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MBSK: WHAT’S BRUIN - Bruins to Play at Northwest in Final Game Before Holiday Break
* Upcoming Games:
- Fri., Dec. 11, 7:30 pm - at Northwest University in Kirkland, Wash.
NEWBERG, Ore. - Hoping to conclude their pre-holiday schedule with a winning record, the George Fox University Bruins (3-3) head to the Seattle suburb of Kirkland, Wash., to play Northwest University on Friday, Dec. 11, their last game for over two weeks.
Tipoff is set for 7:30 p.m. against the high-flying Eagles (5-4), who are members of the Cascade Collegiate Conference and the NAIA's Division II. Northwest had a three-game winning streak snapped Tuesday as the University of Puget Sound rallied from 18 down with 13 minutes left to stun the Eagles 86-85 in Kirkland. G Blake Solomon leads Northwest in scoring (16.3 ppg), while 6-9 F Greg George (13.8 ppg, 8.1 rpg) and 6-8 F Greg Peters (7.1 ppg, 8.3 rpg) give the Eagles a formidable inside duo. G Tyson Christie (10.7 ppg) and G Rich Skillman (10.1 ppg off the bench) are additional scoring threats.
Series Record: George Fox leads the all-time series with Northwest 13-11 since 1971 (6-6 home, 7-5 away) ... The Eagles won both meetings last year, 72-64 in Kirkland (11/18/08) and 76-64 in Newberg (12/13/08) ... The Bruins' last win was 65-52 in Newberg (12/8/07).
Northwest will provide live streaming video for the game, either through Penn Atlantic at www.pennatlanic.com or through the "Live Broadcasts" link on the Northwest web site at http://www.northwestu.edu/athletics/mbball/. The game is free; viewers just have to register to acquire a user name and password, follow the purchase process, and then load the game, but there is no charge. There will be no George Fox webcast by KFOX radio.
BRUIN BITS:
* Atwater Named BAA Athlete of the Week, HM for NWC Honors
After earning a spot on the All-Tournament Team at the 62nd Annual Lee Fulmer Memorial Tournament in Redlands, Calif., Evan Atwater has been named the Bruin Athletic Association Men's Athlete of the Week and received honorable mention for Northwest Conference Men's Basketball Student-Athlete of the Week for Nov. 30-Dec. 6.
Atwater opened the tournament by hitting a game-winning three-pointer with 0:02 left to beat Menlo 69-67 on Thursday, finishing with 10 points on 3-9 field goals (1-4 on threes) and 3-4 free throws, with two assists. He led the Bruins with 22 points in an 82-79 overtime win over host Redlands on Friday, hitting another critical three with 11 seconds left in regulation and icing the game with three free throws in the final minutes of the overtime. He wound up 6-10 from the field (5-9 on threes) and 5-6 from the line, with six rebounds and three assists. In Saturday's 73-45 loss to Chapman in the title game, he had seven points on 2-7 field goals (1-3 on threes) and 2-2 free throws, with one assist. For the week, he scored 39 points (13.0 ppg) on 11-26 field goals (.423), including 7-16 on threes (.438), and 10-12 free throws (.833), with six rebounds and six assists.
Atwater, a senior guard from Port Orchard, Wash., currently 3rd in the NWC in 3-pt field goals (2.50, T), 9th in scoring (13.7) and 3-pt field goal pct. (.441), and 13th in field goal pct. (.448). He won the BAA weekly award and was honorable mention for NWC Student-Athlete of the Week twice last year.
* 2009-10 Honors
Stephen Wiseley
- Bruin Athletic Association Athlete of the Week - Nov. 16-22
- Northwest Conference Student-Athlete of the Week - HM, Nov. 16-22
Alex Stockner
- Bruin Athletic Association Athlete of the Week - Nov. 23-29
- Northwest Conference Student-Athlete of the Week - HM, Nov. 23-29
Evan Atwater
- Bruin Athletic Association Athlete of the Week - Nov. 30-Dec. 6
- Northwest Conference Student-Athlete of the Week - HM, Nov. 30-Dec. 6
* NWC Stats (thru Dec. 8): Stockner, Wiseley Atop NWC in Three Categories
- George Fox is 1st in 3-pt field goals (8.17), 3-pt field goal pct. (.408), 3-pt field goal pct. defense (.261), 2nd in field goal pct. (.439),3rd in assists (14.83), 4th in field goal pct. defense (.477), rebounding defense (38.7), assist/TO ratio (0.90), 5th in scoring (72.3), defense (78.0), free throw pct. (.730), blocked shots (2.50), 6th in scoring margin (-5.7), rebounding margin (-6.5), 7th in rebounding (32.2), steals (6.50), 8th in turnover margin (-2.50) ...
- Alex Stockner is 1st in 3-pt field goal pct. (.636), 3rd in field goal pct. (.569), 6th in scoring (16.8), 8th in free throw pct. (.800), 9th in blocked shots (0.67, T), 11th in rebounding (5.0, T) ...
- Stephen Wiseley is 1st in free throw pct. (.955), assists (6.00), 2nd in steals (3.00, T), 5th in assist/TO ratio (1.88), 9th in 3-pt field goals (1.80, T), 12th in scoring (12.8), 15th in 3-pt field goal pct. (.333, T) ...
- Evan Atwater is 3rd in 3-pt field goals (2.50, T), 9th in scoring (13.7), 3-pt field goal pct. (.441), 13th in field goal pct. (.448) ...
- Dan Lingenfelder is 4th in field goal pct. (.563), 6th in 3-pt field goal pct. (.480), 7th in 3-pt field goals (2.00, T) ...
- Cole Whitehurst is 9th in rebounding (5.3), blocked shots (0.67, T) ...
- Travis Toedtemeier is 19th in rebounding (4.0, T) ...
* Double-Doubles
- Rich Smith: season 2, career 2 - 13 pts, 15 reb vs. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 11/20; 13 pts, 11 reb vs. Menlo at Redlands, Calif., 12/3
* Career Lists: Atwater Continues Climb Toward 1,000 Points
- Evan Atwater: With 58 points in the Bruins' last four games, Atwater has 875 points and needs 125 to become the 34th player in Bruin history to reach 1,000 for a career ...
* Statistician "Biggs" Adds 4 Games to His Streaks
Adding three games in the Lee Fulmer Tournament in Redlands, Calif., this past week and Tuesday's game at Northwest (Wash.) to his resume, long-time statistican Mike "Biggs" Wirta has stretched his streak of Bruin men's basketball games attended, home and away, to 671 in a row. He has worked 621 straight men's home games, not missing one since 1972 when he was in military service. In all, he has seen over half of all games ever played by the George Fox men's team (1,082 of 2,109 for 51.30%) in the 106 seasons of Bruin basketball.
* Head Coach Mark Sundquist
Head coach Mark Sundquist (Seattle Pacific '87) is 93-137 (49-52 home, 32-71 road, 12-14 neutral) to date in his 10th season at George Fox ... He is the third-winningest coach in Bruin history behind Mark Vernon (318-218, 1982-2000) and Lorin Miller (99-72, 1970-76) ... He was the Northwest Conference Coach of the Year in 2004-05 ... Against Northwest, he is 4-9 (2-4 home, 2-5 road) ...
