For the first time in school history, six players reach double-digit figures in a game. It's another close one:
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Cal State Northridge 93, UC Santa Barbara 86
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Cal State Northridge *(16-11, 10-6):
Player * * * * * *Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Muhammad Owen * * C * *32 * 4-5 * 2-2 * 1 * 9 * 4 *3 *10
Major Ramirez * * PF * 30 * 2-4 * 6-8 * 1 * 6 * 2 *4 *10
Kevin McKenzie * *SF * 30 * 5-9 * 5-5 * 0 * 4 * 4 *4 *16
Jakub Sedlacek * *SG * 33 * 4-7 * 0-0 * 0 * 3 * 3 *1 *10
Eutropio Rey * * *PG * 30 *6-14 *7-10 * 1 * 6 * 5 *1 *21
Jeromy Harrington SF * 22 * 5-6 * 4-6 * 1 * 2 * 2 *2 *15
Tim Grey * * * * *C * *15 * 2-4 * 4-4 * 0 * 1 * 0 *1 * 8
Ned Fraser * * * *PG * *3 * 0-1 * 0-0 * 0 * 0 * 0 *1 * 0
Denis Smith * * * SF * *3 * 0-0 * 0-0 * 0 * 1 * 0 *1 * 0
Tony Salazar * * *C * * 4 * 1-1 * 1-2 * 0 * 1 * 0 *0 * 3
Turnovers: 12 (M.Owen 2, K.McKenzie 2, E.Rey 5,
*J.Harrington 2, D.Smith 1)
Blocked Shots: 1 (M.Owen 1)
Steals: 2 (K.McKenzie 1, J.Sedlacek 1)
3P FGs: 6-12 (K.McKenzie 1-3, J.Sedlacek 2-4, E.Rey
*2-2, J.Harrington 1-2, N.Fraser 0-1)
UC Santa Barbara *(13-14, 7-10):
Player * * * * * *Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Roger Hasty * * * C * *25 * 1-3 * 1-3 * 2 * 9 * 4 *2 * 3
William Erskine * PF * 30 * 6-8 * 7-8 * 4 * 6 * 1 *4 *19
Virgil Hudgins * *SF * 32 10-23 * 1-4 * 1 * 1 * 2 *5 *22
Joseph Friesen * *SG * 35 *8-18 * 3-5 * 2 * 7 * 5 *2 *22
Dante Alvarez * * PG * 26 * 2-5 * 2-3 * 1 * 3 * 6 *2 * 7
Robert Callihan * PG * 14 * 2-5 * 0-0 * 3 * 3 * 0 *0 * 4
Agustin Greco * * SG * *7 * 1-3 * 1-2 * 1 * 1 * 0 *5 * 4
Lindsey Burk * * *SG * *7 * 1-3 * 0-0 * 0 * 1 * 0 *1 * 2
Jonathan Bryson * C * *17 * 1-2 * 1-2 * 1 * 3 * 1 *3 * 3
Justin Kato * * * SF * *5 * 0-0 * 0-0 * 0 * 0 * 1 *1 * 0
Johnie Pak * * * *C * * 2 * 0-0 * 0-0 * 0 * 1 * 0 *0 * 0
Turnovers: 7 (V.Hudgins 1, J.Friesen 2, D.Alvarez 2,
*A.Greco 1, L.Burk 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (W.Erskine 1, J.Bryson 1)
Steals: 9 (W.Erskine 1, V.Hudgins 1, J.Friesen 3,
*D.Alvarez 1, L.Burk 1, J.Bryson 1, J.Kato 1)
3P FGs: 6-19 (V.Hudgins 1-3, J.Friesen 3-8, D.Alvarez
*1-3, R.Callihan 0-1, A.Greco 1-2, L.Burk 0-1, J.Bryson
*0-1)
Player of Game: PF William Erskine (UCSB)
You know the story by now of what happens when we're having a good season and we play
Pacific. We lose, falling apart in OT. We keep losing in OT to bad teams and that's cost us our title.
Muhammad Owen gets hurt, but he'll suck it up and play in our final game of the regular season, because it's so tightly packed behind regular season champion
UC-Riverside, we could end up anywhere from 2nd to 5th.
Our offense dies in the second half and we blow a 20 point lead at home to
UC-Irvine, so it's...
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2024 Big West Conference Standings
*TEAM * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CW *CL * Pct * W * L * Pct *RPI *Prestige
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*UC Riverside Highlanders * * * * 13 * 5 *.722 *20 * 9 *.690 * 90 * * * *51
*UC Davis Aggies * * * * * * * * *10 * 8 *.556 *19 *10 *.655 * 80 * * * *54
*Cal Poly Mustangs * * * * * * * *10 * 8 *.556 *12 *17 *.414 *183 * * * *35
Cal State Northridge Matadors * *10 * 8 *.556 *16 *13 *.552 *212 * * * *27
*UC Irvine Anteaters * * * * * * *10 * 8 *.556 *13 *16 *.448 *282 * * * *32
*Pacific Tigers * * * * * * * * * *9 * 9 *.500 *12 *17 *.414 *238 * * * *21
*Hawaii Rainbow Warriors * * * * * 8 *10 *.444 *12 *17 *.414 *258 * * * *36
*Long Beach State 49ers * * * * * *8 *10 *.444 *10 *19 *.345 *296 * * * *29
*UC Santa Barbara Gauchos * * * * *7 *11 *.389 *14 *15 *.483 *241 * * * *33
*Cal State Fullerton Titans * * * *5 *13 *.278 * 7 *22 *.241 *330 * * * *48
Imagine how much different this looks if
Bogdan Gonchar doesn't get suspended for the conference season. Anyway, it's a rematch with
UC-Irvine and
we score 2 points in the first 10 minutes. We lose by 21.
