Csun Takes on Air Force, Seattle U in Las Vegas
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November 27, 2020 CONTACT: NICK BOCANEGRA E-MAIL: [email protected] GoMatadors.com @GoMatadors @CSUNMBB CSUN MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES SCHEDULE 2020-21 & RESULTS OVERALL: 1-0 BIG WEST: 0-0 CSUN TAKES ON AIR FORCE, NOV. 25 VS. WESTMONT W, 97-79 SEATTLE U IN LAS VEGAS NOV. 28 VS. AIR FORCE^ 2 P.M. NOV. 30 VS. SEATTLE U^ 2 P.M. DEC. 8 @ FRESNO STATE TBA Air Force (0-0) vs. CSUN (1-0) Seattle U (1-0) vs. CSUN (1-0) DEC. 12 @ PEPPERDINE TBA GAME #2 GAME #3 DATE: Saturday, Nov. 28, 2020 DATE: Monday, Nov. 30, 2020 DEC. 16 VS. PACIFIC 4 P.M. TIME: 2 p.m. TIME: 2 p.m. LOCATION: Las Vegas, Nev. LOCATION: Las Vegas, Nev. DEC. 27 @ CAL STATE FULLERTON* TBA VENUE: T-Mobile Arena VENUE: T-Mobile Arena LIVE STATS: Link at GoMatadors.com LIVE STATS: Link at GoMatadors.com DEC. 28 @ CAL STATE FULLERTON* TBA LIVE VIDEO/TV: FloHoops ($) LIVE VIDEO/TV: FloHoops ($) LIVE AUDIO: GoMatadors.com/Radio LIVE AUDIO: GoMatadors.com/Radio JAN. 1 VS. UC IRVINE* TBA IN-GAME TWITTER: @CSUNMBB IN-GAME TWITTER: @CSUNMBB JAN. 2 VS. UC IRVINE* TBA JAN. 8 @ UC SAN DIEGO* TBA MATADORS CONTINUE OPENING WEEK OF 2020-21 SEASON CSUN Men’s Basketball (1-0) hits the road for the first time this season to compete in the Men’s Vegas Bubble in Las JAN. 9 @ UC SAN DIEGO* TBA Vegas, Nev. The Matadors square off with Air Force on Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. before taking on Seattle University on Monday at 2 p.m. Fans can watch both games on FloHoops with a paid subscription. Audio only broadcasts will also JAN. 15 @ LONG BEACH STATE* TBA be available at GoMatadors.com/Radio with Ghizal Hasan and Alan Zinsmeister on the call at 1:50 p.m. for each game. JAN. 16 @ LONG BEACH STATE* TBA The combination of senior Lance Coleman II and freshman Alex Merkviladze led the way offensively for the Matadors, scoring 42 combined points in a 97-79 season-opening win over NAIA Westmont on Wednesday. Coleman II scored a JAN. 22 VS. UC SANTA BARBARA* TBA career-high 22 points, all of which in the first half, and dished out a personal-best five assists in the victory. Merkviladze, in his CSUN debut, recorded a double-double by posting 20 points and 12 rebounds. After Coleman II’s hot scoring first JAN. 23 VS. UC SANTA BARBARA* TBA half, Merkviladze shouldered the load offensively in the second half with 14 points. CSUN broke open a slim lead near the midway point of the first half and never looked back as it led by as many as 33 points in the second half. JAN. 29 @ CAL POLY* TBA JAN. 30 @ CAL POLY* TBA A total of eight Matadors made their CSUN debut in the win over the Warriors. Junior transfer TJ Starks knocked down 3-of-6 from 3-point range and finished with 11 points to go with four assists. Off the bench, freshmen Fidelis Okereke FEB. 5 VS. UC DAVIS* TBA (seven points), Atin Wright (seven points) and Amound Anderson (six points) combined for 20 points in their collegiate debuts. Freshmen Kailen Rains, Marcel Stevens and Matt Solomon also gained minutes late in the second half. FEB. 6 VS. UC DAVIS* TBA CSUN PROBABLE STARTERS (2020-21 STATS) FEB. 12 @ GRAND CANYON 4:30 P.M. No. Name Pos. Year PPG RPG APG FG% 3FG% MPG 0 Festus Ndumanya F So. 7.0 4.0 2.0 60.0 0.0 15.0 FEB. 19 VS. HAWAI’I* TBA 1 Lance Coleman II F R-Sr. 22.0 6.0 5.0 47.1 36.4 24.0 2 TJ Starks G R-Jr. 11.0 1.0 4.0 40.0 50.0 21.0 FEB. 20 VS. HAWAI’I* TBA 10 Darius Brown II G Jr. 6.0 5.0 8.0 40.0 66.7 29.0 23 Alex Merkviladze F Fr. 20.0 12.0 0.0 61.5 50.0 29.0 FEB. 26 @ CSU BAKERSFIELD* TBA FEB. 27 @ CSU BAKERSFIELD* TBA AVAILABLE RESERVES 3 Kailen Rains G Fr. 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.0 MAR. 5 VS. UC RIVERSIDE* TBA 4 Atin Wright G Fr. 7.0 1.0 2.0 50.0 0.0 11.0 5 Miles Brookins^ F R-Jr. 5.0 2.6 0.4 51.0 16.7 17.2 MAR. 6 VS. UC RIVERSIDE* TBA 11 Amound Anderson G Fr. 6.0 2.0 0.0 66.7 50.0 15.0 12 Marcel Stevens G Fr. 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.0 MAR. 10-13 BIG WEST TOURNAMENT+ 13 Matt Solomon G Fr. 