Thursday, December 9
Portland, Ore.
7:00 p.m.
California State University at Northridge
3-5,0-0Big West
62
at
80
Portland
7-2,0-0WCC
1
2
3
4
F
CSUN
10
13
23
16
62
Portland
12
27
23
18
80
Team Stats
CSUN
UP
FG%
.352
.485
3FG%
.231
.231
FT%
.643
.588
RB
37
48
TO
12
17
STL
11
8
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
15
FGM
7
3FGM
1
FTM
0
Pts
9
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
1
Pts
9
FGM
2
3FGM
0
FTM
5
Pts
6
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
F
/ Women's BasketballF
/ Women's Basketball
G
/ Women's Basketball
G
/ Women's BasketballF
/ Women's Basketball
G
/ Women's Basketball
Photo by: Will Navarro
Pilots Fly Past Matadors 80-62
12/9/2021 10:03:00 PM | Women's Basketball
PORTLAND, Ore.— The University of Portland defeated CSUN 80-62 in women's basketball action Thursday night at the Chiles Center.
FIRST HALF
A sluggish CSUN start found the Matadors trailing Portland 8-4 at the first quarter media timeout. CSUN missed seven of its first nine field goal attempts and turned the ball over four times in the first 5+ minutes. The Matador defense held the Pilots to 3-of-11 shooting and forced three turnovers to begin the game. The Matador defense limited Portland to 4-of-18 shooting in the opening frame. A quick 4-0 spurt to end the period would pull the Matadors to 12-10 as the quarter ended.
Portland opened the second quarter by scoring 12 of the first 16 points which opened a 10-point advantage. The Pilots would make 10-of-19 attempts in the quarter. Haylee Andrews (11). and Rose Pflug combined to score 20 of the 27 second-quarter Portland points as the Pilots led 39-23 at halftime.
SECOND HALF
Portland made its first seven field goal attempts of the second half as the Pilots took a 53-32 lead into the third quarter media timeout. The Pilots were 8-for-8 before posting their first miss of the third at the 3:33 mark. After trailing by 22, CSUN reduced the lead to 60-46 on a Kayanna Spriggs layup with 30 seconds to go before Andrews made a pair of free throws 12 seconds later. A Macy Smith three-pointer early on the in the fourth quarter brought the Matadors to within 15, but that would be as close as CSUN would get.
THE NUMBERS
Portland (7-2) went 18-of-29 (62.1%) from the floor in the second half and were 32-of-66 (48.5%) for the game. The Matadors were 25-of-71 from the field on the night. The Pilots outrebounded CSUN 48-37. For the fourth time in eight games, The Matadors made 11 steals and forced 17 turnovers.
Andrews led all scorers with 22 points. Alex Fowler recorded a double-double of 16 points and 13 rebounds. Pflug also scored 16 while Lucy Cochrane added 10. Tess Amundsen led CSUN with 15 points. Michelle Duchemin charted nine. Spriggs also posted nine points and was one of three Matadors with a team-high six rebounds (along with Anaiyah Tu'ua and Meghann Henderson).
ACCORDING TO INTERIM HEAD COACH CARLENE MITCHELL
"I felt like we had a good flow early. We wanted to mix it up a little bit and we limited them to 12 points in the first quarter. We worked on our zone this week and when they knocked double a couple of threes and probably got out of the zone a little quicker. They were shooting 23% and with a 6-6 center inside, it was going to be hard for us to maintain that pace for 40 minutes. The second quarter was the difference when you look at the stat sheet. We are not the type of team that can dig ourselves a big hole and fight out of it with a small lineup. There are things we need to work on. Give them credit, they are a good team, but I felt that we were prepared and for the most part we gave ourselves a chance to be in the game."
UP NEXT
CSUN (3-5) travels to USC (5-3) next Wednesday. The game is set for a Noon start and will be available via USC's Live Stream. All links will be available on GoMatadors.com.
NOTES
CSUN has forced at least 15 opponent turnovers in seven of the eight games this season...Thursday's game was the 12th time that CSUN and Portland played women's basketball with Portland's victory evening the all-time series at six.
~#UniteTheValley~
FIRST HALF
A sluggish CSUN start found the Matadors trailing Portland 8-4 at the first quarter media timeout. CSUN missed seven of its first nine field goal attempts and turned the ball over four times in the first 5+ minutes. The Matador defense held the Pilots to 3-of-11 shooting and forced three turnovers to begin the game. The Matador defense limited Portland to 4-of-18 shooting in the opening frame. A quick 4-0 spurt to end the period would pull the Matadors to 12-10 as the quarter ended.
Portland opened the second quarter by scoring 12 of the first 16 points which opened a 10-point advantage. The Pilots would make 10-of-19 attempts in the quarter. Haylee Andrews (11). and Rose Pflug combined to score 20 of the 27 second-quarter Portland points as the Pilots led 39-23 at halftime.
SECOND HALF
Portland made its first seven field goal attempts of the second half as the Pilots took a 53-32 lead into the third quarter media timeout. The Pilots were 8-for-8 before posting their first miss of the third at the 3:33 mark. After trailing by 22, CSUN reduced the lead to 60-46 on a Kayanna Spriggs layup with 30 seconds to go before Andrews made a pair of free throws 12 seconds later. A Macy Smith three-pointer early on the in the fourth quarter brought the Matadors to within 15, but that would be as close as CSUN would get.
THE NUMBERS
Portland (7-2) went 18-of-29 (62.1%) from the floor in the second half and were 32-of-66 (48.5%) for the game. The Matadors were 25-of-71 from the field on the night. The Pilots outrebounded CSUN 48-37. For the fourth time in eight games, The Matadors made 11 steals and forced 17 turnovers.
Andrews led all scorers with 22 points. Alex Fowler recorded a double-double of 16 points and 13 rebounds. Pflug also scored 16 while Lucy Cochrane added 10. Tess Amundsen led CSUN with 15 points. Michelle Duchemin charted nine. Spriggs also posted nine points and was one of three Matadors with a team-high six rebounds (along with Anaiyah Tu'ua and Meghann Henderson).
ACCORDING TO INTERIM HEAD COACH CARLENE MITCHELL
"I felt like we had a good flow early. We wanted to mix it up a little bit and we limited them to 12 points in the first quarter. We worked on our zone this week and when they knocked double a couple of threes and probably got out of the zone a little quicker. They were shooting 23% and with a 6-6 center inside, it was going to be hard for us to maintain that pace for 40 minutes. The second quarter was the difference when you look at the stat sheet. We are not the type of team that can dig ourselves a big hole and fight out of it with a small lineup. There are things we need to work on. Give them credit, they are a good team, but I felt that we were prepared and for the most part we gave ourselves a chance to be in the game."
UP NEXT
CSUN (3-5) travels to USC (5-3) next Wednesday. The game is set for a Noon start and will be available via USC's Live Stream. All links will be available on GoMatadors.com.
NOTES
CSUN has forced at least 15 opponent turnovers in seven of the eight games this season...Thursday's game was the 12th time that CSUN and Portland played women's basketball with Portland's victory evening the all-time series at six.
~#UniteTheValley~
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