Women's Basketball Release - Nov. 23, 2005
Overall 2-0: Home 0-0, Road 1-0, Neutral 1-0 / NWC 0-0: Home 0-0, Road 0-0
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HIGHLIGHTS:
* Recent Games: Bruins Win Two in Convincing Fashion at OIT
* Coming Up: Pair of California Foes in D3 in Hawaii Hoops Classic
* ON THE AIR! KFOX to Broadcast/Webcast 40 Bruin Games This Season
* Taylor Honorable Mention for First NWC Player of the Week
* GFU in National Polls: 8th in Pre-Season WBCA, 10th in D3hoops.com
* Career Lists: Leith Continues Climb Toward Top of Scoring Chart
* NWC Stats: Bruins Have Early Leaders in Blocked Shots, Free Throws
* Halftime Promotions for Bruin Basketball Games
RECENT GAMES: 2-0 (Click score for link to story):
Nov. 18 - George Fox 69, Southern Oregon 48 (at Klamath Falls, Ore.)
Nov. 19 - George Fox 67, at Oregon Tech 57
COMING UP:
* Fri., Nov. 25, 3:00 pm PDT - vs. University of La Verne, Honolulu, Hawaii (D3 in Hawaii Hoops Classic)
No KFOX radio broadcast ... Tipoff time is 1:00 p.m. Hawaii time at Kamehameha High School ... The Leopards from La Verne, Calif., are D-III members of the Southern California Intercollgiate Athletic Conference ... First meeting ... The Leopards are 0-2, with losses to Menlo 75-56 and Cal State-East Bay 86-81 ... ULV will play Marian (Wisc.) in the tournament on Saturday ...
* Sat., Nov. 26, 3:00 pm PDT - vs. California Lutheran University, Honolulu, Hawaii (D3 in Hawaii Hoops Classic)
No KFOX radio broadcast ... Tipoff time is 1:00 p.m. Hawaii time at Kamehameha High School ... The Regals from Thousand Oaks, Calif., are D-III members of the Southern California Intercollgiate Athletic Conference ... The Bruins are 1-0 vs. CLU, having beaten the Regals 71-63 in the second round of the West Regional in Newberg on Feb. 4, 2000 ... The Regals will open the tournament and their season against Marian (Wisc.) on Friday ... CLU went 18-8 last year, and returns double-figure scorers in 6-0 forward Lauren Stroot (18.0 ppg) and 5-6 guard Mary Placido (14.1 ppg) ...
ON THE AIR! KFOX to Broadcast/Webcast 40 Bruin Games This Season
Announcing an expanded schedule, George Fox University campus radio station KFOX plans to broadcast and webcast 40 Bruin basketball games during the 2005-06 seasons, according to station sports director Courtney Ngai.
The schedule includes 22 of the men's 25 regularly-season contests and 18 of the 25 women's games. In addition to selected non-conference games and all 16 Northwest Conference games, home and away, for each team, any games the Bruins play in the Northwest Conference Tournament will be aired. Should either or both Bruin teams advance to the NCAA National Tournament, plans will be announced at that time.
Various staff members of KFOX, coordinated by advisor Josh Nauman of the university's Communications department, will handle the play-by-play and color commentary duties.
Because of the limited range of the non-profit station, fans outside the George Fox campus may have trouble picking up the KFOX radio broadcasts, but the webcast is easily accessible through the internet at www.foxradio.net. Listeners will need a high-speed connection and QuickTime 6.0 or higher, and a download for QuickTime is provided on the KFOX web site.
The schedule of broadcasts/webcasts for George Fox basketball on KFOX in 2005-06:
Nov. 19 - Men vs. Northwest, 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 22 - Men at Corban, 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 29 - Men vs. Northwest Christian, 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 2 - Women vs. Whitworth, 6:00 p.m.; Men vs. Whitworth, 8:00 p.m.
Dec. 3 - Women vs. Whitman, 4:00 p.m.; Men vs. Whitman, 6:00 p.m.
Dec. 6 - Men vs. Corban, 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 8 - Women vs. Cascade, 7:00 p.m.
Dec. 9 - Women vs. Western Oregon, 6:00 p.m.; Men vs. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 8:00 p.m.
