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FINAL PRE-CONFERENCE ROAD TRIP

TAKES MATADORS TO WASHINGTON

NORTHRIDGE NOTES

Cal State Northridge (3-6, 0-0 Big West) takes a season-high two-game winning streak into its final non-conference game of 2011 as

the Matadors travel to Seattle to take on the Washington Huskies (5-5) on Thursday, Dec. 22 ... Game time is 7:00 p.m. ... Northridge

opened up the offense for the second time in three home games this season last Saturday as the Matadors put six players in dou-

ble figures in a 99-58 rout of the Pacifica College Gladiators ... CSUN also looks for its second straight road win Thursday.

MATADOR MEMO

Cal State Northridge is the youngest team among more than 340 NCAA Division I schools in the country ... Of the 18 players on this

year's roster, there are only 12 years of collegiate basketball experience, an average of 0.67 years ... UC Irvine is second at 0.69

years ... Navy is third nationally at 0.70 years ... These statistics factor in the teams total years of previous collegiate experience

with the number of players on the roster ... The 18-man Matador roster has only three seniors and NOjuniors ... The rest of theteam is composed of underclassmen (six sophomores, seven freshmen, two redshirt freshmen).

NOVEMBER

NOV. 11 @ USC L, 59-66

NOV. 14 @ HAWAII (ESPN) L, 67-86

NOV. 19 @ BOISE STATE L, 61-103

NOV. 22 SAN DIEGO CHRISTIAN W, 95-68

NOV. 26 @ DRAKE L, 49-73

NOV. 30 CAL ST. BAKERSFIELD L, 67-74

DECEMBER

DEC. 3 @ SANTA CLARA L, 58-71

DEC. 10 @ PEPPERDINE W, 73-70

DEC. 17 PACIFICA W, 99-58

DEC. 22 @ WASHINGTON 7:00 PM

DEC. 29 UC IRVINE 1 7:00 PM

JANUARY

JAN . 2 @ UC RIV ERS IDE 1 7:05 PM

JAN. 7 LONG BEACH STATE 1 7:05 PM

JAN. 12 PACIFIC 1 7:05 PM

JAN. 14 UC DAVIS 1 7:05 PM

JAN. 19 @ UC SANTA BARBARA 1 7:00 PM

JAN . 21 @ CAL P OLY 1 (PRIME TICKET) 7:00 PM

JAN. 26 CAL STATE FULLERTON 1 7:05 PM

JAN. 28 @ CAL ST. BAKERSFIELD 7:00 PM

FEBRUARY

FEB. 2 UC SANTA BARBARA 1 7:05 PM

FEB. 4 @ LONG BEACH STATE 1 4:05 PM

FEB. 9 @ UC DAVIS 1 7:00 PM

FEB. 11 @ PACIFIC 1 7:30 PM

FEB. 15 CAL POLY1 7:05 PM

FEB. 18 SEARS BRACKET BUSTER TBA

FEB. 22 UC RIVERSIDE 1 7:05 PM

FEB. 25 @ UC IRVINE 1 (PRIME TICKET) 7:30 PM

FEB. 29 @ CAL STATE FULLERTON 1 7:05 PM

ALL TIMESARE PACIFICUNLESSNOTEDHOMEGAMES IN BOLD AT THE MATADOME

1 - BIG WEST CONFERENCE GAMES

OVERALL: 3-6 BIG WEST: 0-0

2011-12 CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE NUMERICAL ROSTERNO NAME POS HT WT YR EXP HOMETOWN (LAST SCHOOL) PPG RPG

