CSUN Wraps Up Non-Conference Play at Stanford

NORTHRIDGE, Calif.---CSUN Men's Basketball concludes the non-conference portion of its schedule as well as the 2025 calendar year on Saturday when the Matadors travel to Stanford. Tip-off is slated for 5 p.m. on the ACC Network Extra. Ghizal Hasan will be on the call in an audio broadcast at GoMatadors.com/Radio beginning at 4:50 p.m.

FOR STARTERS
CSUN (8-5, 1-1 Big West) has built a season-high four game winning streak heading into Saturday's matchup with Stanford. Since the start of December, CSUN has won five of six games and topped 80 points in all five of those victories. Prior to that stretch, the Matadors had only reached 80 points in three of their first seven games to start the season. After Saturday's tangle with the Cardinal, CSUN will restart Big West play on New Year's Day with a road test against UC Davis.

LAST TIME OUT
CSUN won its fourth consecutive game on Monday in a high-scoring 100-88 victory over Sacramento State at Premier America Credit Union Arena. The Matadors led by 13 points in the second half only to see the Hornets rally back to eventually take a 73-68 lead with eight minutes to go. However, CSUN returned the favor with a big 22-8 run over the final five-plus minutes to pull away down the stretch. Josiah Davis led the way offensively with 22 points to go with 10 assists while Davius Loury poured in a season-high 20 points with six made threes. Larry Hughes II battled foul trouble to score 18 points, and Joshua O'Garro had his sixth double-double of the season at 16 points and 11 rebounds. CSUN also had a big performance from Mahmoud Fofana who was a perfect 7-of-7 from the field and totaled 17 points.

NO PLACE LIKE HOME
With another win on Monday, CSUN improved its perfect record at Premier America Credit Union Arena to 6-0 this season. The Matadors have not won their first six games to begin a season at home since the 2008-09 campaign when that CSUN team started 8-0. Dating back to last season, CSUN has won eight consecutive at home, which is two short of the team's Division I record of 10, set across two seasons from Feb. 13, 1999 to Feb. 3, 2000. Previously, CSUN won a school-record 14 straight at home over three seasons from 1964-66 as a Division II program. Since Andy Newman's arrival at CSUN, the Matadors are 25-10 at Premier America Credit Union Arena.

MAKING A NAME FOR HIMSELF
Senior guard Larry Hughes II continues to enjoy a breakout season with CSUN in 2025-26. Hughes has led the Matadors in scoring throughout the season, scoring 18.4 points per game, which ranks second-best in the Big West. He has been especially effective from 3-point range, averaging a Big West-best 3.5 makes per game. Hughes is also seventh in the league in 3-point percentage while he is ranked fourth in steals per game (1.8) and 10th in free throw percentage (84.1). Prior to this season, Hughes had scored in double figures 15 times out of 65 games as a member of Saint Louis, but since arriving at CSUN, he has reached double figures in 12 of 13 total games.

AMONG THE BEST IN THE NATION
Newcomers Joshua O'Garro and Josiah Davis have made a big difference in their respective first seasons with CSUN. O'Garro has emerged as the team's top rebounder, posting 9.7 per game to go with scoring the second-most points per game (13.8). His rebounding average tops the Big West while it ranks 23rd overall in the nation. Davis has taken the reigns of the point guard position, posting a conference-leading 6.1 per game and 79 total overall, which ranks 16th and 24th, respectively, in Division I basketball. In the scoring column, Davis has also been impressive, scoring 13.3 points per game.

QUICK HITS
CSUN is once again one of the top rebounding teams in the Big West, pacing the league and ranking 18th in the nation at 42.3 per game. The Matadors, who have led the Big West in rebounding over the past two seasons, broke the program's Division I record for rebounds in a game with 65 recorded against La Sierra on Dec. 19 ... Larry Hughes II has made the 12th-most 3-point field goals in the nation with 44 on the year. With just six more makes, Hughes would post a new career high for a single season ... Joshua O'Garro has already posted six double-doubles this season, giving him 10 over his Division I basketball career. His six double-doubles are 13th-most in the nation ... Senior Mahmoud Fofana has quietly put together another strong start to the season, registering career highs in scoring (9.5) and rebounding (6.9). Fofana is also fourth in the Big West in rebounds per game ... Davius Loury has reached double figures in scoring in four consecutive games. Loury would also hit a season-high six from 3-point range on Dec. 22.

SCOUTING STANFORD
The Cardinal is off to a 10-2 start to the season, the best for the program in six seasons. The team has won three in a row with wins over San Jose State (86-82), UT Arlington (76-60) and Colorado (77-68) over the streak. The Cardinal is coming off a 21-14 season last year that culminated in a second-round NIT appearance. As a team, Stanford scores 81.3 points per game while giving up 71.7 per game. In the ACC, Stanford leads the league in free throws made per game at 19.5. Stanford boasts one of the top scorers in the nation in Ebuka Okorie who posts 22.1 per game. Okorie is also fifth in the ACC in steals per game at 1.8. AJ Rohosy tops the team in rebounding at 6.1 to go with 10.0 points per game. Other double-digit scorers include Chisom Okpara (15.0) and Benny Gealer (11.2).

Series History: Stanford leads CSUN 8-0 in the all-time series with wins in each of the past two seasons. Last season, the teams played in the first round of the NIT with Stanford posting an 87-70 win, while two seasons ago, CSUN led late but could not hold off a late Cardinal rally in an 88-79 decision.

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Josiah Davis

Mahmoud Fofana

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Davius Loury

Joshua O'Garro