CSUN AT FAIRFIELD.Tipoff: Noon, Harbor Yard, Bridgeport, Conn. TV/Internet: None; www.gomatadors.com. Cal State Northridge (14-10) update: The Matadors have won five of their past six games heading into the Bracket Buster Bracket buster, as a generic phrase, refers to an American college basketball team, usually from a so-called mid-major school, which upsets a highly-ranked team in the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. clash, the first meeting between the schools. If Utah State wins today at Cal State Fullerton, it will pull into a second-place tie with CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge in the Big West Conference. The Matadors are 11-4 in conference play, and Utah State is 10-4. CSUN flew Thursday into New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , got stuck in rush-hour traffic and missed its practice time. Fairfield (12-11) update: The Stags, who are 9-5 in the Metro Atlantic Conference, are 6-2 at home. Junior guard Terrence Todd leads Fairfield with a 15.9 points-per-game average. Sudanese center Deng Gai Deng Gai (born March 22 1982 in Wow, Sudan) is a Sudanese professional basketball player, formerly in the NBA. College basketball Gai played college at Fairfield University where he was a three-time MAAC Defensive Player of the Year and took the Stags to the MAAC , a 6-foot-9 senior forward, blocked six shots in a 74-66 loss Wednesday to Rider. He passed Shaquille O'Neal and moved into 14th place on the NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association career blocked-shots list with 414. He averages 14.6 points, 8.4 rebounds and 5.6 blocks per game. - Jill Painter PEPPERDINE at St. MARY'S Tipoff: 7 p.m., McKeon Pavilion, Moraga. TV/Internet: None; www.pepperdinesports.com. Pepperdine (15-12, 5-7) update: Guard Alex Acker sprained his ankle in Thursday's 97-93 overtime win at Santa Clara, and his status is uncertain. Glen McGowan, second in the West Coast Conference in scoring at 19.4 points per game, was selected Friday for the District 15 first team by the National Association of Basketball Coaches. The Waves are sixth in the WCC WCC n abbr (= World Council of Churches) → COE m (Conseil œcuménique des Églises) WCC n abbr (= World Council of Churches) → Weltkirchenrat m , one half-game out of fourth, and jockeying for position in the conference tournament. The top two teams receive byes to the semifinals, and Nos. 3 and 4 receive byes to the quarterfinals. ``If you can avoid playing one more game, and avoid playing four nights in four days, you want to do that,'' coach Paul Westphal said. St. Mary's (21-7, 8-3) update: E.J. Rowland scored the tying basket and winning free throw in a 72-71 victory Thursday over Loyola Marymount. St. Mary's is in second place in the WCC. The No. 2 team receives a bye to the semifinals of the conference tournament. Starting forward Jonathan Sanders missed Thursday's game with a staph infection Staph infection Infection with Staphylococcus bacteria. These bacteria can infect any part of the body. Mentioned in: Cephalosporins . - Jill Painter |
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