Wednesday, January 8
Northridge, Calif.
7:00 p.m.
California State University at Northridge
6-11,1-0Big Wes
95
vs
77
Long Beach State
5-12,0-1Big Wes
1
2
F
Long Beach St.
43
34
77
CSUN
52
43
95
Team Stats
LBSU
CSUN
FG%
.420
.593
3FG%
.400
.278
FT%
.611
.769
RB
31
42
TO
13
13
STL
5
5
Game Leaders
Pts
33
FGM
11
3FGM
0
FTM
11
Pts
21
FGM
6
3FGM
4
FTM
5
Pts
12
FGM
5
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Pts
10
FGM
5
3FGM
0
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
G
/ Men's Basketball
F
/ Men's BasketballF
/ Men's BasketballG
/ Men's BasketballG
/ Men's Basketball
F
/ Men's Basketball
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/ Men's Basketball
Photo by: Paul Trafecanty
Matadors Pull Away for 95-77 Win Over LBSU in Big West Opener
1/8/2020 9:51:00 PM | Men's Basketball
NORTHRIDGE, Calif.---Sophomore Lamine Diane recorded his 23rd career double-double as CSUN Men's Basketball (6-11, 1-0 Big West) opened Big West Conference play with an 95-77 win over Long Beach State on Wednesday evening at The Matadome. Diane poured in 33 points on 11-of-18 shooting to go with 15 rebounds, four assists and two steals while junior Terrell Gomez added 21 points and four 3-pointers. Sophomore Elijah Harkless chipped in with 12 points, nine rebounds and five assists.
CSUN shot a red-hot 59.3 percent from the field and made 20-of-26 from the free throw line (76.9). The Beach were limited to 42.0 percent shooting but made 8-of-20 from 3-point range (40.0 percent). The Matadors out-rebounded the Beach 42-31 and dominated in points in the paint, 54-32.
FIRST HALF
Long Beach State started quickly in the opening minutes, leading 11-5 after a 3-point play from Michael Carter III. The Matadors responded with the next five points to pull within one, capped by a 3-point play from Harkless in transition. The Beach would later stake to a 22-18 lead before the Matadors went on a 12-2 run to go ahead by six. Harkless got the Matadors even at the 9:07 mark then Gomez drained a 3-pointer to put CSUN on top. Gomez scored a 3-point play of his own at the eight-minute media timeout to make it a 30-24 game.
Gomez drilled another shot from long range to push the lead to double-digits (41-31) with 5:03 to play. Moments later, Diane threw down one of his many dunks on the night off a lob pass from Harkless. CSUN led by as many as 14 points in the first half but the Beach closed the half on a 5-0 run to pull within 52-43 after a buzzer-beating 3-pointer from Romelle Mansel. The Matadors shot 65.5 percent in the first half and made 12-of-14 from the free throw line.
SECOND HALF
The second period began with a dunk from Jared Pearre off a pass from Darius Brown II as the Matadors kept up its execution on the offensive end. The Beach would pull to within 58-52 with three minutes gone by in the second half but the Matadors responded with a 7-0 spurt over the next two minutes. Harkless emphatically capped off the run with a highlight-reel dunk in transition.
After a dunk from Diane gave the Matadors a 70-60 lead, the Beach scored back-to-back buckets to quickly trim the advantage to 71-65 with 11:19 to play. The Matadors would pick up back-to-back stops on the defensive end before exploding again on the offensive end down the stretch. Brown II scored consecutive layups then Diane followed with a dunk to push the lead to 12. CSUN eventually orchestrated a 12-1 run to go up 88-69 with under five minutes to play as Diane and Pearre each scored off lob passes. Diane capped the Matadors' scoring for the night with a fadeaway jumper to push the lead to its biggest at 22 points in the final moments of the game.
GAME NOTES
With his 21 points, Gomez has climbed into sixth place on CSUN's career scoring list with 1,364 points as he surpassed Jonathan Heard's (2004-08) total of 1,362. The 5-8 guard also caught Tavrion Dawson (2015-18) for 10th place on the career field goals made list with 456.
Diane moved into a three-way tie for second place in career blocks in Matador history with 82. He shares second place with Thomas Shewmake (2003-07) and Lenny Daniel (2009-11).
Brown II finished with 10 points and five assists while Festus Ndumanya added eight points and five rebounds. For the Beach, Carter III scored a team-high 19 points.
