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CSUN STUNS MONTANA STATE : CSUN 87, MONTANA STATE 78.


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Jabari Simmons scored 23 points and grabbed 13 rebounds and Mike O'Quinn added 21 points to lead Cal State Northridge to an 87-78 upset of Montana State Saturday in a Big Sky Conference game in front of 6,433 at Worthington Arena Worthington Arena is a 6,378-seat multi-purpose arena in Bozeman, Montana. The arena opened in 1956 as the MSU Fieldhouse. It was renamed the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse/Worthington Arena, in honor of John "Brick" Breeden and Max Worthington, both members of the "Golden Bobcats" .

With the score tied at 71-71 with 3:35 to play, the Matadors (8-12, 4-6) scored on four consecutive possessions to take an insurmountable 80-73 lead. The final three coming on a 3-pointer by O'Quinn with 1:25 remaining.

The Bobcats' last lead, 71-69, came on a basket by Nate Holmstadt with 4:29 remaining.

It was the second consecutive home loss for the Bobcats (17-6, 9-3), who fell out of first place in the league race.

The Matadors earned just their second road victory in 12 games. The team played without guard Greg Minor Greg Magado Minor (born September 18, 1971 in Sandersville, Georgia) is an American former NBA basketball player.

Having averaged 12.6 points and 5.6 rebounds per game in three seasons at the University of Louisville, Minor was selected by the Los Angeles Clippers as the
, who was serving the second game of a two-game suspension.

Jeff Parris added 15 points and six rebounds for Cal State Northridge, who shot 52.6 percent from the field and led 51-47 at halftime.

Simmons, O'Quinn and Paris combined to make 21 of 29 shots from the field and 12 of 17 free throws.

Holmstadt scored 32 points for the second consecutive game for Montana State, both in losing efforts. Holmstadt a 6-foot-9 center made of 15 of 21 shots from the field and both of his free throw attempts. Dan Sullivan For other uses, see Dan Sullivan (disambiguation).
Daniel "Dan" Sullivan was a fictional character in the popular BBC soap Opera EastEnders. He was played by Craig Fairbrass.
 and Damon Ollie Ollie may refer to the following:
  • Shortened form of the given name Oliver
  • Ollie (skateboarding trick), the skateboarding trick invented by Alan "Ollie" Gelfand
  • Ollie Impossible, a variant of the trick first performed by Rodney Mullen
 both had 16 for Bobcats.

The Matadors return home and will take on Eastern Washington
For the university, see Eastern Washington University.
Eastern Washington is a region of the United States defined as the part of Washington east of the Cascade Mountains.
 in a conference game Thursday at 7 p.m.
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Title Annotation:SPORTS
Publication:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Date:Feb 8, 1998
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