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MBSK: WHAT’S BRUIN - Bruins to Travel to Midwest for Final Non-Conference Games
* Upcoming Games:
- Mon., Dec. 28, 11:00 am (PST) - at Augsburg College, Minneapolis, Minn.
- Tue., Dec. 29, 5:00 pm (PST) - at University of Wisconsin-River Falls, River Falls, Wisc.
NEWBERG, Ore. - For their final two games of the season before Northwest Conference play begins, the George Fox University Bruins (3-4) will travel to the Midwest after Christmas to take on NCAA Division III Augsburg College (4-2) and the University of Wisconsin-River Falls (4-6) on Monday-Tuesday, Dec. 28-29.
Monday's game against the Augsburg Auggies tips off at 11:00 a.m. Pacific time (1:00 p.m. Central). On Tuesday, the game against the UW-River Falls Falcons begins at 5:00 p.m. Pacific time (7:00 p.m. Central). It will be the first time the Bruins have ever played either team.
Augsburg opened the season with four straight wins, including an 84-75 win over River Falls, before dropping their last two. The Auggies will play Sacred Heart University in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Dec. 19 before meeting the Bruins. All five Augsburg starters average double figures in points: G David Olson (14.8), G Ben Flavin (13.3), G Jon Cassens (11.5), F Brett Sorenson (10.0), and P Andy Grzesiak-Grimm (10.0). Sorenson is the top rebounder (6.5), and Cassens is the assists leader (5.3). The Auggies average 77.7 ppg while allowing 72.5, and make 8.5 three-pointers per game (the Bruins average 8.0 threes, so a long-range shootout might be expected).
River Falls snapped a six-game losing streak with wins in its last two outings over Wisconsin-Oshkosh and Northwestern (Minn.). The Falcons play at St. Scholastica on Dec. 20 before hosting the Bruins. G Jontae Koonkaew leads the Falcons in scoring (15.3), while F Jake Voeltz (13.2) and C Wade Guerin (12.2) also score in double figures. Guerin is the top rebounder (8.2), and Koonkaew is the assists leader (4.5). The Falcons average 74.4 ppg while allowing 72.8.
There will be no George Fox webcast by KFOX radio for either game. The link for Augsburg's live stats is http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/livestats/xlive.htm and for live video streaming is http://athletics.augsburg.edu/sports/2009/3/17/webcasts.aspx?id=76. The link for Wisconsin-River Falls' Game Day live stats, audio, and video streaming is http://www.uwrf.edu/sports/menbasketball.home.php.
BRUIN BITS:
* Stockner Named BAA Athlete of the Week, HM for NWC Honors
For the second time this season, Alex Stockner 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 as the Bruins struggled to an 0-2 record during the week of Dec. 7-13.
Stockner's efforts kept the Bruins in the game in an eventual 82-72 loss at Corban on Dec. 8. e scored a game-high 21 points on 8-15 field goals (3-4 on threes) and 2-3 free throws, with 6 rebounds, 1 steal, and 1 blocked shot. In a 73-61 setback at Northwest on Dec. 11, he had 5 points on 2-6 field goals and 1-1 free throws, with 7 rebounds and 1 steal. For the week, he scored 26 points (13.0 ppg) on 10-21 (.476) field goals, including 3-6 (.500) on threes, and 4-5 (.800) free throws, with 13 rebounds (6.5 rpg), 2 steals, and 1 block.
Stockner, a senior forward from Monmouth, Ore., currently ranks 3rd in the NWC in field goal pct. (.569) and 3-pt field goal pct. (.538), 5th in free throw pct. (.808), 7th in scoring (15.1), 11th in blocked shots (0.57, T), and 12th in rebounding (5.3). He also won the BAA weekly award and was honorable mention NWC Student-Athlete of the Week for Nov. 23-29.
* 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; Dec. 7-13
- Northwest Conference Student-Athlete of the Week - HM, Nov. 23-29; HM, Dec. 7-13
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. 13): Bruins NWC's Most Prolific Three-Point Team
- George Fox is 1st in 3-pt field goals (8.00), 3-pt field goal pct. (.386), 2nd in 3-pt field goal pct. defense (.276), 4th in defense (77.3), field goal pct. (.417), assists (14.14), assist/TO ratio (0.88), 5th in field goal pct. defense (.472), rebounding defense (40.4), blocked shots (2.29), 6th in free throw pct. (.725), steals (6.71), 7th in scoring (70.7), scoring margin (-6.6), 8th in rebounding (32.9), rebounding margin (-7.6), turnover margin (-2.00) ...
- Stephen Wiseley is 1st in free throw pct. (.879), 3rd in assists (5.33), steals (2.67), 6th in 3-pt field goals (2.00), assist/TO ratio (1.60), 9th in scoring (13.1), 12th in 3-pt field goal pct. (.333, T) ...
- Alex Stockner is 3rd in field goal pct. (.569), 3-pt field goal pct. (.538), 5th in free throw pct. (.808), 7th in scoring (15.1), 11th in blocked shots (0.57, T), 12th in rebounding (5.3) ...
- Dan Lingenfelder is 3rd in field goal pct. (.568), 6th in 3-pt field goal pct. (.464), 7th in 3-pt field goals (1.86, T), 8th in blocked shots (0.71) ...
- Evan Atwater is 4th in 3-pt field goals (2.14), 9th in 3-pt field goal pct. (.405), 14th in scoring (12.3) ...
- Cole Whitehurst is 9th in rebounding (5.6), 11th in blocked shots (0.57, 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 4 points in the Bruins' game at Northwest, Atwater has 879 points and needs 121 to become the 34th player in Bruin history to reach 1,000 for a career ...
* Statistician "Biggs" Adds Another to His Streaks
Adding Friday'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 672 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 (1,083 of 2,110 for 51.33%) in the 106 seasons of Bruin basketball.
* Head Coach Mark Sundquist
Head coach Mark Sundquist (Seattle Pacific '87) is 93-138 (.403, 49-52 home, 32-72 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 ... He has never faced Augsburg or Wisconsin-River Falls ...
