Press Release
12/4 - GEORGE FOX 84, CORBAN 65: Five Double-Digit Scorers Carry Bruins by Warriors
NEWBERG, Ore. - Evan Atwater led a quintet of players in double-figure scoring with 16 points and Brent Satern had a double-double with 14 points and 11 assists, leading the George Fox University Bruins past the Corban College Warriors 84-65 in the George Fox men's basketball home opener Tuesday night here at the Wheeler Sports Center's Miller Gym.
The teams traded leads five times and had four ties through the first seven minutes, but George Fox broke a 13-13 deadlock with a 7-0 run that gave the Bruins a 20-13 lead with 12 minutes left in the half. Two free throws and a layup by Mark Metzler and a three-point basket by Travis Toedtemeier gave the Bruins the lead they would not relinquish. The Warriors twice closed within a point, the last at 25-24 with 7:30 left on a pair of free throws by Wade Douglas, but an 11-2 run, capped by an Atwater three, made it 36-26 Bruins with 5:08 remaining in the period. It was 41-31 at the half.
A layup by Ian Logan 30 seconds into the second half cut the Bruin lead to nine at 42-33, but Satern drained a three-pointer 11 seconds later for a 45-33 advantage and the George Fox lead remained in double figures the rest of the way. The largest gap was 23 points with 8:32 left when Joe Ahn sank a pair of free tosses for a 74-51 margin, and the Warriors got no closer than 16 thereafter.
In addition to the numbers by Atwater and Satern, the Bruins got 13 points from Toedtemeier, a career-high 11 from Bryan O'Connell, and 10 from Metzler. Toedtemeier had nine rebounds, leading the Bruins to a 46-40 edge on the boards, and also blocked three shots. Satern and Metzler picked up three steals apiece as the Bruins had 13 swipes. After hitting only .371 (13-35) from the field in the first half, George Fox improved to .515 (17-33) in the second half. The Bruins also connected on 10 of 24 from three-point range.
Douglas and Ian Logan led Corban with 14 points each, but Douglas was well below his season's average of 23.4 points per game coming in. Logan had a team-high eight rebounds and three steals. Paul Martin passed out four assists. The Warriors were held over 22 points below the 87.7 scoring average with which they entered the match.
George Fox (2-2) hosts Northwest University in a non-conference game Saturday at 8:00 p.m., following a Bruin women's game with Warner Pacific College at 6:00 p.m. Both games will be webcast via campus station KFOX Radio. Corban (2-6) entertains Montana State University-Northern in a non-conference game on Friday at 7:30 p.m.