Tuesday, November 15
Riverside, Calif.
7:00 p.m.
California State University at Northridge
at
California Baptist
Photo by: Henry Tran
Matadors Continue Road Trip at CBU
11/14/2022 12:22:00 PM | Men's Basketball
FULL GAME NOTES
NORTHRIDGE, Calif.---CSUN Men's Basketball makes its first trip in program history to California Baptist to take on the Lancers on Tuesday night at 6 p.m. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+ while Ghizal Hasan and Alan Zinsmeister have the call in an audio broadcast at GoMatadors.com/Radio.
LAST TIME OUT
CSUN suffered its first defeat of the season on Saturday as Utah Tech prevailed 69-63 in St. George, Utah. Trailing by 21 points with less than six minutes to play, CSUN outscored Utah Tech 22-7 down the stretch of the game and pulled to within five points in the final minute. Dionte Bostick led the furious rally, scoring a career-high 31 points including 19 points in the second half. De'Sean Allen-Eikens added 12 points on 5-of-9 shooting.
CSUN out-rebounded Utah Tech 44-38 in the game but was hampered by poor shooting for most of the night. The Matadors shot 34.3 percent for the game after shooting less than 31 percent in the first half. CSUN also made just 5-of-21 from 3-point range and 12-of-25 from the free throw line.
COACH TRENT JOHNSON ON UTAH TECH GAME
"We lost our poise with three minutes to go in the first half. We tried to do things individually, which was very disappointing. Then to start the second half, we had some ill-advised turnovers that put us behind the eight-ball. This game is fair. The things we talked about and work on always are about playing with some physicality, taking care of the ball, catching the ball with two hands and executing our offense. It was disappointing because I didn't expect us to go off on our own like that. It's hard to win on the road when you play like that."
MATADOR HEADLINES
Dionte Bostick's career-high night was the most points scored by a Matador since TJ Starks tallied 31 points against Hawai'i on Feb. 19, 2021. A CSUN newcomer this season, Bostick's previous career-high in points was a 15-point effort as a member of Murray State in Feb. 2021. He also set a new career-high in field goals made (10), 3-point field goals made (3) and free throws made (8) against Utah Tech.
Onyi Eyisi just missed a double-double in Saturday's loss at Utah Tech. The 6-9 center scored eight points and grabbed nine rebounds in 20 minutes of action. Off the bench, John Wade III collected seven rebounds to go with two points.
Through two games this season, Bostick is averaging a team-high 17.0 points while De'Sean Allen-Eikens is scoring 11.5 points and Atin Wright is registering 10.0 points per game.
SOCAL CHALLENGE
CSUN's Tuesday night meeting with CBU is the first game of the 2022 SoCal Challenge. The Matadors will continue play at the event on Monday, Nov. 21 when CSUN will play two games over a three-day period in San Juan Capistrano, Calif. In a four-team tournament, the Matadors face Tennessee State in the opener before taking on either Central Michigan or High Point two days later in a Championship or Consolation Game.
SERIES HISTORY
CSUN has played CBU once in team history with that game taking place on Dec. 21, 2004. The Matadors would defeat the Lancers, who were NAIA members at the time, by a 79-60 margin in Northridge. Joseph Frazier led the Matadors with 17 points in the victory.
SCOUTING CALIFORNIA BAPTIST
CBU picked up its first win of the season on Friday over NJIT, 59-43, at home to improve to 1-1 on the season. The Lancers dropped their season opener to visiting Long Beach State, 79-64, last Monday. The team was picked to finish fifth in the WAC this season by the conference's head coaches. A season ago, CBU finished with an 18-16 record and a 7-11 mark in the WAC. Following the regular season, the Lancers played in last season's College Basketball Invitational. Head coach Rick Croy is in his 10th season with the program.
A Preseason All-WAC honoree, Taran Armstrong is averaging 15.0 points through two games. Armstrong had a 10.5 scoring and a 5.2 rebounding average in 2021-22. Riley Battin is posting 11.5 rebounds and 11.0 points thus far this season. In 2021-22, CBU scored 70.7 points per game while allowing 67.2 points.
