NEWBERG, Ore. – Arianna Mohsenian scored 21 points and Hannah Munger posted her seventh straight double-double as the George Fox University Bruins inaugurated the Michael Meek coaching era with an 87-61 win over the Corban University Warriors in women's basketball action Tuesday night here at the Wheeler Sports Center's Miller Gym.

Mohsenian led all scorers by hitting 7-12 from the field, including 5-9 from three-point range, while Munger contributed 20 points on 8-11 field goals and 4-5 from the line with 13 rebounds.  She had recorded double figures in points and rebounds in each of the Bruins' final six games of 2009-10, all post-season action (two in the Northwest Conference Tournament, four in the NCAA Division III National Tournament).

Keisha Gordon and Megan Arnoldy added 13 points each, helping Meek to win in his first game as a college coach.  The Bruins' new mentor came from Southridge High School in Beaverton, Ore., where he had won five large-school state championships in the last six years, to replace 14-year veteran Scott Rueck, who took the women's basketball job at Oregon State University.

George Fox jumped out to a 7-0 lead three minutes into the game behind a basket and two free throws by Arnoldy and a three by Mohsenian before Corban got going.  Led by Jennesa Miller, who scored 10 points in the first half, the Warriors went on a 10-0 run to take the lead and built up a nine-point advantage at 23-14 on a layup by Christy Mosier midway through the first half.

Munger started the Bruins' comeback with five unanswered points, and an 11-1 run featuring an offensive putback and a three-pointer by Gordon lifted the home team from a 27-19 deficit to a 30-28 lead with 4:48 left.  The Bruins closed the half with a 9-2 run to lead 39-30 at the break.

A trey by Mohsenian boosted the Bruin lead to 49-38 with 16:37 left in the game, but the Warriors made one final run behind Katie Steigleman, their All-Cascade Collegiate Conference forward who had joined the school's 1,000-point club in their season opener.  Scoring nine straight points, the first seven by Steigleman, Corban got within two at 49-47 with 11:15 showing before the wheels fell off for the visitors.

Over the next two-and-a-half minutes, the Bruins exploded for a 15-2 outburst, with Arnoldy and Mohsenian scoring five points apiece, to build a 64-49 margin, and the Warriors got no closer than 12 the rest of the way.  Katie Morse's three with two ticks left gave the Bruins their largest lead and final score.

The Bruins connected on 32-57 from the field (.561), including 19-29 (.655) in the second half.  George Fox held a 51-28 advantage in rebounds, Gordon just missing a double-double of her own with nine boards, but committed 31 turnovers to 21 for Corban.  Carly Towne and Hayley Cusick had six and five assists each, Munger blocked three shots, and Mohsenian made four steals.

Steigleman led the Warriors with 18 points, while Miller added 11 and Tess Bennett 10.  Corban shot .362 (21-58) from the field, and only .333 (11-33) in the second half.  Bennett grabbed a team-high six rebounds, Ashlee Roderick handed out four assists, and Steigleman made four steals.

NEXT: George Fox hosts Southern Oregon University Friday at 5:30 p.m., with the season opener for the Bruin men against Corban to follow at 7:30 p.m. ... Corban plays its home opener Saturday against Chapman University at 7:30 p.m. in the Corban Tipoff Tournament.