Wednesday, January 25
Northridge, Calif.
7:00 p.m.
California State University at Northridge
vs
UC Santa Barbara
Photo by: Paul Trafecanty
CSUN Faces UC Santa Barbara in Wednesday Night Big West Hoops
1/24/2017 1:09:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Matadors Face Gauchos in Only Contest This Week
GAME NOTES IN PDF FORMAT
NORTHRIDGE, Calif. --- The CSUN women's basketball team (8-11, 1-4 Big West) hosts UC Santa Barbara Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. in The Matadome. The game will feature live stats, live audio and live video via Big West TV and the CSUN Sports Network with Mark Roberts calling all the action. Links for those services can be found on the women's basketball schedule page at GoMatadors.com.
Last week, the Matadors suffered a seven-point loss at home to Cal Poly. Junior Serafina Maulupe finished with a career-high 25 points, including a career-best 11 free throws, in defeat to raise her season scoring average to 12.3 points per game. Sophomore Channon Fluker recorded her league-leading 11th double-double of the season, posting 15 points and 10 rebounds to go with five blocked shots.Â
Fluker continues to lead the Big West in rebounding and blocked shots while Maulupe is second in the Big West with 47 3-pointers on the season. She needs just two more to move into the CSUN single-season record book and now has 100 treys for her career, including her time at Virginia Tech.Â
This week, CSUN faces a UC Santa Barbara squad on a four-game winning streak. The Gauchos have knocked off Cal State Fullerton, UC Riverside, Long Beach State and Hawai'i after suffering a narrow loss to Cal Poly in its league opener.
UCSB features a trio of players averaging in double-figures and is shooting 40.6 percent from the field and 34.7 percent from 3-point range as a team. Opponents have shot 42.5 percent from the field and 28.7 percent from 3-point range on the season.
Scouting UC Santa Barbara
NORTHRIDGE, Calif. --- The CSUN women's basketball team (8-11, 1-4 Big West) hosts UC Santa Barbara Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. in The Matadome. The game will feature live stats, live audio and live video via Big West TV and the CSUN Sports Network with Mark Roberts calling all the action. Links for those services can be found on the women's basketball schedule page at GoMatadors.com.
Last week, the Matadors suffered a seven-point loss at home to Cal Poly. Junior Serafina Maulupe finished with a career-high 25 points, including a career-best 11 free throws, in defeat to raise her season scoring average to 12.3 points per game. Sophomore Channon Fluker recorded her league-leading 11th double-double of the season, posting 15 points and 10 rebounds to go with five blocked shots.Â
Fluker continues to lead the Big West in rebounding and blocked shots while Maulupe is second in the Big West with 47 3-pointers on the season. She needs just two more to move into the CSUN single-season record book and now has 100 treys for her career, including her time at Virginia Tech.Â
This week, CSUN faces a UC Santa Barbara squad on a four-game winning streak. The Gauchos have knocked off Cal State Fullerton, UC Riverside, Long Beach State and Hawai'i after suffering a narrow loss to Cal Poly in its league opener.
UCSB features a trio of players averaging in double-figures and is shooting 40.6 percent from the field and 34.7 percent from 3-point range as a team. Opponents have shot 42.5 percent from the field and 28.7 percent from 3-point range on the season.
Scouting UC Santa Barbara
- The UC Santa Barbara enter Wednesday night's contest with a 9-9 overall record and a 4-1 mark in the Big West
- The Gauchos are on a four-game winning streak, having defeated Cal State Fullerton, UC Riverside, Long Beach State and Hawai'i
- Three UCSB players are averaging just over 10 points per game this season
- Coco Miller (10.6 ppg) has connected on 38 3-pointers and averages over four rebounds and two assists per game
- Sarah Porter (10.2 ppg) has made 41 3-pointers and averages 3.5 rebounds per game
- Drew Edelman (10.1 ppg) is shooting 57.6 percent from the field and leads UCSB in rebounding at 7.1 per game
- In its five conference games, UCSB has five players scoring in double-figures: Porter, Edelman, Miller, Drea Toler and Onome Jemerigbe
- As a team, the Gauchos average 34.4 rebounds, 15.7 assists and 16.9 turnovers per game
- UCSB swept the season series last year with the MatadorsÂ
The Chairwoman of the Board
- Sophomore Channon Fluker became the first rookie to earn Big West First Team honors since 2002 last season.
- Recorded 11 double-doubles in 2016-17; averaging team-high 15.2 points and 10.8 rebounds per game
- Leads Big West in rebounding for the season and in conference games (9.6); also leads Big West in blocks
- Ranks 12th in NCAA Division I as of Jan. 23 with 206 rebounds this year; 10.8 average ranks 14th
- Tied a career high with 19 rebounds to go with 20 points in win at Seattle
- Posted a season-high 32 points and 12 field goals to go with a career high 19 rebounds in win at Weber State
- Posted 23 points and 14 rebounds in four-point loss to No. 19 Michigan State on Nov. 26
- Tied a career high with 19 rebounds at Fresno State, CSUN's first win in series since 1975
- Averaged 13.8 points, a league-high 9.9 rebounds and 23.9 minutes per contest as a freshman
- Named Mid-Major Freshman of the Year by CollegeSportsMadness.com following 2015-16 season
Tessa's TravelsÂ
- New Zealand native and junior Tessa Boagni finished third on the Matadors in scoring as a sophomore
- Averaging 6.5 points and 6.3 rebounds per game; ranked 11th in rebounding in Big West
- Recorded second double-double of the year with 15 points and 11 rebounds at Seattle
- Scored a season-high 20 points, including a career-high three 3-pointes, in win at NAU
- Finished with 13 points and nine rebounds in CSUN's comeback victory at Fresno State
- Recorded third career double-double with 11 points and career-high 14 rebounds vs. San Diego on 11/14/16
- Averaged 8.5 points, on 44 percent shooting from the field, and 4.7 rebounds per game as a sophomore
- Scored a career-high 28 points and 11 field goals in contest at Portland State on Dec. 20, 2015
Maulupe's Moments
- Junior Serafina Maulupe scored a career-high 25 points and 11 free throws in Jan. 21 contest vs. Cal Poly.Â
- Averaging 12.3 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game; ranks 12th in Big West in scoring
- Tied a career high with five 3-pointers at Washington and in home win over Cal State Fullerton
- Ranked second in the Big West Conference with an average of 2.4 3-pointers per game.
- Scored 23 points in CSUN's win at Saint Mary's, knocking down seven free throws
- Finished with 20 points in win at NAU and has scored in double-figures 10 times this season
- Scored 18 points on a career-high eight field goals vs. Detroit Mercy on Nov. 25
- Leads CSUN with 47 3-pointers this year, second-most in Big West
- Averaged 10 points, 3.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.1 steals per game as a sophomore
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