ACCORDING TO HEAD COACH MARK GOTTFRIED
"I thought our guys played really well. Defensively, for the most part, throughout the game, we were pretty solid. We defended their dribble penetration pretty well and handled their ball screens pretty well. Offensively, we shared the ball, we passed the ball - we had a couple forced shots here and there but overall, I love the fact we had 19 assists. A good team win, unselfish play offensively, I liked that, and defensively not bad. Good things to build on."
UP NEXT
CSUN hits the road for the first time in Big West play when it takes on Cal Poly on Saturday at 7 p.m. Ghizal Hasan and Alan Zinsmeister have the call in an audio broadcast on the CSUN Sports Network presented by Dignity Health.
#UniteTheValley
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CSUN shot a red-hot 59.3 percent from the field and made 20-of-26 from the free throw line (76.9). The Beach were limited to 42.0 percent shooting but made 8-of-20 from 3-point range (40.0 percent). The Matadors out-rebounded the Beach 42-31 and dominated in points in the paint, 54-32.
FIRST HALF
Long Beach State started quickly in the opening minutes, leading 11-5 after a 3-point play from Michael Carter III. The Matadors responded with the next five points to pull within one, capped by a 3-point play from Harkless in transition. The Beach would later stake to a 22-18 lead before the Matadors went on a 12-2 run to go ahead by six. Harkless got the Matadors even at the 9:07 mark then Gomez drained a 3-pointer to put CSUN on top. Gomez scored a 3-point play of his own at the eight-minute media timeout to make it a 30-24 game.
Gomez drilled another shot from long range to push the lead to double-digits (41-31) with 5:03 to play. Moments later, Diane threw down one of his many dunks on the night off a lob pass from Harkless. CSUN led by as many as 14 points in the first half but the Beach closed the half on a 5-0 run to pull within 52-43 after a buzzer-beating 3-pointer from Romelle Mansel. The Matadors shot 65.5 percent in the first half and made 12-of-14 from the free throw line.
SECOND HALF
The second period began with a dunk from Jared Pearre off a pass from Darius Brown II as the Matadors kept up its execution on the offensive end. The Beach would pull to within 58-52 with three minutes gone by in the second half but the Matadors responded with a 7-0 spurt over the next two minutes. Harkless emphatically capped off the run with a highlight-reel dunk in transition.
After a dunk from Diane gave the Matadors a 70-60 lead, the Beach scored back-to-back buckets to quickly trim the advantage to 71-65 with 11:19 to play. The Matadors would pick up back-to-back stops on the defensive end before exploding again on the offensive end down the stretch. Brown II scored consecutive layups then Diane followed with a dunk to push the lead to 12. CSUN eventually orchestrated a 12-1 run to go up 88-69 with under five minutes to play as Diane and Pearre each scored off lob passes. Diane capped the Matadors' scoring for the night with a fadeaway jumper to push the lead to its biggest at 22 points in the final moments of the game.
GAME NOTES
With his 21 points, Gomez has climbed into sixth place on CSUN's career scoring list with 1,364 points as he surpassed Jonathan Heard's (2004-08) total of 1,362. The 5-8 guard also caught Tavrion Dawson (2015-18) for 10th place on the career field goals made list with 456.
Diane moved into a three-way tie for second place in career blocks in Matador history with 82. He shares second place with Thomas Shewmake (2003-07) and Lenny Daniel (2009-11).
Brown II finished with 10 points and five assists while Festus Ndumanya added eight points and five rebounds. For the Beach, Carter III scored a team-high 19 points.
ACCORDING TO HEAD COACH MARK GOTTFRIED
"I thought our guys played really well. Defensively, for the most part, throughout the game, we were pretty solid. We defended their dribble penetration pretty well and handled their ball screens pretty well. Offensively, we shared the ball, we passed the ball - we had a couple forced shots here and there but overall, I love the fact we had 19 assists. A good team win, unselfish play offensively, I liked that, and defensively not bad. Good things to build on."
UP NEXT
CSUN hits the road for the first time in Big West play when it takes on Cal Poly on Saturday at 7 p.m. Ghizal Hasan and Alan Zinsmeister have the call in an audio broadcast on the CSUN Sports Network presented by Dignity Health.
#UniteTheValley
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