NORTHRIDGE, Calif. ? When the CSUB men's basketball team defeated Cal State Northirdge on Nov. 21, they did so thanks in large part to 28 Matador turnovers. Thursday night, CSUB turned the ball over a season-high 26 times to help Northridge earn a split of the season series with a 79-62 win at the Matadome.
CSUB (6-16 overall) played well in the early going. The Roadrunners led for the first eight minutes of the game, building their advantage to as many as 10 points. With CSUB leading 17-10, however, Northridge (10-10) went on a tear. The Matadors scored 22 unanswered points over the next 7:27 to turn that seven-point deficit into a 32-17 lead.
The second half followed a pattern in which Northridge would build its lead to 17 to 20 points and the 'Runners would whittle it away to 12. CSUB had three chances to cut the lead to single digits but couldn't get over the hump.
Junior forward Santwon Latunde (Landover, Md./Cowley County CC) posted his fifth double-double of the season and his second in a row, finishing with 14 points and a game-high 12 rebounds. Sophomore guard Alex Johnson (Toronto/Vaughan Road Academy) led all scorers with 17 points.
Tremaine Townsend led a balanced Matador offense with 14 points, all in the first half. He did not play in the second half. Vincent Cordell led CSUN with 11 rebounds.
CSUB will continue its three-game road trip Saturday when it heads to Dallas to face SMU. The 'Runners will play at Stanford Tuesday before returning home to host Seattle University Feb. 16 in Rabobank Arena.
CSU Northridge 79, CSU Bakersfield 62
CSU BAKERSFIELD (6?16): Blakley 4-10 0-0 9; Latunde 4-9 6-10 14; C. Brown 1-6 1-2 3; Johnson 5-12 4-6 17; Emanuel 3-3 3-4 10; Dennis 1-6 0-0 3; Bragg 1-3 0-0 2; Johns 0-6 2-2 2; R. Brown 0-0 1-2 1; Lara 0-0 0-0 0; Lee 0-0 1-2 1. TOTALS: 19-55 18-28 62.
CSU NORTHRIDGE (10?10): Cordell 1-4 1-3 3; Daniels 0-3 2-2 2; Townsend 6-10 1-2 14; Mels 5-11 0-0 11; Jenkins 0-5 1-4 1; Hill 2-6 4-4 8; Haynes 4-9 1-2 12; Osunsanmi 0-0 0-0 0; Wallace 0-0 0-0 0; Galick 5-8 2-4 12; Taylor 6-9 0-1 13; Crawford 1-1 1-2 3. TOTALS: 30-66 13-24 79.
HALFTIME: CSUN 38-24. 3-PT. FG: CSUB 6-24 (Johnson 3-7, Emanuel 1-1, Dennis 1-5, Blakley 1-6, C. Brown 0-1, Bragg 0-1, Johns 0-3); CSUN 6-21 (Haynes 3-7, Townsend 1-1, Taylor 1-2, Mels 1-4, Cordell 0-1, Hill0-2, Jenkins 0-4). REBOUNDS: CSUB 39 (Latunde 12); CSUN 43 (Cordell 11). ASSISTS: CSUB 9 (C. Brown, Johnson 2); CSUN 16 (Jenkins 6). TURNOVERS: CSUB 26, CSUN 19. BLOCKS: CSUB 5 (C. Brown 3); CSUN 2 (Cordell, Mels). STEALS: CSUB 7 (Emanuel, Dennis 2); CSUN 13 (Hill 3). TECHNICALS: Blakley. FOULED OUT: Emanuel, Mels, Galick. OFFICIALS: Pultz, Landry, Carbone. ATTN: 1,028.
