GEORGE FOX WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
(Overall 4-1: Home 1-0, Road 2-1, Neutral 1-0 / NWC 0-0: Home 0-0, Road 0-0)
HIGHLIGHTS:
* Bruins Win Only Game of Week at Western Baptist
* Fitch Honorable Mention for NWC Player of the Week
* Where Bruins Rank in NWC Stats
* Upcoming Previews: vs. Seattle
THIS WEEK (Previews below):
Sat., Dec. 14, 5:00 pm - vs. Seattle University (4-2), Newberg, Ore.
LAST WEEK (1-0):
Dec. 7 - George Fox 71, at Western Baptist 59
NORTHWEST CONFERENCE: George Fox (4-1) was picked to finish 3rd in the NWC this season, the same spot they tied for last year. Conference play this season does not begin until January. For the latest NWC standings, go to www.nwcsports.com.
COACH SCOTT RUECK (Oregon State '91) has a record of 119-40 (.748) in his 7th season as a head coach, all at George Fox. He notched his 100th career win last season when the Bruins defeated Northwest 78-68 on Dec. 1 in the PLU Parkland Chevrolet Classic in Tacoma, Wash. He was Northwest Conference "Coach of the Year" in 1999-2000 and "Co-Coach of the Year" in 2000-01. Against this week's opponent, he is 4-2 vs. Seattle (3-0 in Newberg, 1-2 in Seattle).
BRUIN BITS:
* Fitch Honorable Mention for NWC Player of the Week:
Amy Fitch (Jr., P, Portland, Ore,) (Jr., W, Ritzville, Ore,) sparked the Bruins to a 71-59 victory over Western Baptist in Salem on Dec. 7 in their only game of the week, earning Honorable Mention for Northwest Conference "Player of the Week" for Dec. 2-8. In that game, she led the Bruins with 17 points, hitting 4-10 from the field (1-3 on 3's), and 8-9 from the line, with a team-high 7 rebounds. She also had 3 assists as the Bruins won their 4th straight.
NWC "Player of the Week" went to Tiffany Speer of Whitworth for the second week in a row as she led the Pirates to a pair of wins with 44 points, 21 rebounds, 12 assists and 5 steals.
* Bruin Honors This Season:
Lady 'Yote Classic All-Tournament Team - Liz Clark, Kim Leith
* Where Bruins Rank in NWC Stats (thru Dec. 4):
Scoring Offense - 6th (65.8)
Scoring Defense - 4th (56.5)
Scoring Margin - 4th (+9.2)
Field Goal Pct. - 5th (.411)
3-Pt FG Made - 5th (4.75)
3-Pt FG Pct. - 6th (.284)
Free Throw Pct. - 8th (.657)
FG Pct. Defense - 3rd (.348)
3-Pt FG Defense - 2nd (.216)
Rebound Offense - 1st (43.5)
Rebound Defense - 3rd (36.5)
Rebound Margin - 1st (+7.0)
Assists - 3rd (17.25)
Turnover Margin - 7th (+0.25)
Assist/TO Ratio - 1st (1.00)
Steals - 9th (6.50)
Blocks - 4th (3.50)
Liz Clark - 16th in scoring (11.8), 12th in rebounds (6.0, T), 5th in 3-pt FG% (.556), 9th in 3-pt FG made (1.25, T), 10th in assists (3.00, T), 9th in steals (2.50, T)
Darby Cave - 17th in scoring (11.5), 18th in rebounds (5.5, T), 10th in FG% (.543), 10th in FT% (.800,T)
Kim Leith - 19th in scoring (11.2), 12th in FG% (.517), 9th in 3-pt FG% (.462), 5th in 3-pt FG made (1.50, T), 10th in assists (3.00, T), 10th in blocks (0.50, T)
Kellie Thomas - 23rd in scoring (9.2), 11th in 3-pt FG made (1.00, T), 4th in assists (4.00, T), 10th in blocks (0.50)
Sarah Myhre - 27th in scoring (8.5, T), 11th in rebounds (6.2), 1st in FG% (.737), 10th in blocks (0.50, T)
Amy Fitch - 10th in FT% (.800, T), 10th in blocks (0.50, T)
Emily Ruggles - 4th in blocks (1.00, T)
* Bruins Aim for 4th Straight 20-Win Season:
With a final 20-6 record in 2001-02, the George Fox Bruins posted their 3rd straight season of 20 or more wins. No Bruin teams had ever posted back-to-back 20-win seasons; in fact, George Fox had only two 20-win seasons in women's basketball history prior to 1999, going back to the '81-82 season when complete records began to be kept.
THIS WEEK:
Sat., Dec. 14, 5:00 pm - vs. Seattle University (4-2), Newberg, Ore.
Non-conference game ... The Redhawks from Seattle, Wash., are members of the NCAA Division II and the Great Northwest Athletic Conference ... The series is tied 4-4 (GFU leads 3-1 in Newberg, but 1-3 in Seattle) ... Rematch of the season opener for both teams, in which the Bruins suffered their only loss of the season, 57-46 on Nov. 23 in Seattle ... In that game, Liz Clark and Sarah Myhre led the Bruins with 9 points and 7 rebounds each, while the Redhawks got 15 from Kristin Connolly, 14 from Lisa Milne, and 13 from Leah Welton ... George Fox shot .167 in the 1st half and .565 in the 2nd half ... The Bruins had won the last three meetings before this season, including a 72-59 win at Seattle on Feb. 26, 1999, the last time the two had played when Seattle was still a part of the Northwest Conference ... Connolly averages 15.4 points per game, Welton 11.0, and Milne 10.8 ... Connolly at 5.6 and Welton at 5.2 are the Redhawks' top rebounders ... Seattle scores 63.4 and gives up 61.4 points a game ... The Redhawks are being out-rebounded 33.4 to 40.2.