CSUN Hosts UCSB Thursday; Travels to Cal State Fullerton Saturday

WHAT'S COMING UP FOR CSUN WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
GAME 18
UC Santa Barbara (11-5, 4-2 Big West) at CSUN (4-13, 3-4 Big West)
Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023 - 7 p.m.
Premier America Credit Union Arena • Northridge, Calif.
Live Stats // ESPN+

GAME 19
CSUN at Cal State Fullerton (7-9, 2-5 Big West)
Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023 - 6 p.m.
Titan Gym • Fullerton, Calif.
Live Stats // ESPN+

Notebook
In-game Twitter updates: @CSUNWBB

WHAT'S COMING UP
The Matadors (4-13, 3-4 Big West) host UC Santa Barbara at 7 p.m. on Thursday. ESPN+ will stream the game with Jill Painter Lopez on the call.

Thursday is Pride Night with free CSUN Pride shirts being tossed to the fans during the game.

The Matadors travel to Cal State Fullerton on Saturday for a 6 p.m. start. ESPN+ will stream the game.

ABOUT UCSB
The Gauchos fell 70-60 to league-leader UC Irvine Monday night. UCSB is 11-5 overall, 4-2 in Big West play. UC Santa Barbara is tied for second in the conference with Long Beach State, UC San Diego, and Hawai'i.

The Gauchos' Ila Lane is the conference leader in rebounding (9.2) and field goal percentage (.535). She is seventh in scoring (12.9).

Thursday is the 70th time CSUN and UCSB are playing women's basketball, with the Gauchos leading the all-time series 49-20.

ABOUT CAL STATE FULLERTON
The Titans dropped a 64-48 decision at CSU Bakersfield on Monday night to fall to 7-9 overall, 2-5 in Big West play. Cal State Fullerton hosts Long Beach State on Thursday night before facing the Matadors.

The Titans feature the second and third leading scorers in the Big West in Fujika Nimmo (15.4) and Una Jovanovic (14.5). In addition, Ashlee Lewis is sixth in the league in rebounding (5.5).

CSUN defeated the Titans 69-59 on Dec. 31 to even the all-time series at 30-30.

JACKSON 9 FROM 1,000
CSUN guard Jordyn Jackson is nine points from scoring 1,000 in her career.

Jackson posted 15 points against Hawai'i on Jan. 16. She currently has scored 991 career points. Jackson is on pace to become the 14th Matador women's basketball player to score 1,000 points in a CSUN career.

Jackson has been successful at the free throw line this season. She made 29 in a row from the free throw line dating back to the Dec. 17 game against Santa Clara before missing an attempt against Cal State Fullerton. She has made 51 of her last 54 free throw attempts.

Against UC Davis on Jan. 11, Jackson made 11-of-12 free throw attempts. The 11 made free throws are the ninth most in a game by a Matador at the Division I level.

As of Jan. 16, she is shooting 86.1% (62-of-72) from the charity stripe, ranking her 58th in Division I.

Since the start of the new year, Jackson has played 187 of a possible 200 minutes. Jackson has appeared in 107 games for CSUN, starting 79.

The graduate student has moved to fifth in school history in career free throw percentage (.775), ninth in made three-pointers (111), and 10th in career field goal attempts (948).

THREE POINT SHOOTING
As of Jan. 16, CSUN is 50th in Division I in three-point shooting at 34.8% and leads the Big West in the category. CSUN has made 79 three-pointers in 227 attempts this season.

The Matadors Division I school record for the highest three-point percentage in a season is 35.4% (134-378) which was set in 1998-99.

~#UniteTheValley~

CSUN Hosts UCSB Thursday; Travels to Cal State Fullerton Saturday

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