CSUN STRUGGLES, BUT BEATS UC DAVIS CSUN 70, UC DAVIS 60.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 After five losses in the past six games, where its offensive rhythm has looked about as smooth as some of the less-skilled celebrities on ``Dancing With the Stars Dancing with the Stars is the name for a number of international television series based on the format of the British series Strictly Come Dancing. Nevertheless, not all the international versions share this title. ,'' at least the Cal State Northridge men's basketball team had something to look forward tothis week, a date with a provisional Division I team, UC Davis. The Aggies came in with little fanfare and more than twice as manylosses than wins. But two of their wins this season - then-nationally ranked Stanford and Big West Conference leader UC Irvine - had to give the Matadors pause. UC Davis isn't a full-fledged member of the Big West yet, butit isn't a pushover push·o·ver n. 1. One that is easily defeated or taken advantage of. 2. Something that is easily done or attained. See Synonyms at breeze1. either. The Aggies proved everybit as scrappy scrap·py 1 adj. scrap·pi·er, scrap·pi·est Composed of scraps; fragmentary: scrappy evidence. scrap as their reputation, making the Matadors work harderthan anticipated for their 70-60 victory in front of 872 Thursday at the Matadome. It may not have been pretty - the teams combined for 52 personalfouls and four technical fouls technical foul n. Sports A foul, especially in basketball, that is called on a player, coach, or team for unsportsmanlike conduct or infringement of a rule and does not usually involve physical contact with an opponent during play. - but after the game, Northridge wasall smiles. ``We practiced harder this week than we have in a long time,''junior guard Mike Efevberha said. ``We decided we had to tun thisseason around. The conference is still wide open, but we can't affordany more losses.'' Efevberha rebounded from his personal two-game slump with a game-high 22 points, seven rebounds and three steals. Efevberha didn't start against Long Beach State on Sunday becauseNorthridge 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. was unhappy with his defense and howhe was handling opponents' double-teams. Efevberha scored just 10 points against the 49ers, but he earned his way back 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 with a good week of practice and seemed focused early on, scoring 13 points in the firsthalf. Junior guard Jonathan Heard continued his trend of second-halfoutbursts, scoring 12 of his 15 points after halftime. ``Something had to change,'' Heard said. ``We had to pick theintensity up and start clicking.'' Ramona Shelburne, (818) 713-3617 ramona.shelburne(at)dailynews.com |
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