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HIGHLIGHTS:
* Last Week: Bruins Notch First Win by Big Margin over Cascade
* Coming Up: First Two Home Games on Thursday and Saturday
* Behary Honorable Mention for NWC "Player of the Week"
* Career Stats: Clark Looks to Move Up from 10th on All-Time Rebound List
* NWC Stats: Bruins Take Early Lead in Steals, Blocks, and 3-Pointers
RECENT GAMES: 1-0 (Click score for link to story):
Nov. 30 - George Fox 81, at Cascade 43
COMING UP:
* Thur., Dec. 9, 7:00 pm - vs. Western Baptist College, Newberg, Ore.
Bruins' home opener ... The Western Baptist Warriors from Salem, Ore., are an NAIA team and members of the Cascade Collegiate Conference ... The Warriors have won four straight and are 6-3 overall, with two wins over Willamette and one over Linfield, who are NWC members along with Geroge Fox ... Jessica Steigleman leads WBC in scoring (13.3) and rebonding (5.8) ... The Warriors won last year's meeting 71-68 in Salem, but the Bruins won the year before 71-59, also in Salem ...
* Sat., Dec. 11, 7:00 pm - vs. Cascade College, Newberg, Ore.
The Cascade Thunderbirds from Portland, Ore., are an NAIA team and members of the Cascade Collegiate Conference ... The bruins notched their first win of the season with an 81-43 victory over the T'Birds in Portland on Nov. 30 ... Cascade won its first three games of the season before dropping five in a row and is now 3-5 ... The Thunderbirds play at Willamette Friday night before meeting the Bruins ... Shara Brazzle leads Cascade in scoring (13.6) and rebounding (6.6) ...
NORTHWEST CONFERENCE:
The start of conference play is still a month away, but pre-season NWC favorites Puget Sound and Whitman, along with Whitworth, have shown they will present stiff challenges with their early showings. Puget Sound is 6-0 and ranked 7th in the latest D3hoops.com poll, Whitworth is 5-0, and Whitman is 4-1. NWC teams went 3-0 against the nation's 7th-ranked team, Carleton (Minn.), which was on a road swing to the Pacific Northwest last week. For the latest NWC standings, visit the new conference website at www.nwcsports.com.
COACH SCOTT RUECK:
Scott Rueck (Oregon State '91) is 144-63 (.696) to date in his 9th season as a college head coach, all at George Fox. He was NWC Coach of the Year in 1999-2000 and Co-Coach of the Year in 2000-01. Click here for the complete bio on Coach Rueck.
Rueck vs. upcoming opponents:
Western Baptist - 8-4 (3-2 home, 2-2 road, 3-0 neutral)
Cascade - 4-0 (2-0 home, 2-0 road)
BRUIN BITS:
* Behary Honorable Mention for NWC "Player of the Week"
Tiffany Behary led the Bruins to an 81-43 win at Cascade in their only game of the week, earning Honorable Mention for Northwest Conference Player of the Week for Nov. 29-Dec. 5. She scored a game and career-high 15 points on 6-10 (.600) from the field (2-3, .667 on 3's) and 1-1 (1.000) from the line. She passed out 4 assists, made 6 steals, and had 3 rebounds, all in just 20 minutes of playing time. The freshman point guard hails from Lake Oswego, Ore.
* 2004-05 Honors:
Liz Clark - Sodexho Tipoff Classic All-Tournament Team
* Double-Doubles:
Liz Clark: career 8, season 1 - 13 pts/12 reb at Seattle Pacific, 11/20
* Bruins' 25 Steals Just Short of Record at Cascade
In one of the finest defensive efforts ever by a George Fox women's team, the Bruins came up with 25 steals and forced 37 total turnovers in their 81-43 win at Cascade on Nov. 30. The steals total was just four short of the team record of 29 vs. Oregon Tech on Dec. 2, 1989. The record for most turnovers by an opponent is not listed in the George Fox record books at present.
* Did Any D-III Team Have a Tougher Start than Bruins?
"Strength of schedule" is often touted as a more accurate reflection of a team's ability than its won-lost record. If that is true, it would be hard to find fault with the Bruins' 1-2 start. The Bruins' first game was an overtime loss to Central Washington, a Division II team that won 17 games last year, was picked to finish 3rd in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference this year, and is off to a 6-0 start. Their second game was a setback after being within four points in the second half to Seattle Pacific, currently 5-1 and ranked No. 5 in Division II after going 62-1 over the last two seasons.
* Career Lists:
Liz Clark had 4 rebounds in the Bruins' win at Cascade last week, giving her 540 for her career, 10th on the all-time GFU list. Next are Darby Cave (544, 2000-04) and Tracy Nelson (555, 1988-92) ...
Kellie Thomas ranks 5th in career 3-pt field goal pct. (.360, 81-225) and 5th in career free throw pct. (.779, 134-172) ...
Kim Leith ranks 6th in career free throw pct. (.778, 91-117) ...
* NWC Stats: Bruins Take Early Lead in Steals, Blocks, and 3-Pointers
In the latest Northwest Conference stats (Dec. 6), George Fox is 1st in field goal pct. defense (.359), blocked shots (2.67, tie), steals (18.33), turnover margin (+6.67), and 3-pt field goals per game (8.33), 3rd in assists (16.00), 4th in scoring (67.7), 3-pt pct. (.342), 5th in scoring margin (+2.0), 7th in defense (65.7), field goal pct. (.395), 9th in free throw pct. (.622), rebounding (35.0), rebound margin (-13.3) ...
Kim Leith is 3rd in assist/turnover ratio (1.60), 5th in 3-pt field goals (1.67, tie), 7th in 3-pt pct. (.455, tie), 9th in scoring (14.7), 10th in steals (2.00, tie), 11th in free throw pct. (.833, tie), 12th in assists (2.67) ...
Liz Clark is 4th in steals (3.00, tie), 5th in rebounding (8.3), 5th in 3-pt field goals (1.67, tie), 7th in 3-pt pct. (.455, tie), 8th in blocked shots (0.67, tie), 11th in field goal pct. (.458), 11th in free throw pct. (.833, tie), 14th in scoring (10.7) ...
Kellie Thomas is 3rd in 3-pt pct. (.500), 10th in steals (2.00, tie), 11th in 3-pt field goals (1.33, tie), 12th in field goal pct. (.455), 19th in scoring (10.0) ...
Tiffany Behary is 1st in steals (4.33), 4th in assists (4.67), 5th in 3-pt field goals (1.67, tie), 15th in 3-pt pct. (.312), 15th in assist/turnover ratio (1.08), 29th in scoring (8.0, tie) ...
Robin Taylor is 8th in field goal pct. (.474), 11th in free throw pct. (.833, tie), 29th in scoring (8.0, tie) ...
Erin Powers is 8th in blocked shots (0.67, tie) ...