Press Release
Overall 4-11: Home 2-4, Road 1-4, Neutral 1-3
NWC 0-6, 8th: Home 0-3, Road 0-3
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HIGHLIGHTS:
* Recent Games: Bruins Fall to Pioneers at Home, Boxers on Road
* Coming Up: Eastern Washington Road Swing to Play the "Whits"
* Atwater BAA Athlete of the Week, HM for NWC Honors
* NCAA Stats: Satern Ranks 9th Nationally in Assists
* NWC Stats: Bruins Among Leaders in Defensive Numbers
* Career Lists: Satern Moves into 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. 18 - Lewis & Clark 76, at George Fox 55
Jan. 19 - at Pacific 74, George Fox 70
COMING UP: Eastern Washington Road Swing to Play the "Whits"
Fri., Jan. 25, 8:00 p.m. - at Whitman College, in Walla Walla, Wash.
Sat., Jan. 26, 8:00 p.m. - at Whitworth University, in Spokane, Wash.
Whitman (3-11, NWC 0-7, 9th) - KFOX radio webcast ... Northwest Conference game ... The Missionaries from Walla Walla, Wash., were picked 9th in the NWC pre-season coaches poll, the Bruins 1st ... Series record: George Fox leads 21-14 since 1971 (13-3 home, 8-11 road) ... The teams split last year, the Bruins winning 77-63 in Newberg on Jan. 5 before the Missionaries snapped a five-game losing streak in the series with a 69-59 win in Walla Walla on Feb. 2 ... Whitman has dropped its last seven games, including an 85-68 loss to Whitworth at home Tuesday ... The Missionaries average 72.9 ppg (7th in the NWC) and allow 80.9 (7th) ... Whitman is 3rd in the NWC in 3-pt field goal pct. (.402, 39th nationally) ... The Missionaries have three double-figure scorers: G Chris Faidley (23.9, 1st in the NWC, 8th nationally), P Graham Brewer (12.6, 17th), and G Jordan Wheeler (12.1, 19th) ... Faidley is 21st nationally in 3-pt field goals (3.29) and 66th in 3-pt pct. (.404) ... Faidley is also the top rebounder (6.3, 7th) and assists leader (4.00, 6th) ... Coach Skip Molitor (Gonzaga '74) is in his 14th season at Whitman ... Next game: Jan. 26 vs. California-Santa Cruz (non-conference), 6 p.m. ...
Whitworth (12-3, NWC 6-1, 1st) - KFOX radio webcast ... Northwest Conference game ... The Pirates from Spokane, Wash., were picked 3rd in the NWC pre-season coaches poll, the Bruins 1st ... Series record: George Fox trails 10-19 since 1974 (6-8 home, 4-11 road) ... The Pirates have won the last three meetings, including 83-53 in Newberg on Jan. 6 and 90-64 in Spokane on Feb. 3 last year ... The Bruins' last win in the series was 77-69 in overtime in Newberg on Dec. 2, 2005 ... The Pirates have won their last six in a row, their second six-game winnings streak this season, including an 85-68 win at Whitman on Tuesday ... Whitworth averages 74.5 ppg (5th in the NWC) and allows 58.7 (1st, 10th nationally) ... The Pirates are 1st in the NWC in scoring margin (+15.9, 5th nationally), field goal pct. defense (.406, 35th nationally), free throw pct. (.751, 15th nationally), rebound margin (+8.6, 10th nationally), fewest turnovers (11.6, 15th nationally), and assist/turnover ratio (1.39, 8th nationally), and are 2nd in assists (16.13, 53rd nationally), 3rd in 3-pt field goals (8.53, 55th nationally), 4th in 3-pt pct. (.395, 67th nationally) ... The Pirates have four double-figure scorers: F Ryan Symes (16.0, 9th in the NWC), G David Riley (13.1, 15th), F Colin Willemsen (12.0, 20th), and G Ross Nakamura (10.7, 24th) ... Riley is 9th nationally in 3-pt pct. (.506) and 41st in 3-pt field goals (2.93) ... Willemsen is the top rebounder (8.3) ... Nakamura is the assists leader (5.07, 33rd nationally) and ranks 1st nationally in assist/turnover ratio (4.75) ... Coach Jim Hayford (Azusa Pacific '90) is 131-42 to date in his 7th season at Whitworth, and 168-69 in his 9th season overall ... Next game: Jan. 27 vs. California-Santa Cruz (non-conference), 2 p.m. ...
