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Overall 8-1 (Home 3-0, Road 3-0, Neutral 2-1)
NWC 0-0 (Home 0-0, Road 0-0)
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HIGHLIGHTS:
* Recent Games: Bruins Win Final Two Non-Conference Games
* Coming Up: First Two NWC Games at Home vs. PLU, #23 UPS
* Campbell BAA Athlete of the Week, HM for NWC Honors
* Polls/Rankings: GFU 18th in D3hoops Poll, 20th in WBCA
* Spotts and Shielee Shine in Worcester Win
* NCAA Stats: Bruins Listed 16 Times, No. 1 in Scoring Defense
* NWC Stats: Marek-Farris and Shielee 1-2 in Blocked Shots
* Career Lists: Behary Climbs to 9th in Assists, 10th in Steals
RECENT GAMES: 2-0 (Click scores for link to stories and box scores):
Dec. 28 -George Fox 72, at Northwest 51
Dec. 29 - at George Fox 87, Worcester State 32
COMING UP: First Two NWC Games at Home vs. PLU, #23 UPS
Fri., Jan. 4, 6:00 p.m. - vs. Pacific Lutheran University, in Newberg, Ore.
Sat., Jan. 5, 6:00 p.m. - vs. University of Puget Sound, in Newberg, Ore.
Pacific Lutheran (7-2, NWC 0-0) - KFOX radio webcast ... Northwest Conference opener for both teams ... The Lutes from Tacoma (Parkland), Wash., were picked 7th in the NWC pre-season coaches poll, the Bruins 1st ... Series record: Tied 15-15 since 1982 (10-5 home, 5-10 road) ... The Bruins won both meetings last year, 50-47 in Tacoma on Jan. 19 and 65-52 in Newberg on Feb. 16... PLU's last win in the series was 75-57 in Tacoma on Feb. 17, 2006 ... The Lutes have won their last two in a row, including a 65-40 win at Warner Pacific in their last game on Dec. 31 ... PLU averages 60.4 ppg (7th in the NWC) and allows 49.1 (3rd) ... PLU leads the NWC in rebounding (43.1) ... The Lutes have two players in double-figure scoring: G Kyle Haag (15.0, 2nd) and PG Trinity Gibbons (10.9, 14th) ... P Emily Voorhies is the top rebounder (7.7, 6th) ... Gibbons is the assists leader (4.56, 1st) ... Coach Kelly Warnke (Wisconsin-Oshkosh '99) is 7-2 to date in her 1st season at PLU ... Next game: Jan. 5 at Lewis & Clark, 6 p.m. ...
Puget Sound (7-2, NWC 0-0) - KFOX radio webcast ... Northwest Conference game ... The Loggers from Tacoma, Wash., were picked 2nd in the NWC pre-season coaches poll, the Bruins 1st ... Series record: George Fox trails 13-14 since 1982 (9-5 home, 4-9 road) ... GFU defeated UPS 3-1 last year, winning 58-50 in Tacoma on Dec. 2, 64-62 in Newberg on Jan. 27, 58-51 in Newberg on Feb. 24 in the NWC Tournament finals, then falling 48-51 in Newberg on Mar. 3 in the NCAA Division III West Regional second round ... UPS is ranked 23rd in the latest D3hoops.com poll, and received votes in the WBCA poll ... The Loggers are on a five-game winning streak, including an 86-52 win over Cal State-East Bay in their last game on Dec. 30 ... UPS averages 68.4 ppg (3rd in the NWC) and allows 53.6 (4th) ... UPS leads the NWC in 3-pt field goal pct. (.395) ... The Loggers have three double-figure scorers: G Laura Hirsh (14.3, 5th), P Marissa Cain (13.7, 6th), and P Karen Chase (10.4, 15th) ... Cain is the top rebounder (8.3, 3rd) ... Hirsh is the assists leader (3.22, 7th) ... Coach Suzy Barcomb (Univ. of Washington) is 179-70 to date in her 10th season at Puget Sound ... The Loggers are at Pacific Friday to open NWC play before meeting the Bruins ... Next game: Jan. 8 vs. Pacific Lutheran, 6 p.m. ...
COACH SCOTT RUECK:
Scott Rueck (Oregon State '91), the 2006-07 Northwest Conference Coach of the Year, is 211-81 (.723) to date in his 12th season as a college head coach, all at George Fox. He also received NWC Coach of the Year honors in 1999-2000, 2000-01 (Co-Coach), and 2004-05. He has guided the Bruins to four NCAA Tournament appearances and a 4-3 playoff record in the last eight years. Click here for the complete bio on Coach Rueck.
