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Overall 19-2 (Home 8-0, Road 9-1, Neutral 2-1)
NWC 11-1, 1st, T (Home 5-0, Road 6-1)
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HIGHLIGHTS:
* Recent Games: No. 12 Bruins Sweep Homecoming Weekend
* Coming Up: Last Road Game at L&C, Home vs. Pacific
* Marek-Farris Earns BAA, NWC Player of the Week Honors
* Polls/Rankings: GFU 12th/16th Nationally, 2nd in West Region
* Bruins' Win Over PLU Sets Record with 12th Straight Win
* Bruins Have Secured 15th Consecutive Winning Season
* NCAA Stats: Bruins Continue to Pace Nation in Defense
* NWC Stats: Bruins League Leaders in 10 Different Stats
* Career Lists: Campbell Nears 1,000 Points and Top 10 Club
RECENT GAMES: 2-0 (Click scores for link to stories and box scores):
Feb. 8 - at George Fox 78, Willamette 34
Feb. 9 - at George Fox 69, Linfield 36
COMING UP: Last Road Game at L&C, Home vs. Pacific
Fri., Feb. 15, 6:00 p.m. - at Lewis & Clark College, in Portland, Ore.
Sat., Feb. 16, 6:00 p.m. - vs. Pacific University, in Newberg, Ore.
Lewis & Clark (12-9, NWC 8-4, 3rd) - KFOX radio webcast ... Northwest Conference game ... The Pioneers from Portland, Ore., were picked 3rd in the NWC pre-season coaches poll, the Bruins 1st ... Series record: George Fox leads 48-9 since 1981 (24-3 home, 22-6 road, 2-0 neutral) ... The Bruins have won the last 27 meetings, including 58-41 in Newberg on Jan. 18 this year ... Lewis & Clark's last win in the series was 87-61 in Portland on Feb. 15, 1994 ... The Pioneers have won their last five in a row, including a 54-41 win over Whitman in their last game, to take control of the 3rd and final spot in the NWC Tournament ... The Pios average 64.4 ppg (4th in the NWC) and allow 59.2 (5th) ... L&C is 20th nationally in fewest turnovers (15.7) and 68th in field goal pct. (.423) ... The Pios have two double-figure scorers: G Crystal Castle (15.9, 1st in the NWC) and F Allison Farr (13.4, 8th) ... Castle is also the rebound leader (8.7, 2nd) ... G Kimberly Kittell is the assists leader (4.38, 1st, 69th nationally), is the NWC leader and 41st nationally in assist/turnover ratio (1.74), and leads the league in steals (2.33) ... Coach Juli Fulks (Capital '98) is 45-50 to date in her 4th season at L&C ... Next game: Feb. 16 at Willamette, 6 p.m. ...
Pacific (3-17, NWC 2-10, 9th) - KFOX radio webcast ... Northwest Conference game ... The Boxers from Forest Grove, Ore., were picked 9th in the NWC pre-season coaches poll, the Bruins 1st ... Series record: George Fox leads 32-23 since 1982 (17-10 home, 15-13 road) ... The Bruins have won the last 9 meetings and 22 of the last 23, including 74-53 in Forest Grove on Jan. 19 this year ... The Boxers' last win in the series was 59-54 in Forest Grove on Feb. 8, 2003 ... The Boxers snapped a 10-game losing streak with a 68-66 win over Whitworth in their last game ... Pacific averages 57.7 ppg (8th in the NWC) and allows 71.2 (9th) ... The Boxers are 57th nationally in 3-pt field goals (6.0) and 71st in fewest turnovers (17.4) ... The Boxers have two double-figure scorers: G Amy Pedersen (14.9, 3rd in the NWC) and G Mallory Goldammer (11.0, 13th) ... Pederson is 72nd nationally in 3-pt pct. (.349) ... Pedersen is also the rebound leader (8.6, 3rd) ... G Kalei Frank is the assists leader (3.25, 4th) ... Coach Sharon Rissmiller (Portland '01), the sister of former Bruin All-American Nancy Rissmiller, is 3-17 to date in her 1st season at Pacific ... The Boxers visit Linfield Feb. 15 before meeting the Bruins ... Next game: Feb. 22 vs. Willamette, 6 p.m. ...
Click here for the latest NWC Standings.
