Feb. 6 NWC Men’s Basketball Wrap (Stories provided by host SID)
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Guard Matt Glynn continued his impressive play, scoring a game high 35 points,
while contributing 6 rebounds, and a game high 9 assists. Glynn was again the
difference maker for the Loggers, as he began and ended the Loggers knockout
rally. With
In a span of two minutes 19 seconds Glynn got to the rim on an impressive stop
and start move, nail two three pointers, and hit the backend of two foul shots.
About the only thing Glynn did wrong in the stretch was miss the front end of
his trip to the line, breaking his season high steak of 36 straight made free
throws. A Bruin timeout stopped the run, but the damage had been done, as the
Loggers were up 95-80 with
Bryan Wadlow led four George Fox players in double
figures with 21. Forward Mark Gayman was impressive
from the floor, scoring 19 on 9 of 13 shooting and grabbing a team high 8 rebounds.
Guard Ben Melvin contributed 12 points and a team high 5 assists. Although
point guard Aaron Schmick had 20 points, his game
high 7 turnovers hurt the Bruins.
Guards Jeremy Cross and Chase Curtiss each had 14 points and two assists for the Loggers. Chris O'Donnell was a rebound short of a double double, grabbing 9 boards to go with 10 points on 4 of 7 shooting.
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Drew Miller, John Olinger, David Force and Miles Sandgathe all had 13 points to lead the balanced Bearcat attack. Force added seven assists and six rebounds and Sandgathe grabbed nine boards as the Bearcats battled the taller Missionairies to a 35-35 tie on the backboards.
John Olinger hit a trio of three-pointers in the first half as the Bearcats took a 27-20 lead into the break.. A tough Bearcat defense created 12 turnovers and five steals, but the Bearcats only hit 31`% of their shots. The Bearcats lead the league in defense, allowing 66.5 points per game.
The Bearcats opened the second half blazing hot, hitting 18 of 30 shots as
they quickly went ahead by 20. Whitman, behind a pair of three-pointers by Greg
Caldwell, pulled to within 13 at the
But a Whitman technical foul and two long threes by Miller pushed the lead back to 19 and the Bearcats cruised to their eighth straight conference win.
Casey Nelson led Whitman with 11.
The Bearcats had 11 steals and forced 22 turnovers. Ol.inger had seven steals.
Whitworth 83, at Lewis & Clark 48
One lone Pioneer scored double-digit points. Trevor Winnie, for the first time in his career, led the team with a career-high 10 points. He also tied career highs in assists (2) and three-pointers made (2).Tommy Magnuson had seven rebounds. For the first time in 20 games, Danny Winchester failed to hit a three-point shot. However, on the plus side,
The Pioneers shot just .267 from the field in the first half, improving to just over 32% for the game. They went twenty full minutes between three-point field goals made. Whitworth, on the other hand, shot 64.5% in the first half and 57.6% for the game.
The Pioneers also managed to play the entire first half without a personal foul. They only committed eight total for the game. Whitworth had only one personal foul in the first half and nine total on the game.
On the other side of the ball, Whitworth had five players scoring in double-digits. John Gebbers led all scorers with 17 points. Scott Bierlink scored 15 points and had a game-high 9 rebounds. Bryan Depew, the conference leading scorer, had 15 points as well. Bryan Williams and Jon Young each had 11. Williams had nine assists.
With the loss, the Pioneers slip below the .500 mark for the first time this season, 4-5 in conference play. Whitworth improved to 6-3.
Linfield 68, at Pacific Lutheran 66
PLU (4-14, 1-8 NWC) led 60-57 with
Jonathan Anderson scored on a lay-up with 38 seconds remaining, but Fusare
answered with two free throws with 35 seconds left.
Linfield (11-7, 6-3 NWC) held a 34-32 advantage at halftime.
Kurt Oliver led PLU with 20 points.