The Matadors are still in control, up 15-3. The CSUN fans are louder than they’ve been the whole game and you can’t even hear a pur out of the Tigers. Pacific is 1-of-9 from the field at the 11:41 mark.

The Matadors have a 14-3 lead. They’re hitting their shots and Pacific can’t buy a bucket. Let’s see if a timeout is going to bring some heat to the Tigers’ shooting. And the Matadors have just been called for their first foul (on Kenny Daniels) at the 13:40 mark.

Momentum seems to be on the Matadors’ favor. CSUN leads 5-3 with 15:27 to play in the first half. Northridge has been getting the majority of the calls for now. We haven’t seen Bobby Braswell complain so far.

Neither the Matadors nor the Tigers are lacking in fandom tonight. It’s a competition of who can get the loudest here. It must be said, however, that the Pacific band makes up for half of the Tigers’ support. Yup, they’re that numerous. Game-time.

CSUN: Mark Hill, Rob Haynes, Willie Galick, Kenny Daniels and Tremaine Townsend. Pacific: Chad Troyer, Michael Kirby, Anthony Brown, Sam Willard and Joe Ford.

Our score: Tigers 60 – Matadors 15 And there is this one guy wearing a Pacific shirt who’s sat right in the middle of the Matador crowd. They tried to kick him out, but he came back. OK, now he’s leaving. Good for him. Thirty minutes till tip-off.

The Tigers are stretching, the Matadors are shooting around. Not anymore. They went into the locker room as a band of fans applauded and cheered them repeatedly (almost as a joke). Thirty-eight minutes til tip-off. Some dude came in with what seemed to be a shirt with an anti-CSUN Best Buy reference. His shirt read, “Best Bud” and had a joint sticking out of the logo. I don’t know if that’s a shot or what. And the Pacific band is… Read more

Time: 9 p.m. Where: Anaheim Convention Center TV: ESPN2 – Pacific has won five consecutive games. – CSUN is 0-2 against the Tigers this season. – The last time the Matadors made the tournament championship game was in 2005 against Pacific. The Tigers won 75-73. – It’s the fourth time in six years that Pacific’s played in the championship game. – The Matadors have never won a game played in Stockton (0-9). They’re also 0-4 against the Tigers in the… Read more

It’s just been a week and here they go again. The Matadors are seven days removed from their latest match against the Tigers and have to face them one last time this season. This one, again is for a championship. Northridge couldn’t secure itself the title last week when it visited Stockton, losing to Pacific, 62-55. Luckily enough for it, UC Santa Barbara, which was beat Friday night by CSUN, defeated Long Beach State on a buzzer beater. The result… Read more