{"id":2358,"date":"2025-01-17T09:50:36","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T19:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/warriorinsider.net\/?p=2358"},"modified":"2025-01-17T22:40:36","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T08:40:36","slug":"cs-northridge-blazes-past-warriors-83-60","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/warriorinsider.net\/index.php\/2025\/01\/17\/cs-northridge-blazes-past-warriors-83-60\/","title":{"rendered":"CS Northridge surges past Warriors, 83-60"},"content":{"rendered":"
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CSUN guard PJ Fuller tries to shoot over Hawai’i guard Aaron Hunkin-Claytor during second-half action in Thursday’s Big West Conference showdown in SimpliFi Arena at the Stan Sheriff Center. (Chris Kadooka photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Escaping its fire-ravaged surroundings in Los Angeles County, visiting Cal State Northridge surged through Hawai’i, 83-60, Thursday night in Big West Conference men’s basketball action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A stunned crowd of 2,603 in SimpliFi Arena at the Stan Sheriff Center watched Scotty Washington score a game-high 24 points and Marcus Adams Jr. add 18 points as the Matadors improved to 12-6 overall and 4-3 in league play. True freshman point guard Aaron Hunkin-Claytor scored 10 points and made two steals in 20 minutes off the bench for the Warriors, who fell to 11-6, 3-3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UH led 12-6 after Jerome Palm’s layup five minutes into the game, but PJ Fuller answered with a driving layup to ignite a punishing 26-9 run capped by Washington’s 3-pointer to put CSUN ahead, 32-21, with 3:14 remaining in the first half. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Matadors took a 38-29 lead into halftime, and after Ryan Rapp began the second half with a layup 30 seconds in, Adams scored on a fast break layup to start a 23-8 run culminating in another fast break layup by Adams to put Northridge up, 61-39, with 11:15 left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Warriors could not get closer than 12 points the rest of the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Disappointing, very disappointing, and surprising,” Hawai’i coach Eran Ganot said. “I’d be remiss if we didn’t give their program a lot of credit, their staff. They had a lot to do with that. We kind of got hit in the mouth, and didn’t respond. We haven’t had that happen to us a lot, and it’s tough when it does. But you gotta go through it and get back to work, and the belief in our program and our guys is still very high. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Hopefully that happened for a reason, like we always believe.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CSUN established its physicality early and often, not just at both ends of the court but also up and down while in transition with constant off-ball bumping and riding shoulder-to-shoulder. The strategy directly resulted in turnovers and otherwise disrupting the Warriors’ offensive flow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Credit to CSUN, they came out and they punked us,” said UH senior guard Ryan Rapp. “We knew it was going to be a physical game, we said it the whole time during the scout leading up to this game, (but) I think we underestimated how physical and tough they were. And that’s what happens when you just don’t come out ready to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It starts with me — I wasn’t ready to go, I picked up two fouls early on. We just gotta be better across the board, and we’ll address it. We addressed it after the game, and we gotta address it tomorrow.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Matadors’ physicality was expressed on the stat sheet, too, as Northridge out-rebounded the Warriors, 40-25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“They just came out with more energy than we did,” said Hawai’i guard Tom Beattie. “They had 14 offensive rebounds. That’s stuff we pride ourselves on, I think before the game we were 14th in the country in rebounding. (But) this was terrible, to say the least. We just weren’t ready.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Warriors complete their homestand against Cal State Bakersfield at 7 p.m. Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Big West Conference Standings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

UC Irvine 6-0
UC San Diego 5-1
UC Santa Barbara 4-2
Cal State Northridge 4-3
UC Davis 4-3
Cal State Bakersfield 3-3
Long Beach State 3-3
HAWAI\u2019I 3-<\/strong>3
UC Riverside 3-3
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 0-7
Cal State Fullerton 0-7<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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