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Overall 3-3: Home 2-1, Road 1-1, Neutral 0-1
NWC 0-0: Home 0-0, Road 0-0
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HIGHLIGHTS:
* Recent Games: Bruins Lose Home Heartbreaker to D-II St. Martin's
* Coming Up: Three-Game Swing thru San Diego after Christmas
* Satern BAA Athlete of the Week, Nominated for NWC Honors
* NCAA Stats: Atwater in Threes, Satern in Assists in Top Five Nationally
* NWC Stats: Atwater in Threes, Satern in Assists Lead League
* Career Lists: Satern Moves into 9th in All-Time Assists
* The Wirta Watch: "Biggs" Has Seen Over Half of All Bruin Games
RECENT GAMES: 0-1 (click on links for press releases and box scores)
Dec. 19 - St. Martin's 72, at George Fox 69
COMING UP: Three-Game Swing thru San Diego after Christmas
Fri., Dec. 28, 2:00 p.m. - vs. Heidelberg College, in San Diego, Calif.
Sat., Dec. 29, 2 or 4 p.m. - vs. Nichols College or York College (N.Y.), in San Diego, Calif.
Mon., Dec. 31, 2:30 p.m. - vs. University of Wisconsin-Platteville, in San Diego, Calif.
Heidelberg (7-1): First game in the Surf-n-Slam Tournament at San Diego City College ... No KFOX radio webcast ... The Fighting Student Princes from Tiffin, Ohio, are members of the NCAA Division III and the Ohio Athletic Conference ... Series record: First meeting ... Heidelberg has won its last three games, including an 86-63 win at Marietta in an OAC contest in its last game on Dec. 15 ... Heidelberg received 6 points in the latest D3hoops.com poll ... Heidelberg averages 87.4 ppg (17th nationally) and allows 72.0 ... The Princes are 14th nationally in field goal pct. (.510), 21st in scoring margin (+15.4), 39th in assists (16.9), 63rd in 3-pt field goals (8.5), and 65th in steals (9.9) ... The Princes have five players in double-figure scoring: G Chad Szalay (15.0), C Brian Schmidt (13.3), G Shawn Shriver (13.3), G Andrew Lemmon (12.4), and G Greg Tyson Jr. (10-3) ... Lemmon is the leading rebounder (8.8) ... G Josh Calver is the assists leader (3.3) ... Coach Duane Sheldon (Baldwin-Wallace '93) is in his 6th season at Heidelberg ... Next game: Dec. 29 vs. Nicholls or York in the Surf-n-Slam Tournament at 2 or 4 p.m. ...
Nichols (2-5): Possible opponent in the consolation (2 p.m.) or championship (4 p.m.) of the Surf-n-Slam Tournament at San Diego City College ... No KFOX radio webcast ... The Bison from Dudley, Mass., are members of the NCAA Division III and the Commonwealth Coast Conference ... Series record: First meeting ... The Bison won their last game, a 74-51 win over Becker at home on Dec. 6 ... Nichols averages 74.9 ppg and allows 76.7 ... The Bison have two players in double-figure scoring: G Garret Bishop (15.3) and C Ryan Wilcox (13.7) ... F Ron Powers is the leading rebounder (5.4) ... Bishop and G Bryan Riley are the assists leaders (2.9) ... Coach David Sokolnicki (Nichols '96) is 95-113 to date in his 9th season at Nichols ... Nichols plays York in the first round of the Surf-n-Slam Tournament on Dec. 28 at 4 p.m. ... Next game: Jan. 5 vs. Southern Vermont in the Williams Tournament, Williamstown, Mass., 6 p.m. EST ...
York (6-5): Possible opponent in the consolation (2 p.m.) or championship (4 p.m.) of the Surf-n-Slam Tournament at San Diego City College ... No KFOX radio webcast ... The Cardinals from Jamaica, N.Y., are members of the NCAA Division III and the City University of New York Athletic Conference ... Series record: First meeting ... The Cardinals lost their last game, a 63-59 setback at Rutgers-Newark on Dec. 12 ... York averages 66.9 ppg and allows 68.2 ... The Cardinals have three players in double-figure scoring: G Michael Salamanca (16.2), F Chris Roberts (12.0), and G Omari Phipps (10.9) ... Phipps is the leading rebounder (6.7) ... Salamanca is the assists leader (4.3) ... Coach Ronald St. John (York '80) is 268-249 to date in his 21st season at York ... York plays Nichols in the first round of the Surf-n-Slam Tournament on Dec. 28 at 4 p.m. ... Next game: Jan. 3 vs. Baruch in a CUNYAC game, 8 p.m. EST ...
