BIG WEST WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT: CSUN PULLS IT OUT CSUN 66, UC IRVINE 64.Byline: Ramona Shelburne Ramona Shelburne is an American sports journalist currently writing for the Los Angeles Daily News. Shelburne was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She attended El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills, California where she was a class valedictorian. Staff Writer ANAHEIM - Cassandra Markovich's career is ending up a lot like the Cal State Northridge women's basketball Women's basketball is one of the few games which developed in tandem with men's. It became popular, spreading from the east coast of the United States to the west coast, in large part via women's colleges. team's season. Markovich has been an injury-prone reserve for most of her four years, but she's broken into the starting lineup For the line of action figures, see . A starting lineup in sports refers to the set of players actively participating in the event when the game begins. The players in the starting lineup are commonly referred to as starters, whereas the others are substitutes at the end of the year because of her experience and hustle hus·tle v. hus·tled, hus·tling, hus·tles v.tr. 1. To jostle or shove roughly. 2. To convey in a hurried or rough manner: hustled the prisoner into a van. . On Wednesday afternoon, she made the biggest shot of her career, a game-tying 3-pointer with 19 seconds remaining to propel the seventh-seeded Matadors to a 66-64 upset of sixth-seeded UC Irvine in the opening round of the Big West Conference tournament at the Anaheim Convention Center Anaheim Convention Center is a major convention center in Anaheim, California. It is located across from the Disneyland Resort on Katella Avenue. Much of the Anaheim Convention Center has been renovated in recent years with state-of-the-art facilities. . ``It's kind of been a rough four years,'' said Markovich, who has been a team captain for two seasons. ``But it's ending really well. That was definitely the biggest shot of my life.'' Markovich's shot tied the game 64-64. Irvine had a chance to win it on the next possession but Kimberly Martin's short jumper was long. Northridge guard Jamie McCaa grabbed the rebound and was inexplicably in·ex·pli·ca·ble adj. Difficult or impossible to explain or account for. in·ex  pli·ca·bil fouled along the baseline with 0.9 seconds remaining. McCaa made Irvine pay, calmly making both free throws. ``You always think about that type of situation,'' McCaa said. ``It's like in baseball, 'Bottom of the ninth, two out, bases loaded.' Those are the kind of situations I like being in.'' Center Katie Holloway led Northridge with 13 points. LaJoyce King added nine points and 11 rebounds. McCaa had seven points, nine rebounds, two steals and three assists. Northridge (9-19) advances to play No. 3 seed Cal State Fullerton today at noon in the quarterfinals. Ramona Shelburne, (818) 713-3617 ramona.shelburne(at)dailynews.com |
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