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HIGHLIGHTS:
* Recent Games: Bruins Open with Wins over Multnomah, Warner Pacific
* Coming Up: Two Games in Trinity Thanksgiving Classic in San Antonio
* Campbell BAA Athlete of the Week, HM for NWC Honors
* Polls/Rankings: Bruins 21st in D3hoops Poll, 26th in WBCA
* Bruins Set Six New Records in Win over Multnomah
* NWC Stats: Bruins Early League Leaders in 13 Categories
* Career Lists: Campbell, Behary Near Top 10 in Rebounds, Assists
RECENT GAMES: 2-0 (Click scores for link to stories and box scores):
Nov. 16 - at George Fox 111, Multnomah Bible 13
Nov. 17 - George Fox 50, at Warner Pacific 34
COMING UP: Two Games in Trinity Thanksgiving Classic in San Antonio
Sat., Nov. 24, 2:00 pm (4 pm Central) - at Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas
Sun., Nov. 25, 12:00 pm (2 pm Central) - vs. St. Mary's College (Ind.), San Antonio, Texas
Trinity (3-0) - First GFU game in the Trinity University Thanksgiving Classic ... St. Mary's (Ind.) meets the College of Notre Dame (Md.) in the tournament's other game at 12:00 pm (2 pm Central) ... The Tigers from San Antonio, Texas, are members of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference ... George Fox and Trinity have never met, but the two played in the same NCAA National Tournament sectional at Randolph-Macon in 2005, with the Tigers losing to Randolph-Macon while the Bruins defeated St. Benedict and then lost to RMU in the "Elite 8" ... Trinity has won three in a row, all at home, including a 72-58 over Mary Hardin-Baylor in the last game on Nov. 20 ... The Tigers average 68.3 ppg and allow 56.0 ... The Tigers have three players scoring in double figures: F Meghan Scholbe (17.3), C Krista Prato Matthews (13.3), and F Genevieve Hurlbutt (13.0) ... Scholbe (12.7) and Matthews (12.0) are alos double-figure rebounders ... G Danielle Hubenak is the assists leader (3.3) ... Scholbe is the steals leader (3.7) ...
St. Mary's (1-2) - Second GFU game in the Trinity University Thanksgiving Classic ... Trinity and Notre Dame meet in the tournament finale at 2:00 pm (4 pm Central) ... The Ravens from Notre Dame, Ind. (yes, across the street from the famous Golden Dome) are members of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association ... George Fox leads the series with St. Mary's 1-0, having defeated the Ravens 62-48 in the AmeriSport Coconut Coast Classic in Hilo, Hawai'i, on Dec. 18, 2001 ... St. Mary's is coming off a 54-44 loss at Anderson on Nov. 20 ... The Ravens average 61.0 ppg and allow 58.7 ... The Ravens have three players scoring in double figures: G Alison Kessler (14.3), F Erin Newsom (12.7), and G Katie Rashid (11.0) ... Newsom is the top rebounder (10.7) ... Kessler is the assists leader (3.3) and steals leader (3.0) ... Kessler is a two-time First Team MIAA selection and set a St. Mary's single-season scoring record last year ...
COACH SCOTT RUECK:
Scott Rueck (Oregon State '91), the 2006-07 Northwest Conference Coach of the Year, is 205-80 (.719) 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:
Trinity (Texas) - 0-0
St. Mary's (Ind.) - 1-0 (neutral 1-0)
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 also received honorable mention for Northwest Conference Player of the Week for Nov. 12-18 in leading the Bruins to a 2-0 start to the 2007-08 season. In a 111-13 win over Multnomah Bible on Friday, she scored 11 points in 14 minutes on 5-5 from the field, including a three-pointer, with 6 rebounds and a steal. In a 50-34 win at Warner Pacific on Saturday, she had a double-double with 13 points on 6-13 from the floor and 1-3 from the line and 10 rebounds, with 2 blocked shots, a steal and an assist. For the week, she had 24 points (12.0 ppg) on 11-18 (.611) from the field (1-2 on threes) and 1-3 from the line, with 16 rebounds, 2 blocks, 2 steals, and an assist. The 2006-07 NWC Player of the Year, Campbell in the early going ranks 3rd in the conference in field goal pct. (.611), 4th in rebounding (8.0, T), 8th in blocked shots (1.00, T), and 9th in scoring (12.0, 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)
- NWC Player of the Week (HM, Nov. 12-18)
* Rankings/Polls: Bruins 21st in D3hoops Poll, 26th in WBCA
After finishing 25th in both national polls at the end of last season, the George Fox Bruins find themselves listed in both pre-season polls this year. In the USA Today / ESPN poll as voted on by the Women's Basketball Coaches of America, George Fox was picked 26th with a total of 39 points, one vote behind 25th-ranked Lake Forest College of Illinois. In the D3hoops.com poll, the Bruins were tabbed 21st, tying for that spot with Emmanuel College of Massachusetts with 136 points.
George Fox has been ranked in the polls six of the past eight years (2000-2002 and 2005-2007). The Bruins' highest ranking ever was No. 1, a spot they held for two week in February of 2001.
The only other NWC team in the rankings is Puget Sound, which was picked 19th in both polls. Ironically, in the pre-season poll of conference coaches, George Fox was picked ahead of Puget Sound, the Bruins being favored to win the league with the Loggers finishing second.
