Saturday, March 9
Irvine, CA
7:30 p.m.
California State University at Northridge
at
UC Irvine
Photo by: Shae Hammond
CSUN Travels to UC Irvine to Wrap Up Regular Season
3/8/2019 2:09:00 PM | Men's Basketball
FULL GAME NOTES
NORTHRIDGE, Calif.---CSUN Men's Basketball wraps up the regular season on Saturday night when the Matadors visit UC Irvine at 7:30 p.m. The game will air live on KDOC-TV while an audio broadcast is available on the CSUN Sports Network presented by Dignity Health with Ghizal Hasan and Alan Zinsmeister on the call at 7:20 p.m.
The Matadors had their three-game winning streak snapped at the hands of UC Santa Barbara on Senior Night on Thursday by the final of 76-74. CSUN led 74-73 in the final seconds of the game before UCSB's Max Heidegger made a 3-pointer to put the Gauchos ahead by two. Freshman Darius Brown II's last shot near halfcourt came up short, giving UCSB the victory.
Freshman Lamine Diane collected his 18th double-double, tying the school's Division I single-season record. Diane would finish with 34 points and 13 rebounds while sophomore Terrell Gomez added 21 points and five 3-pointers from 3-point range. The game represented the final home game for the Matador senior class of Blair Orr and Cameron Gottfried. After suffering an injury on Jan. 5, Orr made his return to the court and played four minutes while Gottfried grabbed six rebounds and scored two points in 30 minutes of action.
Heading into the final day of the regular season, the Matadors are tied for sixth in the standings with UC Davis at 7-8. CSUN can finish anywhere between fourth and seventh in the league, however because of tiebreakers can only get as high as a fifth seed for the Big West Tournament. UC Irvine (14-1) has clinched the regular season title while Cal State Fullerton is in second place (10-5), UC Santa Barbara (9-6) is third, Hawai'i is fourth (8-7) and Long Beach State is in fifth place (8-8). UC Riverside (3-12) is a full game ahead of Cal Poly (2-13) for the eighth spot. CSUN will play either Cal State Fullerton, UC Santa Barbara or Hawai'i in the first round of the Big West Tournament, which begins Thursday, March 14 at the Honda Center.
Diane can break yet another Matador record on Saturday night. Already the school's single-season points (736), field goals made (308) and blocks leader (65) in team history, Diane can break the CSUN record for rebounds in a season, which was set by Paul McCracken in 1970-71, with five more boards. On the Big West's all-time season leaderboard, Diane is 10th in scoring and can pass Lucious Harris (Long Beach State) with four more points and Kevin Magee (UC Irvine) with eight points.
In the Big West, the Matadors remain in first in points per game (76.6), field goals made per game (28.5), field goal percentage (46.6), steals per game (6.4) and blocks per game (4.5). Individually, Diane leads the league in scoring (24.5), rebounding (10.9) and blocks (2.2) while Brown is first in assists to turnover (5.4). Gomez is second in the conference in points per game (19.7) and free throw percentage (88.0).
UC Irvine leads the all-time series with CSUN 37-24 and has won the last eight meetings. CSUN has not defeated UCI since Feb. 2014 when it won 81-75 at The Matadome. Coming in with a seven-game losing streak at the Bren Events Center, the Matadors have not won on the road in the series since Jan. 2011 (66-62). The Anteaters came back from 18 points down to defeat the Matadors, 70-64, on Jan. 19.
A Closer Look at UC Irvine
The Anteaters come into the weekend with a 12-game winning streak and an overall 26-5 record. On Thursday, UC Irvine defeated Cal Poly 110-72 at Mott Athletics Center. UCI is 11-2 at the Bren Events Center this season including 6-1 in Big West Conference play. The team is fifth in the nation in defensive field goal percentage (37.9) and rebound margin (7.5).
Junior Max Hazzard is 10th in the Big West in points per game (12.0) while he shoots at a 38.9 percent clip from 3-point range. Fellow junior Evan Leonard is also averaging in double figures at 10.7 points per game. Second in the Big West in rebounding, graduate Jonathan Galloway is averaging 8.3 rebounds per game to go with 6.9 points. UCI allows a conference-best 63.5 points per game and averages 40.5 rebounds per game.
