CSUN's Win Streak Snapped at UC Davis

DAVIS, Calif.---CSUN Men's Basketball fell at UC Davis 95-75 on Thursday evening at the University Credit Union Center. De'Sean Allen-Eikens tallied a team-high 19 points while Gianni Hunt added 12 points and five assists. Bryan Ndjonga scored a career-high 11 points off the bench. CSUN could not overcome a deep deficit in the early going as the Matadors' win streak was snapped at seven games.

HOW IT HAPPENED
UC Davis would start out red hot, making its first five field goals for a 13-2 lead out of the gate. CSUN struggled from the field for most of the half as the Matadors began the game going just 1-of-15 from the field. Jasman Sangha connected on CSUN's first field goal at the 16:03 mark of the first half before eight-straight Aggie points stretched their lead to 21-4. The Matadors though chipped away at the lead as their shots began to fall. Bryan Ndjonga gave CSUN a lift with three first-half 3-point baskets for nine points while Mahmoud Fofana added seven points off the bench. CSUN battled back to within 39-32 with less than two minutes to play in the first half, but the Aggies had an answer with eight-straight points including a late three from Ty Johnson for a 47-32 lead at the break.

Dionte Bostick made a driving layup to open the second half, but UC Davis once again responded, this time with a 7-0 run to stretch its lead further. After making nine threes in the first half, the Aggies made another six more in the second half to maintain a double-digit lead throughout. The deficit swelled to 81-54, the biggest of the night on a three from Ty Johnson with 9:36 left to go. CSUN would continue to fight down the stretch, picking up seven points from Kyle Frelow off the bench. Frelow scored a traditional three-point play with 2:55 to go, cutting the deficit to 89-70. CSUN closed the gap to 17 moments later on two free throws from Allen-Eikens but the never got closer in the final moments.

NOTES OF THE GAME

CSUN drops to 12-4 overall and 3-1 in Big West play while UC Davis improves to 9-7 overall and 4-1 in conference action.
The Matadors shot 43.9 percent, boosted by 55.6 percent shooting in the second half while CSUN made 6-of-20 threes (30.0 percent) and 19-of-26 free throws (73.1 percent). In contrast, the Aggies shot 55.2 percent for the game to go with 15-of-34 shooting from three (44.1 percent) and 16-of-22 shooting at the free throw line (72.7 percent).
Each side finished with 32 rebounds on the night.
CSUN led 32-18 in bench points.
Mahmoud Fofana finished in double figures as well, scoring 10 points to go with four rebounds. Keonte Jones added nine points and five rebounds before fouling out.

ACCORDING TO COACH ANDY NEWMAN
"We were terrible to start the game. We didn't do any things that impacted winning the game. We didn't guard and didn't rebound, both those two things are really big for us. We came in leading the conference in defensive field goal percentage, 38 percent, and they shot 56 percent. Our minds weren't into it."

UP NEXT
CSUN heads home to square off with Cal State Fullerton on Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m. on Spectrum SportsNet. Ghizal Hasan and Alan Zinsmeister will have the call on ESPN+ and GoMatadors.com/Radio.

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CSUN's Win Streak Snapped at UC Davis

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Team Stats

De'Sean Allen-Eikens

Gianni Hunt

Bryan Ndjonga

Mahmoud Fofana

Players Mentioned

De'Sean Allen-Eikens

Dionte Bostick

Mahmoud Fofana

Kyle Frelow

Gianni Hunt

Keonte Jones

Bryan Ndjonga

Jasman Sangha

Players Mentioned

De'Sean Allen-Eikens

Dionte Bostick

Mahmoud Fofana

Kyle Frelow

Gianni Hunt

Keonte Jones

Bryan Ndjonga

Jasman Sangha