THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - Meeting for the fourth time in the space of 20 months, the George Fox University Bruins continued their women's basketball mastery over the Chapman University Panthers with a 59-46 neutral-court victory Friday night here at California Lutheran University's Gilbert Arena.

The Bruins had beaten the Panthers in March of 2007 in the first round of the NCAA Division III National Tournament, then topped them twice last season.  The first was a home-court win for the Bruins in mid-December in a regular season game, followed by another victory in the second round of the national tournament in Newberg, their 28th win en route to a perfect 32-0 record and the national championship.

George Fox, ranked 4th in the D3hoops.com pre-season poll and 5th in this week's WBCA poll, improved to 4-0 overall with its 36th straight win.  Chapman fell to 0-4.

After early ties at 2-2 and 4-4, the Bruins broke the game open with an 8-0 run that featured two layups apiece by Hannah Munger and Elise Kuenzi and took a 12-4 lead six minutes into the contest.  The Bruins hit a double-digit lead for the first time at 17-6 on another layin by Munger with 10:21, and took their largest lead of 21 points at 37-16 on a basket by Breezy Rinehart-Young with 1:21 left.  Kendall Byrer's layup for the Panthers made it 37-18 Bruins at the half. 

George Fox connected on .467 (14-30) from the field in the first half while holding Chapman to a .269 mark (7-26).  Samantha Simmons came off the bench to lead all scorers with eight for the Bruins, while Munger and Kuenzi had six apiece.  Linda Ly led the Panthers with five points.

Chapman stepped up its pressure in the second half, forcing 19 George Fox turnovers and limiting the Bruins to a .250 percentage (7-28) in the final 20 minutes.  However, the Panthers could do little to cut into the gap as the Bruins forced an equal number of Chapman turnovers and stayed comfortably in front, taking their largest lead of 24 points with 5:47 to go at 55-31 on a pair of free shots by Keisha Gordon.  Only an 11-1 run by Chapman in the final three minutes made the score closer.

Kuenzi finished with 12 points and Simmons a career-high 10 to lead the Bruins.  Munger had 10 rebounds and Kuenzi nine as the Bruins held a 44-31 advantage on the glass, including 19 offensive boards.  Gordon passed out three assists and also had three steals, as did Kuenzi and Arianna Mohsenian.  

Simone Ibbotson was the only Panther in double figures with 13 points, while Ly added nine.  Casey Gomez led Chapman on the boards with five rebounds, passed out five assists, and had three steals.   

NOTES: George Fox remains in southern California over the Thanksgiving weekend to play at Cal Lutheran Sunday at 4:00 p.m. ... Chapman hosts Holy Names University Friday at 7:30 p.m.