Schmick’s special moment came with 17:45 left in the game on a three-pointer, giving 1,001 at that time. He went on to pass Mike Rasmussen’s 1,004 career points and is 31st on the all-time GFU scoring list. The Bruins now have two 1,000+ scorers on the team, as Mark Gayman, who hit the magic mark in the final game of last season, is 8th all-time with 1,415 points.
Scott Szalay's jumper with 12:40 left in the first half put the Bruins in front for good at 11-9 and began a 26-8 George Fox run, highlighted by four straight three-pointers, that gave the Bruins a 35-17 advantage with 5:20 left in the half.
The Lutes cut the difference to 10 points, 39-29, at intermission, but could get no closer in the second half.
Gayman paced the Bruins with 18 points and 8 rebounds, while Schmick and Szalay had 12 points apiece. Schmick had 6 assists as well.
Drew Cardwell posted a double-double for the Lutes with 19 points and 10 rebounds, and Landon Heidenreich scored 12 along with 6 assists.
George Fox is now 16-7 overall and 11-3 in the conference, with the most wins in a season since the 1993-94 team went 17-16. The win also guaranteed the Bruins no worse than second place in the conference standings. Pacific Lutheran is 5-17 overall and 3-10 in the league after losing its 10th straight NWC contest.
The Bruins close out the season with two games at home, starting Tuesday against Pacific University at 8:00 p.m. The GFU-Pacific women’s game precedes the men’s game at 6:00 p.m. The Lutes host Willamette University Tuesday in a make-up of a game that was postponed from Feb. 4 because of a power outage on the PLU campus. That game will be played at 7:00 p.m., following completion of the PLU-Willamette women’s game at 6:30 p.m. that was suspended with Willamette up 47-42 and four-and-a-half minutes left in the game.
Official Basketball Box Score -- GAME TOTALS -- FINAL STATISTICS
George Fox vs Pacific Lutheran
02/19/05 8:00 p.m. at Tacoma, Wash. (Olson Auditorium)
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VISITORS: George Fox 16-7, 11-3 NWC
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, Philip.. f 1-7 0-4 3-3 3 4 7 3 5 0 3 0 1 20
30 Gayman, Mark........ f 6-15 0-1 6-9 1 7 8 2 18 2 2 1 1 26
42 Szalay, Scott....... c 6-10 0-0 0-0 2 5 7 2 12 3 0 1 1 26
05 Schmick, Aaron...... g 4-11 3-8 1-1 1 3 4 0 12 6 0 0 1 32
20 Melvin, Ben......... g 3-5 0-1 2-3 1 3 4 1 8 3 3 0 0 34
03 Mansfield, Nate..... 1-3 1-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 3 2 1 0 0 18
21 Walther, Tony....... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
24 Satern, Brent....... 3-3 3-3 0-2 0 3 3 3 9 1 1 0 2 18
31 Strutz, Brady....... 1-1 1-1 0-1 1 2 3 1 3 2 1 0 0 14
33 Parker, Chris....... 0-1 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 10
TEAM................ 4 4
Totals.............. 25-57 8-20 14-21 9 32 41 16 72 19 11 2 6 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-34 38.2% 2nd Half: 12-23 52.2% Game: 43.9% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 5-14 35.7% 2nd Half: 3-6 50.0% Game: 40.0% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 8-9 88.9% 2nd Half: 6-12 50.0% Game: 66.7% 2
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HOME TEAM: Pacific Lutheran 5-17, 3-10 NWC
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
12 Cardwell, Drew...... f 7-11 1-2 4-7 2 8 10 4 19 0 2 0 3 37
20 Oliver, Kurt........ f 2-9 2-6 0-0 0 1 1 0 6 1 3 0 1 34
44 Lipscomb, Jake...... c 1-1 0-0 0-2 0 3 3 2 2 0 1 1 0 14
05 Carstensen, Jake.... g 2-8 0-4 0-0 0 3 3 1 4 1 1 0 0 19
15 Heidenreich, Landon. g 5-8 1-4 1-3 2 3 5 2 12 6 1 0 1 27
03 Mehalechko, Andrew.. 0-3 0-3 0-0 0 4 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 18
11 Torbenson, Michael.. 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 4
14 Jochim, Brian....... 3-7 0-3 2-4 1 1 2 1 8 1 2 0 0 22
21 Pederson, Andrew.... 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 9
32 Ash, Gabe........... 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 11
33 Sinnes, Matt........ 2-4 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 5
TEAM................ 1 1
Totals.............. 23-56 4-22 7-16 7 27 34 18 57 11 12 1 6 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-30 36.7% 2nd Half: 12-26 46.2% Game: 41.1% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-12 16.7% 2nd Half: 2-10 20.0% Game: 18.2% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 5-9 55.6% 2nd Half: 2-7 28.6% Game: 43.8% 3,1
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Officials: Bob Rose, Eric Cheatley, Monte Bousquet
Technical fouls: George Fox-None. Pacific Lutheran-None.
Attendance: 850
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
George Fox.................... 39 33 - 72
Pacific Lutheran.............. 29 28 - 57