vs Cal Poly 3-7 (0-1)
Like us, an extremely talented backcourt in
Willy Hung and
Nazario Moreno. The Mustangs are very good defensively, and I'm a little surprised their record is as poor as it is. I smell L.
We're never really in this one as expected. 21 point loss.
@ Hawaii 8-4 (0-1)
The Rainbow Warriors' post defense is as incredible as their perimeter defense is ass. Winning this one is going to require our guards to get hot, which I'm not exactly hopeful for.
Another 21 point loss and we've been exactly as bad in the Big West as I thought we'd be. I won't be fired because the AD loves my work from last season, but we'll be lucky to avoid last place.
Especially when
Geoffrey Blodgett gets hurt and misses our game against UC-Davis. 3 point heartbreaker loss in a game we should have been able to eke out.
We steal a late 60-56 road win over Long Beach State on 12-11-12 from
Frank Gilmore, the
Butterfly Man, and
Gregory Lau. 8 boards and a steal tacked on gives Gilmore PotG, while Papillion swipes 2.
I'd like to be able to say that kickstarted a win streak, but two straight 3 point home losses, to UC-Irvine and CSU-Fullerton follow instead. Then we nearly blow a 10 point lead but beat UC-SB
Code:
Cal State Northridge 70, UC Santa Barbara 67
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Cal State Northridge (8-11, 2-6):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Frank Gilmore C 35 2-6 3-6 6 12 0 2 7
Truman Crain PF 33 1-6 2-7 3 5 1 3 4
P. Faulvarque SF 30 6-14 4-6 2 4 3 2 19
Dennis Luther SG 34 5-8 2-4 1 4 2 1 13
Geoffrey Blodgett PG 31 4-7 0-3 2 5 1 3 10
Clint Monger PG 17 2-5 8-10 2 4 2 3 13
Gregory Lau SF 5 0-0 0-0 1 2 1 0 0
Robert Adams SG 2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Brian Lowry PF 9 2-3 0-0 0 1 0 0 4
Albert Ragsdale PF 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Turnovers: 22 (F.Gilmore 3, T.Crain 4, P.Faulvarque 4,
D.Luther 7, C.Monger 1, G.Lau 1, R.Adams 2)
Blocked Shots: 1 (F.Gilmore 1)
Steals: 14 (F.Gilmore 3, P.Faulvarque 2, D.Luther 3,
G.Blodgett 1, C.Monger 3, G.Lau 1, B.Lowry 1)
3P FGs: 7-16 (P.Faulvarque 3-4, D.Luther 1-3,
G.Blodgett 2-4, C.Monger 1-4, R.Adams 0-1)
UC Santa Barbara (5-14, 3-5):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Carl Robeson C 28 1-3 2-4 1 10 0 1 4
Allen Roberts PF 31 5-6 1-2 2 4 0 4 11
Daniel Burkey SF 25 5-11 4-5 3 3 3 3 14
James Marshall SG 31 5-14 4-4 1 3 0 3 15
Bert Johanson PG 24 1-3 0-0 0 1 5 5 3
Joe Duran SF 16 2-5 0-0 2 5 1 1 5
William Jimerson PF 10 1-2 0-0 0 2 0 5 2
Scott Laboy SF 19 2-5 2-2 1 2 1 3 6
Dino Dick PG 7 2-2 0-0 0 0 1 4 5
Daniel Eskridge C 7 0-1 2-2 1 1 0 1 2
Joesph Negron SG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Turnovers: 22 (C.Robeson 3, A.Roberts 4, D.Burkey 1,
J.Marshall 3, B.Johanson 2, W.Jimerson 1, S.Laboy 3,
D.Dick 2, D.Eskridge 3)
Blocked Shots: 4 (C.Robeson 1, A.Roberts 1, D.Burkey 1,
D.Eskridge 1)
Steals: 12 (C.Robeson 2, A.Roberts 2, D.Burkey 2,
J.Marshall 5, S.Laboy 1)
3P FGs: 4-18 (C.Robeson 0-1, D.Burkey 0-4, J.Marshall
1-5, B.Johanson 1-3, J.Duran 1-2, W.Jimerson 0-1,
S.Laboy 0-1, D.Dick 1-1)
Player of Game: PG Clint Monger (CSNTH)
Any win feels like a box score at this point because of how bad we are.
We have faint hopes of beating Pacific to at least stay out of the basement and we do, riding
Butterfly Man's PotG 29 points and steal, and 10 points, 2 steals by
Geoffrey Blodgett in a comfortable victory. Shoutout to
Dennis Luther with 7 steals himself.
Our international class continues with our second recruit:
Code:
#53 C Muhammad Owen
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Height: 6-8
Weight: 217
High School:
Hometown: Cleethorpes, UK
GPA: 2.79
Test Score: 1220
Rating: ***
Attributes:
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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA
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Current: 43 27 39 0 23 4 47 46 36 19 3 33 19 76 30 21
Potential: C C D F D F B C A F D B
Season Stats:
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PTS OREB REB AST TOS A/T STL BLK PFS
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15.9 4.4 12.5 0.2 2.8 0.07 0.3 3.5 2.4
Shooting Averages:
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FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P%
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6.8 12.4 .544 2.4 4.6 .527 0.0 0.0 .000
Recruiting Notes:
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Qualified: Yes
Committed to Cal State Northridge
Rankings: Foreign #14 Overall, Foreign #3 C
High School Awards: None
Top 5 Schools: *Cal State Northridge, USC, Villanova, Tennessee, Utah
Looks more like a 4 than a 5 due to size, but we'll see what comes of it. He'll definitely have an opportunity to earn starting minutes his freshman year since
Frank Gilmore is graduating and
Truman Crain has largely disappointed after his hot start to the season.