It was the Stags who raced ahead early behind the magic touch of John Parsons, who connected on four of his first five attempts, including a three-pointer, to give Claremont a 12-3 lead seven minutes into the game. Three-pointers by Aaron Schmick, ex-Stag Phil Heu-Weller, and Ben Melvin rallied the Bruins back to a 16-16 tie before another three by Parsons put Claremont in front again. Heu-Weller hit another trey with 6:25 left in the period for a 22-21 George Fox lead, and the Bruins stretched that to 35-28 at the half.
The Bruins never trailed again, although the Stags did tie it up one more time at 45-45 on a layup by Dan Winterbottom with 11:51 to go. A pair of Schmick free throws broke the deadlock at 11:33, but the Stags stayed close as Parson tossed in 18 of his game-high 30 points in the final 20 minutes. The game was still very much in doubt when Parson nailed a three with 1:09 to play, narrowing the score to 69-65. Brent Satern’s driving layup with 33 seconds remaining gave the Bruins a little breathing room at 71-65, and they sank 8-8 on throws in the final 16 seconds to secure the win.
Schmick topped the Bruins with 20 points, including 9-10 from the line, Heu-Weller added 19 that included 5-7 from three-point range, and Melvin had 12 on a perfect shooting night (4-4 from the field, including a pair of threes, and 2-2 from the line). While shooting .579 (22-41) from the field for the game, the Bruins hit .650 (13-20) from outside the arc and .846 (22-26) from the charity stripe. Scott Szalay had 5 rebounds and Schmick had 5 assists to lead the Bruins in those categories.
Parsons sank 12-19, including 4 threes, on the way to his 30 points, Craig Borengasser chipped in with 13, and Emanuel Maceira added 10. Miles Taylor’s 7 rebounds paced the Stags to a 29-22 edge on the boards. Taylor, Maceira, and Winterbottom all had 3 assists. CMS shot well at .500 (27-54), but struggled from outside (4-18 for .222) and hit only .611 (11-18) from the line.
George Fox is now 6-1 while Claremont-Mudd-Scripps slips to 4-3. The Bruins are off until Monday, Dec. 19, when they begin a three-game swing through southern California against Whittier College at 7:30 p.m. The Stags play again Saturday at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Ore., game time at 8:00 p.m.
Official Basketball Box Score -- GAME TOTALS -- FINAL STATISTICS
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps vs George Fox
12/09/05 8:00 pm at Newberg, Oregon
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VISITORS: Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 4-3
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
20 Taylor, Miles....... f 4-10 0-0 1-2 2 5 7 5 9 3 3 1 1 27
25 Borengasser, Craig.. f 5-10 0-2 3-7 2 1 3 3 13 2 2 0 0 30
55 Maceira, Emanuel.... c 3-5 0-2 4-5 2 4 6 2 10 3 0 1 1 36
14 Winterbottom, Dan... g 1-4 0-2 0-0 3 3 6 4 2 3 1 0 1 28
30 Parsons, John....... g 12-19 4-10 2-2 0 4 4 1 30 1 0 0 0 35
12 Clemens, Coury...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
15 Skrip, Andrew....... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
22 Turner, Chaz........ 2-5 0-1 0-0 0 2 2 4 4 0 1 0 1 20
42 Soldner, Austin..... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
44 Gala, Tejas......... 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 4 1 0 2 0 0 12
Team................ 1 1
Totals.............. 27-54 4-18 11-18 10 19 29 24 69 13 9 2 4 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-26 46.2% 2nd Half: 15-28 53.6% Game: 50.0% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-8 25.0% 2nd Half: 2-10 20.0% Game: 22.2% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 2-4 50.0% 2nd Half: 9-14 64.3% Game: 61.1% 3
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HOME TEAM: George Fox 6-1
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
23 Heu-Weller, Phil.... f 5-9 5-7 4-6 0 3 3 4 19 0 0 0 0 32
31 Strutz, Brady....... f 1-2 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 17
42 Szalay, Scott....... c 3-7 0-0 2-2 0 5 5 3 8 2 2 0 1 30
05 Schmick, Aaron...... g 4-10 3-6 9-10 1 3 4 0 20 5 2 0 2 35
24 Satern, Brent....... g 2-2 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 6 3 0 0 0 27
03 Mansfield, Nate..... 2-4 2-4 0-0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 16
20 Melvin, Ben......... 4-4 2-2 2-2 0 1 1 1 12 3 2 0 1 28
33 Parker, Chris....... 1-3 0-0 3-4 0 4 4 4 5 2 4 0 0 15
Team................ 1 4 5
Totals.............. 22-41 13-20 22-26 2 20 22 14 79 16 11 0 4 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-22 50.0% 2nd Half: 11-19 57.9% Game: 53.7% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 7-11 63.6% 2nd Half: 6-9 66.7% Game: 65.0% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 6-8 75.0% 2nd Half: 16-18 88.9% Game: 84.6% 2,1
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Officials: Monte Bousquet, David Gonzales, Pat Cook
Technical fouls: Claremont-Mudd-Scripps-Team. George Fox-None.
Attendance: 600
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps........ 28 41 - 69
George Fox.................... 35 44 - 79