George Fox finished with a 2-1 record in California, winning at Whittier and losing to La Verne earlier in the week, and is now 8-2 overall. Chapman, 8-4, dropped its fourth in a row after opening the season with eight straight wins.
The Bruins jumped out to a 4-0 lead on jumpers by Brent Satern and Aaron Schmick and never trailed in the game, but had to shoot 66.0% (33-50) to maintain their lead as the Panthers connected on 51.7% (30-58). The Bruins led by as many as 13 in the first half when Chris Parker scored to make it a 23-10 game with 14:02 left, and were up by six at the break 50-44.
Scott Szalay’s rebound basket with 7:30 to go in the game enabled the Bruins to again take a 13-point lead at 79-66. The Panthers rallied, however, behind the hot hand of Patrick Carney, who scored 11 points in a 19-8 run that cut the deficit to two points at 87-85 with a minute-and-a-half to play. Phil Heu-Weller nailed two free throws with 18 seconds left and Schmick added another one with 3 seconds remaining for the final score.
Schmick and Heu-Weller led the Bruins with 16 points apiece, Szalay added 15, Brady Strutz had a career-high 13, Parker finished with 11, and Satern tallied 10. Schmick passed out 4 assists, while Satern had 4 steals and Szalay 3 blocks on defense. Szalay and Strutz had 5 rebounds each for the Bruins, who were out-rebounded 26-22 in a game in which there were not many missed shots.
Carney finished with a game-high 26 points for the Panthers, Greg Perrine added 19, Zach Wheatley and Rob Selway had 12 each, and Richard Coombs scored 10. Wheatley had 4 assists, while Perrine and Selway pulled down 6 boards apiece.
The Bruins are off until Friday, Jan. 6, when they return to Northwest Conference action at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Wash. Game time is 8:00 p.m. following the women’s game at 6:00 p.m. The Panthers play again Friday, Dec. 30, at Chaminade University in Honolulu, Hawaii, game time at 7:30 p.m.
Official Basketball Box Score -- GAME TOTALS -- FINAL STATISTICS
George Fox vs Chapman
12/22/05 7:00 pm at Orange, CA (Hutton Sports Center)
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VISITORS: George Fox 8-2
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
20 Melvin, Ben......... f 3-6 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 5 6 2 1 1 0 26
23 Heu-Weller, Phil.... f 3-5 2-3 8-9 1 2 3 3 16 3 2 0 0 26
42 Szalay, Scott....... c 7-8 0-0 1-2 2 3 5 3 15 1 2 3 1 23
05 Schmick, Aaron...... g 7-11 1-4 1-2 0 0 0 3 16 4 1 0 1 32
24 Satern, Brent....... g 3-4 1-1 3-4 0 1 1 1 10 3 6 0 4 26
03 Mansfield, Nate..... 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 1 1 3 3 2 0 0 0 18
31 Strutz, Brady....... 5-6 0-1 3-3 3 2 5 1 13 1 0 0 0 24
33 Parker, Chris....... 4-8 0-0 3-5 1 1 2 2 11 0 1 0 0 22
55 Metzler, Mark....... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Team................ 1 4 5
Totals.............. 33-50 5-11 19-25 8 14 22 21 90 16 13 4 6 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 20-32 62.5% 2nd Half: 13-18 72.2% Game: 66.0% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-7 42.9% 2nd Half: 2-4 50.0% Game: 45.5% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 7-9 77.8% 2nd Half: 12-16 75.0% Game: 76.0% 4
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HOME TEAM: Chapman 8-4
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
24 Patrick Carney...... f 9-18 1-5 7-8 1 1 2 2 26 2 1 0 1 35
32 Zach Wheatley....... f 3-13 1-2 5-8 0 4 4 4 12 4 2 1 1 37
34 Rob Selway.......... c 4-5 0-0 4-4 5 1 6 2 12 0 0 0 1 21
11 Greg Perrine........ g 6-10 1-2 6-7 3 3 6 2 19 3 0 0 1 28
23 Chad Eichten........ g 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 5 2 0 6 0 1 27
03 Sean Vreeburg....... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
10 Danny Krikorian..... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Josh Flynn-Brown.... 2-5 0-1 0-0 2 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 14
20 Sean Ward........... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 14
42 Richard Coombs...... 5-5 0-0 0-0 2 2 4 3 10 1 0 0 0 21
TEAM................ 2 2 1
Totals.............. 30-58 3-10 22-27 15 11 26 20 85 12 11 1 5 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 14-28 50.0% 2nd Half: 16-30 53.3% Game: 51.7% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-2 50.0% 2nd Half: 2-8 25.0% Game: 30.0% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 15-16 93.8% 2nd Half: 7-11 63.6% Game: 81.5% 4
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Officials:
Technical fouls: George Fox-None. Chapman-None.
Attendance: 315
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
George Fox.................... 50 40 - 90
Chapman....................... 44 41 - 85