The Boxers led for most of the first 10 minutes of the game, going ahead 18-13 on a jumper by Ross Bartlett with 9:59 left in the period. The Bruins the began to find their range from long distance, Brady Strutz’ three igniting a 28-9 George Fox run over the final 10 minutes. With Schmick scored 17 points in the half, the Bruins forged a 41-27 lead at the break.
A basket by Scott Szalay and two by Phil Heu-Weller put the Bruins up by 20, 47-27, with 16:40 to play in the game. Mison Henley’s jumper at 16:16 gave the Boxers their first two points of the second half and ignited an almost-successful comeback. Sparked by Branden Kanazoe, who scored 16 of his 20 points in the second half, the Boxers went on a 28-10 tear and cut the lead to two points, 57-55, when Kanazoe completed a three-point play with 5:54 to go. A three-point play by Chris Parker enabled the Bruins to slow the run, and the 6-6 post player made two more big baskets inside later to help keep the Boxers at bay. Kanazoe hit a three at the buzzer for the final three-point differential.
Schmick finished with a game-high 21 points and Parker added 15. Heu-Weller had a game-high 10 rebounds, leading the Bruins to a 39-35 advantage on the boards. Brent Satern passed out 4 assists.
In addition to Kawazoe’s 20, Kyle Motta scored 12 points and Henley tossed in 11. Motta was the top Boxer on the boards with 8 rebounds. Motta and Ryan Turcott had 2 assists each. There were only 12 turnovers in the game, 9 by George Fox and 3 by Pacific, and only one by each team in the second half.
George Fox (9-3, 3-1 NWC) goes to Linfield College in McMinnville Tuesday and Pacific (6-6, 1-3 NWC) hosts Willamette University Friday in the next conference action for each team. Game time is 8 p.m. for both, following NWC women’s games at 6 p.m.
Official Basketball Box Score -- GAME TOTALS -- FINAL STATISTICS
George Fox vs Pacific (Ore.)
01/07/06 8:00 pm at Pacific Ath. Center, Forest Grove, Ore.
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VISITORS: George Fox 9-3, 3-1 NWC
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
20 Melvin, Ben......... f 2-6 2-3 2-2 2 2 4 3 8 1 4 0 0 31
23 Heu-Weller, Phil.... f 2-6 0-2 0-0 1 9 10 4 4 1 2 1 0 20
42 Szalay, Scott....... c 4-10 0-0 1-2 2 6 8 4 9 2 0 2 0 31
05 Schmick, Aaron...... g 7-13 3-8 4-6 0 3 3 2 21 1 2 0 0 34
24 Satern, Brent....... g 2-4 1-2 3-4 1 1 2 4 8 4 0 0 1 30
03 Mansfield, Nate..... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 17
31 Strutz, Brady....... 1-3 1-2 2-2 0 1 1 1 5 1 1 0 1 14
33 Parker, Chris....... 6-8 0-0 3-6 0 3 3 1 15 0 0 0 0 23
Team................ 2 6 8
Totals.............. 24-50 7-17 15-22 8 31 39 20 70 11 9 3 2 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 15-33 45.5% 2nd Half: 9-17 52.9% Game: 48.0% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 7-14 50.0% 2nd Half: 0-3 0.0% Game: 41.2% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 4-6 66.7% 2nd Half: 11-16 68.8% Game: 68.2% 3
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HOME TEAM: Pacific (Ore.) 6-6, 1-3 NWC
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
22 Henley, Mison....... f 5-8 1-2 0-0 0 2 2 1 11 1 0 0 0 29
50 Bartlett, Ross...... f 2-7 0-0 4-6 2 5 7 2 8 0 0 0 2 31
54 Motta, Kyle......... c 5-13 0-0 2-4 4 4 8 4 12 2 1 3 0 34
10 Turcott, Ryan....... g 3-10 1-4 0-0 0 2 2 5 7 2 1 0 1 27
30 Kawazoe, Branden.... g 6-19 3-10 5-7 2 5 7 3 20 1 0 0 0 37
12 Eoff, Ryan.......... 1-3 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 12
14 Wong, Jesse......... 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 4
20 Townsend, Jason..... 0-3 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 11
24 McBride, Nate....... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
44 Gregerson, Andrew... 2-3 0-0 1-2 1 2 3 2 5 0 0 2 0 13
TEAM................ 3 3
Totals.............. 25-67 5-18 12-19 13 22 35 19 67 8 3 5 5 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-35 34.3% 2nd Half: 13-32 40.6% Game: 37.3% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 0-5 0.0% 2nd Half: 5-13 38.5% Game: 27.8% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 3-6 50.0% 2nd Half: 9-13 69.2% Game: 63.2% 5
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Officials: Ellis Clayton, Dale Danner, Mike Bernatz
Technical fouls: George Fox-None. Pacific (Ore.)-None.
Attendance: 230
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
George Fox.................... 41 29 - 70
Pacific (Ore.)................ 27 40 - 67