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Overall 20-3 (Home 9-0, Road 9-2, Neutral 2-1)
NWC 12-2, 1st, T (Home 6-0, Road 6-2)
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HIGHLIGHTS:
* Recent Games: No. 18 Bruins Fall at L&C, Beat Boxers
* Coming Up: Last Home Games vs. Eastern Washington Teams
* Campbell HM for NWC Player of the Week Honors
* Polls/Rankings: GFU 18th/22nd 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 Remain Nation's Best in Points Allowed
* NWC Stats: Campbell 1st in FG Pct., Marek-Farris in Blocks
* Career Lists: Campbell 18 Away from 1,000-Point Club
RECENT GAMES: 1-1 (Click scores for link to stories and box scores):
Feb. 15 - at Lewis & Clark 45, George Fox 35
Feb. 16 - at George Fox 69, Pacific 34
COMING UP: Last Home Games vs. Eastern Washington Teams
Fri., Feb. 22, 6:00 p.m. - vs. Whitworth University, in Newberg, Ore.
Sat., Feb. 23, 4:00 p.m. - vs. Whitman College, in Newberg, Ore.
Whitworth (13-11, NWC 8-7, 4th T) - KFOX radio webcast ... Northwest Conference game ... The Pirates from Spokane, Wash., were picked 4th in the NWC pre-season coaches poll, the Bruins 1st ... Series record: George Fox leads 15-13 since 1982 (9-3 home, 5-9 road, 1-1 neutral) ... The Bruins won the first meeting this year 65-49 in Spokane on Jan. 26 ... The Pirates' last win in the series was 63-62 in Spokane on Feb. 3, 2007 ... Whitworth is coming off an 81-76 overtime win over Whitman Tuesday ... Whitworth averages 8.5 ppg (1st in the NWC) and allows 69.6 (8th) ... The Pirates are 1st in the NWC in 3-pt field goals (7.13, 15th nationally) ... Whitworth is 19th nationally in fewest turnovers (15.5) 31st in 3-pt pct. (.353), 52nd in free throw pct. (.720), and 69th in assist/turnover ratio (0.85) ... The Pirates have two double-figure scorers: G Alida Bower (13.5, 7th in the NWC) and G Natalie Orrell (12.8, 10th) ... Bower is 45th nationally in 3-pt pct. (.371) and 60th in 3-pt field goals (2.3) ... Bower is the top rebounder (6.2, 11th) ... G Cassie Snyder is the assists leader (3.67, 3rd), and is 48th nationally in assist/turnover ratio (1.64) ... Coach Helen Higgs (Oregon '88) is 214-139 to date in her 14th season at Whitworth ... End of the regular season for the Pirates ...
Whitman (14-10, NWC 8-7, 4th T) - KFOX radio webcast ... Northwest Conference game ... The Missionaries from Walla Walla, Wash., were picked 6th in the NWC pre-season coaches poll, the Bruins 1st ... Series record: George Fox leads 19-8 since 1982 (9-4 home, 10-4 road) ... The Bruins have won the last three meetings, including a 55-47 win in Walla Walla on Jan. 25 this year ... The Missionaries' last win in the series was 62-58 in Walla Walla on Jan. 28, 2006 ... Whitman has dropped its last two games and is coming off an 81-76 overtime loss at Whitworth Tuesday ... The Missionaries average 61.5 ppg (5th in the NWC) and allow 52.9 (2nd, 17th nationally) ... Whitman is 1st in the NWC in assists (14.88) and assist/turnover ratio (0.98, 21st nationally) ... Whitman is also 13th nationally in fewest turnover (15.2), 44th in 3-pt pct. (.347)58th in field goal pct. (.427), 70th in field goal pct. defense (.356) ... The balanced Missionaries have no double-figure scorers but four at 8.1 or better: G Jenele Peterson (9.8, 20th in the NWC), F Kelsey Krumdieck (9.3, 22nd), F Michelle Krall (9.0, 24th), F Emily Shubin (8.3, 28th), and G Hilary White (8.1, 30th) ... Shubin is the top rebounder (8.0, 4th) ... Krall is the assists leader (3.00, 5th) ... Coach Michelle Ferenz (Eastern Montana '90) is in her 7th season at Whitman ... End of the regular season for the Missionaries ...
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 223-83 (.729) 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:
Whitworth - 12-12 (8-3 home, 4-9 road)
Whitman - 17-6 (8-3 home, 9-3 road)
BRUIN BITS:
* Campbell HM for NWC Player of the Week Honors
Senior forward Katy Campbell received honorable mention for Northwest Conference Women's Player of the Week for Feb. 11-17 as the Bruins went 1-1. In a 45-35 loss at Lewis & Clark on Feb. 15, she posted her 7th double-double of the season with 12 points on 5-11 field goals (2-3 on threes) and 11 rebounds. In a 69-34 win over Pacific on Feb. 16, she had 7 points in only 21 minutes of playing time, hitting 3-5 field goals (1-2 on threes) with 6 rebounds and 7 assists. For the week, she scored 19 points (9.5) on 8-16 (.500) field goals, including 3-5 (.600) on threes, and 0-1 from the line, with 17 rebounds (8.5) and 7 assists (3.5). Campbell, who has been nominated for NWC honors eight times and won it once, ranks is 1st in the NWC in field goal pct. (.563), 5th in rebounding (7.5), 6th in free throw pct. (.747), 7th in scoring (13.5), 9th in blocked shots (0.57), and is 20th nationally in field goal pct. ...
