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Old 05-25-2023, 09:40 PM   #73
Izulde
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Join Date: Sep 2004
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Cal State Northridge 68, Long Beach State 47 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Long Beach State (6-14, 4-5): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts E. Hernandez C 21 2-7 0-0 0 4 0 4 4 Nickolas Eck PF 29 3-5 0-0 1 5 1 3 6 Wilfred Shaffer SF 30 1-9 2-2 0 5 0 0 4 Ben Steele SG 31 3-9 0-2 0 3 1 4 9 Stephen Chaplin PG 29 3-6 0-0 0 1 2 2 7 Teddy Ruben PG 15 1-2 0-1 1 3 0 2 3 Brian Kim SF 10 2-5 0-0 0 3 0 3 4 John McCourt PF 13 1-3 0-0 2 5 1 0 2 Max Lees PF 15 3-4 0-0 0 3 0 3 6 Graciano Menendez SG 5 1-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 2 Dennis Twomey C 2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 Turnovers: 14 (E.Hernandez 4, N.Eck 2, B.Steele 1, S.Chaplin 2, T.Ruben 2, B.Kim 2, M.Lees 1) Blocked Shots: 5 (E.Hernandez 3, J.McCourt 1, M.Lees 1) Steals: 5 (N.Eck 2, S.Chaplin 1, G.Menendez 2) 3P FGs: 5-19 (W.Shaffer 0-5, B.Steele 3-7, S.Chaplin 1-2, T.Ruben 1-2, B.Kim 0-2, G.Menendez 0-1) Cal State Northridge (12-8, 6-3): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Muhammad Owen C 30 3-11 1-1 10 15 2 3 7 Major Ramirez PF 31 3-9 3-4 4 11 0 3 9 Kevin McKenzie SF 17 2-11 1-1 1 3 2 1 5 Jakub Sedlacek SG 33 5-10 2-2 2 5 2 2 12 Eutropio Rey PG 30 3-8 7-8 1 5 5 3 14 Jeromy Harrington SF 24 3-12 5-6 2 4 0 0 11 Tim Grey PF 12 0-1 2-2 1 6 0 1 2 Ned Fraser PG 10 0-2 2-2 0 3 0 0 2 Jeffery Aponte SF 6 0-2 2-2 1 1 0 0 2 Tony Salazar C 6 0-0 4-6 0 0 0 0 4 Timothy Royce SG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Turnovers: 9 (K.McKenzie 1, J.Sedlacek 1, E.Rey 3, J.Harrington 1, N.Fraser 1, J.Aponte 1, T.Salazar 1) Blocked Shots: 1 (T.Royce 1) Steals: 2 (K.McKenzie 1, J.Sedlacek 1) 3P FGs: 1-13 (K.McKenzie 0-6, J.Sedlacek 0-1, E.Rey 1-2, J.Harrington 0-3, N.Fraser 0-1) Player of Game: PG Eutropio Rey (CSNTH)

Huge win, but we lose Kevin McKenzie for two weeks because of it. Jeromy Harrington back in the lineup and I forgot to mention Eutropio Rey shifted over to starting PG at some point during the morass of injuries. He, Harrington, and Major Ramirez are our three go-tos while McKenzie is out.

UC-Riverside pulls away in the second half to blow us out, but then we do the same to Cal Poly on Jeromy Harrington's PotG 25 points, 9 rebounds, and 2 steals. Adding 12 points, 6 assists, 2 steals is Eutropio Rey, while Muhammed Owen bangs 13 boards and a blocked shot.

Our defense collapses in the closing minutes vs UC-Davis, effectively ending our faint title hopes, though we do follow it up with this exciting win over CSU-Fullerton:

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Cal State Northridge 82, Cal State Fullerton 76 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cal State Fullerton (4-19, 2-10): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Andrew Dumas C 28 4-5 1-2 2 11 2 3 10 Bradford Dinkins PF 26 4-6 1-2 4 11 1 2 9 Domingo McNew SF 23 7-15 1-5 2 4 2 2 18 I. Menendez SG 30 2-8 5-6 0 2 6 1 10 Robert Gonzales PG 32 2-9 5-7 0 1 1 3 11 Clifton Lewin SF 16 2-5 0-0 1 4 2 2 5 Phillip Halvorson PF 14 4-4 0-0 0 3 2 5 8 Theron Roseberry PG 12 1-4 2-2 0 1 1 1 5 Henry Griner C 10 0-1 0-0 1 2 1 1 0 Adrián Lopez PF 8 0-6 0-0 1 2 0 2 0 Eric Lenoir SF 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Turnovers: 12 (A.Dumas 2, B.Dinkins 1, D.McNew 2, R.Gonzales 4, H.Griner 2, E.Lenoir 1) Blocked Shots: 2 (B.Dinkins 1, T.Roseberry 1) Steals: 8 (B.Dinkins 1, D.McNew 2, I.Menendez 2, R.Gonzales 1, C.Lewin 1, T.Roseberry 1) 3P FGs: 9-31 (A.Dumas 1-1, B.Dinkins 0-2, D.McNew 3-6, I.Menendez 1-6, R.Gonzales 2-6, C.Lewin 1-2, T.Roseberry 1-4, A.Lopez 0-4) Cal State Northridge (14-10, 8-5): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Muhammad Owen C 14 3-6 0-3 2 6 0 4 6 Major Ramirez PF 34 6-8 1-4 1 8 3 1 13 Kevin McKenzie SF 25 4-8 5-6 0 7 1 4 15 Jakub Sedlacek SG 34 9-10 3-5 0 1 0 3 25 Eutropio Rey PG 29 1-8 2-2 1 2 6 2 4 Jeromy Harrington SF 22 5-11 1-2 1 1 2 4 13 Tim Grey C 27 1-1 2-4 0 10 3 3 4 Ned Fraser PG 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Denis Smith SF 7 0-2 0-1 0 2 0 0 0 Tony Salazar C 5 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 Timothy Royce SG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Turnovers: 13 (M.Owen 1, M.Ramirez 3, K.McKenzie 2, J.Sedlacek 2, E.Rey 4, N.Fraser 1) Blocked Shots: 2 (T.Grey 2) Steals: 3 (J.Sedlacek 1, T.Grey 2) 3P FGs: 8-19 (K.McKenzie 2-4, J.Sedlacek 4-5, E.Rey 0-3, J.Harrington 2-5, D.Smith 0-2) Player of Game: PG Jakub Sedlacek (CSNTH)

