A couple of Mark Hill steals turned into points have made this a small blowout. The Matadors are leading 30-17 with 6:48 to go in the first half. That means CSUN’s gone in a 26-3 run. And now Galick and Latunde got in a little bit of a scuffle that ended with Galick taking a dive backwards. Refs took care of it quickly. Latunde and Galick shook hands and CSUN’s running again.
The Matadors have finally found a way to score and are now withing 17-14 at the 11:55 mark. Things are getting a bit extra-physical. A Roadrunner was heading back to his side of the court when he ran into Willie Galick, who didn’t move and sent the shorter man back a few inches. The Bako man said something to Galick, who pretty much ignored him. Then, he was bumped by 6-10 forward Cory Brown of CSUB and had another exchange… Read more
Whether it’s the lack of a home crowd tonight or this just being a non-conference game, the Matadors have come out slow and currently trail the Roadrunners 14-4 with 15:24 to go in the first half. Rob Haynes is back on the court. Tremaine Townsend just scored on a layup … and a jumper. Townsend has six of the Matadors’ eight points. It’s 14-8 now.
The rain has been so bad that even Alan Zinsmeister, one of CSUN’s two-man radio broadcasting crew, wasn’t able to make it. Bill Courtland will handle the radio duties by himself. On to the starting lineups. CSU Bakersfield goes with Trent Blakey, Santwon Latunde, Cory Brown, Alex Johnson and Bryan Emmanuel CSUN goes with Vincent Cordell, Tremaine Townsend, Rodrigue Mels, Josh Jenkins and Kenny Daniels. Yup, Rob Haynes, fresh off a concussion will come off the bench.
And it’s got to be the lowest attendance I’ve seen this season for a men’s basketball game. I’m counting them … seven people in the student section. It’s probably the weather. Deon Tresvant’s here, though. He sang the national anthem with the team.
The Matadors women’s basketball team gets a break from their usual two-game weeks this week to work on their rebounding and salute some accomplishments.
The CSUN softball team will get the season started this weekend at the Cathedral City Kickoff.
After losing two straight games in Hawaii last week and dropping two spots in the national rankings.
CSUN forward Tremaine Townsend walked out from the locker room ready to head into the Matadome for a Wednesday workout when a reporter intercepted him to question the reason for his abstinence from practice a day before.