George Fox 60, Heidelberg 57

Bruin Defense Stuffs Princes in Second-Half Comeback.

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SAN DIEGO, Calif. - Down by 10 at the half, the George Fox University Bruins held the Heidelberg College Fighting Student Princes to a .194 shooting percentage in the second half and rallied for a 60-57 men’s basketball win in the first game of the Surf-n-Slam Tournament Friday afternoon here at San Diego City College’s Harry West Gym.

The first half saw three ties and six lead changes in the first 10 minutes before Brent Satern hit a three-pointer to give the Bruins a 19-17 lead with 10:24 left in the period. The Bruins nursed a narrow lead for the next four minutes and were up 23-20 when Brian Schmidt hit a basket for the Student Princes with 6:17 left, igniting a 15-2 run that gave Heidelberg a 35-25 lead at the break.

The Princes shot .500 (13-26) in the first half, but went ice-cold in the second. Andrew Lemmon’s three-point play with 15:36 left in the game gave Heidelberg its largest lead at 40-29, but the Princes made only 5-of-28 shots the rest of the way, enabling the Bruins to bounce back. A 17-6 run over a six-minute span, capped by a Stephen Campbell layup, brought the Bruins into a 46-46 tie.

Dan Lingenfelder hit a three to give the Bruins a 49-46 lead, but Schmidt tied it one more time with another three-point play with 8:04 remaining. Bryan O’Connell’s rebound basket with 6:27 left put the Bruins ahead for good, and another O’Connell layup with 2:33 left gave the Bruins their largest lead at 56-51. The Princes twice cut the lead to one, but the Bruins responded both times with layups by Satern and Campbell, the last with 19 seconds left. Chad Szalay’s three-point attempt for a tie with four seconds left was rebounded by the Bruins’ Travis Toedtemeier and the Bruins escaped with the win.

Satern led all scorers with 18 points for the Bruins and also handed out a game-high nine assists, while O’Connell chipped in with 14 points. Campbell had six rebounds for the Bruins, who were out-rebounded 49-33. George Fox shot .431 (25-58) for the game.

Schmidt had 15 points and Shawn Shriver 13 for the Princes, who shot .323 (20-62) for the game after going 7-36 in the second half. Travis Kinn had a game-high eight rebounds, while Szalay and Greg Tyson Jr. had two assists apiece.

In the day’s second game, York College of New York defeated Nichols College of Massachusetts 73-65.

George Fox (4-3) plays York in the championship game Saturday at 4:00 pPM. Heidelberg (7-2) takes on Nichols in the consolation game Saturday at 2:00 PM.

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