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Overall 22-3 (Home 11-0, Road 9-2, Neutral 2-1)
NWC 14-2, 1st, T (Home 8-0, Road 6-2)
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HIGHLIGHTS:
* Recent Games: Bruins Whip "Whits" to End Regular Season
* Coming Up: NWC Tournament Game vs. Lewis & Clark Feb. 27
* Campbell BAA Athlete of the Week, HM for NWC Honors
* Campbell, Rueck Repeat NWC Awards, Two Others Honored
* Polls/Rankings: GFU 18th/20th Nationally, 2nd in West Region
* Bruins Secure Fifth NWC Title in Last NineYears
* Bruins Need Two Wins to Set Season Wins Record at 24
* NCAA Stats: Bruins Still Nation's Best in Points Allowed
* NWC Stats: Bruins Lead League in Nine Team Categories
* Career Lists: Campbell 11th Bruin to Join 1,000-Point Club
RECENT GAMES: 2-0 (Click scores for link to stories and box scores):
Feb. 22 - at George Fox 69, Whitworth 45
Feb. 23 - at George Fox 66, Whitman 41
COMING UP: NWC Tournament Game vs. Lewis & Clark Feb. 27
Wed., Feb. 27, 7:00 p.m. - vs. Lewis & Clark College, in Newberg, Ore.
Fri., Feb. 29, 7:00 p.m. - at University of Puget Sound, in Tacoma, Wash. (tentative)
George Fox will host Lewis & Clark Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. in the semifinal game of the three-team Northwest Conference Tournament. Tickets, available at the door one hour before tipoff, are $6 for adults and $3 for children 12 and under and seniors 65 and up. Students from the two schools will be admitted free with a student ID, but tickets are required for all others.
The winner of Wednesday's contest will travel to Tacoma, Wash., to play Puget Sound for the tournament title Friday at 7:00 p.m., with that winner receiving the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division III National Tournament which begins the following week. All other NWC teams must hope for an at-large bid to the tournament. Complete NCAA teams and brackets are expected to be announced around 9:00 a.m. Eastern time (6:00 a.m. Pacific) on Monday morning, Mar. 3.
The Bruins are the defending NWC Tournament champions, having defeated Puget Sound 58-51 in Newberg to win last year's title. The Bruins and UPS Loggers tied for first place this year (for the second year in a row) and split their regular season meetings, so the conference's second tiebreaker in the current system was used, which is the teams' records against NWC teams in descending order. Puget Sound swept the third-place Lewis & Clark Pioneers while the Bruins split with the Pios, thus the Loggers are the home team for the tournament finale.
Lewis & Clark (14-11, NWC 10-6, 3rd) - KFOX radio webcast ... George Fox will also provide LiveStats for the first time ... The Pioneers from Portland, Ore., were picked 3rd in the NWC pre-season coaches poll, the Bruins 1st ... Series record: George Fox leads 48-10 since 1981 (24-3 home, 22-7 road, 2-0 neutral) ... The Pios defeated the Bruins 45-35 on Feb. 15 to end a 27-game Bruin winning streak in the series ... George Fox won the first meeting this season 58-41 on Jan. 18 in Newberg ... The Pioneers have lost their last two games coming into the tournament while the Bruins have won three in a row ... The Pioneers average 63.4 ppg (4th in the NWC) and allow 59.0 (5th) ... L&C is 30th nationally in fewest turnovers (16.0) and 72nd in field goal pct. (.420) ... The Pios have two double-figure scorers: All-NWC First Team G Crystal Castle (15.0, 2nd in the NWC) and All-NWC Second Team F Allison Farr (12.9, 11th) ... Castle is also the rebound leader (8.5, 3rd) ... All-NWC honorable mention G Kimberly Kittell is the assists leader (4.36, 1st in the NWC, 69th nationally), is 48st nationally in assist/turnover ratio (1.68), and leads the league in steals (2.32) ... Coach Juli Fulks (Capital '98) is 47-52 to date in her 4th season at L&C ...
