Overall 4-1: Home 1-0, Road 1-0, Neutral 2-1 /
NWC 0-0: Home 0-0, Road 0-0
HIGHLIGHTS:
* Last Week: Bruins Nail First Home Game with Win over Cascade
* Coming Up: Bruins Play St. Martin's at Home, Western Baptist on Road
* Leith Honorable Mention for NWC "Player of the Week"
* Bruins Again Miss Assists Record by One
* NWC Stats: Bruins Lead League in Rebounding and Assists
THIS WEEK (Previews below):
Fri., Dec. 12, 7:00 pm - vs. St. Martin's College, Newberg, Ore.
Sat., Dec. 13, 7:30 pm - at Western Baptist College, Salem, Ore.
LAST WEEK: 1-0 (Click score for link to story):
Dec. 6 - at George Fox 70, Cascade 37
NORTHWEST CONFERENCE: George Fox (4-1) entertains D-II St. Martin's Friday and goes to NAIA foe Western Baptist Saturday as non-conference play continues. Puget Sound (3-0) is the NWC's only unbeaten team left. Pacific Lutheran is this year's slight NWC favorite over Whitworth, with the Bruins picked 3rd. For the latest NWC standings and stats, go to www.nwcsports.com.
COACH SCOTT RUECK (Oregon State '91) has a record of 134-50 (.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:
St. Martin's - 0-0
Western Baptist - 8-3 (3-2 home, 2-1 road, 3-0 neutral)
THIS WEEK (Previews):
Fri., Dec. 12, 7:00 pm - vs. St. Martin's College, Newberg, Ore.
All-time series: George Fox trails 1-10 (1-3 home, 0-6 road, 0-1 neutral) ... The Lady Saints have won the last 9 meetings ... George Fox's only win was a 68-46 victory in Newberg on Nov. 15, 1988 ... The last meeting was on Dec. 8, 1995, St. Martin's winning 88-79 in the Humboldt State Tournament ... St. Martin's, located in the Olympia, Wash., suburb of Lacey, is a member of the NCAA Division II and the Great Northwest Athletic Conference ... The Lady Saints are 3-3 on the season, with a 91-61 loss at Western Washington in their last game on Dec. 6 ... Five players score in double figures for St. Martin's, led by Beth Layton (14.5), who is also the team leader in assists (4.5) ... Martina Kartikova averages a double-double (12.3 ppg, 10.3 rpg) ... The Lady Saints next play in the Cal State-San Bernardino Tournament on Dec. 19-20 ...
Sat., Dec. 13, 7:30 pm - at Western Baptist College, Salem, Ore.
All-time series: George Fox leads 28-4 (13-2 home, 11-2 road, 4-0 neutral) ... The Bruins have won the last 6 meetings, including a sweep last year, 69-55 in Newberg on Nov. 26 and 71-59 in Salem on Dec. 7 ... The Warriors' last win was 67-51 in Dec. 1, 1998, in Newberg ... The Warriors are members of the NAIA and the Cascade Collegiate Conference ... The Warriors were picked to finished 2nd in the CCC behind nationally-ranked Oregon Tech this year ... Western Baptist is 4-3 after a 3-game winning streak that includes the championship of the Whitman College Classic over the weekend ... Lindsy Brownell was MVP of the tournament and Jessi Schaumberg was named to the All-Tournament team ... Brownell leads the team in scoring (12.9) while Tora Lundgren is the top rebounder (6.7) ... The Warriors, like the Bruins, are a strong rebounding team, averaging +12.0 rebounds a game over their opponents ...
BRUIN BITS:
* Leith Honorable Mention for NWC "Player of the Week":
Kim Leith earned Honorable Mention for Northwest Conference "Player of the Week" for Dec. 1-7 with her performance on Saturday against Cascade. The 5-7 wing gave the Bruins a tremendous spark off the bench with 20 points, hitting 8-12 from the field, including 4-6 from 3-point range. She also collected 3 rebounds and 3 assists as the Bruins outscored the Thunderbirds 41-13 in the second half for a 70-37 win in their home opener.
NWC "Player of the Week" honors went to Tiffany Speer of Whitworth for her 73 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists, and 6 steals in the Pirates' 3-0 week.
* Bruins Again One Assist Short of Record:
For the second time this season, the George Fox Bruins handed out 26 assists in a game in their 70-37 win over Cascade on Dec. 6 in their home opener, falling one short of the team's single-game record. The Bruins had 27 assists in an 89-86 overtime loss at home to Northwest Nazarene on Feb. 8, 1991, and in a 10-28 win at home over 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 (1997-2001) ... After scoring 14 points against Cascade, she has 742 career points, and needs 209 to pass Angela Pettit (950, 1993-97) for 10th on the all-time list and 258 to become the 9th player in GFU history with 1,000 career points ... With 7 rebounds this past week, she has 399 and needs 130 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:
--- Kim Leith set new career highs vs. Cascade on Dec. 6 in points (20) and field goal pct. (.667, 8-12), and tied her high in field goals (8) ...
--- Amy Fitch tied her career high for steals (3) vs. Cascade ...
--- Robin Taylor set new highs for points (6) and assists (3) vs. Cascade ...
--- Katie Plumb had new career marks in points (4) and rebounds (3) vs. Cascade ...
* NWC Stats (thru Dec. 8) - Bruins Lead League in Rebounding and Assists:
Team:
Scoring Offense - 66.0 (5th)
Scoring Defense - 54.8 (2nd)
Scoring Margin - +11.2 (4th)
Field Goal Pct. - .394 (7th)
FG Pct. Defense - .338 (3rd)
Free Throw Pct. - .609 (7th)
3-Pt FG Made - 31 (2nd)
3-Pt FG Pct. - .316 (2nd)
3-Pt Pct. Defense - .300 (6th)
Rebounding Off. - 46.0 (1st)
Rebounding Def. - 38.0 (6th)
Rebound Margin - +8.0 (1st)
Blocked Shots - 5.60 (2nd)
Assists - 18.80 (1st)
Steals - 44.00 (6th)
Turnover Margin - +2.20 (5th)
Ast/TO Ratio - 0.99 (3rd)
Individual:
--- Darby Cave - 2nd in Blocked Shots (2.60), 4th in FG Pct. (.588, T), 5th in Rebounding (8.2), 6th in Scoring (13.4)
--- Kellie Thomas - 2nd in 3-Pt FG (2.80), Assists (4.60), 4th in 3-Pt FG Pct. (.452), 5th in Blocked Shots (0.80), 7th in Scoring (13.2), Ast/TO Ratio (1.77), 12th in FT Pct. (.625)
--- Kim Leith - 5th in 3-Pt FG (1.40), 9th in 3-Pt FG Pct. (.368), 13th in Scoring (11.0), Ast/TO Ratio (1.18), 14th in Assists (2.60, T), Rebounding (6.0, T), 15th in FG Pct. (.435, T)
--- Sarah Myhre - 10th in FG Pct. (.538, T), 16th in Rebounding (5.2), 18th in Scoring (9.0, T)
--- Amy Fitch - 7th in Steals (2.40, T), 9th in Blocked Shots (0.60, T), 10th in Assists (3.20), 20th in Rebounding (4.8)
--- Erin Powers - 8th in Blocked Shots (0.50, T)
--- Melissa Alexander - 14th in Assists (2.60, T)