4th Quarter Comeback Sends CSUN Past CBU 73-67

NORTHRIDGE, Calif.—In front 1,218 fans, the largest crowd in women's basketball history, CSUN rallied from 11 points down in the fourth quarter to defeat California Baptist 73-67 Wednesday afternoon. The previous record was 1,143 which was set Feb. 26, 2011 against UC Santa Barbara.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: CSUN 73, California Baptist 67
LOCATION: The Matadome, Northridge, Calif.
RECORDS: CSUN 3-4, CBU 1-6

HOW IT HAPPENED

CSUN began the game on a 6-0 run that was followed by a 9-6 California Baptist spurt that would give the Lancers the lead. The Lancers only made five field goals in the first quarter, but four were from three-point range which gave California Baptist a 15-12 advantage.
CBU held the Matadors to 6-for-20 shooting in the second quarter as the Lancers led 31-28 at halftime
Both teams shot well in the third quarter (CBU-60%, CSUN 50%) as the Lancers went up 53-44 after three quarters of action.
Delacy Brown gave California Baptist their largest lead of the game, 55-4, with a layup 17 seconds into the fourth quarter. The Matadors mounted a 14-4 charge that was capped off by a Serafina Maulupe three-pointer that returned the lead to CSUN for the first time since the 4:24 mark of the first quarter.
A California Baptist turnover would result in Maulupe's fourth three-pointer of the game and a 64-59 Matadors' advantage with 4:03 to play. CSUN would go up 66-61 when De'Jionae Calloway made a layup 1:03 later. There would be no score until the 1:49 mark when Emma Meriggioli sank her seventh three-pointer of the game.
The score would remain 66-64 until there was 29 seconds to go when Channon Fluker hit a layup. CSUN got a stop which would result in another Fluker layup and a 70-64 score.
Forced to foul, CBU sent Meghann Henderson to the free throw line where she was 1-of-2 from the charity stripe with 11 seconds to play. Meriggioli's eighth and final three-pointer with seven seconds to play ended up being the final points of the game for California Baptist. Calloway's free throws five second later created the final 73-67 score.

FOR CSUN

In her 101st career appearance, Fluker charted her 60th career double-double with 18 points and 17 rebounds. She added six blocks.
Calloway tallied her first double-double with 16 points and 13 rebounds. Maulupe was 4-of-8 from three-point range on the way to 16 points. She now has 931 career points.
CSUN would make 10-of-19 field goal attempts in the fourth quarter, holding California Baptist to 23.8% shooting (5-of-21) in the final 10 minutes.
The Matadors outrebounded the Lancers 58-45, 14-8 on the offensive glass. The CSUN bench outscored the CBU bench 43-10.

FOR CALIFORNIA BAPTIST

Meriggioli took all of her field goal attempts from beyond the three-point arc. She would go 8-of-9 from long range for a game high 24 points.
Britney Thomas charted a double-double of 15 points and 11 rebounds. Brown would score 12 points.
Both teams had 20 assists with the Lancers only committing nine turnovers. CBU scored 15 points off of 12 CSUN turnovers. Both teams blocked seven shots. The Lancers recorded eight steals while CSUN had four.

ACCORDING TO HEAD COACH JASON FLOWERS
"In simple terms, we started to get some stops on the defensive end and we were able to put the ball in the basket. Serafina hitting three's in the second half was huge for us. Channon was much better in the second half. De'Jionae was good throughout the game. It's a testimony to our team and doing without Hayley Tanabe who was injured in the first half that we were able to make the comeback. We have to continue to get better defensively and apply those changes for us to move forward."

UP NEXT
CSUN travels to Santa Clara (5-1) Friday afternoon. Tip is set for 4 p.m. The game will streamed by TheW.tv.

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Team Stats

Channon Fluker

Serafina Maulupe

De'Jionae Calloway

Meghann Henderson

Players Mentioned

De'Jionae Calloway

Channon Fluker

Meghann Henderson

Serafina Maulupe

Hayley Tanabe