FOREST GROVE, Ore. - Freshman center Hannah Munger of George Fox University scored her team's first 12 points and a career-high 21 in all, leading the 6th-ranked Bruins to their 12th straight win, a 73-50 victory over the Pacific University Boxers in Northwest Conference women's basketball action Tuesday here at the Pacific Athletic Center.

George Fox, 6th in the WBCA poll and 7th in the D3hoops.com poll, improved to 16-2 overall and 9-0 in conference play while moving a game-and-a-half ahead of the idle and second-place University of Puget Sound.  The Bruins have won 28 straight against the NWC, both in regular season competition and in all games including tournament and post-season play.  Pacific fell to 6-10 overall and 3-6 in the league, slipping a half-game behind Pacific Lutheran University into sixth.

Munger was the Bruins' entire offense for the first eight minutes of the game, hitting the team's first six field goals, then assisting on a three-pointer by Carly Towne as the visitors built a 15-7 lead.  Arianna Mohsenian hit a pair of three-pointers and Keisha Gordon one as the Bruins extended the lead to 25-10 with 7:46 left in the half. 

The Boxers responded with a 9-1 rally as Rochelle Reeves-Howe hit two long threes and Paige Jensen a conventional three-point play, cutting the deficit to 26-19 with five minutes remaining.  The Bruins kept the Boxers at bay with an Elise Kuenzi layup and a basket and free throw by Munger, who led all scorers in the half with 15 points, to lead 31-23 at the break.

Gordon began to heat up early in the second half, sparking an 11-3 run with three straight driving layups, and Mohsenian capped the outburst with a three as the Bruins pushed their lead to 16 points at 42-26 with 14:31 to play.  Reeves-Howe keyed a Boxer rally of 11-4 and Jensen hit a three-point play to bring the home team within nine at 46-37 with 11:38 left, but that was as close as the home team would come.

Kuenzi connected on a three-point play to slow the Boxers' comeback, and Munger hit two more baskets and two free throws in a 19-4 Bruin spurt that effectively sealed the win.  Kuenzi's power layup with 6:03 left completed the run and gave the Bruins their largest lead of 24 points at 65-41. 

Munger was joined in the Bruins' scoring column by Gordon with 14 and Kuenzi with 11.  Munger was 9-11 from the floor and had eight rebounds as the Bruins controlled the boards 34-30.  George Fox shot .537 (29-54) for the game after a blistering  .615 (16-26) in the second half and 8-18 from three-point land.  Kuenzi had four assists and Gordon made four steals.

Reeves-Howe tossed in 18, including four three-pointers, to lead the Boxers, and Jensen added 12 points along with a game-high nine rebounds and four steals.  Julianne Erbe passed out three assists.  Pacific shot .345 (19-55) from the floor for the game. 

NOTES: George Fox visits Puget Sound Friday for a game with huge implications for the conference race.  Tipoff time is 6:00 p.m. in Tacoma, Wash. ... Pacific goes to Pacific Lutheran Saturday, also at 6:00 p.m. ... Both games will be followed by NWC men's games at 8:00 p.m.