Both teams missed their first three shots before Sarah Carnahan’s three-pointer put Puget Sound on the scoreboard, and the Loggers maintained a slim lead for most of the half. George Fox went ahead for the first time at 13-12 on a jumper by Tiffany Schmidt with 8:49 to play, and a layup by Kim Leith boosted the margin to 18-15 with 6:46 left. The Loggers regained the lead for good 24-22 on pair of free throws by Karen Chase with 2:43 to go, and the Loggers led 28-24 at the break.
A seven-minute scoreless drought struck the Bruins to open the second half, during which they missed nine shots while the Loggers were building a 36-24 lead. The Bruins finally got on the board in the half on Robin Taylor’s two free throws with 12:54 to play, and Katy Campbell’s jumper with 10:33 left gave the Bruins their first basket in over 12 minutes, cutting the deficit to 36-28. It was as close as the Bruins would get, however. Despite holding UPS to only 25% shooting (7-28) in the half, the Bruins did exactly the same thing, and could never close the gap.
For the game, George Fox shot 27.8% (15-54), and were even more futile from three-point range, hitting only 14.3% (3-21). Puget Sound was not much better, making 32.7% (18-55) on all their shots and 34.8% (8-23) from beyond the arc.
Leith led the Bruins with 11 points and Kaleigha Ramey came off the bench to score 10. Schmidt just missed a double-double with 9 points and 9 rebounds. Ramey and Schmidt were a combined 8-11 from the field.
Carnahan did manage a double-double for the Loggers with game highs of 14 points and 10 rebounds, and nearly made it a triple-double with 8 assists. Chase and Laua Hirsh chipped in with 12 points each. Kilty Keaton, who had 31 points in the Loggers’ 85-61 win over the Bruins in Tacoma earlier in the season, was held to only 7 points this time.
The Bruins dropped their third in a row in falling to 15-5 overall and 6-5 in the conference. The Loggers posted their 9th straight win to improve to 18-3 overall, and maintained at least a share of first place in the league at 10-2.
George Fox hosts Pacific University Saturday at 6 p.m. on Homecoming night, while Puget Sound is off until next Friday when they visit Whitworth College, also at 6 p.m. Both games will be followed by men’s NWC contests at 8 p.m.
Official Basketball Box Score -- GAME TOTALS -- FINAL STATISTICS
Puget Sound vs George Fox
02/03/06 6:00 pm at Newberg, Oregon
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VISITORS: Puget Sound 18-3, NWC 10-2
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
05 Craven, Allison..... f 2-8 2-3 0-0 0 2 2 1 6 1 1 2 1 25
14 Hirsh, Laura........ f 3-8 0-4 6-8 0 4 4 1 12 2 1 0 2 32
41 Chase, Karen........ c 4-6 0-0 4-4 1 1 2 2 12 2 0 0 2 22
02 Carnahan, Sarah..... g 4-8 3-4 3-4 4 6 10 2 14 8 8 0 2 36
20 Keaton, Kilty....... g 2-10 2-9 1-2 0 5 5 4 7 2 1 0 1 29
04 Ramirez, Shelby..... 1-4 1-3 0-1 0 2 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 26
11 Harter, Morgan...... 1-6 0-0 0-0 2 2 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 14
23 Covington, Heidi.... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
33 Adderley, Brie...... 1-5 0-0 1-2 2 1 3 3 3 0 1 0 0 14
Team................ 1 8 9
Totals.............. 18-55 8-23 15-21 10 32 42 14 59 16 14 2 8 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-27 40.7% 2nd Half: 7-28 25.0% Game: 32.7% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-10 40.0% 2nd Half: 4-13 30.8% Game: 34.8% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 2-2 100 % 2nd Half: 13-19 68.4% Game: 71.4% 3
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HOME TEAM: George Fox 15-5, NWC 6-5
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
14 Leith, Kim.......... f 3-15 1-8 4-4 0 6 6 1 11 3 6 0 2 38
33 Campbell, Katy...... f 1-4 0-2 1-2 2 3 5 3 3 0 1 0 1 24
22 Powers, Erin........ c 0-4 0-0 0-0 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 18
03 Taylor, Robin....... g 0-7 0-1 4-4 0 2 2 4 4 1 1 0 1 27
24 Behary, Tiffany..... g 0-6 0-5 0-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 4 0 0 22
21 Hubka, Jaime........ 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 11
23 Schmidt, Tiffany.... 4-5 1-1 0-0 0 9 9 3 9 1 2 0 1 19
25 Ramey, Kaleigha..... 4-6 0-1 2-3 2 1 3 4 10 0 0 0 0 8
32 Spotts, Mandee...... 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
40 Marek-Farris, Meliss 2-3 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 1 4 0 1 0 0 13
42 Wilde, Jordan....... 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 18
Team................ 2 2 4
Totals.............. 15-54 3-21 11-15 10 30 40 20 44 8 19 0 5 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 8-26 30.8% 2nd Half: 7-28 25.0% Game: 27.8% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-12 16.7% 2nd Half: 1-9 11.1% Game: 14.3% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 6-8 75.0% 2nd Half: 5-7 71.4% Game: 73.3% 1