The villain of all villains, Michael Kirby hit two three-pointers for Pacific (one of them as he was fouled) and drew the Tigers within five before Mark Hill hit a three of his own for CSUN. CSUN threw the ball away on its second to last possession of the game and Pacific got two free throws out of it, making one. CSUN is up 33-27 at halftime. Hill leads all scorers with 10 points. Chad Troyer and Kirby have seven… Read more

The Tigers went on a 10-0 run before Mark Hill reponded for CSUN. The Matadors on a five-minute drought before the point guard made a layup to give his team a 26-16 lead with 3:37 to go. It’s not going to be easy, obviously. The Tigers are shooting 26 percent from the field though.

Pacific’s second field goal of the game was at the 9:48 mark. It was a 3-pointer. CSUN leads 24-8 with 8:20 to play in the first half. Expect a Tigers run.

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.