0 Josh Greene G 6-0 180 So. 1V Los Angeles, Ca. (Community Charter) 10.6 3.6*

3 Stephan Hicks G/F 6-5 190 R-Fr. HS Thousand Oaks, Ca. (National College Prep) 17.6 8.7

4 Ishmael Godfrey G 5-11 175 Fr. HS Hawthorne, Ca. (Junipero Serra HS) 0.0 0.0

5 Aqeel Quinn G 6-4 190 So. 1V Lawndale, Ca. (Leuzinger HS) 8.6 2.2*

10 Frankie Eteuati F 6-10 190 So. 1V Los Angeles, Ca. (Cathedral HS) 1.4 2.1

11 Vi nnie McGhee G 5-10 170 Sr. 3V Oakland, Ca. ( Sacramento St /McCymonds HS) 9 .7 2.7*

12 Thomas Jacobs F 6-6 215 So. 1V San Diego, Ca. (Scripps Ranch HS) 4.5 4.5

14 Lonnie Watson G/F 6-4 195 R-Fr. HS Paso Robles, Ca. (Paso Robles HS) 0.0 0.5

15 Justin Yeargin G 6-2 180 Fr. HS Oakland, Ca. (Bishop ODowd HS) 0.0 0.3

21 Stephen Maxwell F 6-5 215 Fr. HS Woodland Hills, Ca. (Taft HS) 8.8 4.8

22 Davon Potts G 6-2 175 Fr. HS Cerritos, Ca. (Gahr HS) 1.9 0.9

24 Allen J iles IV G/F 6-4 200 So. 1V Los Angeles, Ca. (Lynwood HS) 1.2 1.9

25 Allan Guei G 5-9 160 Fr. HS Compton, Ca. (Compton HS) 5.6 2.6*

30 Trevone Williams F 6-6 220 Fr. HS Los Angeles, Ca. (Westchester HS) 0.0 0.0

32 Ari Feldman F/C 6-9 220 Sr. HS Santa Monica, Ca. (Santa Monica HS) 4.0 2.7

33 Jordan Mitchell F 6-9 210 So. 1V Gardena, Ca. (Junipero Serra HS) 0.8 1.6

34 Teddy Agbonwaneten F 6-3 210 Fr. HS Los Angeles, Ca. (Bravo Medical Magnet HS) 0.0 0.0

42 Michael Lizarraga F 6-7 230 Sr. 3V Dixon, Ca. (Calif. School for the Deaf) 10.0 7.0

43 John Hayward-Mayhew F 6-8 220 Sr. 1V Eugene, Or. (Salt Lake CC/South Eugene HS) 4.7 2.6

* - Assists per Game

2011-12SCHEDULE& RESULTS

CONTACT: Bob Vazquez, Asst. A.D. (Media Relations) // PHONE: 818.677.2313 // FAX: 818.677.4950 // E-MAIL: [email protected]

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THE GAME: CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE MATADORS (3-6) AT WASHINGTON HUSKIES (5-5)

DATE: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2011 WHERE: ALASKA AIRLINES ARENA (10,000)

CSUN SEASON RECORD:3-6 BIG WEST RECORD: 0-0

SERIES SHORTS: THURSDAYS GAME IS THE FIFTH MEETING ALL-TIME BETWEEN THE MATA-

DORS AND HUSKIES ... CSUN IS WINLESS IN THE PREVIOUS FOUR GAMES.

TELEVISION: NONE

RADIO: THE CSUN-PACIFICA

GAME CAN BE HEARD LIVE ON

GOMATADORS.COM WITH BILL

COURTLAND PROVIDING THE

PLAY-BY-PLAY & ALAN

ZINSMEISTER PROVIDING ANALYSIS.


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C a l s t a t e N O R T H R I D G E M E N S B A S K E T B A L L

FOR YOUR INFORMATION

General Information

Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cal State Northridge

Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Northridge, CSUN

Mailing Address . . . . . . . . . . 18111 Nordhoff Street

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Northridge, CA 91330-8301

Founded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1958

Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,560

President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Jolene Koester

Athletic Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rick Mazzuto

Associate A.D./SWA . . . . . . . . . . . . . Janet Pinneau

Faculty Athletic Representative . . . . . Dr. Tina Kiesler

Nickname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matadors

Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Red, White and Black

Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Big West

Home Court (Capacity) . . . . The Matadome (1,600)

Press Row Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (818) 677-4702

Coaching Information

Head Coach . . . . . . . . . Bobby Braswell (16th Year)

Alma Mater . . . . . . . . . Cal State Northridge, 1985

Overall Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232-225 (.507)

Record at Northridge . . . . . . . . . . . . 232-225 (.507)Big West Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92-80 (.535)

Office Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (818) 677-3231

Assistant Coach . . . . . . . . . . . Bob Lowe (3rd Year)

Assistant Coach . . . . . . . . . . . Jay Morris (2nd Year

Assistant Coach . . . . . . Danny Sprinkle (10th Year)

