NEWBERG, Ore. - Led by a record-setting three-point show by Arianna Mohsenian, the 5th-ranked George Fox University Bruins poured in their highest point total of the season in a 98-57 rout of the Lewis & Clark College Pioneers in a Northwest Conference women's basketball Tournament semifinal Thursday night here at the Wheeler Sports Center's Miller Gym.

With the win, George Fox (24-2) advances to the tournament title game against the 13th-ranked University of Puget Sound Loggers (23-3), a 68-55 winner at home over the Whitworth University Pirates.  The championship game will be played at George Fox at 7:00 p.m. Saturday, with the winner getting the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division III National Tournament.  The Bruins swept the Loggers 65-62 in overtime in Newberg and 60-51 in Tacoma this season, and beat them 67-58 in last year's title game en route to a 32-0 season and the national championship. 

Mohsenian scored a game-high 22 points on 7-of-8 shooting, including a 6-for-6 showing from beyond the arc to set a new George Fox record for best three-point percentage in a game.  The previous best was 5-for-5 by Traci Blair vs. Lewis & Clark on Nov. 28, 1990, and by Tabitha Dawson (Greller) vs. Hamline on Nov. 22, 1997.  She also fell one three-pointer short of the individual record of seven in a game by Christy Brock vs. Whitman on Jan. 8, 1999.

The Bruins hit 15 threes as a team on 22 attempts, a .682 percentage, the third time this season they have fallen one short of the single-game record of 16 vs. Lewis & Clark on Feb. 8, 2000, and Western Oregon on Dec. 9, 2005.  After Kristina Williams hit a jumper for an early 2-0 Pioneer lead, Elise Kuenzi hit two free throws to tie it and a three-pointer to put the Bruins ahead for good 5-2.  They took a 10-point lead of 13-2 on a three by Keisha Gordon at 14:54, a 20-point lead of 30-9 on a three by Mohsenian at 9:40, and a 30-point lead of 45-14 on a three by B.B. Gardner at 1:58.

George Fox led 47-19 at the half after shooting a blistering 15-of-24 (.625) from the field, including 8-of-10 from downtown.  The Bruins hardly slowed down in the second half despite playing no one even half the game, connecting on 16-of-27 (.593) for a final mark of .608 (31-51).

Lewis & Clark doubled its scoring output in the second half, their 38 points being the second-most allowed by George Fox in a half this season, but the Bruins continued to pull away by scoring 51 of their own.  They took their first 40-point lead of 65-25 with 12:58 to play on yet another three by Mohsenian, and built it to 44 at 76-32 on her sixth and final three with 9:36 remaining. 

Four other Bruins joined Mohsenian in the double-digit column: Hannah Munger with 16, Laura Silva with 11, including 6-for-6 from the free throw line, and Kuenzi and Breezy Rinehart-Young, who was 4-of-5 from the field, with 10.  Gordon had a game-high seven rebounds as the Bruins held a 32-31 edge on the glass.  MJ Samples passed out six assists, and Gardner and Lindsay Keener had five each as the Bruins posted an incredible 28 assists on 31 field goals.

Williams and Talerra Rich topped the Pioneers with 15 points apiece, and Neva Hauser added 11, along with a team-high six rebounds.  The Pios shot .368 (21-57) from the field for the game.  Christina Herring handed out five assists as the visitors were also efficient in their offense with 18 assists on 21 goals.

George Fox has won 20 straight games, and 36 in a row against conference competition in all game including NWC Tournament and post-season games.  Lewis & Clark finishes its season at 16-10.