Click here for the latest NWC Standings.
COACH MARK SUNDQUIST
Mark Sundquist (Seattle Pacific '89) is 77-112 (.407) 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
Whitman - 7-7 (5-2 home, 2-5 road)
Whitworth - 5-9 (3-4 home, 2-5 road)
BRUIN BITS:
* Atwater BAA Athlete of the Week, HM for NWC Honors
Sophomore wing Evan Atwater 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. 14-20 with his performances in the Bruins' 0-2 week against NWC opponents. In a 76-55 loss to Lewis & Clark on Jan. 18, he scored 8 points on 4-11 from the field, with a team-high 6 rebounds, 2 assists and a steal. In a 74-70 loss at Pacific on Jan. 19, he scored a career-high 26 points on 7-16 from the field, including 5-8 on threes, and 7-7 from the line, with 4 rebounds. For the week, he scored 34 points (17.0) on 11-27 field goals (.407), including 5-13 (.385) on threes, and 7-8 free throws (.875), with 10 rebounds (5.0), 2 assists and a steal. Atwater ranks 3rd in the NWC in free throw pct. (.833), 7th in 3-point field goals (2.67, T), 11th in 3-pt field goal pct. (.385), 10th in scoring (14.3, T) ...
* 2007-08 Honors:
Evan Atwater
- Bruin Athletic Association Men's Athlete of the Week (Nov. 12-18; Dec. 3-9; Jan. 14-20)
- NWC Player of the Week (HM, Nov. 12-18; HM, Dec. 3-9; HM, Jan. 14-20)
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)
* NCAA Stats: Satern Ranks 9th Nationally in Assists
In the latest NCAA Division III national statistics report (including games thru Jan. 20), Brent Satern is 9th in assists (6.5) and 37th in assist/turnover ratio (2.23) ...
* NWC Stats: Bruins Among Leaders in Defensive Numbers
Where the Bruins rank in the latest Northwest Conference stats (thru Jan. 22):
Scoring Offense - 8th (65.1)
Scoring Defense - 2nd (68.5)
Scoring Margin - 6th (-3.5)
Field Goal Pct. - 8th (.411)
Field Goal Pct. Defense - 4th (.442)
3-Pt Field Goals - 8th (6.20)
3-Pt Field Goal Pct. - 9th (.302)
3-Pt Field Goal Pct. Defense - 3rd (.303)
Free Throw Pct. - 9th (.640)
Rebounding Offense - 8th (33.7 )
Rebounding Defense - 6th (36.6)
Rebounding Margin - 7th (-2.9)
Assists - 5th (14.47)
Blocked Shots - 7th (1.67,T)
Steals - 5th (6.93)
Turnover Margin - 4th (+0.60)
Assist/Turnover Ratio - 4th (0.96)
- Brent Satern is 2nd in assists (6.53), 3rd in assist/TO ratio (2.23), 5th in steals (1.67), 10th in scoring (14.3, T) ...
- Evan Atwater is 3rd in free throw pct. (.833), 7th in 3-point field goals (2.67, T), 11th in 3-pt field goal pct. (.385), 10th in scoring (14.3, T) ...
- Mark Metzler is 6th in blocked shots (0.60), 12th in steals (1.27), 13th in assists (2.47, T),16th in rebounding (5.3) ...
Click here for the latest NWC Statistics.
* Double-Doubles
- Brent Satern - career 3, season 1: 14 pts/11 ast vs. Corban, 12/4
* Career Lists: Satern Moves into 7th in All-Time Assists
- Brent Satern had 9 assists in the Bruins' two NWC games last week, giving him 98 for the season and 436, moving him past Phil Barnhart (428, 1977-81) into 7th on the GFU all-time list. Ahead is Brent Peterson (462, 1985-89) ... He scored 30 points in the two games, giving him 851 career points. He needs 149 in the final 10 games to become the 33rd player in Bruin 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 (1,040 of 2,067). He stretched his streak of consecutive GFU men's basketball games seen, both home and road, to 628. He has worked 444 in a row at home, not missing a home game since 1972 when he was in military service.