Puget Sound (21-4, NWC 14-2, 1st T) - KFOX radio webcast ... The Loggers from Tacoma, Wash., were picked 2nd in the NWC pre-season coaches poll, the Bruins 1st ... Series record: George Fox trails 14-15 since 1982 (10-5 home, 4-10 road) ... GFU defeated UPS in the first meeting this year 45-39 in Newberg on Feb. 5, but the Loggers returned the favor 59-43 in Tacoma on Feb. 2 ... UPS is ranked 22nd in the latest D3hoops.com poll and 23rd in the WBCA poll ... The Loggers have won their last three games entering the tournament ... UPS averages 66.6 ppg (2nd in the NWC) and allows 53.0 (2nd) ... UPS leads the NWC in 3-pt field goal pct. (.366), steals (9.32), and turnover margin (+6.00) ... In national stats, UPS is 8th in fewest turnovers (14.7), 17th in 3-pt pct. (.366), 25th in defense (53.0), tied for 25th in won-lost pct. (.840), 31st in free throw pct. (.736), 44th in scoring margin (+13.6), 48th in assist/turnover ratio (0.89), 52nd in 3-pt field goals (6.0), and 65th in fewest fouls (15.1) ... The Loggers have three double-figure scorers: All-NWC First Team P Marissa Cain (15.1, 1st), All-NWC First Team G Laura Hirsh (13.7, 5th), and All-NWC Second Team F Morgan Harter (10.1, 18th) ... Hirsh is 42nd nationally in 3-pt pct. (.371) ... Cain is the Loggers' top rebounder (6.2, 10th) ... Harter is the assists leader (3.08, 5th) and is 52nd nationally in assist/turnover ratio (1.60) ... Coach Suzy Barcomb (Univ. of Washington) is 193-72 to date in her 10th season at Puget Sound ...
Click here for the latest NWC Standings.
COACH SCOTT RUECK:
Scott Rueck (Oregon State '91), the 2007-08 Northwest Conference Coach of the Year, is 225-83 (.731) 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), 2004-05, and 2006-07. He has guided the Bruins to five NWC titles, four NCAA Tournament appearances and a 4-3 playoff record in the last nine years. Click here for the complete bio on Coach Rueck.
Rueck vs. upcoming opponents:
Lewis & Clark - 23-1 (12-0 home, 11-1 road)
Puget Sound - 14-13 (10-4 home, 4-9 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 and received honorable mention for Northwest Conference Women's Player of the Week for Feb. 18-24 as the Bruins ended the regular season with a 2-0 week. In a 69-45 win over Whitworth on Feb. 22, she scord 5 points on 2-5 field goals (1-2 on threes), with 5 rebounds and 3 assists in only 16 minutes of playing time. In a 66-41 win over Whitman on Feb. 23, she tied her career high with 26 points on 10-12 field goals and 6-7 free throws, made it her 8th double-double of the season with 13 rebounds, and had 2 assists. She scored her 1,000th career point on a layup in the first half of the Whitman game, becoming the 11th player in Bruin history to reach that milestone. For the week, she scored 31 points (15.5) on 12-17 (.706) field goals, including 1-3 (.333) on threes, and 6-7 (.857) free throws, with 18 rebounds (9.0) and 5 assists (2.5). Campbell has won the BAA award nine times this season and has been nominated for NWC honors nine times, winning it once. She ranks 1st in the NWC in field goal pct. (.574), 5th in rebounding (7.6), 6th in scoring (13.6), 8th in free throw pct. (.756), 11th in blocked shots (0.52), and is 14th nationally in field goal pct. ...
* Campbell, Rueck Repeat NWC Awards, Two Others Honored
George Fox senior forward Katy Campbell was named the Northwest Conference Player of the Year for the second year in a row and head coach Scott Rueck repeated as NWC Coach of the Year after guiding the Bruins to a 22-3 record, a 14-2 NWC mark and league co-championship, and national rankings in both major NCAA Division III polls. Also honored by the voting of the league's nine coaches were senior center Melissa Marek-Farris, who was picked for the All-NWC First Team after being a Second Team choice last year, and senior point guard Tiffany Behary, who received honorable mention for All-NWC honors. The complete story is available on the George Fox web site at www.georgefox.edu/athletics/womens_bball/2008/releases/allnwc.html.