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NORTHRIDGE, Calif.---CSUN Men's Basketball makes its first trip in program history to California Baptist to take on the Lancers on Tuesday night at 6 p.m. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+ while Ghizal Hasan and Alan Zinsmeister have the call in an audio broadcast at GoMatadors.com/Radio.
LAST TIME OUT
CSUN suffered its first defeat of the season on Saturday as Utah Tech prevailed 69-63 in St. George, Utah. Trailing by 21 points with less than six minutes to play, CSUN outscored Utah Tech 22-7 down the stretch of the game and pulled to within five points in the final minute. Dionte Bostick led the furious rally, scoring a career-high 31 points including 19 points in the second half. De'Sean Allen-Eikens added 12 points on 5-of-9 shooting.
CSUN out-rebounded Utah Tech 44-38 in the game but was hampered by poor shooting for most of the night. The Matadors shot 34.3 percent for the game after shooting less than 31 percent in the first half. CSUN also made just 5-of-21 from 3-point range and 12-of-25 from the free throw line.
COACH TRENT JOHNSON ON UTAH TECH GAME
"We lost our poise with three minutes to go in the first half. We tried to do things individually, which was very disappointing. Then to start the second half, we had some ill-advised turnovers that put us behind the eight-ball. This game is fair. The things we talked about and work on always are about playing with some physicality, taking care of the ball, catching the ball with two hands and executing our offense. It was disappointing because I didn't expect us to go off on our own like that. It's hard to win on the road when you play like that."
MATADOR HEADLINES
Dionte Bostick's career-high night was the most points scored by a Matador since TJ Starks tallied 31 points against Hawai'i on Feb. 19, 2021. A CSUN newcomer this season, Bostick's previous career-high in points was a 15-point effort as a member of Murray State in Feb. 2021. He also set a new career-high in field goals made (10), 3-point field goals made (3) and free throws made (8) against Utah Tech.
Onyi Eyisi just missed a double-double in Saturday's loss at Utah Tech. The 6-9 center scored eight points and grabbed nine rebounds in 20 minutes of action. Off the bench, John Wade III collected seven rebounds to go with two points.
Through two games this season, Bostick is averaging a team-high 17.0 points while De'Sean Allen-Eikens is scoring 11.5 points and Atin Wright is registering 10.0 points per game.
SOCAL CHALLENGE
CSUN's Tuesday night meeting with CBU is the first game of the 2022 SoCal Challenge. The Matadors will continue play at the event on Monday, Nov. 21 when CSUN will play two games over a three-day period in San Juan Capistrano, Calif. In a four-team tournament, the Matadors face Tennessee State in the opener before taking on either Central Michigan or High Point two days later in a Championship or Consolation Game.
SERIES HISTORY
CSUN has played CBU once in team history with that game taking place on Dec. 21, 2004. The Matadors would defeat the Lancers, who were NAIA members at the time, by a 79-60 margin in Northridge. Joseph Frazier led the Matadors with 17 points in the victory.
SCOUTING CALIFORNIA BAPTIST
CBU picked up its first win of the season on Friday over NJIT, 59-43, at home to improve to 1-1 on the season. The Lancers dropped their season opener to visiting Long Beach State, 79-64, last Monday. The team was picked to finish fifth in the WAC this season by the conference's head coaches. A season ago, CBU finished with an 18-16 record and a 7-11 mark in the WAC. Following the regular season, the Lancers played in last season's College Basketball Invitational. Head coach Rick Croy is in his 10th season with the program.
A Preseason All-WAC honoree, Taran Armstrong is averaging 15.0 points through two games. Armstrong had a 10.5 scoring and a 5.2 rebounding average in 2021-22. Riley Battin is posting 11.5 rebounds and 11.0 points thus far this season. In 2021-22, CBU scored 70.7 points per game while allowing 67.2 points.
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