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NEWBERG, Ore. – Burying a barrage of three-pointers, the 11th-ranked George Fox University Bruins built up a 24-point first-half lead and cruised to their 15th straight victory 75-49 over the Linfield College Wildcats in a Northwest Conference women's basketball game Saturday evening here at the Wheeler Sports Center's Miller Gym.

The Bruins extended their records for best start to a season and most consecutive wins in climbing to 15-0 overall and 6-0 in the conference.  With Pacific Lutheran University losing 59-57 at Whitworth College and the University of Puget Sound edging Whitman College 69-66, the Bruins now have at least a two-game lead in the loss column on all the other teams in the conference.  The Wildcats fell to 3-12 overall and 2-4 in league play.

After Linfield had taken brief leads of 2-0 and 4-2 on baskets by Sarah Amina and Kelsey Forrest, the Bruins tied it 4-4 on a layup by Keisha Gordon, then went ahead for good 10-4 on threes by B.B. Gardner and Gordon.  Whitney Honn's layup brought the Wildcats within four at 10-6 with 15:04 left in the half, but the Bruins ripped off a 22-2 run over the next nine-plus minutes to take a 32-8 lead with 6:43 to go.  The spurt included threes by Gordon, Arianna Mohsenian, Sage Indendi, and Elise Kuenzi.  George Fox was 7-10 from three-point range in building up a 36-16 halftime lead.

The Bruins remained comfortably in front throughout the second half, the Wildcats getting g no closer than 18 points when Nadra Evans hit a jumper to make it 40-22 with 16:10 left in the game.  The Bruins' largest lead was 30 points on a three-pointer by Danielle Roisom that made it 66-36 with 6:43 to play.

Kuenzi led all scorers with 14 points for the Bruins, sinking 7-8 from the free throw line.  Her lone miss, on her second attempt of the game, ended a string of 31 consecutive free throws she had made.  Gordon and Roisom added 10 points, a career high for the latter, who hit 3-3 three-pointers.  Kristen Shielee had a game-high six rebounds as the Bruins edged the Wildcats on the boards 38-37, and also blocked five shots.  Kuenzi passed out five assists, and Mohsenian had three steals.  George Fox shot .446 (25-56) from the floor, including 9-16 (.563) from beyond the arc.

No one scored in double figures for the Wildcats, Forrest finishing with nine.  Forrest and Honn had five rebounds apiece, while Amina, Evans, and Chrissy Baumgartner handed out three assists each.  Linfield shot .327 (18-55) from the field, struggling from behind the line with a .222 (4-18) mark.

George Fox is on the road next weekend for two games, starting at Willamette University Friday at 6:00 p.m.  Linfield visits Pacific Lutheran Friday at 6:00 p.m.  Both games will be followed by NWC men's games at 8:00 p.m.