California State University at Northridge
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CSUN Hosts UC Irvine, Travels to Hawai'i as League Slate Continues
2/15/2017 9:46:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Matadors Look to Extend Winning Streak
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NORTHRIDGE, Calif. --- The CSUN women's basketball team (13-11, 6-4 Big West) will look to extend their current five-game winning streak with a pair of important Big West Conference games as the league tournament beckons just a few weeks away. On Thursday, Feb. 16 the Matadors host the UC Irvine Anteaters at 7 p.m. in The Matadome with Mark Roberts calling all the action on the CSUN Sports Network and BigWestTV. Two days later, CSUN voyages to the tropics to face the Hawai'i Rainbow Wahine at The Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu at 9 p.m. (PT) / 7 p.m. (HT). Links for live stats, audio and video are available for both contests on the women's basketball schedule page of GoMatadors.com.Â
Last week, CSUN pulled out a pair of impressive road victories to continue climbing the conference standings. In a 62-55 victory at UC Santa Barbara, sophomore Channon Fluker scored 13 of her 17 points in the fourth quarter and tied a career high with 20 rebounds to help lift the Matadors to the victory.Â
Two days later, CSUN persevered in a 70-67 overtime victory at UC Riverside. Serafina Maulupe scored 22 points for the second-straight game and Fluker posted 18 points and 18 rebounds as the Matadors knocked off the defending Big West Champions. For her efforts, Fluker was named Big West Player of the Week for the second-straight week, also giving CSUN three-straight winners of the weekly award.Â
This week, CSUN faces a pair of tests from conference rivals UC Irvine and Hawai'i. The Anteaters posted a 77-52 victory over CSUN earlier this season, leading from wire-to-wire at The Bren Events Center. Andee Ritter leads UCI and the Big West with 70 3-pointers on the season and Tamara Inoue is in her first season as the head coach at UC Irvine.Â
Two days later, CSUN makes the trip to Manoa to face the Rainbow Wahine at the Stan Sheriff Center. The Matadors have never defeated Hawai'i on the road in the all-time series although CSUN did post a 67-56 victory over the Rainbow Wahine at home earlier this year.
Scouting UC Irvine
- The UC Irvine Anteaters come to the San Fernando Valley Thursday for a 7 p.m. contest at The Matadome
- The Anteaters are 3-21 overall on the season and 1-9 in Big West Conference play
- That one victory came at CSUN's expense as UCI routed the Matadors 77-52 on Jan. 11 at The Bren Events Center
- Since the win over CSUN, the Anteaters have lost seven-straight games, including losses at home to Cal Poly and at UC Davis last week
- Shereen Sutherland leads UCI in scoring at 12.7 ppg for the year and is averaging 13.2 in conference play
- Andee Ritter leads the Big West with 70 3-pointers and is averaging 12.2 ppg for the year and 14.3 in league play
- As a team, the Anteaters are shooting 36.8 percent from the field and 31.4 percent from 3-point range for the year
- In conference play, UCI is shooting 36.9 percent from the field and 36.2 percent from 3-point range in conference play
- For the season, UC Irvine averages 33.8 rebounds, 11.9 assists and 16.6 turnovers per gameÂ
- In conference play, the Anteaters average 30.9 rebounds, 12.7 assists and 14.6 turnovers per gameÂ
Scouting Hawai'i
- The Hawai'i Rainbow Wahine enter the week with an 8-15 overall record and 4-7 mark in Big West play
- The Rainbow Wahine host UC Davis on Thursday, Feb. 16 before facing the Matadors at the Stan Sheriff Center
- CSUN defeated Hawai'i 67-56 on Feb. 4 at The Matadome as Channon Fluker posted 22 points and 20 reboundsÂ
- Sarah Toeaina leads UH in scoring at 13.9 ppg for the year and 16.8 ppg in league play
- Briana Harris is second on the team in scoring at 10.1 ppg for the year and 9.5 ppg in conference play
- As a team, UH averages 36 rebounds, 8.6 assists and 15.8 turnovers per game for the yearÂ
- In conference play, the Rainbow Wahine average 35.8 rebounds, 9.7 assists and 13.6 turnovers per game
- CSUN has never won in Honolulu in five previous attemptsÂ