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NORTHRIDGE, Calif.---CSUN Men's Basketball wraps up the regular season on Saturday night when the Matadors visit UC Irvine at 7:30 p.m. The game will air live on KDOC-TV while an audio broadcast is available on the CSUN Sports Network presented by Dignity Health with Ghizal Hasan and Alan Zinsmeister on the call at 7:20 p.m.
The Matadors had their three-game winning streak snapped at the hands of UC Santa Barbara on Senior Night on Thursday by the final of 76-74. CSUN led 74-73 in the final seconds of the game before UCSB's Max Heidegger made a 3-pointer to put the Gauchos ahead by two. Freshman Darius Brown II's last shot near halfcourt came up short, giving UCSB the victory.
Freshman Lamine Diane collected his 18th double-double, tying the school's Division I single-season record. Diane would finish with 34 points and 13 rebounds while sophomore Terrell Gomez added 21 points and five 3-pointers from 3-point range. The game represented the final home game for the Matador senior class of Blair Orr and Cameron Gottfried. After suffering an injury on Jan. 5, Orr made his return to the court and played four minutes while Gottfried grabbed six rebounds and scored two points in 30 minutes of action.
Heading into the final day of the regular season, the Matadors are tied for sixth in the standings with UC Davis at 7-8. CSUN can finish anywhere between fourth and seventh in the league, however because of tiebreakers can only get as high as a fifth seed for the Big West Tournament. UC Irvine (14-1) has clinched the regular season title while Cal State Fullerton is in second place (10-5), UC Santa Barbara (9-6) is third, Hawai'i is fourth (8-7) and Long Beach State is in fifth place (8-8). UC Riverside (3-12) is a full game ahead of Cal Poly (2-13) for the eighth spot. CSUN will play either Cal State Fullerton, UC Santa Barbara or Hawai'i in the first round of the Big West Tournament, which begins Thursday, March 14 at the Honda Center.
Diane can break yet another Matador record on Saturday night. Already the school's single-season points (736), field goals made (308) and blocks leader (65) in team history, Diane can break the CSUN record for rebounds in a season, which was set by Paul McCracken in 1970-71, with five more boards. On the Big West's all-time season leaderboard, Diane is 10th in scoring and can pass Lucious Harris (Long Beach State) with four more points and Kevin Magee (UC Irvine) with eight points.
In the Big West, the Matadors remain in first in points per game (76.6), field goals made per game (28.5), field goal percentage (46.6), steals per game (6.4) and blocks per game (4.5). Individually, Diane leads the league in scoring (24.5), rebounding (10.9) and blocks (2.2) while Brown is first in assists to turnover (5.4). Gomez is second in the conference in points per game (19.7) and free throw percentage (88.0).
UC Irvine leads the all-time series with CSUN 37-24 and has won the last eight meetings. CSUN has not defeated UCI since Feb. 2014 when it won 81-75 at The Matadome. Coming in with a seven-game losing streak at the Bren Events Center, the Matadors have not won on the road in the series since Jan. 2011 (66-62). The Anteaters came back from 18 points down to defeat the Matadors, 70-64, on Jan. 19.
A Closer Look at UC Irvine
The Anteaters come into the weekend with a 12-game winning streak and an overall 26-5 record. On Thursday, UC Irvine defeated Cal Poly 110-72 at Mott Athletics Center. UCI is 11-2 at the Bren Events Center this season including 6-1 in Big West Conference play. The team is fifth in the nation in defensive field goal percentage (37.9) and rebound margin (7.5).
Junior Max Hazzard is 10th in the Big West in points per game (12.0) while he shoots at a 38.9 percent clip from 3-point range. Fellow junior Evan Leonard is also averaging in double figures at 10.7 points per game. Second in the Big West in rebounding, graduate Jonathan Galloway is averaging 8.3 rebounds per game to go with 6.9 points. UCI allows a conference-best 63.5 points per game and averages 40.5 rebounds per game.
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