CSUN LOSS LEADS TO A TALK PLAYERS MEET AFTER LOSING 3RD STRAIGHT UC IRVINE 74, CSUN 57.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 There wasn't was·n't Contraction of was not. wasn't was not wasn't be much excitement on the court in Cal State Northridge's 74-57 loss to UC Irvine Irvine, town, Scotland Irvine (ûr`vĭn), town (1991 pop. 32,507), North Ayrshire, SW Scotland, on the Irvine River estuary. Industries include iron and brass foundries. Other products are chemicals, electric goods, and clothing. on Saturday afternoon. The Matadors' locker Things commonly known as lockers include:
Senior point guard Bakari Altheimer called a players-only meeting after the loss - their third straight - that lasted nearly 45 minutes. ``Nobody pointed any fingers, but people said what needed to be said,'' said sophomore guard Jonathan Heard, who scored a team-high 11 points Saturday. ``Things are going to change now. I guarantee it.'' With the prospect of five straight road games over the next few weeks, Heard had better be right, because the Big West Conference tournament is just over a month away and Northridge has lost five of its past eight. All eight teams from the conference qualify this year, so that's not a concern. But there's still a tightly packed group of teams in the middle of the standings, so with the exception of UC Irvine (13-9, 9-1 Big West), which seems to be running away with the conference title, seeding is still far from determined. ``We just need to turn it around and get a little momentum going into the conference tournament,'' said junior guard Mike Efevberha. ``We can still do it, but we've got to start getting all on the same page.'' Aaron Fitzgerald led UC Irvine with 13 points and nine assists. The Anteaters shot 48.9 percent, including 11 of 23 from behind the 3-point arc. Northridge shot 32.7 percent from the field, including a miserable 27.6 percent in the first half when it fell behind by 14 points. At times, it seemed the Matadors (8-11, 2-6) had more of their top players watching from the bench than on the court. For the second straight game, Efevberha got into early foul trouble. Efevberha, the Matadors' leading scorer, did not start, and picked up two quick fouls by the 12-minute mark of the first half. Efevberha also didn't start the second half, but his lack of playing time was harder to explain. He did not pick up another foul, but played just 10 minutes in the second half and finished with 10 points. For Efevberha, it was an anticlimactic an·ti·cli·max n. 1. A decline viewed in disappointing contrast with a previous rise: the anticlimax of a brilliant career. 2. afternoon. He'd looked forward to a rematch REMATCH Cardiology Clinical trials–Randomized Evaluation of Mechanical Assistance Therapy as an alternative in Congestive Heart failure–related to use of a portable, electric left ventricular-assist system–LVAS–eg, HeartMate® with the Anteaters, his former team, after a disappointing performance Jan. 13 in Irvine. Efevberha was dismissed from UC Irvine after he plead plead v. 1) in civil lawsuits and petitions, the filing of any document (pleading) including complaints, petitions, declarations, motions, and memoranda of points and authorities. guilty to petty Petty girl airbrushed beauty, scantily clad in Esquire’s pages. [Am. Lit.: Misc.] See : Sex Symbols theft following an incident in which he stole a backpack in 2003. ``I just wanted the win today,'' Efevberha said. ``I wasn't even thinking about it being Irvine.'' Ramona Shelburne, (818) 713-3617 ramona.shelburne(at)dailynews.com |
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