Dir. of Basketball Ops . . . Lior Schwartzberg (3rd Year)

Sports Information

Athletic Media Relations Director . . . . Bob Vazquez

Vazquezs Office Phone . . . . . . . . . . . (818) 677-2313

Vazquezs e-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected]

Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.GoMatadors.com

Team Information

2010-11 Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-182010-11 Big West Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7 (3rd)

2010-11 NCAA Postseason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . None

Letterwinners Returning in 2011-12 . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Starters Returning in 2011-12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Historical Information

First Year of Mens Basketball . . . . . . . . . . . 1958-59

All-Time Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705-755 (.482)

All-Time Big West Record . . . . . . . . . . . 92-80 (.535)

Big West Conference Championships . . . . . . . . . . 2

All-Big West Conference Selections . . . . . . . . . . . 23

PLAYER PROFILES

Stephan Hicks (6-5, 190, RS Freshman, Guard/Forward, Thousand Oaks, Ca) has only played in nine games in his collegiatecareer and has already emerged as one of the top players in the Big West Conference ... Hicks is third in the conference inscoring (17.6 ppg) and is the teams top rebounder (8.7 rpg, #2 in the BWC) ... Hicks started his collegiate career with 19points and eight rebounds at USC (11/11/11) ... Hicks then followed up with his first collegiate double-double (points-rebounds) with 22 points and 17 rebounds at Hawaii (11/14/11) ... The 17 rebounds were only seven short of the school

record set by George Robnett against UC Irvine during the 1970-71 season ... Hicks continued to showcase his scoring talentwith a career-high 23 points against Boise State (11/19/11) ... Against Pacifica College (12/17/11), Hicks scored 18 pointsalong with 10 rebounds ... Hicks has scored in double-digits in all nine games this year ... Hicks ranks second in the confer-ence in free throw shooting (.891, 41-for-46) ... Hicks hit his first 14 free throws before missing a free throw at Boise State(11/19/11) ... Vinnie McGhee (5-10, 170, Senior, Guard, Oakland, Ca) has scored in double-figures in five of the nine gamesof the 2011-12 season ... McGhee started the season with a season-high 14 points at USC (11/11/11) followed by elevenpoints at Hawaii (11/14/11), 13 points at Boise State (11/19/11) and another 13 points against San Diego Christian

(11/22/11) ... McGhee ranks second on the team with 19 assists (2.7 apg) ... Josh Greene (6-0, 180, Sophomore, Guard, LosAngeles, Ca) ranks at the the top of the Big West Conference in free throw percentage in the Big West Conference ...Greene has connected on 19-of-21 free throws for .905.TEAM TIDBITS

Cal State Northridge continues to lead all Big West Conference schools in free throw percentage ... The Matadors are hitting

.772 (152-for-197) from the charity stripe ... Four Matador players (Josh Greene, Allan Guei, Stephan H icks, Vinnie McGhee)have combined to hit 91-of-107 free throws for .850 ... The Matadors also are the conference leaders in turnover margin

(+3.56) and offensive rebounds per game (15.00) and currently rank second in the Big West Conference averaging 7.0 steal

per game.

FRESHMAN FACTS

Cal State Northridge has three freshmen who are generating sizable contributions to the team this year ... Redshirt freshman

Stephan Hicks (6-5, 190, RS Freshman, Guard/Forward, Thousand Oaks, Ca) ranks third in the conference in scoring (17.6ppg) and is second in rebounding at 8.7 rpg ... Allan Guei (5-9, 160, Freshman, Guard, Compton, Ca) has started four of thefirst eight games this year ... Guei has scored in double-digits in two games including a season-high 14 points at USC(11/11/11) in the season opener ... Guei is shooting .867 from the free throw line, seventh-best in the conference ... StephenMaxwell (6-5, 215, Freshman, Woodland Hills, Ca) made his collegiate debut against Cal State Bakersfield (11/30/11) andresponded with game-highs in points (20) and rebounds (11) ... Hicks is averaging a team-high 28.7 minutes per game whileGuei is averaging 17.3 minutes per game and Maxwell are averaging 15.0 minutes per game.CONFERENCE CHATTER

