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NEWBERG, Ore. - Post players Garold Howe and Joe Van Domelen
combined for 53 points, including the go-ahead and insurance points
in the final 15 seconds, as the Pacific University Boxers edged the
George Fox University Bruins 73-71 in a back-and-forth Northwest
Conference men's basketball game Saturday night here at the Wheeler
Sports Center's Miller Gym.
The teams battled through five ties and five lead changes
through the first nine minutes of the game before Dan Lingenfelder
hit a three-pointer from the left corner, breaking a 14-14 tie and
igniting a 9-0 George Fox run that gave the Bruins a 23-14 lead
with 8:17 left in the period. Led by Howe's 17 first-half points,
including a 10-10 performance from the free throw line, the Boxers
fought back and took a 33-31 lead on a Howe three-pointer with 2:56
to go. Layups by Bryan O'Connell and Brent Satern enabled the
Bruins to regain the lead and take a 35-34 edge into the break.
The teams continued to jockey for the lead in the second half,
recording seven more ties and nine more lead changes. Pacific took
its biggest lead of the period at 44-39 on a layup by Todd
Hindermann with 14:43 to play, while George Fox managed a
four-point bulge of 63-59 with 4:24 left on a jumper by Travis
Toedtemeier. Howe then sparked a 7-0 Pacific run with two baskets
and a free throw to make it 66-63 with three minutes to play, and
the Boxers never trailed again, though the Bruins did tie it one
final time when Toedtemeier drained another three from the right
corner with 45 seconds left for a 70-70 deadlock.
The Boxers ran the shot clock down before Van Domelen's jumper
in the lane made it 72-70 Boxers with 14.5 ticks left. Driving for
a tie, Satern was fouled in the lane and hit the first of two free
throws with 5.8 seconds left, but missed the second and Howe
rebounded and was fouled immediately. He hit his first free throw
with 4.4 seconds left to make it 73-71, but missed the second and
Mark Metzler rebounded for the Bruins, giving the home team one
last chance. The ball came to Satern, who was doubled near
mid-court and passed to Toedtemeier, whose three-point try for the
win was off to the right as the clock expired.
Satern led the Bruins with 17 points, raising his career total
to 980 and moving him within 20 points of becoming the 33rd player
in Bruin history to reach 1,000. He also had five assists and three
steals. Matt Noble added career highs of 13 points and seven
rebounds, Toedtemeier scored 12, and Metzler had his first career
double-double with 10 pojnts and a career and game-high 11 boards.
Howe finished with 33 points, including 12-14 from the line, and
had a double-double with 10 rebounds, while Van Domelen had 20
points. A.J. Gaulton, Ryan Turcott, and Donnie Harrison-Davis
handed out three assists apiece.
The Bruins shot .518 (29-56) for the game to .453 (24-53) for
the Boxers, but the difference in the game was the free throw line,
where the Boxers made .769 (20-26) to .643 (9-14) for the Bruins.
George Fox controlled the backboards 33-29.
George Fox (8-15, NWC 4-10) hosts Whitworth University and
Pacific (9-14, NWC 7-7) hosts Willamette University Friday, both
games at 8:00 p.m. following NWC women's games at 6:00 p.m.
