Box Score

NEWBERG, Ore. – Riley Grandinetti (Sr., Murray, Utah) tied the school record for three-pointers in a game Tuesday night, spearheading a 25-7 second half run for Pacific as the Boxers came from behind to beat George Fox, 91-82, in Northwest Conference men's basketball action at the Wheeler Sports Center.
 
Grandinetti led the Boxers with 24 points, with all of his scoring coming on an 8 of 14 performance from behind the three-point arc.  The effort tied the school record for three-pointers made in a game, set by Tony Beo in 1993 and tied two years later by Brett Jefferies.  Grandinetti had six of his three-pointers in the second half and three during the game-winning run.
 
The senior led four Boxers to score in double figures as Pacific (8-8, 3-4 NWC) shot 61.8 percent from the field in the final 20 minutes and 51.5 percent for the game.  Coby Proctor (Sr., Sublimity, Ore.) and Michael Garcia (Fr., Forest Grove, Ore.) each added 13 points while Skyler Burgess (Jr., Riverton, Utah) notched his first double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds.
 
While Pacific made 16 three-pointers, the Boxers were just as impressive on the inside as they scored 30 points in the paint.  Twenty-six points came off of 14 George Fox turnovers and the bench contributed 28 points.
 
JJ Lacey led a strong scoring night for George Fox with 27 points, hitting on 9 of 11 from the field and 5 of 6 from three-point range.  Jonny Howard finished with 20 points, Eli Graham added 12 and Chris Stanfield added 10.  The Bruins (4-12, 2-5 NWC) finished the night shooting 52.5 percent from the field, 45.5 percent from three-point range and went 10 of 11 from the free throw line.
 
The homestanding Bruins did their part to set the tone early, bolting out to a 9-6 lead on Stanfield's dunk just two minutes into the contest.  Pacific closed to within one on Mitch Wettig's (Sr., Bend Ore.) three-point play at the 14:33 mark, but the Bruins surged back to an eight-point advantage when Lacey's lay-in with 9:44 to go made it a 23-15 game.
 
The score was 25-17 a minute later when three-pointers by Proctor and Daniel Gunther (Jr., San Jose, Calif.) sparked an 8-0 run that tied the contest at 25-25 with 7:14 left in the half.  The Boxers were within one point, 33-32, with 2:56 to go before the Bruins closed the half on a 10-3 run, with Howard's lay-in providing George Fox a 43-35 halftime lead.
 
George Fox extended their lead to 13 points three minutes into the period, with Howard's three-pointer allowing the Bruins a 53-40 lead.  The Bruins held the 12-point lead, 58-46, with 14:56 left when Gunther's second three-pointer of the game started the 25-7 run over the next nine minutes that won the game for the Boxers.  Grandinetti's third three-pointer of the half tied the contest at 61-61 with 10:25 to go.  Wettig's lay-in with 6:43 left made it a 77-67 Pacific lead and Grandinetti's record-tying trey with 2:26 provided the Boxers their largest lead of the game, 87-72, with 2:26 to go.
 
Pacific will complete the first half of their NWC schedule and will look to even their conference record on Friday, hosting Willamette at the Stoller Center at 8 p.m.  Live audio and video webcasts of the game will be available at GoBoxers.com.