Last year, Cal State Northridge men's basketball was pegged to finish eighth in the annual Big West Conference pre-season

media poll ... The Matadors proved the experts wrong, finishing alone in third place (9-7) and eventually landing a spot in

the semi-finals of the Big West Tournament at the Honda Center in Anaheim ... This year (2011-12), the pre-season results are

the same ... Cal State Northridge is predicted to finish eighth in this year's conference ... CSUN tallied 61 points to finish just

behind UC Davis (63 points) in seventh place, and six points ahead of ninth place UC Irvine (55 points) ... Long Beach State

was selected the favorite to claim the 2011-12 Big West men's basketball title ... The 49ers collected 20 first-place votes from

the 24-member voting panel for a total of 212 points ... LBS welcomes back four starters from the 2010-11 squad that finished

22-12 overall and won the Big West regular season title by four games with a 12-4 record ... UC Santa Barbara has present-

ed the biggest roadblock to Long Beach State in its quest to reach the NCAA Tournament ... The Gauchos have knocked off

the 49ers in the Big West Tournament championship game the last two seasons, earning the conference's automatic bid to

the Big Dance ... UCSB was picked to finish second in this year's media poll, receiving the four remaining first-place votes

and 196 points ... Cal Poly was picked third in the poll with 158 points ... Cal State Fullerton finished fourth in the media poll

with 131 points, followed by UC Riverside in fifth place with 114 points, Pacific with 91 points in sixth place, UC Davis with 62points in seventh place, Cal State Northridge in eighth place with 61 points, and UC Irvine with 55 points to finish in ninthplace.

2011-2012 Cal State NORTHRIDGE BASKETBALL // CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE VS. WASHINGTON

WE ARE ....

Please use the following guidelines whenreferring to the Matador athletic program. Weare Cal State Northridge. Our institutions offi-cial name is California State University,Northridge. However for athletic purposes,please use Cal State Northridge. Pleasenotice that there are no HYPHENS or the wordat. Please refrain from using Nor thridge Stateor CSNU.


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15Consecutive seasons the Matadors haveposted double figure win totals.

GOMATADORS.COM

The Cal State Northridge Matadors can be

accessed on the Internet. The Matador

website contains basic information for all

20 of Cal State Northridges sports, includ-

ing rosters and bios, schedules, press

releases and updated statistics.

232Total wins in 16 seasons for Head Coach Bobby

Braswell at Cal State Northridge,second most in school history.

Number of Big West Championships, in nineseasons, for the Matadors after winning the

2008-09 title outright with an 11-5 record

705Total wins for the Cal State Northridge mens

basketball program in its 53+ seasons.

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2011-2012 Cal state NORTHRIDGE BASKETBALL // CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE VS. WASHINGTON

SERIES STORY

Saturdays game marks just the fif th meeting all-time between Cal State Northridge and Washington ... The Huskies have won

all four previous games including an 88-76 in the last meeting, Dec. 6, 2009 ... All four games in the series, which dates back to

1992, have been played in Seattle ... Washington also won 80-66 (12/22/07), 89-80

(12/28/02) and 61-57 (2/10/92).

HUSKIES HOOPLA

Thursdays game is also the final non-conference tilt for the Huskies who will open Pac-12

Conference play Dec. 29 against Oregon State ... Washington dropped its first home game

of the season on Monday, 92-73 to South Dakota State ... Previously, the Huskies posted con-

vincing home wins over UC Santa Barbara amongst others in addition to a six-point loss at

Duke on Dec. 10 ... Freshman guard Tony Wrotens 16.4 ppg scoring average leads three

players averaging double figures. Terence Ross (15.4) and C.J. Wilcox (15.1) also average double figures for Lorenzo Romars

squad which is shooting a robust 46.6% from the field as a team while scoring 80.3 points per game.

SIGNING STORY

Cal State Northridge has signed two players to national letters of intent during the early signing period in November ...

