TACOMA, Wash. --.Despite a strong offensive effort, the George Fox Men's Basketball team was unable to keep pace with a Puget Sound Loggers team that was on fire, dropping the game, 99-79.

How It Happened
George Fox was explosive early in the game, going on a six point run in the first two minutes to open the scoring. Eight minutes into the game, six different Bruin players had scored. The Loggers proved to be up for the challenge, though, and after trading points with Fox for the first half of the period they dropped nine points in one minute to pull ahead, 25-17. Both James Moore and Aiden Price made 4-6 shots from the floor during the half, but Fox went into the break behind, 44-34.

Puget Sound continued their hot shooting in the second half, bursting out of the gate with a seven point run that saw Fox's deficit grow to 17. The Bruins refused to give up, attempting to mount a comeback with a six point run from James Moore, Austin Clark and Charlie Powers. However, the Loggers only built more momentum as the second half progressed and simply proved too good on the day, shooting at over 50% from both the floor and beyond the arc to take the win, 99-79.

Top Performances 
James Moore led the Bruin offense with 16 points, while Samuel Stewart IV followed him with 13 and Aiden Price finished with 11. Moore and Stewart IV also led the way with five rebounds each on the day. Defensively, Nick Greenwood and Trey McDonald III collected three steals and Jett Briceno contributed a block to aid the defensive effort.

What It Means
The Bruins fall to 12-6 overall (5-4 NWC), while Loggers improve to 10-9 (6-4 NWC).

What's Next
The Bruins will have a week to prepare for their next home game against Lewis & Clark on Saturday, February 2nd. The game is scheduled for 6:00 p.m.