The game featured several spurts by both teams. The visiting Bruins jumped out to an early 5-0 lead and stretched it to 15-9 on a three-pointer by Kim Leith seven minutes into the game. The Eagles rallied with a 20-6 run over the next seven minutes, however, to go up 29-21 on a jumper by Lindsey Richelli. The Bruins then out-scored the home team 20-9 to end the period, taking a 40-37 lead into the locker room when Campbell made a steal and fed Tiffany Behary for a layup with eight seconds left.
After Behary hit a three to open the second half, the Eagles’ 6-6 Nigerian center, Linda Ogugua, scored 10 of her game-high 20 points to spark a 22-6 run that put Biola up by 10 at 59-49 with 13 minutes left. Two free shots and a layup by Leith slowed the Eagles and started a 16-5 burst, capped by a layup and a pair of free throws by Behary, that enabled the Bruins to forge back on top 65-64 with 7:54 to play.
Robin Taylor’s three gave George Fox a 73-68 lead with 3:15 left, but Biola tied it for the 10th time on a trey by Rachel Dulin and a jumper by Crystal Duncan with 36 seconds to go. Leith missed a go-ahead jumper with 12 seconds left, but Campbell collared the offensive rebound and was fouled by Jessica Velazquez, then hit the front end of a one-and-one to break the deadlock. Ogugua rebounded the miss on the second shot, but the Bruin defense kept the Eagles from getting off a shot in the final nine seconds.
Behary led the Bruins with a career-high 18 points, Leith and Taylor added 16 apiece, and Tiffany Schmidt scored 11 off the bench. Campbell’s 11 rebounds paced the Bruins to a 40-29 advantage on the boards over the taller Eagles. Behary and Taylor had 6 assists each, and Behary made 4 steals.
Ogugua posted a double-double for the Eagles with 20 points and 11 rebounds, Dulin added 18 points, and Duncan and Megann Alberts scored 10 each. Dulin passed out 7 assists and Duncan had 6.
The Bruins shot only 38.5% (25-65) in the game to 54.4% (31-57) for the Eagles, but made up the difference by hitting 10-12 (83.3%) from the line and making 14 three-pointers to 6 for the Eagles. Six different players nailed threes for the Bruins in their first game this season decided by less than 10 points.
In winning 11 in a row, George Fox (11-0), ranked 2nd in the USA Today/ESPN/WBCA Division III coaches’ poll and 3rd in the D3hoops.com poll, equaled a mark set in the middle of the 2000-01 season and tied at the start of the 2001-02 season. The Bruins will try to establish a new record for consecutive wins when they visit the University of Puget Sound for a Northwest Conference clash Friday at 6:00 p.m., followed by the men’s game at 8:00 p.m.
Biola (4-6), an NAIA team, returns to action Thursday at 5:30 p.m., hosting The Master’s College in a Golden State Athletic Conference contest.
Official Basketball Box Score -- GAME TOTALS -- FINAL STATISTICS
George Fox vs Biola
01/02/06 2:00 pm at La Mirada, CA - Chase Gym
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VISITORS: George Fox 11-0
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 5-15 2-9 4-4 3 1 4 1 16 4 1 1 0 37
33 Campbell, Katy...... f 2-12 1-3 1-2 8 3 11 1 6 2 4 0 2 33
22 Powers, Erin........ c 1-6 0-1 2-2 4 2 6 1 4 3 3 0 1 25
03 Taylor, Robin....... g 6-11 3-6 1-2 2 4 6 2 16 6 0 0 1 31
24 Behary, Tiffany..... g 6-10 4-5 2-2 0 5 5 3 18 6 4 0 4 34
21 Hubka, Jaime........ 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 6
23 Schmidt, Tiffany.... 4-7 3-6 0-0 1 4 5 1 11 0 3 1 0 28
25 Ramey, Kaleigha..... 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 4
40 Marek-Farris, Meliss 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Team................ 1 1 2
Totals.............. 25-65 14-31 10-12 19 21 40 11 74 21 17 2 8 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 14-34 41.2% 2nd Half: 11-31 35.5% Game: 38.5% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 7-18 38.9% 2nd Half: 7-13 53.8% Game: 45.2% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 5-6 83.3% 2nd Half: 5-6 83.3% Game: 83.3% 1
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HOME TEAM: Biola 4-6
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
14 DUNCAN, Crystal..... f 4-10 0-2 2-2 2 4 6 4 10 6 1 1 1 37
45 RICHELLI, Lindsey... f 4-5 0-0 1-1 0 5 5 0 9 4 2 0 1 36
55 OGUGUA, Linda....... c 9-13 0-0 2-3 3 8 11 1 20 3 2 2 0 26
20 VELAZQUEZ, Jessica.. g 2-5 0-0 0-2 0 3 3 2 4 3 5 0 3 33
21 DULIN, Rachel....... g 6-13 6-12 0-0 0 1 1 3 18 7 2 0 1 38
22 WANDREY, Alyssa..... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0+
23 ENGLAND, Mandi...... 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 13
30 MATTHEWS, Summer.... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+
33 SCHIFFELBEIN, Jill.. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+
42 ALBERTS, Megann..... 5-9 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 1 10 1 0 0 0 17
TEAM................ 1 1
Totals.............. 31-57 6-14 5-8 7 22 29 12 73 24 15 3 6 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 17-28 60.7% 2nd Half: 14-29 48.3% Game: 54.4% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-6 33.3% 2nd Half: 4-8 50.0% Game: 42.9% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 1-1 100 % 2nd Half: 4-7 57.1% Game: 62.5% 1
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Officials: Schel Brown, Danielle Hernandez, Kenneth Nash
Technical fouls: George Fox-None. Biola-None.
Attendance: 101
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
George Fox.................... 40 34 - 74
Biola......................... 37 36 - 73