WHAT’S BRUIN: Women’s Basketball News & Notes 11/23

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Overall Record: 2-0 (Home 2-0, Road 0-0, Neutral 0-0)

NWC Record: 0-0 (Home 0-0, Road 0-0) 

HIGHLIGHTS:

* Coming Up: Chapman and Cal Lutheran in Posada Royale Classic

* Recent Games: Bruins Open with Wins over Cascade Conference Teams

* Rookie Roos Earns BAA, NWC Athlete of Week Honors for Nov. 14-20

* Polls: Bruins Ranked No. 3 in D3hoops, WBCA Pre-Season Polls

* NWC Poll: Bruins Favored to Win 6th Straight League Title

* NWC Stats: Bruins Early Team Leaders in 5 Statistical Categories

* Career Lists: Gordon Becomes 6th Bruin to Surpass 1,300 Points 

* Coming Up: Chapman and Cal Lutheran in Posada Royale Classic

- Sat., Nov. 26, 1:00 pm – vs. Chapman (1-1) at Thousand Oaks, Calif.

- Sun., Nov. 27, 3:00 pm – at California Lutheran University (1-1), Thousand Oaks, Calif.

NEWBERG, Ore. – Hitting the road for the first time this season, the George Fox University Bruins will take on a couple of familiar foes this weekend in Posada Royale Thanksgiving Classic on Saturday-Sunday, Nov. 26-27, at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, Calif.

The Bruins (3-0), who were ranked No. 3 in the nation in both the D3hoops and WBCA pre-season national polls, will meet the Chapman University Panthers (1-1) on Saturday at 1:00 p.m., and the host Cal Lutheran Regals (1-1) on Sunday at 3:00 p.m.  Other games in the Classic include Cal Lutheran vs. the Whitworth University Pirates (0-3) on Saturday at 3:00 p.m. and Chapman vs. Whitworth on Sunday at 1:00 p.m.

Multimedia: Cal Lutheran will provide live stats and a video feed on the internet for all four games in the Posada Royale Thanksgiving Classic:

Live stats: http://www.clusports.com/live/stats/womens_basketball/xlive.htm

Live video: http://www.clusports.com/video/

Chapman (1-1): The Panthers from Orange, Calif., have been an NCAA Division III independent for many years but were received into the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference this year, though they will not be eligible for league championships until 2012-13 ... Series record (since 1981): George Fox leads 6-0 (4-0 home, 2-0 neutral) ... Three of the Bruins’ wins over the Panthers have come in the first or second rounds of the NCAA D-III National Tournament ... The Bruins won last year’s meeting 75-57 in Newberg on Nov. 21 ... Chapman has made seven NCAA appearances, including last year, in eight seasons under head coach Carol Jue, who is 164-57 to date ... G Kimi Takaoka leads the Panthers in scoring (21.5 ppg), while C Brandi Hood averages a double-double (13.5 ppg, 12.5 rpg) ... F Liz Harnett is also a double-digit scorer (10.5 pgg) ...

California Lutheran (1-1): The Regals from Thousand Oaks, Calif., are members of the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ... Series record (since 1981): George Fox leads 2-1 (1-0 home, 0-1 road, 1-0 neutral) ... The Regals were the first team to defeat the Bruins after their perfect 32-0 record and national championship in 2008-09 with a 54-48 win in Thousand Oaks on Nov. 22, 2009, snapping the Bruins’ record 36-game winning streak ... The Bruins’ last win in the series was 65-54 in the D3 in Hawaii Hoops Classic in Honolulu on Nov. 26, 2005 ... F Channing Fleischmann leads the Regals in scoring (20.0 ppg) and rebounding (9.5 rpg), while G Meaghan Goodenough (12.0 ppg) and G Chelsey Hastigan (11.0 ppg) also score in double figures ... Coach Roy Dow is in his fourth year at CLU ...

* Recent Games: Bruins Open with Wins over Cascade Conference Teams

Nov. 15 - at George Fox 79, Corban 57

Senior wing Arianna Mohsenian poured in 20 points on 8-of-9 shooting from the field, leading the Bruins to a season-opening win over the Corban Warriors, who were ranked 16th in the NAIA Division II pre-season poll.  A 26-4 run over a nine-and-a-half-minute span midway through the first half gave the Bruins a 34-13 lead with 7:29 to go and they never looked back.  Mohsenian hit 4-of-5 three-point attempts en route to her 20 and also had seven rebounds and four steals.  Jami Roos added 16 points in her college debut, including a pair of threes, while Hannah Munger and Keisha Gordon scored 10 points each.  Munger made it a double-double with 10 rebounds, blocked three shots, and handed out four assists, as did Hayley Cusick.

