The Lutes are 3-10 in the conference, 5-17 overall. George Fox is 16-7 on the season and 11-3 in the conference.
Scott Szalay's jumper with 12:40 left in the first half put the Bruins in front for good at 11-9. That also began a 26-8 George Fox run -- highlighted by four straight three-pointers -- to give 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 couldn't get any closer in the second half.
Landon Heidenreich scored 12 points, pulled down 5 rebounds and had 6 assists for PLU. Mark Gayman paced George Fox with 18 points and 8 rebounds. Szalay and Aaron Schmick both scored 12 points.
The Lutes host Willamette University in a make-up game on Tuesday. The game will start 30 minutes after the completion of the women's game between the two schools, which was suspended on Feb. 4 because of a power outage.
Newspaper Box Score George Fox vs Pacific Lutheran 02/19/05 8:00 p.m. at Tacoma, Wash. (Olson Auditorium) At Tacoma, Wash. (Olson Auditorium) GEORGE FOX 72, PACIFIC LUTHERAN 57 GEORGE FOX (16-7, 11-3 NWC) Gayman, Mark 6-15 6-9 18; Schmick, Aaron 4-11 1-1 12; Szalay, Scott 6-10 0-0 12; Satern, Brent 3-3 0-2 9; Melvin, Ben 3-5 2-3 8; Heu-Weller, Philip 1-7 3-3 5; Strutz, Brady 1-1 0-1 3; Mansfield, Nate 1-3 0-0 3; Parker, Chris 0-1 2-2 2; Walther, Tony 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 25-57 14-21 72. PACIFIC LUTHERAN (5-17, 3-10 NWC) Cardwell, Drew 7-11 4-7 19; Heidenreich, Landon 5-8 1-3 12; Jochim, Brian 3-7 2-4 8; Oliver, Kurt 2-9 0-0 6; Carstensen, Jake 2-8 0-0 4; Sinnes, Matt 2-4 0-0 4; Lipscomb, Jake 1-1 0-2 2; Torbenson, Michael 1-1 0-0 2; Ash, Gabe 0-2 0-0 0; Pederson, Andrew 0-2 0-0 0; Mehalechko, Andrew 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 23-56 7-16 57. George Fox.................... 39 33 - 72 Pacific Lutheran.............. 29 28 - 57 3-point goals-George Fox 8-20 (Schmick, Aaron 3-8; Satern, Brent 3-3; Strutz, Brady 1-1; Mansfield, Nate 1-1; Walther, Tony 0-1; Heu-Weller, Philip 0-4; Melvin, Ben 0-1; Gayman, Mark 0-1), Pacific Lutheran 4-22 (Oliver, Kurt 2-6; Heidenreich, Landon 1-4; Cardwell, Drew 1-2; Mehalechko, Andrew 0-3; Carstensen, Jake 0-4; Jochim, Brian 0-3). Fouled out--George Fox-None, Pacific Lutheran-None. Rebounds-George Fox 41 (Gayman, Mark 8), Pacific Lutheran 34 (Cardwell, Drew 10). Assists-George Fox 19 (Schmick, Aaron 6), Pacific Lutheran 11 (Heidenreich, Landon 6). Total fouls-George Fox 16, Pacific Lutheran 18. A-850