Overall 8-5: Home 4-2, Road 2-2, Neutral 2-1 /
NWC 2-3: Home 1-2, Road 1-1
HIGHLIGHTS:
* Last Week: Bruins Gain First Two Conference Wins in 2-1 Week
* Coming Up: Willamette on Tuesday, Then 9 Days Off
* Cave Honorable Mention for NWC "Player of the Week" Again
* NCAA, NWC Stats: Cave 18th Nationally in FG Pct.
* Career Highs: Fitch, Cave Both Set Personal Records for Points
THIS WEEK (Previews below):
Tue., Jan. 20, 6:00 pm - vs. Willamette University Bearcats (4-8, 0-3), Newberg, Ore. (NWC DH)
(DH - men's game at 8:00 pm)
LAST WEEK: 2-12 (Click score for link to story):
Jan. 13 - at George Fox 70, Pacific 42
Jan. 16 - George Fox 65, at Lewis & Clark 45
Jan. 17 - at Linfield 59, George Fox 51
NORTHWEST CONFERENCE: George Fox (8-5, 2-3) plays its next three NWC games at home, and will be looking to win all of them to get back into the conference race. Tuesday's matchup with last-place Willamette (4-8, 0-3), 0-3 and in last place in the conference, is the last game for 10 days. Pacific Lutheran has jumped to the head of the pack in the NWC at 4-0. For the latest NWC standings and stats, go to www.nwcsports.com.
COACH SCOTT RUECK (Oregon State '91) has a record of 138-54 (.719) 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:
Willamette - 11-3 (7-0 home, 4-3 road)
THIS WEEK (Previews):
Tue., Jan. 20, 6:00 pm - vs. Willamette University Bearcats (4-8, 0-3), Newberg, Ore. (NWC DH)
All-time series: George Fox leads the series 33-12 since 1982 (20-3 in Newberg, 12-9 in Salem, 1-0 neutral) ... The Bruins have won the last 2 meetings, sweeping the Bearcats last year 60-39 on Jan. 24 in Salem and 59-49 on Feb. 21 in Newberg ... Willamette has dropped its last 3 in a row, all in conference play ... The Bearcats from Salem, Ore., rank 9th in the NWC in scoring (54.5) and 7th in defense (65.7) ... Simmie Muth is the only Bearcat in double figures in scoring (12.3, 11th in the NWC) ... Deanna Lund is the Bearcats' top rebounder (6.9, 8th) ... Muth is 2nd in the NWC in steals (2.30) ... The Bearcats host the Tacoma teams this weekend, starting with Puget Sound on Friday ...
BRUIN BITS:
* Cave Honorable Mention for NWC "Player of the Week" Again
Darby Cave (Sr., Portland, Ore. / Central Catholic HS), for the second week in a row, has earned Honorable Mention for Northwest Conference "Player of the Week" for Jan. 12-18 after posting three good games during the Bruins' 2-1 week. In a 70-42 win over Pacific on Tuesday, she had 10 points on 5-9 shooting (0-4 from the line) with 8 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 blocks, and 1 steal. In a 65-45 win at Lewis & Clark Friday, she hit 3-10 from the field and 3-4 from the line for 9 points, with 9 rebounds and 3 blocks. In a 59-51 loss at Linfield Saturday, she scored a career-high 22 points, hitting 9-14 from the field and 4-5 from the line, with 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 3 blocks, and 1 steal. In 3 games, she totaled 41 points (13.7), hitting 17-33 (.515) from the field and 7-13 (.538) from the line, with 22 rebounds (7.3), 2 assists, 8 blocks, and 2 steals. Cave ranks 18th among the national leaders in field goal pct. (.581).
NWC "Player of the Week" honors went to Kilty Keaton of Puget Sound, who had 33 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, making 46% of her 3-pointers and 100% of her free throws, in the Loggers' 2-0 week.
* Streaks, Peaks, and Valleys:
The Bruins' 65-45 win at Lewis & Clark on Jan. 16 was their 19th straight over the Pios,and Coach Scott Rueck is 15-0 lifetime vs. Lewis & Clark, his best record against any opponent ... While no official records are currently known, it is believed by veteran George Fox observers that Pacific's 9 points in the first half of the game on Jan. 13 is the first time a Bruin team has held an opponent to less than double-digits points in a half. Pacific's .107 shooting pct. (3-28) was not as low, however, as the .097 mark (3-31) the Bruins held St. Martin's to on Dec. 12 ... George Fox shot a season-low .231 (6-26) for a half in the first half at Linfield on Jan. 17 ...
