CSUN 159, REDLANDS 97 CSUN OPENS WITH BANG.Byline: -- Gerry Ger·ry , Elbridge 1744-1814. American politician. A signer of the Declaration of Independence (1776) and a delegate to the Continental Congress (1787), he served as governor of Massachusetts (1810-1811) and as Vice President of the United States Gittelson Hey, Cal State Northridge, not bad for home openers. The Matadors celebrated their first home game by setting a Big West Conference team scoring record in a 159-97 nonconference men's basketball victory Wednesday over Redlands before 1,106 at the Matadome. The previous Big West record was 142 points by UNLV UNLV University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1985. The Northridge record was 123 in a victory over USIU USIU United States International University USIU U-Bus System Interface Unit on Jan. 28, 1991. Northridge shot 71.3 percent -- including 20 dunks -- and finished with a 63-32 rebounding advantage. Jonathan Heard scored 22 points in 12 minutes, and Calvin Chitwood and Mike McCrary both added 19. It was about what you'd expect when an NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association DivisionI program welcomes a Division III
Division III (or DIII) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the United States. school of 2,400 students that's playing its first game of the year. Redlands (0-1) seemed to treat the contest as a scrimmage, regularly subbing five players at a time. Northridge (3-1) jumped to a 15-point lead during the first 10 minutes and opened a 73-38 halftime advantage, shooting a red-hot 76.2 percent. CAPTION(S): box Box: CSUN'S LARGEST SINGLE-GAME TOTALS |
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