Brandon Perry (6-6, 260, Forward) played a pivotal role in helping Taft High School to the Los Angeles City championship lastyear ... Taft chalked up a 29-3 record and a perfect 10-0 mark in the West Valley League ... Perrys top games included 17points (7-for-9 from the floor) over El Camino Real High School ... Several publications have rated Perry as one of the top 150players in the country ... Donovan Johnson (6-3, 180, Guard) hails from Palisades High School ... In 2010-11, Johnson averaged16.2 points, 4.2 rebounds, three assists and three steals per game to gain Los Angeles All-City honors along with being the

MVP of the highly competitive Western League ... Johnson scored in double figures in 28 of the teams 32 games last season ...That included a season-high 30 points (11-for-14 from the floor) against Westchester High School.

SCHEDULE SAGA

Challenging is always the trademark of the CSUN basketball schedule, and this year is no exception ... The non-league sched-

ule includes games at Pac-12 schools USC (season opener on Nov. 11, 2011) and at Washington (12/22/11) ... Both the Trojans

and Huskies competed in the NCAA Tournament last year ... The CSUN game at USC was the second straight season the

Matadors have faced a Pac-12 school in the season opener ... Last year (2010-11), Cal State Northridge opened the regular

season at UCLA ... The Matadors will have eleven non-league games in addition to its 16-game Big West Conference schedule

... The conference schedule will open on Dec. 29 against UC Irvine at The Matadome.

TELEVISION TALK

During the past four seasons, CSUN basketball has been featured prominently on television (29 times to be exact), including

games on CBS, Fox Sports Net and ESPNU ... During CSUN's march to the NCAA Tournament in 2008-09, Matador games were

televised a school record nine times ... Matador basketball fans will have the opportunity to see Cal State Northridge three

times on television during the 2011-12 men's basketball season ... On November 15, the Matadors were featured nationally on

ESPN against the University of Hawaii in Honolulu ... Then on January 21, 2012 when the Matadors travel to Cal Poly, the Big

West game will be televised on Fox Sports Net (Prime Ticket) at 5:30 p.m. ... On February 25, the Matadors conference game

at UC Irvine will be televised on Fox Sports Net (Prime Ticket). Tipoff is slated for 7:30 p.m. ... Depending on the team's success

in 2011-12, CSUN could be featured another two times on television ... That would include a "Wild Card" selected game on

Saturday, February 4, when the Matadors travel to Big West Conference favorite Long Beach State at 7:30 p.m. ... The game

could be televised either on ESPNU or Fox Sports West ... Other games also under consideration on February 4 are UC Santa

Barbara at Cal State Fullerton, UC Davis at UC Riverside, or Pacific at UC Irvine ... Another possible telecast would be on

Saturday, February 18, when Cal State Northridge participates in the tenth annual ESPN sponsored SEARS BracketBusters event

... Thirteen nationally televised contests will be selected from a pool of 142 teams from 16

conferences and will be shown on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU or ESPN3 ... The SEARS

BracketBusters matchups, game times and network assignments will be announced on

Monday, January 30.

MATADOR BASKETBALL3-6 OVERALL

0-0 BIG WEST

Record at Home 2-1

Record on Road 1-5

Record at Neutral Sites 0-0

Winning Streak 2

Losing Streak 3

MATADORS-HUSKIES(ALL-TIME SERIES)

2/10/92 @ UW 61, CSUN 57

12/28/02 @ UW 89, CSUN 80

12/22/07 @ UW 80, CSUN 66

12/6/09 @ UW 88, CSUN 76


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2011-12 BIG WEST CONFERENCE STANDINGSBIG WEST OVERALL (AS OF 12/20/11)

W L PCT. W L PCT. HOME AWAY NEUT.

