MEN'S BASKETBALL: CSUN 67, UC IRVINE 61 CSUN HITS UC IRVINE WITH COUNTERATTACKS.Byline: IVAN OROZCO O·roz·co , José Clemente 1883-1949. Mexican painter noted for his frescoes dealing with political and social themes. Noun 1. Staff Writer The defense sets up the plays, the offense finishes them. That's how it played out for Cal State Northridge Northridge is the name of some places in the United States of America:
The Matadors' defense forced the turnovers, allowing the offense to flourish at the other end of the court as Cal State Northridge held on for a 67-61 Big West Conference win against UC Irvine at the Matadome. When Matadors forward Jonathan Heard was not stealing the ball from the Anteaters, he was feeding teammates at the opposite basket. He passed to Calvin Chitwood after a steal underneath the opposite basket. Chitwood took the pass and dunked it with two hands, prompting roars from the crowd. Those are the type of plays the Matadors depended on, because they only shot 40 percent from the field. ``(Irvine) wanted to grind 1. GRIND - GRaphical INterpretive Display. A graphics input language for the PDP-9. ["GRIND: A Language and Translator for Computer Graphics", A.P. Conn, Dartmouth, June 1969]. 2. it out, be dirty in the mud,'' Cal State Northridge 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. said. ``I told our guys at halftime, `We are not going to score a lot of points tonight.' We were going to have to get some steals and some deflections. We were able to do that, and it gave us a chance for some easy baskets.'' Heard finished with four steals, three of which came during a 10-0 run early in the second half that put the Matadors (8-7, 2-2) ahead 41-27 with 15:46 left in the game. But then Irvine (7-10, 1-2) took advantage of CSUN's cold shooting to rally from a 47-29 deficit to take a 51-50 lead with 5:56 left. ``You can never count any team out the way Irvine plays,'' said Heard, who finished with 14 points. ``Coach Braswell said it was going to be a grind-out game.'' The Matadors' defense tightened up, as CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge held the Anteaters to six points 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. . ``It was just ball pressure, with everyone having their hands up and discouraging dis·cour·age tr.v. dis·cour·aged, dis·cour·ag·ing, dis·cour·ag·es 1. To deprive of confidence, hope, or spirit. 2. To hamper by discouraging; deter. 3. their passes, because Irvine's passes are very timely,'' Heard said. ``This was a complete defensive win. Our offense was a little up and down, but our defense is what we pride our program in.'' ivan.orozco@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 |
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