COACH SCOTT RUECK:
Scott Rueck (Oregon State '91), the 2006-07 Northwest Conference Coach of the Year, is 222-82 (.730) 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:
Lewis & Clark - 23-0 (12-0 home, 11-0 road)
Pacific - 22-1 (11-0 home, 11-1 road)
BRUIN BITS:
* Marek-Farris Earns BAA, NWC Player of the Week Honors
Senior center Melissa Marek-Farris has been named the Bruin Athletic Association Women's Athlete of the Week and the Northwest Conference Women's Player of the Week for eb. 4-10 for her outstanding play during the Bruins' 2-0 Homecoming weekend. In a 78-34 win over Willamette on Feb. 8, she scored 16 points on 5-9 from the field and 6-10 from the line, with 8 rebounds, 2 assists, a blocked shot and a steal. In a 69-36 win over Linfield on Feb. 9, she had her first double-double of the season and the 5th of her career with 19 points on 5-11 from the field and 9-13 from the line and 10 rebounds, with 4 blocked shots, 3 steals, and 2 assists. For the week, she scored 35 points (17.5) on 10-20 (.500) field goals and 15-23 (.652) free throws, with 18 rebounds (9.0), 5 blocked shots, 4 assists and 4 steals. Marek-Farris ranks is 1st in the NWC in blocked shots (2.14), 2nd in field goal pct. (.533), 6th in free throw pct. (.750), 8th in rebounding (6.5), 15th in scoring (10.4), and is 38th nationally in blocked shots â?¦
* 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; Dec. 31-Jan. 6; Jan. 7-13; Jan. 14-20; Jan. 21-27)
- NWC Player of the Week (HM, Nov. 12-18; HM, Nov. 19-25; HM, Dec. 17-26; HM, Dec. 27-Jan. 6; Jan. 7-13; HM, Jan. 14-20; HM, Jan. 21-27)
- 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)
Melissa Marek-Farris:
- Bruin Athletic Association Women's Athlete of the Week (Jan. 28-Feb. 3; Feb. 4-10)
- NWC Player of the Week (HM, Jan. 28-Feb. 3; Feb. 4-10)
* Polls/Rankings: GFU 12th/16th Nationally, 2nd in West Region
With a 2-0 week, the George Fox Bruins (19-2) climbed six spots to 12th in the D3hoops.com NCAA Division III national poll of Feb. 11, receiving 330 points after being 18th with 212 points the week before. In the USA Today / ESPN poll of Feb. 12 as voted on by the Women's Basketball Coaches of America, George Fox was up three places to 16th with 94 points after being 19th with 63 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.
Puget Sound (18-3) was the only other Northwest Conference team ranked, climbing to 16th with 248 points in the D3hoops.com poll and 14th with 101 points in the WBCA poll. William Smith (18-1), the only non-conference team to defeat the Bruins this season, was 14th with 262 points in the D3hoops.com poll and 10th with 143 points in the WBCA poll. Hope (20-0) was ranked No. 1 in both polls for the seventh week in a row.
The first NCAA Division III regional rankings also came out this week, and George Fox is ranked 2nd in the West Region behind Simpson IA (19-2). Other teams ranked in the West are Puget Sound, Chapman (20-3), St. Benedict MN (17-4), and St. Thomas MN (15-6). Complete polls:
USA Today/ESPN / WBCA Poll / D3hoops.com Poll / West Region rankings
* 2007-08 Records
The Bruins have set or tied seven new records thus far in 2007-08:
- Most Consecutive Wins - 12, 12/18-2/1 (previous record was 11, achieved 4 times)
- 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)
* Bruins' Win Over PLU Sets Record with 12th Straight Win
With their 58-35 win at Pacific Lutheran on Feb. 1, the Bruins finally broke through the 11-wins-in-a-row barrier to set a new team record for consecutive wins with 12. The Bruins opened the season with five straight wins before William Smith, currently ranked 15th nationally, handed them their first loss of the season, a 61-58 setback in the Posada Royale No. 1 Tournament in Thousand Oaks, Calif., on Dec. 17. The Bruins began their 12-game streak the next day in the same place with a 72-46 win over California State-East Bay. The added a road win at Northwest and a home win over Worcester State before beginning Northwest Conference play with nine straight victories. The Bruins defeated PLU and Puget Sound at home, Willamette and Linfield on the road, Lewis & Clark at home, then won four straight road games over Pacific, Whitman, Whitworth, and PLU. The streak was halted on Feb. 2 on the road by 23rd-ranked Puget Sound.
The previous record of 11 straight wins had been accomplished four previous times. In 1999-2000, the Bruins won 11 in a row from Jan. 8-Feb. 12, and in 2000-01, they did it from Jan. 5-Feb. 10, a stretch that lifted them to a 20-1 overall record and the No. 1 ranking in the nation. They opened the 2001-02 season with 11 in a row from Nov. 17-Jan. 2, and opened the 2005-06 season with 11 straight from Nov. 18-Jan. 2, which earned them a No. 2 national ranking before the streak ended.
* Bruins Have Secured 15th Consecutive Winning Season
With a 19-2 record and four regular-season games remaining, the Bruins have secured their 15th winning season in a row. The first three were achieved under of Sherri Murrell (1993-96), who was 51-33 before leaving for the head coaching position at Washington State and is now the coach at Portland State. The last 12 in a row have come under Scott Rueck, the winningest coach in Bruin women's cage history at 220-82.
