Women's Basketball Weekly Notebook

Women's Basketball Weekly Notebook

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THIS WEEK IN PACIFIC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
GEORGE FOX AT PACIFIC
Game No. 20/Home Game No. 11
Tues., Feb. 11, 6 p.m., Stoller Center, Forest Grove
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PACIFIC AT PACIFIC LUTHERAN
Game No. 21/Away Game No. 8
Fri., Feb. 14, 6 p.m., Olson Auditorium, Tacoma, Wash.
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LEWIS & CLARK AT PACIFIC
Game No. 22/Home Game No. 12
Sat., Feb. 15, 6 p.m., Stoller Center, Forest Grove
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TOUGH THREE-GAME STRETCH AWAITS BOXERS THIS WEEK
The foot of snow in the Willamette Valley provided the Pacific women's basketball team with a week-long break, but has also provided for a tough three-game week.  The Boxers will host nationally-ranked George Fox in a Tuesday snow make-up game before playing regularly scheduled games at Pacific Lutheran on Friday and home against Lewis & Clark on Saturday.

BOXER BYTES
• Pacific received a balanced scoring effort across the roster, led by 13 points off the bench from Abby Jones, as the Boxers rolled to a 78-56 win over Willamette.  The Boxers also received 11 points from Sarah Curl and 10 points from Olivia Cook as the team shot 48.3 percent from the field, 40 percent from three-point range and 77.8 percent from the free throw line.

• Pacific continues to be one of the top free throw shooting teams in the league, ranking third in the NWC and 45th in Division III at 72.9 percent.  Olivia Mayorga-Overtone ranks third individually in the NWC at 83.3 percent while Olivia Cook ranks fifth in the league at 81.5 percent.

SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
GEORGE FOX
The Bruins enter the week in second place in the NWC at 9-1 and are 18-1 overall, with their only loss coming to undefeated Whitman.  George Fox is ranked No. 7 in the latest D3Hoops.com Top-25 Poll and have won four striaght after their loss to Whitman on Jan. 18.  Both of their contests last week delayed due to snow.  The Bruins won their last two games the week before.  Linfield gave the Bruins a handful on Jan. 28.  The Wildcats had a 50-42 lead with 7:56 left before George Fox outscored Linfield 22-7 to close the game.  Jordyn Peacock and Jami Roos each scored 12 points to lead the Bruins.  On Feb. 1, the Bruins shot an impressive 61.3 percent from the floor in a 99-60 rout over Pacific Lutheran.  The Bruins built a 48-29 halftime lead thanks to shooting 59.4 percent from the field (19-32) in the first 20 minutes.  Roos once again led the Bruins with 20 points.  Roos leads the George Fox offense, averaging 10.9 points per game.  Megan Arnoldy is averaging 10.4 points per game.  Peacock is the team's leading rebounder, averaging 5.5 boards per game.  As a team, George Fox is averaging 74.3 points and 43.9 rebounds per game.  The team is outscoring opponents by an average of 22 points per game.  Michael Meek is in his fourth season as George Fox head coach.

ALL-TIME SERIES: George Fox leads 38-15    AGAINST RISSMILLER: George Fox leads 14-0
LAST MEETING: George Fox won 78-48 in Newberg, Ore., on Jan. 11, 2014

PACIFIC LUTHERAN
The Lutes enter the week in sixth place in the NWC at 3-9 and are 7-14 overall.  The Lutes are in the midst of a four-game losing streak after dropping both games last weekend to the eastern Washington schools.  On Friday, The Lutes found themselves blown out by undefeated Whitman 76-46.  The Lutes trailed 37-18 at halftime and shot just 33.3 percent from the field and 30.8 percent from the free throw line for the game.  Katelyn Smith was the only PLU player in double figures, scoring 10 points.  On Saturday, the Lutes dropped an 89-56 decision to Whitworth.  PLU shot 38.8 percent from the field and could not counter a 51.8 percent from the field by the Pirates.  Megan Abdo led the Lutes with 11 points while Sarah Barnes and Smith each scored 10.  Samantha Potter leads the PLU offense and ranks fifth in the NWC with an average of 16.1 points per game.  She is also the team's leading rebounder and shares the NWC lead with 8.8 boards per game.  As a team, PLU is averaging 59 points and 39 rebounds per game and is shooting 38 percent from the field.  The Lutes are being outscored by an average of nine points per game.  Jennifer Childress is in her first year as PLU head coach.

