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WBSK - WHAT’S BRUIN: Now Ranked 9th/10th, Bruins Aim to Start New Winning Streak
* Upcoming Games:
- Sat., Dec. 5, 7:00 pm - vs. Lewis-Clark State College in Newberg, Ore.
NEWBERG, Ore. - With their school-record 36-game winning streak now history, the George Fox University women's basketball team (4-1) will try to get a new streak going when the Bruins host the Lewis-Clark State College Warriors (7-2) this Saturday, Dec. 5, at 7:00 p.m. in the Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym.
After going 32-0 en route to last year's NCAA Division III national championship and winning their first four games this season, including a 59-46 neutral-site win over Chapman in Thousand Oaks, Calif., on Nov. 27, the Bruins were finally upended on Nov. 29 in a 54-48 loss at California Lutheran University. Though the Bruins played their usual fine defense, holding the Regals to a .321 shooting percentage and blocking 12 shots, one short of the team record, the offense had struggles of its own as the team shot only .263 (17-57) from the field and .161 (5-31) from three-point range.
It was the Bruins' first loss since a 47-40 setback to Hope College on March 14, 2008, in the "Sweet 16" of the national tournament. As a result, George Fox slipped from 4th to 10th in this week's D3hoops.com national poll, and from 5th to 9th in the WBCA poll.
The Bruins will need to recover their shooting touch this weekend if they are to handle one of the strongest opponents on their non-conference schedule. Lewis-Clark State was ranked 16th nationally in the NAIA Division I pre-season poll after finishing 23-8 and ranked 22nd in 2008-09. The Warriors defeated both Whitworth and Whitman, members of the Northwest Conference with George Fox, in the Kim Evanger Raney Classic in Walla Walla, Wash., as part of a five-game winning streak that ended Saturday in a 75-43 loss at Western Washington. The Warriors play Friday at Linfield before meeting the Bruins. LCSC defeated George Fox 67-59 on Dec. 9, 2006, in the Wells Fargo Classic in Lewiston, Idaho, in the teams' only previous meeting.
The Warriors are led offensively by F Jasmine Stohr (14.0 ppg) and G Nikki DePeel (11.4 ppg). 6-3 P Kirsi Voshell is the top rebounder (8.0 rpg) while averaging 8.6 ppg. Rounding out the starting lineup are F Alyssa Fiero (8.9 ppg, 7.0 rpg) and G Kenna Reiter (8.0 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 2.8 apg). The Warriors average 67.0 ppg and allow 56.4 ppg while shooting .456 from the field and blocking 5.4 shots per game.
Ticket Information: Tickets for Saturday's game are $5 for adults, $3 for non-GFU students with an ID, and $1 for seniors 55 and up and children 12 and under. There are no advance ticket sales.
Multi-Media Coverage: George Fox will provide LiveStats for the game, live internet audio streaming by campus station KFOX Radio, and live video streaming by Stretch Internet. Links for multi-media access are:
LiveStats (play-by-play and box score) - http://webservices.georgefox.edu/athletics/livestats/wbasketball/xlive.htm
KFOX Radio (audio) - http://www.georgefox.edu/offices/asc/kfoxradio/
Stretch Internet (video) - http://secure.stretchinternet.com/demo/games.php?user=georgefox&o=cal_stamp&sd=today
BRUIN BITS:
* Kuenzi Named BAA Athlete of the Week, HM for NWC Honors
The most consistent player on George Fox's two-game road trip to California over the Thanksgiving holidays, Elise Kuenzi has been named the Bruin Athletic Association Women's Athlete of the Week and received honorable mention for Northwest Conference Women's Basketball Student-Athlete of the Week for Nov. 23-29.
In a 59-46 win over Chapman in a game played at California Lutheran on Nov. 27, Kuenzi led the Bruins with 12 points on 5-10 from the field, including 2-4 three-pointers, with nine rebounds and three steals. In a 54-48 upset loss at Cal Lutheran on Nov. 29, she scored 13 points on 3-11 from the field (2-4 on threes) and 5-7 from the line, with six rebounds, one assist, one steal, and one blocked shot. For the week, she totaled 25 points (12.5 ppg) on 8-21 field goals (.381), including 4-8 threes (.500), and 5-7 free throws (.714), 15 rebounds (7.5 rpg), four steals, one assist, and one blocked shot.
Kuenzi, a senior forward from Silverton, Ore., currently ranks 5th in 3-pt field goal pct. (.389), 10th in rebounding (6.6 rpg), 3-pt field goals (1.40 pg) and steals (1.80), and 26th in scoring (8.2) in the Northwest Conference. She was a two-time Bruin Athletic Association Athlete of the Week and honorable mention for NWC Student-Athlete of the Week once last year.
* 2009-10 Honors
Keisha Gordon
- Bruin Athletic Association Athlete of the Week - Nov. 16-22
- Northwest Conference Student-Athlete of the Week - Nov. 16-22
Elise Kuenzi
- Bruin Athletic Association Athlete of the Week - Nov. 23-29
- Northwest Conference Student-Athlete of the Week - HM, Nov. 23-29
* NWC Stats (thru Dec. 1): Bruins Leads League in Threes, Blocks, Steals
- George Fox is 1st in 3-pt field goals (7.60), blocked shots (5.80), steals (13.20), 2nd in defense (50.2), scoring margin (+14.0), field goal pct. defense (.336), 3-pt field goal pct. defense (.300), assists (13.80), turnover margin (+1.80), 3rd in scoring (64.2), field goal pct. (.386), rebounding defense (35.6), rebound margin (+7.8), 4th in 3-pt field goal pct. (.279), rebounding (43.4), assist/TO ratio (0.63), 6th in free throw pct. (.591) ...
- Keisha Gordon is 1st in steals (4.00), 3-pt field goals (2.80), 3rd in 3-pt field goal pct. (.412), 4th in scoring (15.8), free throw pct. (.882), 7th in blocked shots (1.00, T), 9th in field goal pct. (.439), 15th in rebounding (6.2) ...
- Elise Kuenzi is 5th in 3-pt field goal pct. (.389), 10th in rebounding (6.6, T), steals (1.80, T), 3-pt field goals (1.40, T), 26th in scoring (8.2, T) ...
- Hannah Munger is 1st in blocked shots (2.80), 5th in field goal pct. (.500), 10th in rebounding (6.6, T), 23rd in scoring (9.0, T) ...
- Breezy Rinehart-Young is 9th in blocked shots (0.80, T) ...
- Arianna Mohsenian is 10th in steals (1.80, T), 17th in rebounding (5.8) ...
- B.B. Gardner is 6th in assists (2.60), 10th in steals (1.80, T) ...
- Laura Silva is 10th in 3-pt field goal pct. (.333, T), 13th in 3-pt field goals (1.25, T) ...
* Double-Doubles
- Hannah Munger: season 1, career 1 - 16 pts, 11 reb vs. Concordia-Portland, 11/20
* Head Coach Scott Rueck
Head coach Scott Rueck (Oregon State ‘91), the winningest coach in GFU women's basketball history, is 264-86 (134-23 home, 96-52 road, 34-11 neutral) to date in his 14th season at George Fox ... He was named the 2008-09 NCAA Division III National Coach of the Year for leading the Bruins to the national championship by D3hoops.com and the WBCA, West Region Coach of the Year by both, and Northwest Conference Coach of the Year for the sixth time (also in '00, '01, '05, '07, and '08) ... Against Lewis-Clark State, he is 0-1 (0-1 away) ...
