Press Release
11/24 - GEORGE FOX 55, TRINITY 53: Campbell's Double-Double Lifts Bruins Past Tigers
SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Katy Campbell capped off an 11-point, 20-rebound performance by hitting the game-winning basket with five seconds left, lifting the George Fox University Bruins to a 55-53 win over the host Trinity University Tigers on the first day of the Trinity Thanksgiving Classic women's basketball tournament Saturday afternoon here at Sams Gymnasium.
The game was tied 10-10 when the Bruins took the first-half lead for good on a three-pointer by Kaleigha Ramey with 10:35 left in the period. Tiffany Behary hit a three a minute later, one of three for her in the half, to make it 16-10, and the Bruins built a nine-point lead twice, the last at 26-17 with 1:47 left on a pair of Jamie Hubka free throws. Danielle Hubenak's basket for the Tigers with 33 seconds remaining cut the George Fox lead to 26-19 at the half.
The Bruins then went ice-cold to open the second half, missing their first 11 shots and committing six turnovers in the first seven minutes of the period. That enabled the Tigers to run off 13 unanswered points, capped by a trey from Genevieve Hurlbutt, for a 32-26 lead with 13:06 to play. Hubka broke the string with a three at 12:46, then tied the game with another three at 12:04, and Behary put the Bruins back ahead 35-32 with her fourth three-pointer at 11:11.
Trinity was never able to regain the lead thereafter, but did manage three more ties. George Fox appeared to have the upper hand after Melissa Marek-Farris made a layup with 1:29 to go for a 53-49 lead, but Krista Prato Matthews hit a jumper and Rachel Snyder made a steal, setting up a tying layup by Megan Scholbe to make it 53-53 with 24 seconds left. After a timeout, the Bruins worked the ball around for the last shot, Behary feeding Campbell for the winning shot. Trinity took its last time out to set up a final play, but Scholbe turned the ball over with one second left as the Bruins hung on.
Behary with 16 points and Hubka with 14, each hitting four three-pointers, led the Bruins, while Campbell scored 11 as she recorded her second double-double in as many games. Her 20 rebounds tied for the fourth-highest total in a game in Bruin history - the record is 23 by Debby Wiggers vs. Linfield in 1981 and Tammy Lewis vs. Western Oregon in 1988 - and moved her past Darby Cave into 10th place on the GFU career rebounds list with 552. Behary handed out seven assists. The Bruins hit 10 three-pointers and out-boarded the Tigers 39-34.
Prato Matthews had 17 points and just missed a double-double with nine rebounds for the Tigers. Hurlbutt came off the bench to score 11 points, while Scholbe had a team-high 10 rebounds and four steals.
In the tournament's first game earlier in the day, St. Mary's College (Ind.) hammered the College of Notre Dame (Md.) 92-44.
Sunday's schedule has George Fox (3-0) vs. St. Mary's (2-2) at 2:00 p.m. Central time (12:00 noon Pacific), and Trinity (3-1) vs. Notre Dame (2-2) at 4:00 p.m. Central.