UPDATED LINFIELD SPECTATOR POLICY
To ensure that the Linfield Community, i.e. Students, Staff, and Faculty, remain as healthy as possible during the latest surge of COVID cases due primarily to the Omicron Variant in Oregon, Linfield Athletics is adjusting its current athletic contest spectator policy to the following:

• For home-based basketball games on January 11, home and visiting student-athletes will be allotted 4 family member spectator tickets; those 4 people will be on a list and must provide proof of vaccination at the door. They will also be expected to sit together at the event. No additional spectators will be allowed entry at this time.

• There will be no admission charge for approved spectators.
   
• All participants, coaches, spectators and operations personnel must comply with mask use while inside our facilities (except players or officials during active competition and practice). This means wearing the mask over your mouth & nose at all times.  No exceptions!
   
• Spectators are asked to space themselves throughout the bleachers, as per physical distancing guidelines.
   
• Concessions will not be sold until further notice. Food is not allowed in our venues, but non-alcoholic drinks may be consumed during events as long as proper masking is taking place between actively taking a drink.

THE RECORDS
After a pair of postponed games last week against Whitman and Whitworth, Linfield enters the week still looking for its first win of the season at 0-10 overall and 0-2 in Northwest Conference play. Pacific enters at 9-3 overall and is one of three teams still undefeated in NWC play at 3-0. George Fox is 5-7 on the season with a 1-2 conference mark.
 
LINFIELD AT A GLANCE
The Wildcats are scoring 59.6 points per game while allowing 77.1 points per game. They are fourth in the NWC with a 40.4 field goal percentage. Three freshmen have taken the reins to lead the 'Cats. Forward Gillyan Landis is the lone player averaging double figures at 13.8 points per game, which ranks eighth in the NWC. She is also averaging 4.7 rebounds per game and is second in the conference with a 56.3 field goal percentage. Fellow forward Elyse Waldal is putting up 9.2 points and 4.6 rebounds per game while guard Emma Schmerbach is averaging 8.1 points and a team-leading 5.2 rebounds per game.
 
PACIFIC AT A GLANCE
The Boxers are riding a five-game winning streak. They rank second in the Northwest Conference with 74 points per game while also ranking third with a 41.5 field goal percentage. Senior Camy Aguinaldo leads the NWC with 20.5 points and 5.2 assists per game while junior Brilie Kovaloff ranks fourth with 16.6 points per game. Aguinaldo is sixth in the NWC with a 46.7 field goal percentage while Kovaloff leads the conference with 35 three-pointers. Junior Sydney Gray is also averaging double figures, putting up 11.4 points per game.

GEORGE FOX AT A GLANCE
The Bruins are fifth in the NWC with 63 points per game and a 39.5 field goal percentage. The team's leading scorer is freshman Alyssa Wells with 8.8 points per game on 34.7 percent shooting. Wells is also averaging 3.5 rebounds per game to go with a team-leading 19 steals. Sophomore Ella Roberts is averaging 6.8 points and 3.1 rebounds per game and leads the Bruins with 26 assists. Junior Emily Stephens ranks seventh in the NWC with 6.4 rebounds per game while sophomore Jordan Ryan is third with 11 blocks.

HISTORY
The 78-game series between Linfield and Pacific stands even at 39-39. The 'Cats are 22-16 against the Boxers at home and 6-4 in the last 10 matchups. The 'Cats took one of four meetings with the Boxers in 2021, winning 52-50 on Apr. 2 in McMinnville.

Linfield and George Fox have met 83 times with the Bruins leading the series at 61-22. The Bruins have taken the last 27 meetings, including four in the abbreviated spring 2021 season by scores of 68-51, 68-52, 61-53 and 70-56.