Cal Poly 0 0 .000 8 3 .727 3-2 3-1 2-0

Cal State Fullerton 0 0 .000 7 3 .700 3-1 3-1 1-1

UC Santa Barbara 0 0 .000 5 4 .556 4-2 1-2 0-0

Long Beach State 0 0 .000 5 5 .500 4-0 1-5 0-0

Pacific 0 0 .000 4 5 .444 4-0 0-5 0-0

UC Riverside 0 0 .000 4 7 .364 2-1 1-4 1-2

Cal State Northridge 0 0 .000 3 6 .333 2-1 1-5 0-0

UC Irvine 0 0 .000 2 8 .200 2-1 0-5 0-3

UC Davis 0 0 .000 1 9 .100 1-3 0-4 0-2

MONDAY, DECEMBER 19San Diego State 80, UC Riverside 55

Cal 70, UC Santa Barbara 50

Long Beach State 76, Eastern New Mexico 54

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20

UC Davis at San Jose State 7 pm

UC Irvine at UCLA (PRIME) 7:30 pm

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21

Cal Poly at DePaul 5 pm

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22

UC Davis at Southern Utah 6 pm

UC Santa Barbara at BYU 6 pm

Portland State at Cal State Fullerton 7 pm

Cal State Northridge at Washington 7 pm

Hope International at UC Irvine 7 pm

San Jose State at UC Riverside 7 pm

Pacific at Cal State Bakersfield 7 pm

Long Beach State vs. Xavier (ESPNU) 8 pm

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23

Long Beach State vs. Auburn/Hawaii (ESPN2/U) TBA

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25

Long Beach State at Diamond Head Cl. (ESPNU) TBA


BIG WEST CONFERENCE

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Date Player, Pos, Team

11/14 Larry Anderson, Long Beach State

11/21 Casper Ware, Long Beach State

11/28 T.J. Robinson, Long Beach State

12/5 Orlando Johnson, UC Santa Barbara

12/12 Casper Ware, Long Beach State

12/19 David Hanson, Cal Poly

BIG WEST PRESEASON POLL

MEDIA POLL (1ST-PLACE VOTES) PTS.

1. Long Beach State (20) 212

2. UC Santa Barbara (4) 196

3. Cal Poly 158

4. Cal State Fullerton 131

5. UC Riverside 1146. Pacific 91

7. UC Davis 62

8. Cal State Northridge 51

9. UC Irvine 55

PRE-SEASON ALL-BIG WEST TEAM

Player, Pos., Class, School

Larry Anderson, Guard, Sr., Long Beach St.

David Hanson, Forward, Senior, Cal Poly

Orlando Johnson, Guard, Senior, UCSB

James Nunnally, Guard, Senior, UCSB

T.J. Robinson, Forward, Sr., Long Beach St.

Casper Ware, Guard, Sr., Long Beach State

THIS WEEK IN THE THE BIG WEST CONFERENCE


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CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE GAME-BY-GAME LEADERS - 1 - Big West game; HOME GAMES IN BOLD

DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATT. HIGH SCORER HIGH REBOUNDER HIGH ASSISTS OPP HIGH SCORE

Nov. 11 @ USC L 59-66 5,172 Hicks (19) Hicks (8) Hicks/Jacobs (2) Three Players (16)

Nov. 14 @ Hawaii L 67-86 5,216 Hicks (22) Hicks (17) McGhee (5) Johnson (24)

Nov. 19 @ Boise State L 61-103 2,446 Hicks (23) Hicks (5) McGhee (7) Bropleh (20)

Nov. 22 San Diego Christian W 95-68 909 Greene/Hicks (20) Hicks (9) Greene (8) Arvizu (15)

Nov. 26 @ Drake L 49-73 2,931 Greene/Hicks (10) Hicks (8) Quinn (3) Rice (22)

Nov. 30 Cal State Bakersfield L 67-74 1,196 Maxwell (20) Maxwell (11) Quinn (4) Grayson/White (17)

Dec. 3 @ Santa Clara L 58-71 1,864 Hicks (18) Hicks (8) Guei/Feldman (2) Foster (20)

Dec. 10 @ Pepperdine W 73-70 1,088 Hicks (18) Greene/Hicks (4) 3 Players with (3) Lowery (17)

Dec. 17 Pacifica W 99-58 793 Hicks (18) Hicks (10) Greene (11) Spencer (22)

