As they had the last three games, the Bruins started strong, scoring the first six points of the game and building a 17-7 lead midway through the first half. The offense then went ice-cold, making only one shot in nine attempts the rest of the period, enabling the Pirates to rally. Meaghan Beauchamp’s jumper with 21 seconds left gave Whitworth a 24-22 halftime lead, the first time the Bruins had trailed in a game since their season opener on Nov. 18 against Southern Oregon.
The deficit did not last for long. Kim Leith drained a three-pointer 33 seconds into the second half for a 25-24 George Fox lead and the Bruins were off and running. With Leith scoring 10 points, the Bruins outscored the Pirates 18-0 over a four-and-a-half minute span to take a 40-24 lead before the string was broken on a three by Beauchamp with 15:06 left. That 14-point margin was as close as the visitors would get again.
Leith finished with 12 points to lead the Bruins, Katy Campbell scored 11, and Tiffany Schmidt added 10. Schmidt had a game-high 9 rebounds as the Bruins controlled the boards 48-35. Robin Taylor and Tiffany Behary had 3 assists and 3 steals apiece. As a team, the Bruins shot only .349 (22-63) from the field, including 2-24 from three-point range, but the defense picked up the slack as they held the Pirates to a .283 (15-53) shooting percentage and forced 22 turnovers.
Beauchamp was the only Pirate in double figures with 12 points and had 5 rebounds, as did Emily Hendrickson and Alida Bower. Holly Ridings had 3 assists.
George Fox, ranked No. 6 in the latest D3hops.com national poll, is now 5-0 overall, while Whitworth fell to 3-2. The Bruins host Whitman College Saturday and the Pirates go to Linfield College, both games at 4:00 p.m. followed by men’s games at 6:00
Official Basketball Box Score -- GAME TOTALS -- FINAL STATISTICS
Whitworth vs George Fox
12/02/05 6:00 pm at Newberg, Ore.
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VISITORS: Whitworth 3-2, NWC 0-1
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
20 Hendrickson, Emily.. f 2-5 1-3 0-0 2 3 5 3 5 0 2 0 0 18
23 Bower, Alida........ f 0-6 0-4 2-2 0 5 5 5 2 2 1 0 1 32
32 Wegman, Danielle.... c 0-2 0-0 2-2 0 3 3 3 2 1 2 0 1 24
05 Zeitler, Teresa..... g 3-7 1-2 0-0 0 2 2 2 7 1 3 0 2 20
10 Ridings, Holly...... g 2-12 2-10 0-0 0 3 3 3 6 3 9 0 1 37
12 Corigliano, Tiffany. 1-2 0-0 1-1 1 1 2 2 3 1 0 0 1 7
15 Combs, Chelsea...... 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 4
22 Ridings, Amy........ 0-5 0-3 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 1 22
40 Highland, Kelli..... 1-5 0-0 1-2 2 2 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 13
44 Beauchamp, Meghan... 5-8 2-4 0-0 1 4 5 2 12 0 3 1 0 23
TEAM................ 5 5
Totals.............. 15-53 6-26 6-7 6 29 35 23 42 10 22 1 7 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 8-25 32.0% 2nd Half: 7-28 25.0% Game: 28.3% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-10 40.0% 2nd Half: 2-16 12.5% Game: 23.1% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 4-4 100 % 2nd Half: 2-3 66.7% Game: 85.7% 1
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HOME TEAM: George Fox 5-0, NWC 1-0
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
14 Leith, Kim.......... f 4-12 2-8 2-2 0 4 4 1 12 1 2 0 1 25
33 Campbell, Katy...... f 4-7 0-2 3-3 2 4 6 2 11 0 2 0 0 28
22 Powers, Erin........ c 2-5 0-1 1-3 3 2 5 2 5 2 2 0 1 14
03 Taylor, Robin....... g 3-8 0-3 2-2 0 2 2 2 8 3 0 0 3 25
24 Behary, Tiffany..... g 1-5 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 2 3 4 0 3 24
04 Boyd, Karissa....... 1-2 0-1 0-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 8
10 Emerick, Ashley..... 1-2 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 7
21 Hubka, Jaime........ 0-3 0-3 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 8
23 Schmidt, Tiffany.... 5-10 0-1 0-2 4 5 9 3 10 1 1 2 0 20
25 Ramey, Kaleigha..... 0-5 0-2 3-4 1 2 3 1 3 0 1 0 0 13
32 Spotts, Mandee...... 0-1 0-1 1-2 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 9
40 Marek-Farris, Meliss 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 4 5 1 2 1 1 0 2 10
42 Wilde, Jordan....... 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 9
Team................ 2 3 5
Totals.............. 22-63 2-24 12-20 16 32 48 15 58 12 16 2 11 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 9-26 34.6% 2nd Half: 13-37 35.1% Game: 34.9% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 0-9 0.0% 2nd Half: 2-15 13.3% Game: 8.3% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 4-6 66.7% 2nd Half: 8-14 57.1% Game: 60.0% 4
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Officials: Bethany Graves, Chris Equinoa, ReaAnn Jonson
Technical fouls: Whitworth-None. George Fox-None.
Attendance: 300
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
Whitworth..................... 24 18 - 42
George Fox.................... 22 36 - 58