Overall 6-4: Home 3-2, Road 1-1, Neutral 2-1 /
NWC 0-2: Home 0-2, Road 0-0
HIGHLIGHTS:
* Last Week: Bruins Drop Both Games in Conference-Opening Weekend
* Coming Up: Three NWC Games This Week Include First Road Swing
* Cave Nominated for NWC "Player of the Week"
* NCAA, NWC Stats: Cave in FG Pct., Team in 3-Pointers Among NCAA Leaders
THIS WEEK (Previews below):
Tue., Jan. 13, 6:00 pm - vs. Pacific University Boxers (6-2, 1-0), Newberg, Ore. (NWC DH)
Fri., Jan. 16, 6:00 pm - at Lewis & Clark College Pioneers (3-7, 0-1), Portland, Ore. (NWC DH)
Sat., Jan. 17, 6:00 pm - at Linfield College Wildcats, McMinnville (3-7, 0-1), Ore. (NWC DH)
(DH - men's game at 8:00 pm)
LAST WEEK: 0-2 (Click score for link to story):
Jan. 9 - Puget Sound 53, at George Fox 44
Jan. 10 - Pacific Lutheran 63, at George Fox 52
NORTHWEST CONFERENCE: George Fox (6-4, 0-2), after dropping its first two NWC games, hopes to get back on the winning track with a home game vs. Pacific and road games at Lewis & Clark and Linfield. For the latest NWC standings and stats, go to www.nwcsports.com.
COACH SCOTT RUECK (Oregon State '91) has a record of 136-53 (.720) in his 8th season as a head coach, all at George Fox. He was Northwest Conference "Coach of the Year" in 1999-2000 and "Co-Coach of the Year" in 2000-01. He and his wife Kerry, a GFU assistant coach and former Bruin player, became proud parents on Oct. 21 with the birth of their first child, son Cole Michael.
Rueck vs. upcoming opponents:
Pacific - 13-1 (7-0 home, 6-1 road)
Lewis & Clark - 14-0 (7-0 home, 7-0 road)
Linfield - 12-3 (7-1 home, 5-2 road)
THIS WEEK (Previews):
Tue., Jan. 13, 6:00 pm - vs. Pacific University Boxers (6-2, 1-0), Newberg, Ore. (NWC DH)
All-time series: The series is tied 23-23 since 1982 (GFU leads 13-10 at home, 10-13 on the road) ... The Bruins and Boxers split last year, George Fox winning 63-52 in Newberg on Jan. 11 and Pacific winning 59-54 in Forest Grove, Ore., on Feb. 8 ... Pacific's win ended a 13-game winning streak in the series by George Fox ... The Boxers started the season with a 4-game winning streak and have won their last 2, including a 78-72 home win over Puget Sound on Saturday ... The Boxers are led by double-figure scorers DeeDee Arnall (19.1) and Tori Nelson (18.8), who rank 2nd and 4th in the NWC in scoring ... In NCAA stats of Jan. 4, Nelson was 25th nationally in scoring and Arnall was 35th, while Arnall was 8th in field goal pct. (.617) ... Arnall leads the NWC in field goal pct. now (.644) and Nelson leads in 3-pointers per game (2.88) ... Pacific is 2nd in the NWC in scoring (72.1) and free throw pct. (.720), 3rd in 3-pointers per game (4.88), and 8th in defense (67.4) ... Pacific hosts Linfield Friday, Jan. 16 ...
Fri., Jan. 16, 6:00 pm - at Lewis & Clark College Pioneers (3-7, 0-1), Portland, Ore. (NWC DH)
First NWC road game for the Bruins ... The Pioneers played at Whitman Monday ... All-time series: George Fox leads the series 39-9 since 1981 (19-3 home, 18-6 road, 2-0 neutral) ... The Bruins have won the last 18 meetings, including last year's 65-51 win in Portland on Jan. 14 and 73-61 in Newberg on Feb. 7 ... The Pioneers' last win was 87-61 in Portland on Feb. 15, 1994 ... Lewis & Clark is 7th in the NWC in offense (58.9) and 9th in defense (68.3) ... Krystle Mortimore (12.6) and Lindsay Sweetland (11.5) are the Pions' two double-figure scorers, ranking 8th and 14th in the NWC ... Sweetland is 4th in rebounding (8.1) ... Lewis & Clark next visits Willamette Saturday, Jan. 17 ...
Sat., Jan. 17, 6:00 pm - at Linfield College Wildcats (3-7, 0-1), McMinnville, Ore. (NWC DH)
Yamhill County rivals ... The Wildcats are at Pacific Friday before hosting the Bruins ... All-time series: George Fox leads the series 31-19 since 1981 (20-3 home, 11-14 road, 0-2 neutral) ... The Bruins have won the last 8 meetings, including a 64-61 win in McMinnville on Jan. 21 and a 65-49 win in Newberg on Feb. 18 last year ... The Wildcats' last win was 76-55 in McMinnville on Jan. 7, 2000 ... Linfield is 6th in the NWC in scoring (59.5) and defense (61.7), and 3rd in rebound margin (+2.2) and blocked shots (2.70) ... Monica Schwing (12.3) is the only Wildcats scoring in double figures, ranking 10th in the league ... Lindsay Sticka is top rebounder (6.1, 11th) ... Linfield visits Whitman Friday, Jan. 23 ...
