Matadors Battle Mustangs at Residence, Journey to UC Riverside in Week of Big West Motion

GAME NOTES

NORTHRIDGE, Calif — The CSUN girls’s basketball group (6-14, 2-9 Big West) continues Big West motion once more this week when it hosts the Cal Poly Mustangs (3-18, 1-10 Big West) on Thursday and travels to UC Riverside (7-14, 5-6 Big West) on Saturday. Thursday’s sport at Premier America Credit Union Arena is ready to tip-off at 6:00 p.m. whereas Saturday’s sport will get underway on the SRC Arena at 2:00 p.m. Both video games will probably be streamed dwell on ESPN+. Jill Painter-Lopez and Graham Metzker may have the decision for Thursday’s contest.
 
ABOUT LAST WEEK
vs UC Davis 1/29
CSUN fell to the Aggies by a rating of 68-51 at University Credit Union Center in Davis final Thursday. Saray White and Alondra Lizama led the Matadors with 15 factors every. The Aggies had been victorious regardless of being outscored 24-16 within the fourth. After the Matadors had been down nearly all of the sport, the fourth quarter turned out to be a constructing block. CSUN posted their finest offensive quarter of the night time. White had 10 factors within the interval off three made discipline objectives and two made threes. Lizama was a giant contributor as properly, scoring 12 out of her 15 factors within the fourth as CSUN confirmed combat till the ultimate whistle.
 
vs UC San Diego 1/31
The Matadors fell to the Tritons by a rating of 82-67 at LionTree Arena in La Jolla this previous Saturday. Erika Aspajo led the Matadors with 20 factors. Lizama chipped in 14 as properly. For the second time in three video games, Aspajo scored 20 factors, main the group each occasions. Lizama scored in double-figures in back-to-back video games. The Matadors had been defeated regardless of outscoring UCSD within the second (24-18) and third (18-17) quarters. CSUN had a strong capturing efficiency, because it went 8/16 from behind the arc. CSUN additionally made 13-14 free-throws.
 
JITE HAS BEEN A STAR TRANSFER 
Jite Gbemuotor has made a huge effect this season after transferring from Ole Miss. The sophomore from Delta State, Nigeria, has scored in double figures in six out of the final 9 video games and in eight video games whole. She additionally leads the group in double-doubles with three, (01/08 at Cal Poly), (01/10 vs Cal State Fullerton). She has led CSUN in rebounding in seven completely different video games up to now this yr, whereas main the Matadors in rebounds per sport at 7.7 per contest. She additionally averages 8.5 rebounds per sport in Big West video games alone, which is sweet for third within the convention.
 
SHOTS FROM DISTANCE IS THE NAME OF OUR GAME 
CSUN will get a whole lot of its offense from three-point pictures. Currently, CSUN is thirty seventh within the nation in three-pointers made per sport, which is sweet for fourth within the Big West. Rita Nazario at the moment paces the group in three-pointers made on the yr, as she has drilled 50 pictures from distance. Morgan Edwards is second on the group with 24 made. Six completely different Matadors have drilled double-digit pictures from downtown up to now this yr.
 
BRINGING DOWN THE BOARDS 
CSUN at the moment leads the Big West in rebounds per sport at 39.7. Gbemuotor is at the moment pacing the Matadors with 142 rebounds this season, whereas Nadia Bernard and Saray White every have 82. Every Matador has not less than 22 rebounds this season, with seven completely different Matadors averaging not less than three rebounds per sport.
 
SCOUTING CAL POLY
The Mustangs come into Thursday’s contest on a seven-game shedding streak as their total report sits at 3-18 and 1-10 in Big West play. Cal Poly is coming off a detailed contest in opposition to UC Riverside, the Mustangs falling 70-66 at residence this previous Saturday. 
 
Overall, Cal Poly is second-to-last within the Big West at factors per sport at 57.4. The Mustangs are additionally tenth within the convention in factors allowed at 73.3. Despite Cal Poly rating close to the underside in scoring, the Mustangs have two dynamic scorers. Vanessa McManus is second within the Big West with 19.1 factors per sport. She put up 34 factors in opposition to Southern Utah earlier this yr. Freshman ahead Charish Thompson is thirteenth within the Big West in scoring at 13.6, and has a season-high of 29 which she scored at Seattle U in November. 
 
Cal Poly averages probably the most turnovers per sport within the Big West at 21.2.
 
Series History: Cal Poly is at the moment 18-14 all-time in opposition to CSUN. These two groups matched up earlier this season on January 8 in San Luis Obispo, and CSUN got here up victorious, 77-68.
 
SCOUTING UC RIVERSIDE
The Highlanders are at the moment 7-14 total and sit at seventh place within the Big West with a 5-6 report. UCR is coming off every week the place it defeated Cal Poly and misplaced to Long Beach State, with each video games being determined by 4 factors or much less.
 
In Big West video games, UCR is sixth within the convention in scoring at 64.7. The Highlanders on the defensive finish are seventh within the Big West at 66.5 factors per sport. UCR has the very best scoring participant within the convention in Hannah Wickstrom. The sophomore from Australia is at the moment averaging 24.7 PPG in Big West video games. She gained Big West Player of the Week again on January 19.
 
Series History : UCR is at the moment 43-34 all-time in opposition to the Matadors. The Highlanders are at the moment driving a 4 sport win-streak. Saturday’s sport is the primary assembly between these two groups this season.