27th season overall ... Next game: Jan. 19 vs. Willamette, 8 p.m. ...
Pacific (3-10, NWC 1-3, 7th) - KFOX radio webcast ... Northwest Conference game ... The Boxers from Forest Grove, Ore., were picked 4th in the NWC pre-season coaches poll, the Bruins 7th ... Series record: George Fox trails 36-39 since 1966 (24-12 home, 12-27 road) ... The teams split last year, the Boxers winning 64-57 in Forest Grove on Jan. 13 and the Bruins winning in Newberg 68-59 on Feb. 10 ... Pacific is coming off a 61-44 loss at Whitworth on Jan. 12 ... Pacific averages 62.8 ppg (9th in the NWC) and allows 71.6 (4th) ... The Boxers have one double-figure scorer: F Joe Van Domelen (13.2, 18th) ... Van Domelen is also the rebounds leader (6.7, 5th) ... G Donnie Harrison-Davis is the assists leader (2.69, 11th) ... Coach Jason Lowery (Pitzer '97) is 25-38 to date in his 3rd season at Pacific, and 45-82 in his 5th year overall ... The Boxers are at Linfield on Jan. 18 before meeting the Bruins ... Next game: Jan. 25 at Willamette, 8 p.m. ...
Click here for the latest NWC Standings.
COACH MARK SUNDQUIST
Mark Sundquist (Seattle Pacific '89) is 77-110 (.412) in his eighth 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. Click here for the complete bio on Coach Sundquist.
Sundquist vs. upcoming opponents
Lewis & Clark - 4-10 (3-4 home, 1-6 road)
Pacific - 5-9 (3-4 home, 2-5 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 and received honorable mention for Northwest Conference Men's Player of the Week for Jan. 7-13 with his performances in the Bruins' 0-2 week against NWC opponents. In a 73-71 overtime loss at Willamette on Jan. 11, he scored 19 points on 5-12 from the field and 9-15 from the line, with 5 rebounds, 7 assists and a steal. In a 68-65 loss at Linfield on Jan. 12, he scored 10 points on 3-7 from the field (1-2 on threes) and 3-5 from the line, with 3 rebounds, 4 assists, and 2 steals. For the week, he scored 29 points (15.5) on 8-19 field goals (.421), including 1-5 on threes, and 12-20 free throws (.600), with 8 rebounds (4.0), 11 assists (5.5), and 3 steals (1.5). Satern ranks 1st in the NWC in assists (6.85), 3rd in assist/TO ratio (2.12), 5th in steals (1.77), 11th in scoring (14.2), and is 8th nationally in assists and 37th in assist/TO ratio ...
* 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; Dec. 31-Jan. 6; Jan. 7-13)
- NWC Player of the Week (HM, Dec. 17-26; HM, Dec. 27-Jan. 6; HM, Jan. 7-13)
* It's Not How You Start, but How You Finish ...
If the Bruins can figure out a way to finish a game strong, they are going to create havoc in the Northwest Conference. The Bruins have certainly been competitive, dropping their four NWC games by a total of only 20 points, including a pair of three-point losses and a two-pointer in overtime. In all four, the Bruins have had sizeable second-half leads: they led Pacific Lutheran by 11 with 6:45 left, Puget Sound by 8 with eight minutes to go, Willamette by 15 with 16 minutes to play, and Linfield by 9 with 13:36 remaining. The biggest culprit has been free throw shooting: the Bruins are 20-44 (.455) from the line after taking their big leads while the opponents have hit 31-37 (.838). "Yes, we work on free throw shooting every day," said Bruin coach Mark Sundquist, - and we're going to work on it some more!"
* NCAA Stats: Satern Ranks 8th Nationally in Assists
In the latest NCAA Division III national statistics report (including games thru Jan. 13), Brent Satern is 8th in assists (6.8) and 37th in assist/turnover ratio (2.12) ...
* NWC Stats: Bruins Among Leaders in Defensive Numbers
Where the Bruins rank in the latest Northwest Conference stats (thru Jan. 15):
Scoring Offense - 8th (65.5
Scoring Defense - 2nd (67.5)
Scoring Margin - 6th (-2.1)
Field Goal Pct. - 8th (.408)
Field Goal Pct. Defense - 3rd (.443)
3-Pt Field Goals - 8th (6.23)
3-Pt Field Goal Pct. - 8th (.306)
3-Pt Field Goal Pct. Defense - 2nd (.289)
Free Throw Pct. - 9th (.635)
Rebounding Offense - 7th (34.3)
Rebounding Defense - 6th (36.5)
Rebounding Margin - 7th (-2.2)
Assists - 5th (14.46)
Blocked Shots - 6th (1.69)
Steals - 4th (7.46)
Turnover Margin - 4th (+1.31)
Assist/Turnover Ratio - 5th (0.95)
- Brent Satern is 1st in assists (6.85), 3rd in assist/TO ratio (2.12), 5th in steals (1.77), 11th in scoring (14.2) ...
- Evan Atwater is 5th in free throw pct. (.825), 8th in 3-point field goals (2.69), 13th in 3-pt field goal pct. (.389), 14th in scoring (13.8) ...
- Mark Metzler is 6th in blocked shots (0.54, T), 14th in rebounding (5.5), assists (2.38), steals (1.23) ...
- Travis Toedtemeier is 12th in 3-pt field goals (1.62) ...
Click here for the latest NWC Statistics.
* Career Lists: Satern One Away from 7th in All-Time Assists
- Brent Satern had 11 assists in the Bruins' two NWC games last week, giving him 89 for the season and 427 for his career, 8th on the GFU all-time list. Ahead is Phil Barnhart (428, 1977-81) ... With 821 career points, he is 179 away from becoming the 33rd player in Bruins history to reach 1,000 ...
* The Wirta Watch: "Biggs" Adds Two More Games to Streaks
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' two NWC games this past week, he has now seen 50.3% of all Bruin games ever played (1,038 of 2,065). He stretched his streak of consecutive GFU men's basketball games seen, both home and road, to 626. He has worked 443 in a row at home, not missing a home game since 1972 when he was in military service.