Jan. 6 - Women at Puget Sound, 6:00 p.m.; Men at Puget Sound, 8:00 p.m.
Jan. 7 - Women at Pacific, 6:00 p.m.; Men at Pacific, 8:00 p.m.
Jan. 10 - Women at Linfield, 6:00 p.m.; Men at Linfield, 8:00 p.m.
Jan. 13 - Women at Lewis & Clark, 6:00 p.m.; Men at Lewis & Clark, 8:00 p.m.
Jan. 14 - Men vs. Walla Walla, 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 20 - Women vs. Pacific Lutheran, 6:00 p.m.; Men vs. Pacific Lutheran, 8:00 p.m.
Jan. 21 - Women at Willamette, 6:00 p.m.; Men at Willamette, 8:00 p.m.
Jan. 27 - Women at Whitworth, 6:00 p.m.; Men at Whitworth, 8:00 p.m.
Jan. 28 - Women at Whitman, 6:00 p.m.; Men at Whitman, 8:00 p.m.
Feb. 3 - Women vs. Puget Sound, 6:00 p.m.; Men vs. Puget Sound, 8:00 p.m.
Feb. 4 - Women vs. Pacific, 6:00 p.m.; Men vs. Pacific, 8:00 p.m.
Feb. 7 - Women vs. Linfield, 6:00 p.m.; Men vs. Linfield, 8:00 p.m.
Feb. 10 - Women vs. Lewis & Clark, 6:00 p.m.; Men vs. Lewis & Clark, 8:00 p.m.
Feb. 17 - Women at Pacific Lutheran, 6:00 p.m.; Men at Pacific Lutheran, 8:00 p.m.
Feb. 18 - Women vs. Willamette, 6:00 p.m.; Men vs. Willamette, 8:00 p.m.
COACH SCOTT RUECK:
Scott Rueck (Oregon State '91) is 167-67 (.714) to date in his 10th season as a college head coach, all at George Fox. He was named Northwest Conference Coach of the Year for the third time in 2004-05 after leading the Bruins to the NWC title and the "Elite 8" of the NCAA National Tournament. He was also 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:
La Verne - 0-0
California Lutheran - 1-0 (home 1-0)
BRUIN BITS:
* Taylor Honorable Mention for First NWC "Player of the Week"
Junior wing Robin Taylor led the Bruins in scoring in both games against NAIA opponents in the Harvest Ford / Harvest Auto Creidt Classic in Klamath Falls, Ore., earning honorable mention for Northwest Conference Player of the Week for Nov. 14-20. In a 69-48 win over Southern Oregon on Nov. 18, she had 15 points on 6-11 from the field and 3-3 from the line, with 4 rebounds, 2 assists, and 3 steals. In a 67-57 win over host Oregon Tech on Nov. 19, she tied her career high with 20 points on 7-9 from the field, including 5-7 from 3-point range, and 1-1 from the line, with 5 rebounds and a steal. For two games during the week, she scored 35 points 17.5 ppg) on 13-20 shooting (.650), including 5-9 (.556) on 3's, and 4-4 (1.000) from the line, with 9 rebounds (4.5 rpg), 2 assists, and 4 steals.
* 2005-06 Honors:
Kim Leith - D3hoops.com NCAA Division III Pre-Season Third Team All-America
* GFU in National Polls: 8th in Pre-Season WBCA, 10th in D3hoops.com
Coming off a 22-6 record, an "Elite 8" appearance in the NCAA National Tournament, and with three starters returning, inclduing Northwest Conference "Player of the Year" Kim Leith, the George Fox Bruins were ranked in the top 10 in two NCAA Division III pre-season polls. In the ESPN/USA Today/Women's Basketball Coaches of America poll, the Bruins garnered 129 points and were ranked 8th, while in the D3hoops.com poll, they had 293 points and were listed 10th. George Fox was ranked 10th in the WBCA final poll of 2004-05 and 12th in the final D3hoops.com poll. The highest ranking ever for a George Fox team was at No. 1, a position the Bruins held for two weeks in February 2001 after starting the season 20-1. They replaced Washington University of Missouri at that time, which had until then been atop the D-III polls for three years!