Rueck vs. upcoming opponents:
Pacific Lutheran - 13-11 (8-4 home, 5-7 road)
Puget Sound - 13-12 (9-4 home, 4-8 road)
BRUIN BITS:
* Campbell BAA Athlete of the Week, HM for NWC Honors
Senior forward Katy Campbell has been named the Bruin Athletic Association Women's Athlete of the Week for Dec. 24-30 after strong games in the Bruins' 2-0 week. In a 72-51 win at Northwest on Dec. 28, she posted her third double-double of the season and 10th of her career with 17 points, hitting 7-13 from the field (1-4 on threes) and 2-2 from the line, with 11 rebounds and an assist. In an 87-32 win over Worcester State on Dec. 29, she scored 11 points in 15 minutes, hitting 4-5 from the field (2-2 on threes) and 1-1 from the line, with a rebound and an assist. For the week, she scored 28 points (14.0) on 11-18 from the field (.611), including 3-6 (.500) on threes, and 3-3 (1.000) from the line, with 12 rebounds (6.0) and 2 assists. She also received honorable mention for Northwest Conference Player of the Week for Dec. 17-26 after earning All-Tournament honors in the Posada Royale #1 Tournament Dec. 17-18 in Thousand Oaks, Calif. The next NWC Player of the Week will not be announced until after games of Jan. 4-5. Campbell currently ranks 1st in the NWC in field goal pct. (.577), 2nd in 3-pt field goal pct. (.550), 7th in rebounding (7.6), 8th in free throw pct. (.783, T), 9th in blocked shots (0.56, T), scoring (13.2), and 13th in 3-pt field goals (1.22, T).
* 2007-08 Honors:
Katy Campbell:
- D3hoops.com All-America Pre-Season 4th Team
- Bruin Athletic Association Women's Athlete of the Week (Nov. 12-18; Nov. 19-25; Dec. 17-23; Dec. 24-30)
- NWC Player of the Week (HM, Nov. 12-18; HM, Nov. 19-25; HM, Dec. 17-26)
- Trinity Thanksgiving Classic MVP (Nov. 24-25)
- Posada Royale #1 All-Tournament Team (Dec. 17-18)
Tiffany Behary:
- Trinity Thanksgiving Classic All-Tournament Team (Nov. 24-25)
Kristen Shielee:
- Bruin Athletic Association Women's Athlete of the Week (Dec. 3-9)
- NWC Player of the Week (HM, Dec. 3-9)
* Rankings/Polls: GFU 18th in D3hoops Poll, 18th in WBCA
The George Fox Bruins are ranked 18th in the D3hoops.com NCAA Division III national poll of Dec. 31, receiving 175 points after being 16th with 251 points the week before. In the USA Today / ESPN poll of Jan. 1 as voted on by the Women's Basketball Coaches of America, George Fox was 20th with 56 points after being 18th with 61 points the week before. George Fox has been ranked in the polls six of the past eight years (2000, '01, '02, '05, '06, '07). The Bruins' highest ranking ever was No. 1, a spot they held for two week in February of 2001.
The only other Northwest Conference team in the rankings is Puget Sound, which is 23rd in the D3hoops.com poll and received votes in the WBCA poll. The Bruins and Loggers, co-champions of the NWC last year, will meet for the first time on Jan. 5 in Newberg. Hope (10-0) is ranked as the No. 1 team in both polls this week.
Complete polls:
USA Today/ESPN / WBCA Poll / D3hoops.com Poll
* 2007-08 Records
The Bruins have set or tied six new records thus far in 2007-08:
- Most Points, Game - 111 vs. Multnomah Bible, 11/16 (previous record was 105 vs. Western Baptist, 11/20/1992)
- Fewest Points Allowed, Game - 13 vs. Multnomah Bible, 11/16 (previous record was 23 vs. Pacific, 2/22/2005)
- Largest Winning Margin, Game - 98 (111-13) vs. Multnomah Bible, 11/16 (previous record was 76 vs. Columbia Christian, 104-28, 1/30/1993)
- Most Field Goals, Game - 47 vs. Multnomah Bible, 11/16 (previous record was 44 vs. Columbia Christian, 1/30/1993)
- Most Assists, Game - 34 vs. Multnomah Bible, 11/16 (previous record was 27 vs. Northwest Nazarene, 2/8/1991, and vs. Columbia Christian, 1/30/93)
- Lowest Opponents' Field Goal Pct., Game - .105 (4-38) vs. Multnomah Bible, 11/16 (previous record was .136, 8-59 at Whitman, 2/19/2000)
* Spotts and Shielee Shine in Worcester Win
For the second time this season, the Bruins posted a win by more than 50 points when they whizzed past the Worcester State Lancers from Massachusetts 87-32 on Dec. 29 in Newberg. The Bruins had opened the season with a record-setting 111-13 win over Multnomah Bible. All 13 players who got into the game for the Bruins scored, with Mandee Spotts and Kristen Shielee leading with way with 15 and 13 points respectively, each establishing new career highs. Spotts was 6-9 from the field, including 3-3 from three-point range, while Shielee was 6-7 from the floor and 1-1 from the line, with 7 rebounds and a pair of blocked shots.