Nov. 19 - at George Fox 81, Northwest (Wash.) 62

Jami Roos scored 20 points and Hannah Munger and Keisha Gordon posted double-doubles, leading the Bruins to an 81-62 win over the Northwest Eagles.  Roos hit 7-of-11 from the floor, including 6-of-9 from three-point range.  Munger had a double-double of 11 points and 12 rebounds by halftime, finishing with 14 points, 18 boards, and narrowly missing a triple-double with eight blocked shots.  Gordon scored 12 points with an equal number of rebounds.  The Bruins recorded 19 assists, led by Megan Arnoldy with four, while Hayley Cusick had three steals.  The Bruins again used a big first-half run, this one of 13-4, to take a 17-6 lead, and Northwest got no closer than nine points the rest of the game.

* Rookie Roos Earns BAA, NWC Athlete of Week Honors for Nov. 14-20

A spectacular college debut in George Fox’s two season-opening wins in which she scored 36 points in only 35 minutes off the bench has earned guard Jami Roos both the Bruin Athletic Association Women’s Athlete of the Week and the Northwest Conference Women’s Basketball Student-Athlete of the Week awards for Nov. 14-20. 

Roos, a freshman from Salem, Ore., who led the state 6A division in scoring last year for Sprague High School, tossed in 16 points in the Bruins’ 79-57 win over Corban on Nov. 15, hitting 5-11 field goals (2-6 on threes) and 4-5 free throws, along with 3 rebounds and 2 steals.  In an 81-62 win over Northwest (Wash.) on Nov. 19, she had a team-high 20 points on 7-11 field goals (6-9 on threes), with one assist.  For the week, she scored 36 points (18.0 ppg) on 12-22 field goals (.545), including 8-15 (.533) on threes, and 4-5 (.800) free throws, with 3 rebounds, 2 steals, and an assist.

In NWC stats, Roos ranks 1st in three-point field goals (8), 2nd in scoring (18.0, T), 5th in 3-pt pct. (.533), and 10th in field goal pct. (.545).  

The George Fox Athlete of the Week Award for both men and women is presented throughout the Bruin sports seasons by the Bruin Athletic Association, whose mission is to provide George Fox student-athletes with an outstanding athletic and academic experience and to strengthen the overall competitiveness of the Bruin athletics program.  For more information about the organization or to become a member, visit the Bruin Athletic Association website. 

2011-12 Bruin Athletic Association Women’s Athletes of the Week

Aug. 29-Sept. 4 - Patti Reeves (Volleyball)

Sept. 5-11 - Melanie Gaither (Soccer)

Sept. 12-18 - Kelsey Morrison (Golf)

Sept. 19-25 - Megan McGrew (Golf)

Sept. 26-Oct. 2 - Kate Freiheit (Cross Country)

Oct. 3-9 - Stephanie Kerr (Volleyball)

Oct. 10-16 - Courtney Hochstetler (Cross Country)

Oct. 17-23 - Megan McGrew (Golf)

Oct. 24-30 - Tiffany Burk (Volleyball)

Oct. 31-Nov. 6 - Patti Reeves (Volleyball)

Nov. 7-13 - Courtney Hochstetler (Cross Country)

Nov. 14-20 - Jami Roos (Basketball)

BRUIN BITS:

* 2011-12 Honors

Jami Roos

- Bruin Athletic Association Athlete of the Week - Nov. 14-20

- Northwest Conference Student-Athlete of the Week - Nov. 14-20

* Polls: Bruins Ranked No. 3 in D3hoops, WBCA Pre-Season Polls 

Coming off a 25-6 record, their fifth straight Northwest Conference Championship, a third straight appearance in the NCAA Division III National Tournament ‘Elite 8’, and with 13 letter winners and five starters back, the George Fox Bruins were ranked No. 3 in both D-III pre-season polls.

In the D3hoops.com poll, George Fox received three votes for first place and 541 points in all.  Defending national champion Amherst College (32-1) was first with 13 firsts and 593 points, followed closely by the University of Chicago (25-4) with seven firsts and 590 points.  William Paterson College (26-4) got two firsts and 494 points for fourth.  Amherst has three starters back, while the other three have five starters back and two players each on the D3hoops First, Second, Third or Fourth pre-season All-America teams.

In the USA Today / ESPN / Women’s Basketball Coaches Association poll, the Bruins received 156 points.  Amherst was first with four votes for the top spot and 172 points, followed narrowly by Chicago with three firsts and 171 points. 

The No. 3 rankings are the highest pre-season positions ever for the Bruins.  The 2009-10 team was ranked fourth before the season began by D3hoops and fifth by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association following a 32-0 record and the D-III national championship in 2008-09.

USA Today/ESPN/WBCA poll: http://www.wbca.org/news/top-25-polls/usa-today-espn-division-iii-top-25-coaches-poll/

D3hoops.com poll: http://www.d3hoops.com/top25/index

NWC Poll: Bruins Favored to Win 6th Straight League Title

After winning or sharing each of the last five Northwest Conference championships, and with five starters returning,  it is perhaps little wonder that the George Fox Bruins are favored to win their sixth straight NWC title as predicted in a pre-season poll of the league’s nine coaches  The Bruins picked up seven of nine first-place votes and tallied 70 of 72 possible points in the poll. Lewis & Clark, which shared last year’s regular-season conference crown with George Fox, was second in the poll with 59 points and picked up the other two first-place votes.

