California State University at Northridge
Long Beach State
CSUN Faces Long Beach State in Tournament Semifinal
3/9/2017 4:03:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Matadors and 49ers Meet at the Honda Center at 2:30 p.m.
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NORTHRIDGE, Calif. --- The CSUN women's basketball team (18-13) faces Long Beach State Friday, Mar. 10 in a Big West Conference Tournament Semifinal 2:30 p.m. at the Honda Center. The game will be broadcast on ESPN3 and Mark Roberts will be calling all the action on CSUN Sports Network. Links for live stats, audio and video are available on the women's basketball schedule page of GoMatadors.com.Â
On Wednesday, Mar. 8, the Matadors posted a 71-64 victory over Hawai'i in a Big West Conference Tournament Quarterfinal in Long Beach at the Walter Pyramid. Sophomore Channon Fluker, the 2016-17 Big West Conference Player of the Year, scored a career-high 39 points and added 12 rebounds for her league-leading 20th double-double of the season. In the process, she set a new school record for points in a season and also set new program marks for rebounds and field goals in a season during the course of the year. Â
Junior Tessa Boagni came off the bench to record her fourth double-double of the year with 13 points and a team-high 13 rebounds and Eliza Matthews, the Big West Freshman of the Year, added 11 rebounds in the win. The Matadors overcame a halftime deficit by shooting 52 percent from the field in the second half and committing just five turnovers after the first quarter.Â
Turnovers figure to be a key statistic in Friday's contest. The 49ers, the second seed in the tournament, force opponents into over 20 miscues per contest. In a win over the Matadors on Mar. 2, Long Beach State scored 29 points off 24 CSUN turnovers. They also forced 27 turnovers in a loss to CSUN at The Matadome on Feb. 2.
Scouting Long Beach StateÂ
- The Long Beach State 49ers are the second seed in the Big West Tournament
- The 49ers finished the season with a 21-10 overall record and 12-4 in Big West Conference play
- Raven Benton leads the 49ers in scoring at 11 ppg, earning Second Team All-Big West and Sixth Woman of the Year honors
- Madison Montgomery averages 10.1 ppg for the year and earned Honorable Mention All-Big West
- Anna Kim averages 10 ppg for the year, earning Honorable Mention All-Big West and Big West Hustle Player of the Year
- Jewelyn Sawyer averages 9.1 points and a team-high 6.3 rebounds per game; Big West Defensive Player of the Year
- As a team, LBSU averages 35.2 rebounds, 13.1 assists and 14.2 turnovers per game
- Opponents average 20.7 turnovers per game against LBSU
- The Matadors and 49ers split their two regular season match-ups with both teams winning on their home floor
- The two teams have not met on a neutral site since 1977
Quarterfinal Recap
Sophomore Channon Fluker scored a career-high 39 points and set a new program record for points in a single season as the CSUN women's basketball team (18-13) defeated Hawai'i 71-64 Wednesday evening in a Big West Tournament Quarterfinal at the Walter Pyramid. Tessa Boagni added 13 points and 13 rebounds off the bench and CSUN erased a six-point halftime deficit to advance to Friday's semifinal at the Honda Center.Â
The 2016-17 Big West Player of the Year, Fluker had a dominating game inside for CSUN. She finished 14-of-23 from the field and added 12 rebounds for her 20th double-double of the season. Midway through the third quarter, she passed Ashlee Guay to set a new school record for points in a season and currently has 560 on the season for an average of 18.1 per game. This year, she has set new single-season program records for points, field goals and rebounds.Â
Boagni had a strong game off the bench, producing her fourth double-double of the season and sixth of her career. She finished 5-of-10 from the field and a perfect 3-for-3 from the free throw line. Big West Freshman of the Year Eliza Matthews was the third Matador in double-figures in rebounds, grabbing 11 boards to go with two assists.Â
All-Big West Conference Honors
CSUN women's basketball sophomore Channon Fluker has been named the 2016-17 Big West Conference Player of the Year while rookie Eliza Matthews was named Big West Freshman of the Year and junior Serafina Maulupe earned Second Team All-Big West honors, the league office announced Monday morning. Fluker became the second Matador in school history to be win the conference's top award and earned her second-straight First Team All-Big West award. Matthews led all rookies in rebounds and averaged just under five points for the year while Maulupe ranked among the league's top scorers and 3-point threats.Â
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