The WBCA poll selected Washington University of Missouri as the pre-season No. 1 team, while the D3hoops.com poll had the University of Mary Washington from Virginia as its top team. Defending national champion DePauw University of Indiana was second in the WBCA poll and fifth in the D3hoops.com poll. Six different teams in the WBCA poll and eight in the D3hoops.com poll picked up first-place votes.
Complete polls:
USA Today/ESPN / WBCA Poll / D3hoops.com Poll
* Bruins Set Six New Records in Win over Multnomah
The Bruins' season-opening 111-13 win over Multnomah Bible College at home on Nov. 16 shattered the record books as six new single-game marks were set:
- Most Points - 111 (previous record was 105 vs. Western Baptist, 11/20/1992)
- Fewest Points Allowed - 13 (previous record was 23 vs. Pacific, 2/22/2005)
- Largest Winning Margin - 98 (previous record was 76 vs. Columbia Christian, 104-28, 1/30/1993)
- Most Field Goals - 47 (previous record was 44 vs. Columbia Christian, 1/30/1993)
- Most Assists - 34 (previous record was 27 vs. Northwest Nazarene, 2/8/1991, and vs. Columbia Christian, 1/30/93
- Lowest Opponents' Field Goal Pct. - .105, 4-38 (previous record was .136, 8-59 at Whitman, 2/19/2000)
The game with the Lions was not on the team's earliest schedules, but was added when another school dropped George Fox from its schedule and Bruin coach Scott Rueck needed to fill out his D-III quota of 25 games. Multnomah is in its first year of women's basketball and has only eight players, five of them freshmen and none over 5-10, while the Bruins have 13 letterwinners, seven seniors, and six players 6-0 or better. All 13 Bruins who dressed out scored, led by freshman Jordan Westering with 16 points, all played between 10-20 minutes, and three Bruin starters played only 10 minutes. George Fox's largest lead was 100 points at 111-11 before the Lions got a pair of free throws with 36 seconds left, and the Bruins made no serious effort to get it back up to 100 again.
* NWC Stats: Bruins Early League Leaders in 13 Categories
Where the Bruins rank in the latest Northwest Conference stats (thru Nov. 19):
Scoring Offense - 1st (80.5)
Scoring Defense - 1st (23.5)
Scoring Margin - 1st (+57.0)
Field Goal Pct. - 1st (.496)
Field Goal Pct. Defense - 1st (.198)
3-Pt Field Goals - 7th (4.00)
3-Pt Field Goal Pct. - 8th (.200)
3-Pt Field Goal Pct. Defense - 1st (.211)
Free Throw Pct. - 5th (.677)
Rebounding Offense - 1st (51.0)
Rebounding Defense - 1st (25.5)
Rebounding Margin - 1st (+25.5)
Assists - 1st (23.50)
Blocked Shots - 2nd (5.00, T)
Steals - 1st (15.00)
Turnover Margin - 1st (+11.00)
Assist/Turnover Ratio - 1st (1.21)
- Katy Campbell is 3rd in field goal pct. (.611), 4th in rebounding (8.0, T), 9th in scoring (12.0, T), 8th in blocked shots (1.00, T) ...
- Melissa Marek-Farris is 2nd in field goal pct. (.615), 3rd in blocked shots (2.00), 7th in rebounding (6.5, T), 13th in scoring (11.0, T), 14th in free throw pct. (.750, T), steals (1.50, T) â?¦
- Jaime Hubka is 5th in steals (2.00, T) â?¦
- Kaleigha Ramey is 5th in assist/TO ratio (1.50, T), 7th in scoring (13.0, T), 11th in assists (3.00, T), 14th in steals (1.50, T), 3-pt field goals (1.00, T) ...
- Kristen Shielee is 14th in blocked shots (0.50, T) ...
- Elise Kuenzi is 4th in field goal pct. (.600), 5th in steals (2,00, T) ...
- Mandee Spotts is 1st in assist/TO ratio (9.00), 3rd in assists (4.50) ...
- B.B. Gardner is 2nd in steals (3.00), , 14th in blocked shots (0.50, T) ...
- MaryAnne Samples is 5th in steals (2.00, T), 14th in blocked shots (0.50, T) ...
- Lindsay Keener is 5th in assist/TO ratio (1.50, T), 11th in assists (3.00, T) ...
- Jordan Westering is 1st in free throw pct. (1.000, T), 14th in blocked shots (0.50, T), 26th in scoring (8.0, T) ...
Click here for the latest NWC Statistics.
* Double-Doubles:
- Katy Campbell: Career 8, season 1 - 13 pts/10 reb at Warner Pacific, 11/17
* Career Lists: Campbell, Behary Near Top 10 in Rebounds, Assists
- Katy Campbell has 16 rebounds this season and 532 in her career, needing 12 more to tie Darby Cave (544, 2000-04) for 10th on the all-time GFU list ... After going 11-18 from the field to start the season, she has a career field goal pct. of .454 (259-571), 11th on the all-time list ...
- Melissa Marek-Farris has 4 blocked shots this season and 108 in her career, 3rd on the all-time GFU list. Shawna Chandler (188, 1982-85) is 2nd ... She is 8-13 from the field this season and has a career field goal pct. of .511 (159-311), 3rd-best all-time ...
- Tiffany Behary has 3 assists this season and 190 in her career, needing 3 more to tie Heather Gurney (193, 1987-91) for 10th all-time ... Her career 3-pt field pct. of .364 (95-261) ranks 6th all-time ...
- Jaime Hubka has a career 3-pt field goal pct. of .357 (45-126), ranking 8th all-time ...