One more win will lock in .500 for the conference and, at 15 overall wins, our best season since that 2019 dream year. We get it in a thrilling triumph in Hawaii that was a nail-biter to the end. Maybe our most complete offensive game of the year:

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Cal State Northridge 81, Hawaii 77 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cal State Northridge (15-10, 9-5): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Muhammad Owen C 20 1-7 0-1 3 6 2 4 2 Major Ramirez PF 28 7-12 5-10 3 8 3 4 19 Kevin McKenzie SG 21 4-8 2-3 0 2 3 4 12 Jakub Sedlacek SG 23 3-6 0-1 0 2 2 5 7 Eutropio Rey PG 29 5-12 3-3 1 2 4 4 13 Jeromy Harrington SF 29 6-6 1-1 1 7 0 2 16 Tim Grey C 23 3-5 1-1 2 9 2 0 7 Ned Fraser PG 4 0-1 0-0 1 2 0 0 0 Denis Smith SF 11 0-0 0-0 0 1 2 1 0 Tony Salazar C 8 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 Jeffery Aponte SF 2 2-2 1-3 0 0 0 0 5 Timothy Royce SG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Turnovers: 16 (M.Owen 1, M.Ramirez 1, K.McKenzie 1, J.Sedlacek 3, E.Rey 5, J.Harrington 1, T.Grey 1, N.Fraser 1, D.Smith 2) Blocked Shots: 5 (E.Rey 1, T.Grey 4) Steals: 3 (J.Sedlacek 1, J.Harrington 1, T.Grey 1) 3P FGs: 6-10 (K.McKenzie 2-3, J.Sedlacek 1-2, E.Rey 0-1, J.Harrington 3-3, N.Fraser 0-1) Hawaii (11-14, 7-7): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Craig O'Neil C 26 2-5 0-0 2 4 0 4 5 Terry O'Neil PF 25 6-9 5-5 1 5 1 2 17 Del Holmes SF 33 8-12 6-7 1 6 3 2 24 Richard Eyler SG 32 4-14 2-4 4 10 3 4 10 Vincent Dupisre PG 25 3-6 1-2 1 5 3 4 7 Rich Chi PF 14 1-6 4-8 0 2 0 1 6 Kelvin Moll PG 17 1-4 1-2 0 0 2 1 3 David Gall PG 3 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 Kip Alsup PF 10 1-2 0-0 1 3 1 4 2 Andrew Fortson C 11 0-0 1-2 0 3 1 2 1 Nazaire Clarisse SF 2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 David Arvizu C 2 0-1 0-2 1 1 0 0 0 Turnovers: 10 (C.O'Neil 1, D.Holmes 3, R.Eyler 2, V.Dupisre 2, R.Chi 1, K.Alsup 1) Blocked Shots: 3 (C.O'Neil 1, T.O'Neil 1, D.Holmes 1) Steals: 7 (T.O'Neil 3, D.Holmes 3, R.Eyler 1) 3P FGs: 3-14 (C.O'Neil 1-2, D.Holmes 2-5, R.Eyler 0-2, V.Dupisre 0-2, K.Moll 0-2, N.Clarisse 0-1) Player of Game: SF Jeromy Harrington (CSNTH)

Even a total losing out and a flameout in the first round of the Big West conference tournament would guarantee us a .500 overall season

BULLSHIT 19 SECOND 3 POINTER IN OT COSTS US A WIN AGAINST LONG BEACH STATE AND THE TITLE!!!!

UGH!! WE WERE RIGHT FUCKING BACK IN THE RACE TOO!!!!

So pissed. So fucking PISSED! We were 9-5, the two teams above us at 10-5 as we'd climbed our way back in.

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#25 PG Bradford Taylor -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Height: 6-1 Weight: 186 High School: Fred C. Nelles High School Hometown: Whittier, CA GPA: 2.57 Test Score: 970 Rating: ** Attributes: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Current: 22 41 22 42 28 39 52 3 5 42 0 21 76 27 74 42 Potential: D B D C C D C F D A D D Season Stats: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PTS OREB REB AST TOS A/T STL BLK PFS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16.9 2.2 4.6 6.0 2.9 2.07 0.3 0.7 2.6 Shooting Averages: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7.6 14.4 .524 0.9 2.0 .436 0.9 3.0 .305 Recruiting Notes: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Qualified: Yes Committed to Cal State Northridge Rankings: None High School Awards: None Top 5 Schools: *Cal State Northridge, Portland State, Cal Poly, Cal State Bakersfield, Tulane

Not great, and I expect the Red/Orange is accurate. Can't steal the ball, so doesn't meet our expectations or scheme there. But I like his defensive upside.
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