(First-place votes in parenthesis. Points awarded on 9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis).

* Bruins Aiming for 19th Consecutive Winning Season

Under first-year coach Michael Meek, the 2010-11 Bruins finished 25-6, their 18th straight winning season, and will be out to make it 19 in a row in 2011-12.  The Bruins’ string began in 1993-94 in their first year under Sherri Murrell, now the women’s basketball coach at Portland State.  Following three winning seasons with Murrell, the Bruins added 14 more winnings season under Scott Rueck, who left in the summer of 2010 for the women’s basketball position at his alma mater, Oregon State.  George Fox is 354-126 (.738) during that 18-year span.

* Bruins Take Streaks of 41 in a Row vs. NWC into New Season

Entering the 2011-12 season, the Bruins have a home court winning streak against Northwest Conference opponents in all games, including post-season NWC and NCAA Division III Tournament games, of 41 in a row at the Wheeler Sports Center’s Miller Gym.  The last time the Bruins lost at home to a conference team was 51-48 to Puget Sound in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on March 3, 2007.  The Bruins have also won 41 straight regular season-only games vs. the NWC in Newberg since a 55-51 setback to Linfield on Nov. 28, 2006. 

* NWC Stats: Bruins Early Team Leaders in 5 Statistical Categories

- Thru NWC stats of Nov. 22, George Fox is 1st in scoring (80.0 ppg), field goal pct. (.438), rebounding (52.5 rpg ), assists (20.0 apg, T), blocked shots (6.0 bspg), 2nd in 3-pt field goal pct. (.391), 5th in steals (10.0 spg), 8th in free throw pct. (.590), 9th in fewest turnovers (24.5 topg) ...

- Keisha Gordon is 7th in rebounding (7.5 rpg), 9th in field goal pct. (.562), 15th in scoring (11.0 ppg) …

- Hannah Munger is 1st in rebounding (14.0 rpg), blocked shots (11), 13th in scoring (12.0 ppg, T) …

- Arianna Mohsenian is 2nd in field goal pct. (.692), 3rd in 3-pt pct. (.556), 12th in scoring (12.5 ppg), 14th in rebounding (6.0 rpg, T) ...

- Jami Roos is 1st in 3-pt field goals (8), 2nd in scoring (18.0 ppg, T), 5th in 3-pt pct. (.533), 10th in field goal pct. (.545) ...

- Carrie Myers is 11th in rebounding (7.0 rpg) ...

* Double-Doubles

- Hannah Munger: season 2, career 27 - 10 pts, 10 reb vs. Corban, 11/15; 14 pts, 18 reb vs. Northwest (Wash.), 11/19

- Keisha Gordon: season 1, career 8 - 12 pts, 12 reb vs. Northwest (Wash.), 11/19

- Megan Arnoldy: season 0, career 1

* Career Lists: Gordon Becomes 6th Bruin to Surpass 1,300 Points

- Keisha Gordon: With 22 points in the first two games of the season, Gordon raised her career points total to 1,306, 6th on the all-time list.  Ahead are Tammy Lewis (1,341, 1985-89) and Kim Leith (1,348, 2002-06).  She needs 324 more points to surpass Melody Groeneveld-McMaster (1,629, 1981-85) for first on the list … Despite a 2-8 start to the season from the line, her career free throw pct. is .780 (287-368), 7th-best all-time ... She had 2 steals in two games, giving her 209 in her career, 3rd all-time.  Ahead are Becky Thompson (236, 1998-2002) and Linda Funderhide (243, 1987-91) ... She had 5 assists in two games, giving her 244 in her career, 9th all-time.  Ahead are Roxy Cate (254, 1979-82) and Amy Fitch (258, 2000-04) ...

- Hanna Munger: With 11 blocked shots in the first two games of the season, Munger has 211 career blocked shots, 2nd on the all-time list.  Ahead is Tammy Lewis (287, 1985-89) ... With 28 rebounds in two games, she has 594 in her career, 9th all-time.  Ahead is Angela Pettit (613, 1993-97) … After going 7-16 from the field in two games, she has a career field goal pct. of .554 (381-688), 2nd to Kristen Shielee (.599, 223-372, 2005-09) ...

- Breezy Rinehart-Young: Rinehart-Young has 69 career blocks entering the season and need 3 more to tie Melody Groeneveld-McMaster (72, 1981-85) for 10th on the all-time list ...  

* Head Coach Michael Meek

Head coach Michael Meek (Eastern Oregon ‘99) is 27-6 (.818) to date in his second season at George Fox. Prior to joining the Bruins, he composed a record of 264-79 (.769) in 13 years of high school coaching in Oregon, three at La Grande (1997-2000) and 10 at Beaverton Southridge (2000-10).  He led Southridge to five large-school state championships in his last six years, received 12 league or state Coach of the Year awards during his career, and was the 2006 MaxPrep National Girls’ Basketball Coach of the Year ...

Meek vs. upcoming opponents:

1-0 vs. Chapman (1-0 home)

0-0 vs. California Lutheran