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*#5 SG Matthew Straka
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*Height: * * * 6-4
*Weight: * * * 192
*High School: *Onate High School
*Hometown: * * Las Cruces, NM
*GPA: * * * * *2.31
*Test Score: * 950
*Rating: * * * *
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*Attributes:
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*Type * * * INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA
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*Current: * * 5 *36 *13 *41 *64 *30 *55 * 8 *13 *28 *18 *28 *74 *31 *59 *50
*Potential: * F * B * F * C * A * D * C * D * D * D * F * B * * * * * * * *
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*Season Stats:
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* PTS OREB *REB *AST *TOS * A/T *STL *BLK *PFS
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* 8.1 *1.9 *4.2 *3.1 *2.6 *1.19 *1.0 *0.8 *2.8
*Shooting Averages:
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* FGM *FGA * FG% *FTM *FTA * FT% *3PM *3PA * 3P%
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* 3.8 *8.3 *.458 *0.3 *0.7 *.429 *0.2 *1.0 *.211
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*Recruiting Notes:
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*Qualified: Yes
*Committed to Cal State Northridge * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
*Rankings: None
*High School Awards: All-State, Mr. Basketball (New Mexico)
*Top 5 Schools: *Cal State Northridge
Probably trash. Whatever. We filled all six scholarships and I'm likely fired anyway.
UC-Irvine proved they were the goods by winning the whole thing, beating
Winthrop in the 16 seed play-in game, then getting slaughtered by top seed
Maryland.
UC-Riverside got a harsh draw in the NIT as a 7 seed and were bounced in the first round. Like I said, down year for the Big West.
NIT Champion: New Mexico (1 seed)
NCAA Champion: Kentucky over Stanford (4 seed who also knocked off Maryland in the Final Four. Louisville was the other FF entry)
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2024 BIG WEST AWARDS
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Player of the Year:
SR PG Kenneth Carlisle *UC Riverside *17.1 PPG, 3.7 RPG, 4.0 APG 0.9 SPG, 0.2 BPG
Freshman of the Year:
FR PF Nickolas Eck *Long Beach State *7.9 PPG, 8.1 RPG, 1.0 APG 0.4 SPG, 0.5 BPG
Coach of the Year:
Ulysses Dunne *UC Riverside *22 - 11 (13 - 5)
All-league 1st Team:
C *SR Cyrus Roy *UC Irvine *8.1 PPG, 11.4 RPG, 1.3 APG, 0.4 SPG, 2.6 BPG
PF SR Jarod Hicks *Cal Poly *19.5 PPG, 8.1 RPG, 1.4 APG, 0.7 SPG, 0.2 BPG
SF SR Fletcher Singleton *UC Riverside *7.5 PPG, 8.7 RPG, 1.9 APG, 1.4 SPG, 0.9 BPG
SG SR Joseph Friesen *UC Santa Barbara *18.7 PPG, 7.5 RPG, 2.8 APG, 1.0 SPG, 0.1 BPG
PG SR Kenneth Carlisle *UC Riverside *17.1 PPG, 3.7 RPG, 4.0 APG, 0.9 SPG, 0.2 BPG
All-league 2nd Team:
C *SR Eutropio Hernandez *Long Beach State *13.5 PPG, 6.8 RPG, 1.6 APG, 0.3 SPG, 2.6 BPG
PF JR John Carman *UC Irvine *11.8 PPG, 9.5 RPG, 1.0 APG, 0.7 SPG, 0.6 BPG
SF SO Del Holmes *Hawaii *14.6 PPG, 5.8 RPG, 1.6 APG, 0.7 SPG, 0.5 BPG
SG SR Juanito Castro *UC Davis *17.1 PPG, 4.3 RPG, 3.5 APG, 0.9 SPG, 0.3 BPG
PG SR William Runion *UC Davis *13.6 PPG, 3.6 RPG, 5.6 APG, 2.5 SPG, 0.2 BPG
All-freshman Team:
C *FR Andrew Dumas *Cal State Fullerton *4.1 PPG, 6.4 RPG, 1.1 APG, 0.4 SPG, 0.1 BPG
PF FR Nickolas Eck *Long Beach State *7.9 PPG, 8.1 RPG, 1.0 APG, 0.4 SPG, 0.5 BPG
SF FR Theron Roseberry *Cal State Fullerton *6.9 PPG, 1.9 RPG, 0.6 APG, 0.6 SPG, 0.1 BPG
SG FR Jerald McElroy *Pacific *7.8 PPG, 2.2 RPG, 1.2 APG, 0.6 SPG, 0.1 BPG
PG FR David Abel *UC Riverside *3.8 PPG, 1.6 RPG, 1.4 APG, 0.3 SPG, 0.0 BPG
No surprises here.
Major Ramirez had a case for being on the All-Freshman team, but I can see why they went Eck in the voting.