Wisconsin-Platteville (7-2): Neutral-site game at Pt. Loma Nazarene University ... No KFOX radio webcast ... The Pioneers from Platteville, Wisc., are members of the NCAA Division III and the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ... Series record: First meeting ... The Pioneers have won their last three in a row, including a 65-50 win over Clarke in their last game on Dec. 15 ... UW-Platteville averages 74.3 ppg and allows 61.1 ... The Pioneers are 12th nationally in free throw pct. (.775), 31st in scoring defense (61.1), 32nd in scoring margin (+13.2), and 36th in rebound margin (+7.1) ... The Pioneers have three players in double-figure scoring: G Curt Hanson (15.3), C Jeff Skemp (13.1), Mike Shaw (11.3), and F Josh Langenfeld (10.4)) ... Skemp is the leading rebounder (6.9) ... G Charlie Lohoff is the assists leader (3.4) ... Coach Paul Combs (Ripon '93) is 68-45 to date in his 5th season at UW-Platteville, and 128-90 in his 9th season overall ... The Pioneers play at Pt. Loma Nazarene on Dec. 29 before meeting the Bruins ... Next game: Jan. 5 at Wisconsin-Stout in a WIAC game, 5 pm CST ...
Click here for the latest NWC Standings.
COACH MARK SUNDQUIST
Mark Sundquist (Seattle Pacific '89) is 76-104 (.422) 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 50-33 record (.602). 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
Heidelberg - 0-0
Nichols - 0-0
York (N.Y.) - 0-0
Wisconsin-Platteville - 0-0
BRUIN BITS:
* Satern BAA Athlete of the Week, Nominated for NWC Honors
Senior point guard Brent Satern has been named the Bruin Athletic Association Men's Athlete of the Week and has also been nominated for Northwest Conference Men's Player of the Week for Dec. 17-23. The NWC award will be announced in the league's next press release on Dec. 27. In the Bruins' only game of the week, a 72-69 loss to D-II St. Martin's on Dec. 19, Satern had 23 points on 9-17 from the field (1-5 on threes) and 4-4 from the line, with 7 assists.
* 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)
* 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) ...
* NWC Stats: Atwater in Threes, Satern in Assists Lead League
Where the Bruins rank in the latest Northwest Conference stats (thru Dec. 20):
Scoring Offense - 8th (65.5)
Scoring Defense - 2nd (64.5)
Scoring Margin - 3rd (+1.0)
Field Goal Pct. - 8th (.405)
Field Goal Pct. Defense - 2nd (.422)
3-Pt Field Goals - 5th (7.67)
3-Pt Field Goal Pct. - 6th (.326)
3-Pt Field Goal Pct. Defense - 3rd (.292)
Free Throw Pct. - 9th (.589)
Rebounding Offense - 5th (37.0)
Rebounding Defense - 5th (37.7, T)
Rebounding Margin - 5th (-0.7)
Assists - 3rd (16.00)
Blocked Shots - 5th (1.83)
Steals - 5th (7.50)
Turnover Margin - 4th (+1.17)
Assist/Turnover Ratio - 3rd (1.13)
- Evan Atwater is 1st in 3-point field goals (4.33), 2nd in 3-pt field goal pct. (.565), 4th in scoring (17.8), 13th in field goal pct. (.507). ...
- Brent Satern is 1st in assists (7.67), 2nd in assist/TO ratio (2.56), 7th in steals (1.67, T), 16th in scoring (11.7) ...
- Mark Metzler is 4th in rebounding (7.0, T) ...
- Taylor Martin is 8th in blocked shots (0.50, T), 15th in steals (1.33, T) ...
- Bryan O'Connell is 8th in blocked shots (0.50, T) ...
- Travis Toedtemeier is 8th in blocked shots (0.50, T), 13th in 3-pt field goals (1.67), 19th in rebounding (4.7) ...
Click here for the latest NWC Statistics.
* Career Lists: Satern Moves into 9th in All-Time Assists
- Brent Satern had 7 assists in the Bruins' game vs. St. Martin's this week, giving him 46 for the season and 384 for his career, 9th on the all-time GFU list. Ahead is Tom Hewitt (404, 1973-77) ...
* The Wirta Watch: "Biggs" Has Seen Over Half of All Bruin Games
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' one game this week, he has now seen 50.1% of all Bruin games ever played (1,031 of 2,058). He stretched his streak of consecutive GFU men's basketball games seen, both home and road, to 619. He has worked 441 in a row at home, not missing a home game since 1972 when he was in military service.