* NCAA Stats (thru Jan. 11) - Cave 18th Nationally in FG Pct.:
Individual:
--- Darby Cave - 18th in FG Pct. (.581)
* NWC Stats (thru Jan. 18) - Bruins No. 1 in 4 Categories:
Team:
Scoring Offense - 62.5 (5th)
Scoring Defense - 55.5 (2nd)
Scoring Margin - +6.9 (4th)
Free Throw Pct. - .633 (8th)
Field Goal Pct. - .394 (5th)
FG Pct. Defense - .335 (2nd)
3-Pt FG Made - 5.69 (1st)
3-Pt FG Pct. - .314 (2nd)
3-Pt Pct. Defense - .237 (1st)
Rebounding Off. - 42.9 (1st)
Rebounding Def. - 37.3 (5th)
Rebounding Margin - +5.6 (2nd)
Blocked Shots - 4.92 (2nd)
Assists - 16.46 (1st, T)
Steals - 8.46 (7th)
Turnover Margin - -1.23 (7th)
Ast/TO Ratio - 0.81 (4th)
Individual:
--- Darby Cave - 2nd in FG Pct. (.563), 3rd in Blocked Shots (1.77), 5th in Rebounding (7.7), Offensive Rebounding (2.69, T), 6th in Defensive Rebounding (5.00, T), 8th in Scoring (12.8)
--- Kellie Thomas (So., Medford, Ore. / South Medford HS) - 1st in 3-Pt FG Pct. (.400), 2nd in 3-Pt FG (2.00), Assists (3.77, T), 4th in Blocked Shots (1.23), 10th in Scoring (12.3, T), Ast/TO Ratio (1.23), 12th in FT Pct. (.680)
--- Kim Leith (So., Sherwood, Ore. / Sherwood HS) - 6th in 3-Pt FG (1.38), 7th in 3-Pt FG Pct. (.346), 22nd in Scoring (9.0)
--- Liz Clark (Jr., Elbe, Ore. / Eatonville HS) - 2nd in Rebounding (9.1), Offensive Rebounding (3.27), 3rd in Defensive Rebounding (5.82), 8th in Steals (1.73, T), 11th in Blocked Shots (0.55), 12th in Assists (2.73), Ast/TO Ratio (1.11)
--- Amy Fitch (Sr., W, Ritzville, Wash. / Ritzville HS) - 9th in Assists (3.08), 11th in Ast/TO Ratio (1.18), 12th in Steals (1.62)
--- Sarah Myhre (Jr., Corvallis, Ore. / Crescent Valley HS) - 13th in Offensive Rebounding (2.15, T)
--- Erin Powers (Fr., Salem, Ore. / South Salem HS) - 15th in Blocked Shots (0.42, T)
* New Career Highs:
--- Darby Cave set a new career high for points (22) and tied her high for field goals (9) at Linfield on Jan. 17 ...
--- Liz Clark tied her career high for field goal attempts (13) at Lewis & Clark on Jan. 16 and for steals (4) at Linfield on Jan. 17 ...
--- Amy Fitch set a new career high for points (19), field goals (7), and field goal pct. (.700, 7-10) and tied her high in free throw pct. (1.000, 4-4) vs. Pacific on Jan. 13 ...
--- Melissa Alexander had her first career block at Lewis & Clark on Jan. 16 ...
--- Erin Powers set a new career high for free throws (2) vs. Pacific on Jan. 13 and at Lewis & Clark on Jan. 16, a new high for free throw attempts (3) vs. Pacific, and tied her high for blocks (1) vs. Pacific and at Lewis & Clark ...
--- Robin Taylor set new career highs for points (12), field goals (5) and attempts (9), and tied her high for 3-pointers (2) at Lewis & Clark on Jan. 16 ...
--- Katie Plumb had her first career steal vs. Pacific on Jan. 13 ...
* 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 3, career 7): 10 pts/13 reb vs. St. Thomas (Minn.) at Northfield, Minn., 11/30/03; 15 pts/10 reb vs. Concordia-Portland, 12/30/03; 17 pts/14 reb at Lewis & Clark, 1/13/04
* All-Time Lists:
--- Darby Cave, after scoring 41 in 3 games last week, has 841 career points, and needs 110 to pass Angela Pettit (950, 1993-97) for 10th on the all-time list and 159 to become the 9th player in GFU history with 1,000 career points ... With 22 rebounds during the week, she has 458 in her career and needs 71 to pass Heather Gurney (528, 1987-91) for 10th on the all-time list ... She currently ranks 2nd in career field goal pct. (.523, 358-685), after All-American Katie Lacey's .543 (1997-2001) ...
--- Kellie Thomas currently ranks 4th on the career 3-pt field goal pct. list (.374, 64-171), and 5th on the career free throw pct. list (.754, 92-122) ...
--- Kim Leith currently ranks 6th on the career free throw pct. list (.753, 70-93) ...
* 2003-04 Honors:
--- Darby Cave - Elite West Region All-Tournament Team
--- Kellie Thomas - Elite West Region All-Tournament Team