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NEWBERG, Ore. - Putting together scoring spurts of 18-2 and 18-3
in the first half and 9-0 and 11-2 in the second half, the Lewis
& Clark College Pioneers kept the George Fox University Bruins
winless in the Northwest Conference with a 76-55 road win in men's
basketball action Friday night here at the Wheeler Sports Center's
Miller Gym.
With Taylor Martin and Mark Metzler scoring two buckets apiece,
the Bruins burst from the gates to take 10-3 lead five minutes into
the game before the Pioneers caught fire. Ignited by back-to-back
three-pointers by lefty David Berggren, the Pios went on an 18-2
tear and took a 21-12 lead on a three by Thomas Tillery with 8:50
left in the half. Layups by Evan Atwater and Metzler and a trey by
Brent Satern brought the Bruins within a pair at 21-19 with 6:41 to
go, but the Pios closed with an 18-3 run to take a 17-point lead of
39-22 just before the end of the half. A three by the Bruins' Joe
Ahn just before the buzzer made it 39-25 at the break.
The Bruins opened the second half with an 8-1 run, moving within
seven points of the Pios at 40-33 on a pair of free throws by
Satern with 16:49 left in the game. Berggren then answered with
another three to start a 9-0 run in the space of a
minute-and-a-half that gave Lewis & Clark a 16-point lead of
49-33, and the Bruins got no closer than 13 the rest of the way.
Another run of 11-2 midway through the period upped the lead to 22
at 64-42 with 7:30 to go, and Berggren added a dunk with 2:48 left
for the Pios' largest lead of 23 at 74-51.
Satern was the only Bruin to crack the double-digit plateau in
points with 13, and handed out a game-high five assists. Atwater
led the team with six rebounds, and Mark Metzler had four assists,
three steals, and two blocked shots. The Bruins shot .438 (21-48)
from the field but struggled from three-point range, hitting only
.227 (5-22). It was the first conference game of the season in
which the Bruins failed to have a second-half lead.
Berggren had a game-high 16 points and Josh Kollasch added 12
for the Pioneers, who hit .467 (28-60) from the field, including
.440 (11-25) from beyond the arc. Kollasch and Gene Rivera had
seven rebounds apiece as the Pios owned the glass 37-27. Nick
Thierry passed out four assists, and Rivera, the league leader in
blocked shots, had two swats.
George Fox (4-10, NWC 0-5) will try to snap a seven-game losing
streak when the Bruins visit Pacific University Saturday at 8:00
p.m., the first of five straight road games. Pre-season conference
favorite Lewis & Clark (9-4, NWC 3-2) will try to stay in the
race with a home game against Willamette University Saturday, also
at 8:00 p.m. Both games will be preceded by NWC women's games at
6:00 p.m.