Complete polls: USA Today/ESPN/WBCA Poll / D3hoops.com Poll / NCAA Division III Regional Rankings
* Career Lists: Leith Continues Climb Toward Top of Scoring Chart
Kim Leith entered the season 8th in all-time scoring at George Fox with 1,004 career points, and now has 1,034 after scoring 30 in the Bruins' first two games. In 7th is Nicole Prazeau (1,133, 1998-2002) ... With 4-19 shooting on 3-pointers thus far, she slipped one spot to 6th in career 3-point pct. (.354, 156-441) ... After going 6-9 from the line in the first two games, her career free throw pct. is at .797 (153-192), good for 2nd all-time ... With 188 assists, she needs 5 more to tie Heather Gurney (193, 1987-91) for 10th ...
* NWC Stats: Bruins Have Early Leaders in Blocked Shots, Free Throws
Where the Bruins ranks in the latest Northwest Conference stats (thru Nov. 22):
Scoring Offense - 5th (68.0)
Scoring Defense - 5th (52.5)
Scoring Margin - 4th, T (+15.5)
Field Goal Pct. - 8th (.358)
3-Pt Field Goals - 3rd (8.50)
3-Pt Field Goal Pct. - 6th (.293)
Free Throw Pct. - 2nd (.717)
Field Goal Pct. Defense - 5th (.355)
3-Pt Field Goal Pct. Defense - 8th (.346)
Rebounding Offense - 9th (35.0)
Rebounding Defense - 9th (41.5)
Rebounding Margin - 9th (-6.5)
Assists - 5th (15.50)
Blocked Shots - 3rd, T (3.00)
Steals - 2nd (15.50)
Turnover Margin - 3rd (+9.50)
Assist/Turnover Ratio - 5th (0.89/1)
Kim Leith is 5th in steals (2.50, T), 6th in scoring (15.0), 7th in 3-pt field goals (2.00), 10th in assists (3.00, T), 11th in assist/turnover ratio (1.00/1, T), 17th in rebounding (5.5) ...
Erin Powers is 1st in blocked shots (1.50, T), 5th in assists (3.50, T), steals (2.50, T), 9th in rebounding (7.0, T), free throw pct. (.833, T), 11th in assist/turnover ratio (1.00/1, T), 23rd in scoring (9.5) ...
Robin Taylor is 1st in free throw pct. (1.000, T), 3rd in scoring (17.5), 4th in field goal pct. (.650), 3-pt field goals (2.50, T), 6th in 3-pt field goal pct. (.556), 13th in steals (2.00, T) ...
Tiffany Schmidt is 1st in free throw pct. (1.000, T), blocked shots (1.50, T) ...
Mandee Spotts is 1st in free throw pct. (1.000, T) ...
Katy Campbell is 1st in free throw pct. (1.000, T) ...
Karissa Boyd is 13th in steals (2.00, T) ...
* Halftime Promotions for Bruin Basketball Games
A number of special promotions are scheduled for the halftimes of George Fox men's and women's basketball games throughout the 2005-06 season, including:
"Halftime Hoop Shoot/Half-Court Shoot" - Co-sponsored by the Coffee Cottage in Newberg and Country Insurance & Financial Services, this promotion takes place at the halftime of every home game, unless a long halftime entertainment performance requires most of the 15-minute break. Tickets for $1 are sold in the gym lobby until just before halftime, and one lucky ticketholder is selected to shoot. Five dollars' worth of coupons to the Coffee Cottage is awarded for each one of three shots (free throw, three-pointer, and half-court shot) that is made.
A made half-court shot also earns the shooter the Country Financial "pot" for the evening, which increases by $50 at each game if no shot is made (the pot begins at $50 at the start of each team's season). All proceeds from the ticket sales go to the GFU basketball programs as a donation.
"Coyote Joe's Race" - New this year is the "Coyote Joe's Race", sponsored Coyote Joe's expresso shop on Highway 99 North in Newberg. Four game programs at each game are signed by a Bruin player, and whoever has one of the autographed programs may enter the race. The contestants sit in chairs at mid-court, two chairs facing each goal, and have to race toward the basketball goal at one end to make any shot of their choosing, then race back. One contestant on each side is eliminated, and the two survivors then do the same thing to determine an overall winner.
Other special promotions, mainly during the second semester, will be announced as plans for each are finalized.