California State University Northridge Athletics
Saturday, January 18
Long Beach, Calif.
2:00 P.M.
California State University at Northridge
8-10,3-1Big West
52
at
60
Long Beach State
7-10,2-2Big West
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSUN | 11 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 52 |
| Long Beach St. | 13 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 60 |
Team Stats
CSUN
LBSU
FG%
.333
.429
3FG%
.250
.235
FT%
.684
.778
RB
39
25
TO
23
16
STL
9
9
Game Leaders
Pts
16
FGM
5
3FGM
0
FTM
6
Pts
13
FGM
5
3FGM
3
FTM
0
Pts
11
FGM
3
3FGM
1
FTM
4
Pts
5
FGM
1
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Players Mentioned
F
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Photo by: Shae Hammond
CSUN Late Rally Falls Short As Long Beach State Hands Matadors First Big West Loss
1/18/2020 4:41:00 PM | Women's Basketball
LONG BEACH, Calif.—CSUN nearly rallied from a 21-point fourth-quarter deficit, but Long Beach State held on to defeat the Matadors 60-52 in Big West women's basketball action Saturday afternoon at the Walter Pyramid.
HOW IT HAPPENED
ACCORDING TO HEAD COACH JASON FLOWERS
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HOW IT HAPPENED
- Long Beach State (7-10, 2-2 Big West) opened on a 9-4 start before CSUN scored seven in a row to lead for the first time. The Beach responded with the final four points of the opening period to lead 13-11. De'Jionae Calloway recorded eight of the first 11 points for the Matadors.
- Justina King scored the first seven Long Beach State points of the second quarter as The Beach jumped out to a 22-16 advantage midway through the frame. The Matadors missed their final 10 field goal attempts of the second quarter, going scoreless over the final 5:13 of the first half.
- Long Beach State was only 6-of-17 in the second quarter from the floor and 9-of-26 for the opening 20 minutes. However, The Beach was 8-of-8 from the free-throw line and forced 13 CSUN first-half turnovers. Long Beach State led 28-18 at the break.
- Jordyn Jackson made the first basket of the second half, a three-pointer. The Beach scored seven in a row to force a CSUN timeout at the 6:28 mark with the Matadors trailing by 14, 35-21. CSUN went without a field goal for nearly five minutes in the third quarter and were down 46-27 as the game headed into the fourth period.
- Trailing by 21, the Matadors reduced the Long Beach State lead to 55-40 with six consecutive points before the fourth quarter media timeout. CSUN continued to chip away. A Calloway layup with 1:07 to play cut The Beach lead to 59-49. The Matadors fouled Ma'Qhi Berry with 57.3 seconds remaining. She made 1-of-2 as LBSU called timeout. The ensuing CSUN offensive possession was unsuccessful. Long Beach State ran the clock down to 19 seconds before a miss. A Jackson three-pointer made it the final 60-52 with 11 seconds left.
- Long Beach State limited the Matadors to 33.3 shooting (17-of-51) for the game as CSUN lost for the first time in Big West play. The Beach was 21-of-49 for a 42.9 clip. CSUN outrebounded The Beach 39-25, 16-6 on the offensive glass. LBSU scored 23 points off a total of 23 CSUN turnovers.
- King led all scorers with 23 for The Beach. Berry charted 11. Calloway posted a team-high 16 for the Matadors. Jackson posted 13 while Deja Williams added 11.
ACCORDING TO HEAD COACH JASON FLOWERS
- "Hats off to Long Beach State, they did a good job of making some things difficult. The success we have enjoyed lately has been a result of toughness. I didn't think we exhibited that until the last five minutes of the game. We are a team that has been built on toughness and making plays and doing things right when adversity hits. I didn't think we did that this afternoon. We cut from 21 to 8 and started to do some things we wanted to do in the entire game. We will go back and take a look at the film and get back to work on Monday and get better."
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- CSUN (8-10, 3-1 Big West) travels to UC Irvine (4-12, 0-2 Big West) Thursday night. The game will be streamed by BigWest.tv beginning at 7 p.m.
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