Pre-season Third Team All-American Kim Leith sparked the Bruins in the first half as she hit a trio of three-point field goals and a short-range jumper for 11 points that gave her team a 16-7 lead with 11:37 left in the half. She finished with 14 in the period as the Bruins forged a 30-23 halftime advantage.
The Regals twice got within four points in the second half, the latter at 37-33 on a jumper by Caroline Beddow with 16:30 to play. The Bruins then pushed the lead back up to double digits with a 9-2 run, capped by a Katy Campbell layup, for a 46-35 advantage with 11:05 left, and they maintained a safe margin the rest of the way. Their largest lead was 13 points at 65-52 on another layup by Campbell with 34 second remaining.
Leith totaled 16 points to lead the Bruins, Campbell scored 12, and Robin Taylor and Erin Powers added 10 each. Powers recorded her first career double-double by pulling down 11 rebounds as well. Campbell passed out 6 assists and led the defense with 3 steals. The Bruins shot .464 from the field (26-56) while holding the Regals to only .279 for the game (19-68), and made 12 steals in forcing 22 CLU turnovers.
Lauren Stroot also had a double-double for the Regals with game highs of 20 points and 14 rebounds. Marie Ayala was the only other Cal Lutheran double-figure scorer with 10. Alex Mallen had 4 assists, and Mary Placido made 4 steals.
In the tournament’s first game of the day, Marian College of Wisconsin knocked off the University of La Verne 65-58. George Fox finished 2-0 in the Classic, Marian and Cal Lutheran 1-1, and La Verne 0-2 .
Taylor, who scored 21 points in the Bruins’ 87-54 win over La Verne the day before, was named the tournament MVP, while Leith was also named to the All-Tournament Team. Joining them as All-Tournament selections were Stroot of Cal Lutheran, Lindsey Shiomi of La Verne, and Chelsea Borgrud of Marian.
George Fox, ranked 8th in the WBCA pre-season poll and 10th in the D3hoops.com poll, is now 4-0, while Cal Lutheran fell to 1-1. The Bruins are back home Friday to open Northwest Conference play against Whitworth College, game time at 6:00 p.m., followed by the men’s game at 8:00 p.m.
Official Basketball Box Score -- GAME TOTALS -- FINAL STATISTICS
George Fox vs California Lutheran
11/26/05 1:00 pm at Honolulu, HI
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VISITORS: George Fox 4-0
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
03 Taylor, Robin....... * 4-11 1-7 1-2 2 1 3 1 10 4 3 0 1 32
14 Leith, Kim.......... * 6-14 4-7 0-0 0 7 7 0 16 0 2 1 1 35
22 Powers, Erin........ * 4-7 0-1 2-2 3 8 11 3 10 2 1 1 2 29
24 Behary, Tiffany..... * 3-6 0-0 1-4 0 1 1 2 7 5 4 0 2 31
33 Campbell, Katy...... * 5-7 0-0 2-5 2 4 6 0 12 6 2 0 3 28
10 Emerick, Ashley..... 0-3 0-1 1-2 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 7
21 Hubka, Jaime........ 0-1 0-1 1-2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 8
23 Schmidt, Tiffany.... 1-2 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 2 1 11
25 Ramey, Kaleigha..... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
32 Spotts, Mandee...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
40 Marek-Farris, Meliss 3-5 0-0 0-1 0 1 1 1 6 0 3 0 1 9
42 Wilde, Jordan....... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
Team................ 5 5 1
Totals.............. 26-56 5-17 8-19 8 29 37 13 65 18 19 4 12 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-28 42.9% 2nd Half: 14-28 50.0% Game: 46.4% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-10 40.0% 2nd Half: 1-7 14.3% Game: 29.4% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 2-7 28.6% 2nd Half: 6-12 50.0% Game: 42.1% 7
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HOME TEAM: California Lutheran 1-1
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
10 Mallen, Alex........ * 2-5 0-0 0-0 2 6 8 0 4 4 5 1 1 33
15 Stroot, Lauren...... * 6-17 0-0 8-11 10 4 14 4 20 0 3 0 3 33
21 Neill, Allison...... * 0-3 0-0 0-1 2 0 2 2 0 2 4 0 0 19
22 Ayala, Marie........ * 3-12 1-7 3-3 1 6 7 4 10 2 2 0 0 25
33 Placido, Mary....... * 2-12 1-9 0-0 0 0 0 1 5 2 1 0 4 29
03 Shim, Tiffiny....... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 0 1 18
13 Conway, Melissa..... 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
20 Beddow, Caroline.... 1-5 0-1 1-2 4 4 8 0 3 1 0 0 1 9
30 Powers, Megan....... 4-9 1-2 0-0 0 3 3 3 9 1 0 0 0 20
34 Lee, Cheryl......... 1-2 1-1 0-0 0 1 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 9
TEAM................ 3 2 5 1
Totals.............. 19-68 4-20 12-17 22 26 48 17 54 14 22 1 10 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-32 31.3% 2nd Half: 9-36 25.0% Game: 27.9% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-9 22.2% 2nd Half: 2-11 18.2% Game: 20.0% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 1-4 25.0% 2nd Half: 11-13 84.6% Game: 70.6% 3
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Officials:
Technical fouls: George Fox-None. California Lutheran-None.
Attendance: 200
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
George Fox.................... 30 35 - 65
California Lutheran........... 23 31 - 54
D3 in Hawaii Hoops Classic Game #4 (at Kamehameha HS)