Fluker Resets Scoring Record; CSUN Falls To LMU

NORTHRIDGE, Calif.—On a night in which Channon Fluker became the all-time leading scorer at CSUN, it was a hot shooting second half that sent Loyola Marymount past the Matadors 73-52 in women's basketball action in the Matadome.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Loyola Marymount 72, CSUN 53
LOCATION: The Matadome, Northridge, Calif.
RECORDS: LMU 6-2, CSUN 4-6

HOW IT HAPPENED

Tied at nine and bolstered by the insertion of Cal transfer Gabby Green into the game, the Lions used a 6-0 spurt to take the lead. A Channon Fluker basket with just under a minute to play would be the final points of the opening 10 minutes as the Lions led 15-11.
Channon Fluker tied Ashlee Guay's school record for career points with her 12th of the first half when she made a short jumper with 1:57 to go in the second quarter.
With each team shooting poorly from the field in the second quarter, both squads could not take advantage of opportunities at the free throw line. LMU was 4-of-8 from the charity stripe while CSUN was 2-of-4.
Green and Brittney Reed would combine for 18 first half points as the Lions would lead 27-26 at halftime.
CSUN scored the first bucket of the second half to lead by one. The Lions outscored the Matadors 15-7 over the next five minutes and would end the third up 50-42.
Fluker broke the school record with a basket at the 3:14 mark of the third quarter, using a short jumper for the score.
The Lions went 10-of-15 from the field in the final 10 minutes to lead by as many as 23. LMU would end up shooting 20-of-33 (60.6% from the field in the second half.

FOR CSUN

Fluker led the Matadors with 19 points to raise her career total to 1,768. Guay scored 1,761 points for the Matadors from 2011-15. She is now 14th in Big West history in career scoring and is 17th among active Division I players in the category.
The 6-4 center charted her 62nd career double-double as she pulled in a game high 10 rebounds. She also added four blocks and two assists. Fluker is the active leader in Division in career rebounds with 1,193 and is first among active Division I players in career double-doubles.
De'Jionae Calloway scored 10 points and grabbed eight rebounds before leaving the game with an injury in the third quarter.

FOR LMU

Green, who missed the previous six games due to injury, led the Lions with 19 points off the bench. She was 9-of-16 from the field. Reed was 7-of-10 from the floor to score 14 points.
Loyola Marymount outscored CSUN 50-32 in the point and turned 18 Matador turnovers in 20 points.
The Lions would end the night shooting 50.8%, making 31-of-61 field goal attempts. LMU would also outrebound CSUN 41-35.

ACCORDING TO HEAD COACH JASON FLOWERS
"I thought they sustained their effort over two halves. I thought we came out really flat on both ends of the floor in the second half. It was disappointing that we didn't play with the necessary effort in the second half. There are somethings from an X's and O's standpoint that we have to address. But at the end of the day it's about fight and competing and we didn't do that tonight."

UP NEXT
The Matadors return to action Sunday afternoon when CSUN hosts San Diego State (5-4). The Aztecs defeated previously unbeaten UC Irvine 78-70 Friday night in Irvine. Kevin Strauss' coverage on the CSUN Sports Network presented by Dignity Health begins at 3:50 p.m. for the 4 p.m. tip.

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Team Stats

Channon Fluker

De'Jionae Calloway

Juliana Louis

Serafina Maulupe

Players Mentioned

De'Jionae Calloway

Channon Fluker

Ashlee Guay