CSUN NOTEBOOK: GETTING THE MESSAGE.Byline: Chris Branam Staff Writer Jeff Parris was on the bench last weekend. So was Carl Holmes. Those are two players the Cal State Northridge men's basketball coach Bobby Braswell Bobby Braswell, an American basketball coach, is currently the head coach for Cal State Northridge. Braswell was named the fourth head coach in Northridge history on April 30, 1996, succeeding the retired Pete Cassidy. likes to start. But Braswell yanked both of them from the lineup A criminal investigation technique in which the police arrange a number of individuals in a row before a witness to a crime and ask the witness to identify which, if any, of the individuals committed the crime. in Saturday's 83-73 loss at Northern Arizona Northern Arizona is dominated by the Colorado Plateau, the southern border of which in Arizona is called the Mogollon Rim. In the West lies the Grand Canyon, which was cut by the flow of the Colorado River while the land slowly rose around it. for disciplinary reasons. Parris, a senior who started CSUN's first 20 games, missed a meeting during the previous week. So did Holmes, a junior who is having his best shooting season at Northridge. ``I'd like to get a lineup and stay with a lineup,'' Braswell said. ``Unfortunately we have some guys that aren't being responsible in areas . . . getting to meetings and things like that. So I'm forced to do things like this.'' CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge (14-7, 6-4 in Big Sky) has slipped a bit in recent weeks. Entering tonight's crucial game at Montana, the Matadors have a ranking of 125 in the NCAA's Ratings Percentage Index Commonly known as RPI, the Ratings Percentage Index is one of the rating systems whereby NCAA basketball teams are ranked. This system has been in use since 1981 to aid in selecting and seeding of the teams appearing in the 65-team men's playoffs (see also, March Madness). , more than 40 spots lower than where Northridge ranked in late December. Braswell benched Parris and Holmes, like he did a few weeks ago to starters Markus Carr and Andre Larry, to send a message. ``If we can get everybody focused, and everybody doing little things, on and off the court, we can get our chemistry where it needs to be,'' he said. ``Everybody has got to get on the same page.'' Parris, Northridge's third-leading scorer (11.6), came into the NAU (1) (Network Access Unit) An interface card that adapts a computer to a local area network. (2) (Network Addressable Unit) An SNA component that can be referenced by name and address, which includes the SSCP, LU and PU. game with less than two minutes gone. He replaced Lionel Benjamin, a freshman who got his first start of the year and had the worst game of his career. Parris, who led the Big Sky in field-goal percentage entering the game, was 0-for-6 from the field, 2-for-4 from the free-throw line free-throw line n. See foul line. and he had four turnovers before fouling out. Holmes, the 1997-98 Big Sky Freshman of the Year, didn't come in until the the 15:14 mark of the second half, when Northridge trailed 52-32. He had nine points. --He's back: Forward Jermer Welch, who hadn't played since injuring his thumb in the season opener at USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. , returned to action Saturday. Welch made one of two shots and didn't get a rebound in eight minutes. CSUN vs. MONTANA Time: 6:05 p.m., Adams Center; Missoula, Mont. TV/Radio: KCSN-FM (88.5) and www.GoMatadors.com CSUN (14-7, 6-4) update: The Matadors have lost three of their last four Big Sky road games and must win tonight to stay in contention for the conference title. They beat Montana at home 79-67 on Jan. 22. Northridge played one of its worst games of the season last Saturday in an 83-73 loss at NAU and shot under 40 percent for the second time this year against the Lumberjacks. - Chris Branam CAPTION(S): box Box: CSUN vs. Montana (see text) |
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