BRUIN BITS:
* Cave Nominated for NWC "Player of the Week"
(Due to the postponement of 4 NWC games to Sunday-Monday due to weather problems in eastern Washington, an NWC Player of the Week will not be announced until Tuesday morning.)
Darby Cave (Sr., Portland, Ore. / Central Catholic HS) had two fine shooting games during the Bruins' 0-2 week and was nominated for Northwest Conference "Player of the Week" for Jan. 5-11. In a 53-44 loss to Puget Sound on Friday, she scored 8 points, hitting 3-3 from the field and 2-2 from the line, with 8 rebounds and 1 steal. In a 69-52 loss to Pacific Lutheran on Saturday, she hit 7-12 from the field and 2-2 from the line for 16 points, and pulled down 7 rebounds. For the week, in 2 games, she scored 24 points (12.0), hitting 10-15 from the field (.667) and 4-4 from the line (1.000), with 15 rebounds (7.5) and 1 steal. Cave ranks among the national leaders in field goal pct. (.581).
* NCAA Stats (thru Jan. 4) - Cave in FG Pct., Team in 3-Pointers Among NCAA Leaders:
Team:
3-Pt FG Made - 6.8 (21st, T)
Individual:
--- Darby Cave - 29th in FG Pct. (.564)
* NWC Stats (thru Jan. 11) - Bruins No. 1 in Rebounding, 3-Pt Field Goals, Assists:
Team:
Scoring Offense - 62.6 (5th)
Scoring Defense - 57.6 (3rd, T)
Scoring Margin - +5.0 (5th)
Field Goal Pct. - .390 (6th)
FG Pct. Defense - .355 (2nd)
Free Throw Pct. - .625 (8th)
3-Pt FG Made - 5.90 (1st)
3-Pt FG Pct. - .298 (3rd)
3-Pt Pct. Defense - .282 (6th)
Rebounding Off. - 42.0 (1st)
Rebounding Def. - 36.7 (4th)
Rebound Margin - +5.3 (2nd)
Blocked Shots - 4.90 (2nd)
Assists - 17.20 (2nd)
Steals - 8.00 (7th)
Turnover Margin - +0.10 (5th)
Ast/TO Ratio - 0.90 (4th)
Individual:
--- Darby Cave - 2nd in Blocked Shots (1.50), FG Pct. (.581), 5th in Rebounding (7.8), 9th in Scoring (12.5)
--- Kellie Thomas (So., Medford, Ore. / South Medford HS) - 2nd in 3-Pt FG (2.00), 3rd in 3-Pt FG Pct. (.370), 4th in Blocked Shots (1.40), Assists (3.70), 10th in Scoring (12.3, T), 12th in Ast/TO Ratio (1.19), 15th in FT Pct. (.622)
--- Kim Leith (So., Sherwood, Ore. / Sherwood HS) - 4th in 3-Pt FG (1.50), 7th in 3-Pt FG Pct. (.333), 9th in Ast/TO Ratio (1.29), 13th in Assists (2.70, T), 16th in Scoring (10.3)
--- Liz Clark (Jr., Elbe, Ore. / Eatonville HS) - 2nd in Rebounding (8.8), 8th in Steals (1.75, T), Blocked Shots (0.75, T), 12th in Assists (2.75), 29th in Scoring (7.5)
--- Amy Fitch (Sr., W, Ritzville, Wash. / Ritzville HS) - 9th in Assists (3.00), 13th in Ast/TO Ratio (1.15)
--- Melissa Alexander (Jr., Portland, Ore. / Wilson HS) - 15th in 3-Pt FG (0.80, T)
* Bruin Double-Doubles:
--- Darby Cave - (season 2, career 7): 12 pts/13 reb vs. St. Thomas (Minn.) at Northfield, Minn., 11/30/03; 10 pts/10 reb vs. Concordia-Portland, 12/30/03
--- Liz Clark - (season 2, career 6): 10 pts/13 reb vs. St. Thomas (Minn.) at Northfield, Minn., 11/30/03; 15 pts/10 reb vs. Concordia-Portland, 12/30/03
* All-Time Lists:
--- Darby Cave, after scoring 24 points vs. Puget Sound and Pacific Lutheran, has 800 career points, and needs 151 to pass Angela Pettit (950, 1993-97) for 10th on the all-time list and 200 to become the 9th player in GFU history with 1,000 career points ... With 15 rebounds during the week, she has 436 in her career and needs 93 to pass Heather Gurney (528, 1987-91) for 10th on the all-time list ... She currently ranks 2nd in career field goal pct. (.523, 341-652), after All-American Katie Lacey's .543 (1997-2001) ...
--- Kellie Thomas currently ranks 6th on the career free throw pct. list (.743, 81-109) ...
--- Kim Leith currently ranks 5th on the career free throw pct. list (.758, 69-91) ...
* 2003-04 Honors:
--- Darby Cave - Elite West Region All-Tournament Team
--- Kellie Thomas - Elite West Region All-Tournament Team