* 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; Feb. 18-24)
- 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; HM, Feb. 18-24)
- 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
- Northwest Conference Player of the Year (2nd year in a row)
Tiffany Behary:
- Trinity Thanksgiving Classic All-Tournament Team (Nov. 24-25)
- All-Northwest Conference Honorable Mention
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)
- All-Northwest Conference First Team
Scott Rueck:
- Northwest Conference Coach of the Year (2nd year in a row, 5th time overall)
* Polls/Rankings: GFU 18th/20th Nationally, 2nd in West Region
After finishing the regular season with a 2-0 week, the George Fox Bruins (22-3) remained 18th in the D3hoops.com NCAA Division III national poll of Feb. 25, receiving 208 points after being 18th with 201 points the week before. In the USA Today / ESPN poll of Feb. 26 as voted on by the Women's Basketball Coaches of America, George Fox was up two places to 20th with 60 points after being 22nd with 32 points the week before. George Fox has been ranked in the polls at some point in the season 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 (21-4) was the only other Northwest Conference team ranked, standing 22nd with 130 points in the D3hoops.com poll and 22nd with 50 points in the WBCA poll. Hope (24-0), one of three remaining unbeatens, was ranked No. 1 in both polls for the ninth week in a row. No. 2 Howard Payne and No. 3 Thomas More are both 25-0.
In the second NCAA Division III regional rankings of Feb. 20, George Fox was 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). The next regional rankings are expected out Feb. 27.
Complete polls:
USA Today/ESPN / WBCA Poll / D3hoops.com Poll / West Region rankings
* Bruins Secure Fifth NWC Title in Last NineYears
By finishing with a 14-2 record in Northwest Conference play, the Bruins earned a share of the conference title with Puget Sound, their fifth NWC crown in the last nine years. In 1999-2000, the Bruins were 14-2 in league play and shared the title with Pacific Lutheran. In 2000-01, they were 15-1 and won their first outright championship. The Bruins stood by themselves again in 2004-05, going 14-2. Last year, they shared first place with Puget Sound, both teams at 13-3. This year is the first time the conference has had back-to-back co-champions since the 1984 and 1985 seasons when Willamette and Pacific shared the title in both seasons.
* Bruins Need Two Wins to Set Season Wins Record at 24
With a 22-3 record heading into the Northwest Conference Tournament, the Bruins have their collective eye set on the possibility of establishing a new single-season record for wins. If the Bruins can knock off Lewis & Clark Wednesday in the tournament semifinals, they will equal the high water mark of 23 wins reached in both the 1999-2000 (23-5) and 2000-01 (23-3) seasons. They could then better that number with a win over Puget Sound in the tournament finale Friday in Tacoma, Wash., or in the first round of the NCAA Division III National Tournament if they should receive an at-large bid. The Bruins long ago sewed up their 15th straight winning season, including each one of coach Scott Rueck's 12 seasons at George Fox.
* 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)
* NCAA Stats: Bruins Still Nation's Best in Points Allowed
In the latest NCAA Division III national statistics reports of 2007-08 (thru Feb. 24), George Fox remained 1st in scoring defense (42.4), where the Bruins have been in every statistical report this season, while ranking 7th in rebound margin (+11.9), fewest personal fouls (12.8), 9th in field goal pct. defense (.322), 10th in scoring margin (+22.3), tied for 16th in won-lost pct. (.880), 18th in field goal pct. (.447), 22nd in blocked shots (4.9), 28th in fewest turnovers (15.9), 33rd in 3-pt field goals (6.4), 41st in assist/turnover ratio (0.91), 42nd in free throw pct. (.728), and 43rd in 3-pt field goal pct. (.348) ... 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 14th in field goal pct. (.574) ... Melissa Marek-Farris is 32nd in blocked shots (2.3) ...