* 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; HM, Feb. 11-17)
- Trinity Thanksgiving Classic MVP (Nov. 24-25)
- Posada Royale #1 All-Tournament Team (Dec. 17-18)
- ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District VIII Women's Basketball College Division Second Team
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 18th/22nd Nationally, 2nd in West Region
After a 1-1 week, the George Fox Bruins (20-3) slipped six spots to 18th in the D3hoops.com NCAA Division III national poll of Feb. 18, receiving 201 points after being 12th with 330 points the week before. In the USA Today / ESPN poll of Feb. 19 as voted on by the Women's Basketball Coaches of America, George Fox was down six places to 22nd with 32 points after being 16th with 94 points the week before. George Fox has been ranked in the polls seven of the past nine years (2000, '01, '02, '05, '06, '07, '08). The Bruins' highest ranking ever was No. 1, a spot they held for two week in February of 2001.
Puget Sound (19-4) was the only other Northwest Conference team ranked, standing 22nd with 119 points in the D3hoops.com poll and 21st with 38 points in the WBCA poll. Hope (22-0) was ranked No. 1 in both polls for the eighth week in a row.
In the second NCAA Division III regional rankings of Feb. 20, George Fox remained 2nd in the West Region behind Simpson IA (21-2). Other teams ranked in the West are Puget Sound, Chapman (22-3), St. Benedict MN (19-4), and Gustavus Adolphus (16-7). 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 an 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, now nationally-ranked, 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 nationally-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 20-3 record and two 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 223-83.
* NCAA Stats: Bruins Remain Nation's Best in Points Allowed
In the latest NCAA Division III national statistics reports of 2007-08 (thru Feb. 17), George Fox remained 1st in scoring defense (42.3), where they been in every statistical report this season, while ranking 3rd in fewest personal fouls (12.7), 7th in rebound margin (+11.4), 9th in scoring margin (+22.1), 10th in field goal pct. defense (.325), tied for 19th in won-lost pct. (.870), 20th in field goal pct. (.444) and blocked shots (5-0), 31st in 3-pt field goals (6.4), 33rd in fewest turnovers (16.2), 42nd in free throw pct. (.727), 45th in assist/turnover ratio (0.89), and 50th in 3-pt field goal pct. (.345) ... 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 20th in field goal pct. (.563) ... Melissa Marek-Farris is 38th in blocked shots (2.2) ...
* NWC Stats: Campbell 1st in FG Pct., Marek-Farris in Blocks
Where the Bruins rank in the latest Northwest Conference stats (thru Feb. 19):
Scoring Offense - 3rd (64.4)
Scoring Defense - 1st (42.3)
Scoring Margin - 1st (+22.1)
Field Goal Pct. - 1st (.444)
Field Goal Pct. Defense - 1st (.325)
3-Pt Field Goals - 2nd (6.39)
3-Pt Field Goal Pct. - 4th (.345)
3-Pt Field Goal Pct. Defense - 1st (.247)
Free Throw Pct. - 2nd (.727)
Rebounding Offense - 1st (39.4)
Rebounding Defense - 1st (28.0)
Rebounding Margin - 1st (+11.4)
Assists - 2nd (14.43)
Blocked Shots - 1st (4.96)
Steals - 7th (7.48)
Turnover Margin - 6th (+0.39)
Assist/Turnover Ratio - 2nd (0.89)
- Katy Campbell is 1st in field goal pct. (.563), 5th in rebounding (7.5), 6th in free throw pct. (.747), 7th in scoring (13.5), 9th in blocked shots (0.57) ...
- Melissa Marek-Farris is 1st in blocked shots (2.22), 2nd in field goal pct. (.530), 7th in free throw pct. (.733), 9th in rebounding (6.4), 15th in scoring (10.2) â?¦
- Tiffany Behary is 3rd in steals (2.04), 9th in assists (2.78) ...
- Jaime Hubka is 5th in 3-pt field goals (1.83), 6th in 3-pt field goal pct. (.393) ...
Click here for the latest NWC Statistics.
* Double-Doubles:
- Katy Campbell: career 14, season 7 - 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; 15 pts/10 reb vs. Puget Sound, 1/5; 26 pts/10 reb at Linfield, 1/12; 16 pts/10 reb vs. Lewis & Clark, 1/18; 12 pts/11 reb at Lewis & Clark, 2/15
- 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 18 Away from 1,000-Point Club
- Katy Campbell had 17 rebounds in the Bruins' last two games, giving her 173 for the season and 689 in her career, 7th on the all-time GFU list. Ahead is Liz Clark (743, 2001-05) ... She was 8-16 on field goals in the games, giving her a career field goal pct. of .480 (364-759), 5th best all-time ... She was 0-1 on free throws, giving her a career free throw pct. of .742 (190-256), 8th best all-time ... She scored 19 points in the games, giving her 982 career points. She needs 18 in the final two games to become the 11th Bruin to reach 1,000 for a career. Ahead are Tracy Nelson (1,001, 1988-92) and Robin Taylor (1,006, 2003-07) ...
- Melissa Marek-Farris had 6 blocked shot in the Bruins' last two games, giving her 51 for the season and 155 in her career, 3rd on the all-time GFU list. Shawna Chandler (188, 1982-85) is 2nd ... She was 7-14 on field goals in the two games and has a career field goal pct. of .514 (231-449), 3rd-best all-time ...
- Tiffany Behary had 7 assists in the Bruins' last two games, giving her 64 this season and 252 in her career, 7th on the all-time list. Ahead are Roxy Cate (254, 1979-82) and Amy Fitch (258, 2000-04) ... She had 2 steals in the two games, giving her 47 for the season and 172 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 1-2 in 3-pt field goals in the two games, giving her a career 3-pt field pct. of .356 (117-329), 9th best all-time ...
- Jaime Hubka was 1-5 in 3-pt field goals in the last two games, giving her a career 3-pt field goal pct. of .381 (86-226), 3rd best all-time ...