Box Score

NEWBERG, Ore. - Katy Campbell posted a double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds and Jaime Hubka scored 15 points, all on three-pointers, as the George Fox University Bruins pulled away from the Lewis & Clark College Pioneers late in the second half for a 58-41 win in Northwest Conference women's action Friday evening here at the Wheeler Sports Center's Miller Gym.

With Campbell scoring six points and Melissa Marek-Farris four, George Fox jumped out to a 10-2 lead in the first four minutes, but then went scoreless for over eight minutes, allowing Lewis & Clark to get back into the game. An 8-0 run, capped by a three-point play by Allison Farr, brought the Pios into a 10-10 tie with 10:40 left in the period. After a three-pointer by Tiffany Behary gave the Bruins a 13-10 lead, Farr hit back-to-back baskets to give the visitors their only lead at 14-13 with five minutes to go.

Hubka put the Bruins back in front with a three at the 3:07 mark and hit another one with 45 seconds left, sparking a 10-2 closing run by the Bruins that gave them a 23-16 halftime lead. Both teams struggled offensively in the half, Lewis & Clark hitting only .280 (7-25) and George Fox not much higher at .304 (7-23). Marek-Farris paced a balanced Bruin attack with eight points, while Farr was the Pios' only scoring threat with 12 points.

Hubka hit a pair of threes around a layup by the Pios' Laura Snider to open the second half and the Bruins stretched their lead to 11 three times in the first seven minutes of the period. A 6-0 run, capped by a Crystal Castle free throw, pulled the Pios within five at 38-33 with 9:26 remaining, but the rest of the game belonged to the Bruins. Campbell hit a three-point play and a layup and Hubka nailed her fifth three with seven minutes to go, igniting a closing 20-8 burst by the Bruins. The final score was the largest lead of the game for the Bruins, who earned their eighth win in a row.

In addition to the big games by Campbell and Hubka, Marek-Farris finished with 12 points and four blocked shots. Behary, Campbell, and Kaleigha Ramey had three assists apiece, and Behary tied her career high with six steals. The Bruins improved to .481 shooting (13-27) in the second half and ended the game at .400 (20-50). The Bruins also controlled the boards 35-32.

Farr was the only Pioneer in double figures with 18. Castle, the league's leading scorer with 18.3 points per game coming in, was held to only three points on 1-8 shooting, but did grab a team-high eight rebounds. Farr had three assists and three steals, and Kimberly Kittell also had three assists. The Pios finished with a .327 shooting percentage (16-49).

George Fox (13-1, NWC 5-0), ranked 16th in the NCAA Division III by D3hoops.com, goes to Pacific University Saturday for a 6:00 p.m. game, the first of five in a row away from home for the Bruins. Lewis & Clark (6-8, NWC 2-3) returns home to host Willamette University Saturday, also at 6:00 p.m. Both games will be followed by NWC men's contests at 8:00 p.m.