Dec. 17 Pacifica

Dec. 22 @ Washington

Dec. 29 UC Irvine 1

Jan. 2 @ UC Riverside 1

Jan. 7 Long Beach State 1

Jan. 12 Pacific 1

Jan. 14 UC Davis 1

Jan. 19 @ UC Santa Barbara 1

Jan. 21 @ Cal Poly 1

Jan. 26 Cal State Fullerton 1

Jan. 28 @ Cal State Bakersfield

Feb. 2 UC Santa Barbara 1

Feb. 4 @ Long Beach State 1

Feb. 9 @ UC Davis 1

Feb. 11 @ Pacific 1

Feb. 15 Cal Poly 1

Feb. 18 SEARS Bracketbuster

Feb. 22 UC Riverside 1

Feb. 25 @ UC Irvine 1

Feb. 29 @ Cal State Fullerton 1

Cal State Northridge Starting Lineups Record Opponents

Greene, Guei, Hayward-Mayhew, Hicks, Jacobs 0-2 @ USC, @ Hawaii

Greene, Hayward-Mayhew, Hicks, Jacobs, McGhee 0-1 @ Boise State

Feldman, Hicks, Jacobs, McGhee, Potts 1-0 San Diego Christian

Feldman, Greene, Guei, Hicks, Jacobs 0-1 @ Drake

Hayward-Mayhew, Hicks, Jacobs, McGhee, Quinn 0-1 CSU Bakersfield

Maxwell, Hayward-Mayhew, Hicks, Quinn, Guei 0-1 @ Santa Clara

Maxwell, Hayward-Mayhew, Hicks, McGhee, Potts 1-0 @ Pepperdine

Greene, McGhee, Quinn, Eteuati, Hicks 1-0 Pacifica


NORTHRIDGE WIN/LOSS MARGIN

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30+Wins (3) X X X

Losses (6) XX X X X X


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MATADOR PLAYER NOTES

#3 Stephan Hicks (6-5, 190, G/F) R-Freshman

Leads the team in scoring with 17.6 per game

Last outing out he had game-high 18 points and 10 rebounds at Pacifica

He leads the team and is second in the conference in rebounding at 8.7 per game

He is second in free throw percentage at .891 (37-of-42)

He is averaging 1.13 steals per game

#0 Josh Greene (6-0, 180, G) Sophomore

Is second on the team in scoring at 10.6 points per game

Leads the team in free throw persentage at .905 (19-of-21)

Last out ing against Pacifica, had 15 points, seven rebounds and a career-high 11 assists

One of the three players tied for the team-high in steals at 1.11 per game

#11 Vinnie McGhee (5-10, 170, G) Senior

Third leading scoring at 9.8 points per game

Top ten in the conference in three-pointers made at 1.75 per game

One of three Matadors leading in steals at 1.11 per game

Scored 10 points at Pepperdine

#5 Aqeel Quinn (6-4 , 190, G) Sophomore

Had a game-high 17 points against Pepperdine and three assists

Is 12-for-15 at the line with .800

Averaging 3.0 rebounds per game

Scoring 8.3 per game and has eleven assist in four games he has played

#21 Stephen Maxwell (6-5, 215, F) Freshmen

The freshman made an immediate impact on the court for the Matadors with a career

high 20 points and eleven rebounds

In three games he is scoring 7.7 per game

Is shooting .615 from the field

Is averaging 5.7 rebounds per game

#25 Allen Guei (5-9, 160, G) Freshman

Has started four out of eight games

Totaling .308 field goal percentage

Is one of the Matadors shooting well at the free throw line going 13-for-15 .867

Is third on the squad in assists with 17

#42 Michael Lizarraga (6-7, 230, F) Senior

In his first game of the season scored 10 points against Pacifica

Is third in scoring after one game at 10.0 ppg

Also pulled down a team-high seven rebounds

#43 John Hayward-Mayhew (6-8, 220, F) Senior

Collected a career-high 15 points against CSU Bakersfield

Is averaging 18.6 minutes per game Is 14-of-18 for the free throw line

MATADOR TEAM NOTES

Northridge outscored the Pacifica Gladiators 57-24 in the second half en route to a 99-58

win Saturday, Dec. 10 at the Matadome Stephan Hicks led the way with team-highs of

18 points and 10 rebounds Sophomore Josh Greene added 15 points, seven rebounds

and a season-high 11 assists ... The Matadors are second in steals in the Big West

Conference averaging 7.0 per game.

CSUN leads the Big West in turnover margin (+3.56)

CSUN leads the Big West in offensive rebounds per game (12.00)

CSUN ranks sixth in blocked shots per game (2.10)

National Rankings

3-Pt. FG Defense rank 8th out of 338 ranked

Turnover margin for the Matadors ranks 39th

Stephan Hicks ranks 80th in points per game

Hicks also ranks 48th in FT% and 67th in rebounds per game out of 250 ranked in each

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