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Alexander: No Final Four, but lots of college basketball activity

ome individual names stand out. Cal State Northridge’s No. 2 and No. 3 scorers from this past season are on the list: Junior point guard Terrell Gomez, a three-year starter and two-time All-Big West first-team selection, and sophomore forward Elijah Harkless, who averaged 10.7 points, 5.8 rebounds and 29.5 minutes per game. -- Orange County Register

Decision to stay or move on could be a complex one for college athletes

The decision voted on by the Council did not include eligibility relief for winter sports, which did not come as a surprise to UC Irvine men’s basketball coach Russell Turner. The Anteaters won the Big West regular-season title by three games over both Cal State Northridge and UC Santa Barbara, but the conference tournament and the NCAA Tournament were canceled on March 12. -- Daily Pilot

Alexander: For Big West commissioner Dennis Farrell, no coasting to retirement

Beyond that, there are two Division I-AA football schools in the Big West: UC Davis ($36 million budget in that survey) and Cal Poly ($28.8 million). And there are six non-football schools, whose expenses for that last reporting period ranged from UC Santa Barbara’s $23.8 million to CSUN’s $17.7 million. -- Los Angele Daily News

Girls basketball 2020: Meet the all-Bay Area Preps HQ team

The Cal State Northridge-bound point guard embraced a leadership role as the only senior in the starting lineup for the California Interscholastic Federation NorCal Open Division champion. She led the Monarchs in scoring and steals as the team never lost to an opponent from Northern California and finished No. 2 in the nation according to MaxPreps. Hiraki, the West Catholic Athletic League player of the year, averaged 12.4 points, 4.3 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 3.4 steals. A freshman on the 2017 state runner-up squad for Mitty, she booked a return trip to Golden 1 Center in Sacramento before coronavirus concerns canceled the CIF finals. Full story here. -- Vallejo Times-Herald

Robert Fick and the Detroit Tigers' final game at Tiger Stadium: 'It was unreal'

At the last game played at Tiger Stadium on Sept. 27, 1999, Robert Fick delivered a dramatic eighth-inning grand slam on the first pitch he faced. The slam hit the right field roof and became the last homer, hit, RBI and run scored at the fabled ballpark. Fick, drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the fifth round of the 1996 draft out of Cal State-Northridge, was a versatile player who spent time at catcher, first base, the outfield and DH.. In parts of five seasons (1998-2002) with Detroit, Fick hit .268 with 45 homers and 163 RBIs and served as the Tigers' All-Star representative in 2002. -- Detroit Free Press

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