* NCAA Stats: Bruins Listed 16 Times, No. 1 in Scoring Defense
In the first NCAA Division III national statistics reports of 2007-08 (thru Dec. 16), George Fox is 1st in scoring defense (37.6), 3rd in scoring margin (+33.6) and rebound margin (+15.2), 9th in assists (18.8), 11th in 3-pt field goals (7.4), 12th in blocked shots (5.6), 13th in field goal pct. defense (.311), 14th in assist/TO ratio (1.00), 16th in field goal pct. (.461), 61st in scoring offense (71.2), 70th in 3-pt field goal pct. (.343), and tied with 17 others for best won-lost pct. (1.000, 5-0) ... The Bruins' 111 points vs. Multnomah Bible on Nov. 16 is the 5th-most scoring in a game this season ... Individually, Katy Campbell is 45th in field goal pct. (.565), and her 20 rebounds at Trinity on Nov. 24 is tied for 9th-best in the nation this season ... Melissa Marek-Farris is 28th in blocked shots (2.4) ... Mandee Spotts is 5th (5.00) and MaryAnn Samples is 38th (2.75) in assist/TO ratio ... The next NCAA stats will be out on Jan. 8 ...
* NWC Stats: Marek-Farris and Shielee 1-2 in Blocked Shots
Where the Bruins rank in the latest Northwest Conference stats (thru Jan. 1):
Scoring Offense - 1st (71.7)
Scoring Defense - 1st (42.0)
Scoring Margin - 1st (+29.7)
Field Goal Pct. - 1st (.467)
Field Goal Pct. Defense - 2nd (.338)
3-Pt Field Goals - 2nd (7.78)
3-Pt Field Goal Pct. - 3rd (.378)
3-Pt Field Goal Pct. Defense - 2nd (.259)
Free Throw Pct. - 2nd (.729)
Rebounding Offense - 4th (39.6)
Rebounding Defense - 1st (26.9)
Rebounding Margin - 1st (+12.7)
Assists - 1st (18.44)
Blocked Shots - 1st (5.22)
Steals - 3rd (9.89)
Turnover Margin - 4th (+3.78)
Assist/Turnover Ratio - 1st (0.99)
- Katy Campbell is 1st in field goal pct. (.577), 2nd in 3-pt field goal pct. (.550), 7th in rebounding (7.6), 8th in free throw pct. (.783, T), 9th in blocked shots (0.56, T), scoring (13.2), 13th in 3-pt field goals (1.22, T) ...
- Melissa Marek-Farris is 1st in blocked shots (2.11), 17th in rebounding (5.6) â?¦
- Tiffany Behary is 4th in assist/TO ratio (1.36), steals (2.11), 5th in assists (3.3, T), 10th in 3-pt field goals (1.33, T), 19th in scoring (8.8, T) ...
- Jaime Hubka is 5th in 3-pt field goals (1.89), 7th in 3-pt field goal pct. (.405), 28th in scoring (7.7) â?¦
- Kaleigha Ramey is 11th in 3-pt field goal pct. (.385), 26th in scoring (8.1, T) ...
- Kristen Shielee is 2nd in blocked shots (1.43), 20th in rebounding (4.9) ...
Click here for the latest NWC Statistics.
* Double-Doubles:
- Katy Campbell: career 10, season 3 - 13 pts/10 reb at Warner Pacific, 11/17; 11 pts/20 reb at Trinity TX, 11/24; 17 pts/11 reb at Northwest, 12/28
* Career Lists: Behary Climbs to 9th in Assists, 10th in Steals
- Katy Campbell had 12 rebounds in the Bruins' last two games, giving her 68 for the season and 584 in her career, 8th on the all-time GFU list. Ahead is Angela Pettit (613, 1993-97) ... She was 11-18 on field goals in the games, giving her a career field goal pct. of .464 (293-631), 7th best all-time ...
- Melissa Marek-Farris had 3 blocked shots in the Bruins' last two games, giving her 19 for the season and 123 in her career, 3rd on the all-time GFU list. Shawna Chandler (188, 1982-85) is 2nd ... She was 4-10 on field goals in the two games and has a career field goal pct. of .507 (175-345), 3rd-best all-time ...
- Tiffany Behary had 9 assists in the Bruins' last two games, giving her 30 this season and 218 in her career, tied for 9th on the all-time GFU list with Liz Clark (218, 2001-05). Ahead are Melinda Day (220, 1981-85) and Kim Leith (235, 2002-06) ...She had 6 steals in the two games, giving her 19 for the season and 144 in her career, 10th on the all-time list. Ahead is Jennifer Childress (153, 1989-91) ... She was 2-5 in 3-pt field goals in the two games, giving her a career 3-pt field pct. of .365 (107-293), 7th best all-time ...
- Jaime Hubka was 4-8 in 3-pt field goals in the last two games, giving her a career 3-pt field goal pct. of .379 (61-161), 5th best all-time ...