With Branden Kawazoe hitting four 3-pointers and Brad Krichevsky adding 11 points, the visiting Boxers held the lead for most of the game’s first 14 minutes. Scott Szalay scored 10 of his 15 first-half points in that span to keep the Bruins in the game. Nate Mansfield’s three with 6:08 left broke a 25-25 tie, and the Bruins then used treys by Mark Gayman, Philip Heu-Weller, and a pair by Ben Melvin to build a 46-34 halftime lead. The Bruins hit .630 (17-27) from the field, including 7-11 on threes, and 5-5 free throws in the half.
George Fox maintained a double-digit lead the rest of the game, and took its biggest lead of 22 points with 3:06 to play, 83-61, on a pair of Heu-Weller free throws. Gayman had 12 second-half points and Heu-Weller 11 to keep the Bruins comfortably in front.
Szalay paced the Bruins with his 3rd double-double of the season and 8th of his career, scoring 20 on 8-11 shooting with 11 rebounds. Heu-Weller added 20 points and Gayman 19. The Bruins finished with a .516 shooting percentage (33-64), hit 10-17 from three-point land, and were 12-14 (.857) from the line. The Bruins sported a huge advantage on the boards, 42-23, including 14 offensive rebounds, 6 by Szalay. Aaron Schmick passed out 5 assists, and Ben Melvin made 3 steals.
Krichevsky ended with 18 for the Boxers, Kawazoe had 14, and Miles Strampe collared 8 rebounds. The Boxers had a fine night at the free throw line, sinking 14-15 for a .933 percentage.
George Fox improved to 17-7 overall and 12-3 in the conference, while Pacific dropped to 4-19 overall and 3-11 in the league. The Bruins had already sewed up 2nd place in the conference, and with only one game left, they will better the .722 percentage of the 1997-98 team which went 13-5 in league play.
The Bruins end their season with Lewis & Clark College, while the Boxers, with two games left, go to Linfield College Friday. Both games are at 8:00 p.m. following women’s games at 6:00 p.m.
Newspaper Box Score Pacific (Ore.) vs George Fox 02/22/05 8:00 pm at Newberg, Ore. - Wheeler SC/Miller Gym At Newberg, Ore. - Wheeler SC/Miller Gym GEORGE FOX 88, PACIFIC (ORE.) 69 PACIFIC (ORE.) (4-19, NWC 3-11) Krichevsky, Brad 5-11 7-7 18; Kawazoe, Branden 4-6 2-2 14; Roche, Marcus 3-7 0-0 8; Anderson, B.J. 4-8 0-0 8; Henley, Mison 3-8 0-0 7; Townsend, Jason 2-4 0-0 5; Osborn, Jordan 1-2 2-2 4; Strampe, Miles 1-4 1-2 3; Ellis, Brett 0-3 2-2 2; Motta, Kyle 0-1 0-0 0; McBride, Nate 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 23-56 14-15 69. GEORGE FOX (17-7, NWC 12-3) Heu-Weller, Philip 6-8 3-3 20; Szalay, Scott 8-11 4-5 20; Gayman, Mark 8-16 1-1 19; Schmick, Aaron 3-9 3-3 9; Melvin, Ben 3-4 0-0 8; Parker, Chris 2-6 0-0 4; Mansfield, Nate 1-2 0-0 3; Martin, Andrew 1-1 1-2 3; Satern, Brent 1-3 0-0 2; Strutz, Brady 0-2 0-0 0; Metzler, Mark 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 33-64 12-14 88. Pacific (Ore.)................ 34 35 - 69 George Fox.................... 46 42 - 88 3-point goals-Pacific (Ore.) 9-26 (Kawazoe, Branden 4-5; Roche, Marcus 2-5; Krichevsky, Brad 1-6; Townsend, Jason 1-2; Henley, Mison 1-3; McBride, Nate 0-1; Ellis, Brett 0-3; Osborn, Jordan 0-1), George Fox 10-17 (Heu-Weller, Philip 5-7; Gayman, Mark 2-2; Melvin, Ben 2-3; Mansfield, Nate 1-1; Satern, Brent 0-1; Metzler, Mark 0-1; Schmick, Aaron 0-2). Fouled out--Pacific (Ore.)-None, George Fox-None. Rebounds-Pacific (Ore.) 23 (Strampe, Miles 8), George Fox 42 (Szalay, Scott 11). Assists-Pacific (Ore.) 12 (Strampe, Miles 2; Kaneshiro, Kellen 2; Kawazoe, Branden 2; Krichevsky, Brad 2), George Fox 22 (Schmick, Aaron 5). Total fouls-Pacific (Ore.) 14, George Fox 16. A-400