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.0 15 Ron Artest III F Jr. 6.0 10.0 3.0 37.5 0.0 20.0 All dates, times, and opponents are subject to change without notice. All times are Pacific 22 George Nwogu F So. - - - - - - HOME GAMES IN BOLD AT THE MATADOME 24 Fidelis Okereke F Fr. 7.0 5.0 1.0 50.0 0.0 13.0 * - Big West Conference Game ^ - MGM Resorts Main Event (Las Vegas, NV) 32 Brendan Harrick G/F R-Fr. 5.0 1.0 1.0 25.0 33.3 12.0 3 - Big West Tournament at Honda Center (Anaheim, CA) ^ - Brookins’ stats are from 2018-19 at La Salle @CSUNMBB @CSUNMensBB @GoMatadors @GoMatadors CSUN MEN’S BASKETBALL // NOVEMBER 27, 2020 Matador mainstays also contributed in the win as junior Darius Brown II had eight assists and added six points while FOR YOUR INFORMATION sophomore Festus Ndumanya had seven points as he started at center. In 20 minutes, junior Ron Artest III grabbed a career-high 10 rebounds and tallied six points. Sophomore Brendan Harrick also chipped in with five points in 12 General Information minutes. Name ... California State University, Northridge Abbreviation ......................... CSUN Brown II took over sole possession of eighth place on the Matadors’ all-time career assist list on Wednesday. He previ- Mailing Address ....... 18111 Nordhoff Street ously was tied with Tre Hale-Edmerson (2012-16) at 303 assists to start the season. Brown II now stands at 311 career . Northridge, CA 91330-8301 assists and is just four away from tying former Division II standout Troy Dueker (1984-88) for seventh on the list. Founded .............................. 1958 Enrollment ......................... 38,310 CSUN faces Air Force for just the second time in team history on Saturday afternoon. The Falcons handed the President ......................Erika D. Beck Matadors a 72-63 defeat in the programs’ only ever meeting in Dec. 2010, which took place at the Air Force Academy. Athletic Director ............... Michael Izzi Rashaun McLemore paced the Matadors in that game with 18 points while Lenny Daniel recorded 16 points and 15 Executive Associate A.D./SWA ... Valerie Richardson rebounds in defeat. Faculty Athletic Representative ...Dr. Ed Jackiewicz Nickname ........................ Matadors Seattle U leads the all-time series with CSUN 5-2 and has won the last five meetings, dating back to 2010. The teams Colors ................. Red, White and Black last faced off in Nov. 2014 with the Redhawks prevailing in Seattle, 70-58. Ajon Efferson had a team-high 11 points Conference ....................... Big West for CSUN in the last meeting. CSUN’s last win over Seattle U took place at The Matadome in Jan. 2010. Home Court (Capacity) . The Matadome (2,200) FOLLOW YOUR MATADORS ONLINE All games this season will include live stats coverage and a free audio broadcast on GoMatadors.com. Home Coaching Information contests that are not televised will also feature a CSUN Sports Network video stream on BigWest.TV. For road Head Coach ...... Mark Gottfried (3rd Season) games, related links to the game, including for any live stats, audio and video, will be posted before the game Alma Mater ................. Alabama, 1987 on the men’s basketball schedule page of GoMatadors.com. Fans are also encouraged to check the CSUN Overall NCAA D-I Record ...... 431-278 (.608) Athletics Department’s official Twitter feed (@GoMatadors) and the Men’s Basketball team’s feed (@CSUNMBB) Record at CSUN ................ 29-38 (.433) for updates of games in progress and news and notes throughout the week. Big West Record. 17-15 (.531) Office Phone ................ (818) 677-3208 Assistant Coach ...... Jim Harrick (3rd Season) RUNNING THE POINT Junior Darius Brown II has led the Big West Conference in assists-to-turnover ratio in back-to-back seasons Assistant Coach ..... Jeff Dunlap (3rd Season) • Averaged a career-high 10.0 points and 3.7 rebounds last season while he shot a personal-best 47.2 percent Director of Operations .. John Van Houten (4th Season) from the field, 38.4 percent from 3-point range and 77.4 percent from the free throw line Athletic Trainer ................. Steve Grech • Ranked sixth in the Big West in assists (4.0), seventh in steals (1.2) and ninth in FG% (47.2) • His 2.9 assists to turnover ratio ranked 13th-best in the nation Sports Information • Ranked eighth in CSUN history with 311 career assists MBB SID ................... Nick Bocanegra • Handed out 176 assists in 2018-19, which set a new CSUN record for assists by a freshman SID Office Phone ............ (818) 677-7188 • Recorded a career high of 26 points to go with three 3-pointers in a win over Cal Poly (2/13/20) SID e-mail .... [email protected] • Dished out a career-best 11 assists in a win at Cal Poly (1/12/19) Website ..................