* NCAA Stats: Bruins Continue to Pace Nation in Defense
In the latest NCAA Division III national statistics reports of 2007-08 (thru Feb. 10), George Fox remained 1st in scoring defense (42.6), where they been in every statistical report this season, while ranking 7th in rebound margin (+11.8) and fewest personal fouls (13.0), 9th in scoring margin (+23.0), tied for 9th in won-lost pct. (.905), 12th in field goal pct. defense (.324), 20th in field goal pct. (.447), 22nd in blocked shots (4.8), 34th in 3-pt field goals (6.3), 35th in free throw pct. (.731) and fewest turnovers (16.2), 48th in 3-pt field goal pct. (.345), 53rd in assist/TO ratio (0.88) ... The Bruins' 111 points vs. Multnomah Bible on Nov. 16 is tied for the 8th-most scoring in a game this season ... Individually, Katy Campbell is 19th in field goal pct. (.568) ... Melissa Marek-Farris is 38th in blocked shots (2.1) ...
* NWC Stats: Bruins League Leaders in 10 Different Stats
Where the Bruins rank in the latest Northwest Conference stats (thru Feb. 12):
Scoring Offense - 3rd (65.6)
Scoring Defense - 1st (42.6)
Scoring Margin - 1st (+23.0)
Field Goal Pct. - 1st (.447)
Field Goal Pct. Defense - 1st (.324)
3-Pt Field Goals - 2nd (6.33, T)
3-Pt Field Goal Pct. - 4th (.345)
3-Pt Field Goal Pct. Defense - 1st (.254)
Free Throw Pct. - 1st (.731)
Rebounding Offense - 1st (39.6)
Rebounding Defense - 1st (27.8)
Rebounding Margin - 1st (+11.8)
Assists - 2nd (14.57)
Blocked Shots - 1st (4.81)
Steals - 7th (7.76)
Turnover Margin - 4th (+1.00)
Assist/Turnover Ratio - 2nd (0.90)
- Katy Campbell is 1st in field goal pct. (.568), 6th in scoring (13.9), rebounding (7.4), free throw pct. (.756), 9th in blocked shots (0.62) ...
- Melissa Marek-Farris is 1st in blocked shots (2.14), 2nd in field goal pct. (.533), 6th in free throw pct. (.750), 8th in rebounding (6.5), 15th in scoring (10.4) â?¦
- Tiffany Behary is 2nd in steals (2.14), 11th in assists (2.71) ...
- Jaime Hubka is 5th in 3-pt field goals (1.95), 3-pt field goal pct. (.402) ...
Click here for the latest NWC Statistics.
* Double-Doubles:
- Katy Campbell: career 13, season 6 - 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; 1/5 vs. Puget Sound 15 pts/10 reb; 26 pts/10 reb at Linfield, 1/12; 16 pts/10 reb vs. Lewis & Clark, 1/18
- Kaleigha Ramey: career 1, season 1 - 13 pts/11 reb at Whitworth, 1/26
- Melissa Marek-Farris: career 5, season 1 - 19 pts/10 reb vs. Linfield, 2/9
* Career Lists: Campbell Nears 1,000 Points and Top 10 Club
- Katy Campbell had 15 rebounds in the Bruins' last two games, giving her 156 for the season and 672 in her career, 7th on the all-time GFU list. Ahead is Liz Clark (743, 2001-05) ... She was 12-16 on field goals in the games, giving her a career field goal pct. of .479 (356-743), 5th best all-time ... She was 3-7 free throws, giving her a career free throw pct. of .745 (190-255), 8th best all-time ... She scored 27 points in the games, giving her 963 career points. She needs 37 in the final four games to become the 11th Bruin to reach 1,000 for a career, and 39 to pass Tracy Nelson (1,001, 1988-92) for 10th on the all-time list ...
- Melissa Marek-Farris had 5 blocked shot in the Bruins' last two games, giving her 45 for the season and 149 in her career, 3rd on the all-time GFU list. Shawna Chandler (188, 1982-85) is 2nd ... She was 10-20 on field goals in the two games and has a career field goal pct. of .515 (224-435), 3rd-best all-time ...
- Tiffany Behary had 9 assists in the Bruins' last two games, giving her 57 this season and 245 in her career, 7th on the all-time list. Ahead are Roxy Cate (254, 1979-82) and Amy Fitch (258, 2000-04) ... She had 5 steals in the two games, giving her 45 for the season and 170 in her career, 9th on the career list. Ahead are Heather Gurney (173, 1987-91), Liz Clark (175, 2001-05), and Heidi Rueck (177, 191-95) ... She was 0-2 in 3-pt field goals in the two games, giving her a career 3-pt field pct. of .355 (116-327), 9th best all-time ...
- Jaime Hubka was 5-12 in 3-pt field goals in the last two games, giving her a career 3-pt field goal pct. of .385 (85-221), 3rd all-time ...