California State University Northridge Athletics
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12/10/2020 2:15:00 PM | Men's Basketball
FULL GAME NOTES
NORTHRIDGE, Calif.---CSUN Men's Basketball (2-1) returns to action on Saturday night for a road test against Pepperdine at 6 p.m. The game will stream live on the WCC Network while an audio broadcast will air at GoMatadors.com/Radio with Ghizal Hasan and Alan Zinsmeister on the call.
The Matadors have not played a game since defeating Seattle U on No. 30 in Las Vegas, Nev. CSUN recently had games against Fresno State (Dec. 8) and Pacific (Dec. 16) canceled after both opponents paused their programs due to COVID-19.
Junior TJ Starks scored a team-high 20 points in the Matadors' wire-to-wire 76-65 win over Seattle U. Starks scored 13 of his 20 in the second half to help the Matadors pull away down the stretch. Senior Lance Coleman II added 13 points and six rebounds while freshman Amound Anderson poured in a season-high 12 points off the bench. Junior Darius Brown II filled up the stat sheet with eight points, eight assists, five rebounds and three steals.
The Matadors' win over Seattle U was the program's first win over a team from the Western Athletic Conference since defeating Idaho in Dec. 2013.
Heading into the weekend, two Matadors are in the Big West's top-five in scoring as Starks is in fourth place (17.7 PPG) and Lance Coleman is in fifth place (16.0 PPG). Freshman Alex Merkviladze leads the conference in rebounds per game (10.0) and defensive rebounds per game (7.0) while he is third in offensive rebounds per game (3.0). Brown II is tops in the league in assists per game (6.3) and assists to turnover ratio (9.5).
In the win over Seattle U, Brown II climbed into seventh place on the Matadors' all-time career assist list, passing Troy Dueker (1984-88). Standing at 322 career assists, Brown II can move into sole possession of sixth place, occupied by Josh Jenkins (2007-09), with four more assists.
Pepperdine leads CSUN 11-9 in the all-time series. The Waves have won three of the last four meetings including last year's contest at The Matadome by a 94-82 final. Terrell Gomez led the Matadors in scoring in defeat against the Waves, tallying 33 points. CSUN picked up a road win in the teams' last meeting at the Firestone Fieldhouse in Dec. 2018 with Lamine Diane scoring a game-high 29 points.
A Closer Look at Pepperdine
The Waves (3-2) are coming off a 74-62 win over California on Wednesday at home. Earlier this season, Pepperdine defeated UC Irvine (86-72) and suffered narrow losses to UCLA (107-98, three overtimes) and San Diego State (65-60). The Waves were picked to finish fourth in the West Coast Conference by the conference coaches. Head coach Lorenzo Romar is in his third season with the Waves since returning to the program in 2018.
Kessler Edwards and Colbey Ross earned preseason all-conference honors for the Waves. Edwards leads the team in scoring (20.6) and rebounding (6.4) while Ross is the team leader in assists per game (7.6) to go with scoring 18.2 points per game. Two other Waves are scoring in double figures as Jan Zidek and Jade' Smith are averaging 13.3 points and 10.0 points, respectively. As a team, Pepperdine is averaging 82.4 points on the season.
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NORTHRIDGE, Calif.---CSUN Men's Basketball (2-1) returns to action on Saturday night for a road test against Pepperdine at 6 p.m. The game will stream live on the WCC Network while an audio broadcast will air at GoMatadors.com/Radio with Ghizal Hasan and Alan Zinsmeister on the call.
The Matadors have not played a game since defeating Seattle U on No. 30 in Las Vegas, Nev. CSUN recently had games against Fresno State (Dec. 8) and Pacific (Dec. 16) canceled after both opponents paused their programs due to COVID-19.
Junior TJ Starks scored a team-high 20 points in the Matadors' wire-to-wire 76-65 win over Seattle U. Starks scored 13 of his 20 in the second half to help the Matadors pull away down the stretch. Senior Lance Coleman II added 13 points and six rebounds while freshman Amound Anderson poured in a season-high 12 points off the bench. Junior Darius Brown II filled up the stat sheet with eight points, eight assists, five rebounds and three steals.
The Matadors' win over Seattle U was the program's first win over a team from the Western Athletic Conference since defeating Idaho in Dec. 2013.
Heading into the weekend, two Matadors are in the Big West's top-five in scoring as Starks is in fourth place (17.7 PPG) and Lance Coleman is in fifth place (16.0 PPG). Freshman Alex Merkviladze leads the conference in rebounds per game (10.0) and defensive rebounds per game (7.0) while he is third in offensive rebounds per game (3.0). Brown II is tops in the league in assists per game (6.3) and assists to turnover ratio (9.5).
In the win over Seattle U, Brown II climbed into seventh place on the Matadors' all-time career assist list, passing Troy Dueker (1984-88). Standing at 322 career assists, Brown II can move into sole possession of sixth place, occupied by Josh Jenkins (2007-09), with four more assists.
Pepperdine leads CSUN 11-9 in the all-time series. The Waves have won three of the last four meetings including last year's contest at The Matadome by a 94-82 final. Terrell Gomez led the Matadors in scoring in defeat against the Waves, tallying 33 points. CSUN picked up a road win in the teams' last meeting at the Firestone Fieldhouse in Dec. 2018 with Lamine Diane scoring a game-high 29 points.
A Closer Look at Pepperdine
The Waves (3-2) are coming off a 74-62 win over California on Wednesday at home. Earlier this season, Pepperdine defeated UC Irvine (86-72) and suffered narrow losses to UCLA (107-98, three overtimes) and San Diego State (65-60). The Waves were picked to finish fourth in the West Coast Conference by the conference coaches. Head coach Lorenzo Romar is in his third season with the Waves since returning to the program in 2018.
Kessler Edwards and Colbey Ross earned preseason all-conference honors for the Waves. Edwards leads the team in scoring (20.6) and rebounding (6.4) while Ross is the team leader in assists per game (7.6) to go with scoring 18.2 points per game. Two other Waves are scoring in double figures as Jan Zidek and Jade' Smith are averaging 13.3 points and 10.0 points, respectively. As a team, Pepperdine is averaging 82.4 points on the season.
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