The victory enabled the Bruins, ranked No. 5 in the NCAA Division III WBCA poll and No. 7 in the D3hoops.com poll, to stretch their season-opening win streak to seven in a row, the third-best start in team history. The T’Birds, meanwhile, remained winless at 0-8.
Cascade held a lead three times in the early stages of the contest, the last at 9-8 on a jumper by Jamie Martinez with 13:24 left in the half. Mandee Spotts nailed a bucket to put the Bruins back in front 10-9 with 12:12 left, giving the home team a lead they would not relinquish and sparking an 11-0 run. The Bruins led by as many as 20 in the half before settling for a 40-22 margin at halftime.
Leith’s hot hand in the second half, including a pair of three-pointers, three free throws after being fouled on a long-range attempt, and a short two-point jumper, pushed the gap to 31 points at 60-29 with 14:43 remaining. The largest lead of the game was 42 points on a three-pointer by Kaleigha Ramey with 8:26 left, giving the Bruins a 77-35 advantage.
In addition to Leith 17 points, Melissa Marek-Farris scored a career-high 14, Robin Taylor had 13, Katy Campbell 12, and Ramey a career-best 10. Taylor handed out 5 assists. Campbell and Tiffany Schmidt grabbed 8 rebounds apiece to pace the Bruins to a 51-34 advantage on the boards. Leith and Erin Powers led the defense with 4 steals each, and the Bruins collectively blocked 8 shots.
Kristin Woller led the Thunderbirds with 16 points, Martinez added 13, and Jenny Pippa scored 10 to go along with 6 assists and 5 steals. Jubilee Cristel pulled down a game-high 11 rebounds.
George Fox returns to action Friday, closing out a four-game home stand with Western Oregon University at 6:00 p.m. The Bruin men follow that with an 8:00 p.m. game against Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges. Cascade is back home Saturday for a 7:00 p.m. game vs. Linfield College.
Official Basketball Box Score -- GAME TOTALS -- FINAL STATISTICS
Cascade vs George Fox
12/08/05 7:00 pm at Newberg, Oregon
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VISITORS: Cascade 0-8
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
13 Martinez, Jamie..... f 4-14 3-10 2-2 1 2 3 2 13 3 6 0 0 32
42 Woller, Kristin..... f 8-14 0-0 0-0 2 6 8 2 16 1 2 0 4 29
43 Cristel, Jubilee.... c 1-7 0-0 2-2 2 9 11 4 4 2 3 0 0 34
03 Pippa, Jenny........ g 2-10 2-5 4-6 1 0 1 3 10 6 7 0 5 40
12 Agee, Sharleen...... g 0-3 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 16
21 Sivey, Amanda....... 3-7 2-5 0-0 0 2 2 1 8 0 1 0 1 17
22 Stone, Kelsey....... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7
30 Griffith, Erika..... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7
33 Ramsey, Danyele..... 0-4 0-2 0-0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 8
35 Selvidge, Danielle.. 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 10
Team................ 1 5 6
Totals.............. 19-62 7-22 10-12 8 26 34 22 55 15 20 0 10 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 7-25 28.0% 2nd Half: 12-37 32.4% Game: 30.6% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-12 25.0% 2nd Half: 4-10 40.0% Game: 31.8% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 5-6 83.3% 2nd Half: 5-6 83.3% Game: 83.3% 1
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HOME TEAM: George Fox 7-0
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 5-8 3-5 4-5 0 3 3 1 17 1 2 1 4 21
33 Campbell, Katy...... f 4-7 1-2 3-4 2 6 8 0 12 1 2 0 1 18
22 Powers, Erin........ c 1-6 0-3 0-0 0 5 5 1 2 4 1 1 4 18
03 Taylor, Robin....... g 5-9 2-5 1-1 0 2 2 1 13 5 1 0 2 15
24 Behary, Tiffany..... g 1-4 1-2 0-0 0 1 1 2 3 3 1 0 0 15
04 Boyd, Karissa....... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 10
10 Emerick, Ashley..... 1-2 0-0 1-2 2 2 4 2 3 1 5 0 0 9
21 Hubka, Jaime........ 1-5 1-5 0-0 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 12
23 Schmidt, Tiffany.... 0-3 0-2 2-2 3 5 8 0 2 3 1 2 1 18
25 Ramey, Kaleigha..... 2-6 1-5 5-6 1 0 1 0 10 0 0 0 0 9
30 Wetmore, Bethany.... 0-1 0-0 0-2 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 12
32 Spotts, Mandee...... 1-2 0-1 2-2 0 1 1 0 4 1 3 2 0 15
40 Marek-Farris, Meliss 4-5 0-0 6-9 1 2 3 1 14 0 1 2 1 16
42 Wilde, Jordan....... 1-4 0-1 1-2 4 1 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 12
Team................ 2 2 4
Totals.............. 26-63 9-32 25-35 16 35 51 13 86 21 18 8 14 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 14-37 37.8% 2nd Half: 12-26 46.2% Game: 41.3% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-19 21.1% 2nd Half: 5-13 38.5% Game: 28.1% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 8-11 72.7% 2nd Half: 17-24 70.8% Game: 71.4% 5,1
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Officials: Lea Bush, Bethany Graves, Jeannie Watkins
Technical fouls: Cascade-None. George Fox-None.
Attendance: 175
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
Cascade....................... 22 33 - 55
George Fox.................... 40 46 - 86