* NWC Stats: Bruins Lead League in Nine Team Categories
Where the Bruins rank in the latest Northwest Conference stats (thru Feb. 24):
Scoring Offense - 3rd (64.7)
Scoring Defense - 1st (42.4)
Scoring Margin - 1st (+22.3)
Field Goal Pct. - 1st (.447)
Field Goal Pct. Defense - 1st (.322)
3-Pt Field Goals - 2nd (6.36)
3-Pt Field Goal Pct. - 4th (.348)
3-Pt Field Goal Pct. Defense - 1st (.252)
Free Throw Pct. - 2nd (.728)
Rebounding Offense - 1st (39.5)
Rebounding Defense - 1st (27.6)
Rebounding Margin - 1st (+11.9)
Assists - 2nd (14.48)
Blocked Shots - 1st (4.92)
Steals - 7th (7.08)
Turnover Margin - 6th (+0.20)
Assist/Turnover Ratio - 2nd (0.91)
- Katy Campbell is 1st in field goal pct. (.574), 5th in rebounding (7.6), 6th in scoring (13.6), 8th in free throw pct. (.756), 11th in blocked shots (0.52) ...
- Melissa Marek-Farris is 1st in blocked shots (2.28), 2nd in field goal pct. (.534), 9th in free throw pct. (.748), rebounding (6.3), 15th in scoring (10.3) â?¦
- Tiffany Behary is 3rd in steals (1.92), 7th in assists (2.92, T) ...
- Jaime Hubka is 4th in 3-pt field goals (1.76, T), 6th in 3-pt field goal pct. (.383) ...
Click here for the latest NWC Statistics.
* Double-Doubles:
- Katy Campbell: career 15, season 8 - 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; 26 pts/13 reb vs. Whitman, 2/23
- 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 11th Bruin to Join 1,000-Point Club
- Katy Campbell scored 31 points in the Bruins' final two regular season games, giving her 1,013 career points. She became the 11th player in Bruin history to reach 1,000 with a layup in the first half against Whitman on Feb. 23. She also passed Tracy Nelson (1,001, 1988-92) and Robin Taylor (1,006, 2003-07) to move into 9th on the all-time scoring list. Ahead is Nicole Prazeau (1,133, 1998-2002) ... She had 18 rebounds in the two games, giving her 191 for the season and 707 in her career, 7th on the all-time GFU list. Ahead is Liz Clark (743, 2001-05) ... She was 12-17 on field goals in the games, giving her a career field goal pct. of .484 (376-776), 5th best all-time ... She was 6-7 on free throws, giving her a career free throw pct. of .745 (196-263), 8th best all-time ...
- Melissa Marek-Farris had 6 blocked shot in the Bruins' last two games, giving her 57 for the season and 161 in her career, 3rd on the all-time GFU list. Shawna Chandler (188, 1982-85) is 2nd ... She was 6-10 on field goals in the two games and has a career field goal pct. of .516 (237-459), 3rd-best all-time ...
- Tiffany Behary had 9 assists in the Bruins' last two games, giving her 73 this season and 261 in her career, moving her past Roxy Cate (254, 1979-82) and Amy Fitch (258, 2000-04) into 5th on the all-time list. Ahead is Marianne Funderhide (294, 1984-88) ... She had 1 steal in the two games, giving her 48 for the season and 173 in her career, tied for 8th on the career list with Heather Gurney (173, 1987-91). Ahead are Liz Clark (175, 2001-05) and Heidi Rueck (177, 191-95) ... She was 4-7 in 3-pt field goals in the two games, giving her a career 3-pt field pct. of .360 (121-336), 7th best all-time ...
- Jaime Hubka was 2-8 in 3-pt field goals in the last two games, giving her a career 3-pt field goal pct. of .376 (88-234), 5th best all-time ...