E. WASHINGTON NOT IMPRESSED BY CSUN EAGLES HAND MATADORS ONLY 2ND LOSS IN LAST 23 HOME GAMES E.WASH 88, CSUN 75.Byline: Jill Painter Staff Writer There's no place like home. The Cal State Northridge men's basketball team knows that all too well. The Matadors are just about invincible in the cozy See COSE. confines of the 1,600- seat Northridge gym. It's tough for players to explain, but it's just a hard place for opponents to play. Perhaps it's the high school-like atmosphere or the wacky crowd. Whatever it is, it didn't faze Eastern Washington
CSUN lost for only the second time - both to Eastern Washington - in its last 23 home games. The Matadors (11-8, 4-2) fell into a tie for second place in the Big Sky Conference with Eastern Washington (9-7, 4-2), which followed an impressive road win over 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. on Thursday with the upset of CSUN. Eastern Washington has played a brutal road schedule with games at Michigan State, Bradley, Kansas State and Oregon among the most notable. ``That's the reason we're not too rattled,'' Eastern Washington coach Ray Giacoletti Ray Giacoletti (born April 14, 1962 in Peoria, Illinois) is a former men's basketball coach. He played collegiate basketball at Minot State University in North Dakota from 1980-1984, where he was a four-year letterman and a team captain for two seasons. said. ``We've been on the road all year. We should be the Washington Generals. We played the defending national champions (Michigan State) on their court. When you play in front of 15,000 people, you won't get too shook up anyplace an·y·place adv. To, in, or at any place; anywhere. See Usage Note at everyplace. Adv. 1. anyplace - at or in or to any place; "you can find this food anywhere"; (`anyplace' is used informally for `anywhere') anywhere else.'' The Eagles led 41-40 at halftime and dominated the second half as well as the boards, outrebounding the Matadors 37-26. Eastern Washington worked the ball around effectively on offense and took smart shots. On several possessions, the Eagles got as many as three rebounds and a fresh shot clock. The Matadors couldn't seem to find a rhythm. They were the ones that looked rattled in their own building. ``It's tough,'' John Burrell John Buster Burrell (born November 22, 1940 in Fort Worth, Texas) was an American football wide receiver in the NFL for the San Francisco 49ers, the Pittsburgh Steelers, and the Washington Redskins. He played college football for Rice University. said. ``We feel we shouldn't lose a game on our floor. But we did and that's part of college basketball College basketball most often refers to the American basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, or NCAA. History
CSUN cut the deficit to 73-66 on a Brian Heinle fastbreak dunk with four minutes left. But Eastern Washington answered, making 12 of its last 14 free throws and squelching the comeback. Aaron Olson's 3-pointer from the left baseline sealed it with 2:42 left. Olson's basket extended Eastern Washington's lead to 80-67. Heinle had a team-high 22 points and Markus Carr had 11 assists. Olson scored a game-high 28 points and made 5 of 8 3-pointers. CSUN last beat Eastern Washington 104-98 in overtime in the Big Sky Conference Tournament in 1998. Neither team had a lead of more than six points in the first half. Eastern Washington went on a 10-4 run to take a 41-40 halftime lead. The Eagles made all eight of their free throws in the final three minutes "Three Minutes" is the 46th episode of Lost. It is the twenty-second episode of the second season. The episode was directed by Stephen Williams, and written by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz. It first aired on May 17, 2006 on ABC. of the first half. Eastern Washington continued the momentum into the second half. With a 49-48 lead, the Eagles went on a 7-0 run to build a 56-48 advantage. CSUN cut it to four with 13 minutes left, but Eastern Washington again extended it to 60-52 with 12 minutes left. Heinle had 16 first-half points, but Burrell was held scoreless in after playing just six minutes in the first half. He sat the final 12 minutes after he was called for a charge on a three-on-one break. Carr became CSUN's all-time assist leader three minutes into the game. He needed two assists and he got the second on a pass inside to Heinle, who gave Carr his 482nd assist on a dunk. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: CSUN's Craig Calloway, left, lunges after a loose ball picked up by Eastern Washington's Jason Lewis Jason Lewis may refer to
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