ALL-TIME SERIES: Pacific Lutheran leads 32-21    AGAINST RISSMILLER: PLU leads 8-4
LAST MEETING: Pacific Lutheran won 63-46 in Forest Grove on Jan. 18, 2014

LEWIS & CLARK
The Pioneers enter the week in fifth place in the NWC at 5-5 and are 10-9 overall.  Lewis & Clark had both of their weekend games snowed out, with both to be made up over the next two Tuesdays.  L&C split their last two contests the previous weekend.  On Jan. 31, the Pioneers posted a 69-55 victory over Pacific Lutheran.  The game was won in the first half with L&C building a 35-23 lead on 44 percent shooting from the field.  Katie Anderson led the Pioneers with 15 points while Aylsat Afolabi added 13 points.  On Feb. 1, the Pioneers dropped a close 75-71 decision to Puget Sound.  L&C led 45-35 at the half, but the Loggers shot 55.2 percent from the field in the second half and held off a late Pioneers' run to take the win.  Tayler Wang led three Pioneers' players in double figures with 16 points.  Wang leads L&C in both scoring and rebounding, ranking third in the NWC at 16.9 points per game and fifth in rebounding at 7.8 boards per game.  As a team, Lewis & Clark is averaging 72.6 points and 39.3 rebounds per game and is shooting 40.3 percent from the field.  They are outscoring teams by an average of 2.3 points per game.  Juli Fulks is in her ninth season as Lewis & Clark head coach.

ALL-TIME SERIES: Pacific leads 29-28       AGAINST RISSMILLER: Lewis & Clark leads 10-2
LAST MEETING: PLewis & Clark won 73-63 in Portland, Ore., on Jan. 17, 2014

PACIFIC NEWS & NOTES
JONESING FOR SCORING: When Abby Jones (Jr., Haines, Alaska) provides that scoring spark off the bench, the Boxers are in better position to win.  The junior transfer provided the surge in Pacific's balanced scoring output in Tuesday's victory over Willamette.  Jones scored in 13 points on a perfect 5 of 5 from the field and 3 of 3 from the free throw line.  She also shared the team lead with seven rebounds to go along with two assists and a steal. The 13 points was her second best scoring performance of the season.  Jones is one of the Boxers' leader soff the bench and enters the week ranked fifth for the Boxers with her average of 6.4 points per game.  She is hitting 55.3 percent of her shots from the field to lead the Boxers, but falls below the minimum of three shots made per game to qualify for the NWC statistics.

CURL TO THE BASKET: Over the last two weeks, Sarah Curl (Fr., Portland, Ore.) has come up with some solid scoring performances to help the Boxers win.  Last Tuesday was no different as she scored 11 points on 5 of 12 from the field to help the Boxers beat Willamette.    She added to that total four rebounds and three steals.  Curl enters the week ranked third for the Boxers in scoring, averaging 9.5 points per game.  In the last four games, Curl has come up with three double-digit scoring performances, led by a 25-point night in the win over Linfield on Jan. 25.

PLENTY OF COOKS IN THE KITCHEN: Olivia Cook (Jr., Beaverton, Ore.) continues to pace the Boxers on both ends of the floor.  Cook provided a balanced effort on both sides of the floor in Tuesday's victory over Willamette, scoring 10 points and shared the team lead with Abby Jones with seven rebounds.  She went 4 of 9 from the field and also had two assists and two steals.  Cook continues to lead the Boxers with averages of 12.3 points and 7.3 rebounds per game and ranks seventh in the NWC in rebounding.  She is also one of the best free throw shooters in the NWC, ranking fifth at 81.5 percent.

DON'T SEND THIS TEAM TO THE LINE: Pacific continues to be one of the tops teams both in the NWC and NCAA Division III in free throw shooting.  The Boxers enter the week with a .720 free throw percentage, ranking third in the league and 45th among Division III squads.  The Boxers have hit above 70 percent from the line in each of their last four games and have been perfect from the stripe twice this season.  Individually, Olivia Mayorga-Overtone (Jr., Oakland, Calif.) ranks third in the NWC with at 83.3 percent.  Olivia Cook ranks fifth at 81.5 percent.  Alex Pfefferle (Sr., Twin Falls, Idaho) leads the program at 90.9 percent and Sarah Curl is shooting 88.9 percent, but neither meet the NWC minimum of two free throws made per game to rank in the conference statistics.

RECORD PERFECTION: Pacific could not have been better from the free throw line in their game against Whitman on Jan. 4.  The Boxers went a perfect 13 of 13 from the free throw line, setting a new single game record.  The effort surpass the previous mark of .914 (31-34) against George Fox during the 1990-91 season.  The Boxers repeated the perfect performance against Lewis & Clark on Jan. 17, going 12 for 12 from the charity stripe.

IN THE NCAA STATS: Pacific is ranked as a team in two categories in the NCAA Division III national statistics.  The Boxers are ranked 45th in free throw percentage at .729 and 61st in turnovers, averaging 15.5 per game.

PACIFIC PICKED SIXTH IN NWC PRESEASON POLL: Northwest Conference coaches have picked Pacific to finish sixth in the league this season according to results of the annual coaches poll, released on Nov. 8.  The Boxers received 27 of a possible 80 votes in the poll, finishing 8 points of ahead of Linfield, who was selected seventh. Puget Sound is 10 points ahead of the Boxers, picked to finish fifth.  Whitman was picked to win the NWC title, gaining seven first place votes and a total of 70 points.  Lewis & Clark is selected to finish second with 55 points, including two first place votes.
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