Overall 2-0: Home 0-0, Road 1-0, Neutral 1-0 / NWC 0-0: Home 0-0, Road 0-0
HIGHLIGHTS:
* Last Week: Bruins Bag Two Wins at Concordia-Portland Classic
* Coming Up: Elite West Region Clashes with Minnesota Powers
* Cave Honorable Mention for NWC "Player of the Week"
* Bruins Miss Assists Record by One
* Career Lists: Cave Aiming for Top 10 in Points and Rebounds
THIS WEEK:
Sat., Nov. 29, 1:00 pm PDT - vs. Carleton College, at St. Paul, Minn. (University of St. Thomas)
First meeting ... Opening game for the Carleton Knights of Northfield, Minn. ... The Knights are coming off their second straight Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference title, back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances, and a school record for wins in a 25-3 season ... Carleton finished 13th in last year's final NCAA Division III national poll conducted by D3hoops.com ... The Knights received 61 points for 28th in this year's pre-season poll ... Top returning player for Carleton is sophomore forward Megan Vig, an All-MIAC First-Year Team selection who averaged 10.8 ppg and 4.9 rpg ...Luther College of Iowa plays the University of St. Thomas in the second game of the day ...
Sun., Nov. 30, 3:00 pm PDT - vs. University of St. Thomas, at Northfield, Minn. (Carleton College)
Third meeting (Bruins trail 0-2) ... St. Thomas defeated the Bruins 76-64 in the NCAA Sectional in Abilene, Texas, on March 10, 2000, and 64-52 in the West Regional 2nd Round in Newberg on March 3, 2001 ... The Tommies from St. Paul, Minn., received 3 points, tied for 50th, in the NCAA pre-season poll ... The Tommies are coming off a 15-12 season ... St. Thomas will play Luther of Iowa on Nov. 29 in the Tommies' season opener in St. Paul ... The Tommies are led by Kristi Huegel a juniorr wing who was First Team All-MIAC after averaging 13 ppg and 5.1 rpg ... St. Thomas won the 1991 NCAA Division III national championship, and has placed third nationally in 1995, 1996 and 2000 ... The Tommies made the NCAA playoffs 15 consecutive seasons from 1986-2001 ... Luther and Carleton play before the George Fox-St. Thomas match ...
LAST WEEK: 2-0 (Click score for link to story):
Nov. 21 - George Fox 62, Evergreen State 55 (at Concordia-Portland Classic)
Nov. 22 - George Fox 76, at Concordia 62 (at Concordia-Portland Classic)
NORTHWEST CONFERENCE: George Fox (2-0) was picked to finish 3rd in the NWC this season, one spot above last year's 4th-place finish. Pacific Lutheran is this year's slight NWC favorite over Whitworth. The Bruins have nine non-conference games this season, all of them before the NWC opener on Jan. 9 vs. Puget Sound. For the latest NWC standings and stats, go to www.nwcsports.com.
COACH SCOTT RUECK (Oregon State '91) has a record of 132-49 (.729) 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. this week's opponents: 0-0 vs. Carleton; 0-2 vs. St. Thomas (0-1 home, 0-1 neutral).
BRUIN BITS:
* Cave Honorable Mention for NWC "Player of the Week":
Darby Cave (Sr., P, Portland, Ore. / Central Catholic HS) led the Bruins to a 2-0 week with a 62-55 win over Evergreen State and a 76-62 win over Concordia-Portland in the Concordia Classic, earning Honorable Mention for Northwest Conference "Player of the Week" for Nov. 17-23. Against Evergreen on Friday, she scored a team-high 13 points on 6-12 from the field and 1-2 from the line, with a team high of 8 rebounds and 3 blocked shots. She scored a game-high 19 points vs. Concordia on Saturday, hitting 9-12 from the field and 1-1 from the line, with 9 rebounds and 1 block. For the week, she hit 15-24 from the field (.625) and 2-3 from the line (.667) for 32 points (16.0), grabbed 17 rebounds (8.5), and had 5 blocks (2.5). She was a First Team All-Conference choice in '02-03.
NWC "Player of the Week" honors went to Tiffany Speer of Whitworth, who led the Pirates to a 2-0 week with 51 points, 14 rebounds, and 7 assists.
* Bruins Miss Assists Record by One:
Running their offense extremely well in a 76-62 win over Concordia-Portland on Nov. 30 in the Concordia-Portland Classic, the George Fox Bruins passed out 26 assists in 29 field goals, one assist short of the Bruins' single-game record. The Bruins had 27 assists in a game vs. Northwest Nazarene on Feb. 8, 1991, and vs. Columbia Christian on Jan. 30, 1993 ...
* All-Time Lists:
--- Darby Cave entered this season with the #2 career field goal pct. (.513), after All-American Katie Lacey's .543 ... After scoring 32 points this past week, she has 707 career points, and needs 244 to pass Angela Pettit (950, 1993-97) for 10th on the all-time list and 293 to become the 9th player in GFU history with 1,000 career points ... With 17 rebounds this past week, she has 375 and needs 154 to pass Heather Gurney (528, 1987-91) for 10th on the all-time list ...
--- Kellie Thomas (So., W, Medford, Ore. / South Medford HS) entered this season No. 2 on the career free throw pct. list (.806, 58-72), next to Christy Brock (.811, 77-95, 1998-99) ...
--- Kim Leith (So., W, Sherwood, Ore. / Sherwood HS) entered this season with the No. 6 career free throw pct. (.750, 51-68) ...
* Career Highs:
--- Darby Cave tied her career high with 9 field goals at Concordia on Nov. 30 ...
--- Amy Fitch (Sr., W, Ritzville, Wash. / Ritzville HS) set a career high with 4 steals vs. Evergreen on Nov. 29, and tied her high with 7 assists and 8 rebounds at Concordia on Nov. 30 ...
--- Sarah Myhre (Jr., P, Corvallis, Ore. / Crescent Valley HS) scored a career-high 13 points and tied her high with 5 field goals vs. Evergreen on Nov. 29 ...
--- Erin Powers (Fr., W, Salem, Ore. / South Salem HS) made her first college appearance vs. Evergreen on Nov. 29, and had career highs with 6 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, and a steal and a block at Concordia on Nov. 30 ...
--- Robin Taylor (Fr., PG, Bend, Ore. / Mountain View HS) made her first college appearance vs. Evergreen on Nov. 29, and had career highs of 6 points, 3 rebounds, and 3 steals at Concordia on Nov. 30 ...
--- Katie Plumb (Fr., P, Drain, Ore. / North Douglas HS) made her first college appearance at Concordia on Nov. 30 and had her first point on a free throw, first rebound, and first block ...