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Cal Poly to host UC Irvine to start Big West Conference play
Defending Big West Tournament champion CSUN was projected by the coaches for first place, receiving 77 points alongside six first-place votes, outdoing 2018 regular-season champion UC Davis’ 75 points coupled with three first-place ballots. The media poll was switched at the top, however, with 12 first-place votes boosting the Aggies to No. 1, edging out CSUN (eight first places), 171-166. --KSBY
UCSB Pushed to Five Sets in Season-Opener Against Harvard
In other Asics Invitational action, No. 11 CSUN topped No. 12 Concordia-Irvine 3-1 and No. 1 Long Beach State swept No. 14 Grand Canyon 3-0. --Noozhawk
Aggie Corner: So much news, so little time
Playing for the Bascats USC in Heidelberg, the Myrtle Creek, Ore., native Gianotti is averaging 14.5 points per game as her squad is off to a 5-0 start. Her next game is Jan. 12 against Speyer Schifferstadt. We journalists liked it better when the opponent was CSUN. --Davis Enterprise
Cal Poly completes Big West prep Friday evening versus Holy Names
LOOKING AHEAD (JAN. 7-13): Cal Poly opens its 23rd season of Big West Conference play when visiting UC Santa Barbara on Wednesday, Jan. 9 and hosting CSUN on Saturday, Jan. 12. Tip time is 7 p.m. both evenings for Cal Poly, which has won five of its last seven Big West openers, including overturning a 21-point, first-half deficit versus UC Santa Barbara year ago. --KSBY
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Devonish-Prince Jr. scored 22 points for the Bears in the 94-86 defeat to CSU Northridge on Saturday. --SportingAlert.com
Region 9 boys, girls basketball teams stay busy during holidays
After Christmas, the Flyers traveled to Riverton to take part in a four-day holiday tournament there. On Dec. 26, Dixie edged past Provo, 45-44, after which the Flyers beat Wasatch 69-59 the following day. Dixie then had its nine-game winning streak snapped on Friday with a 61-59 loss to Northridge. The Knights outscored Dixie 17-10 in the final quarter to win it. Dixie’s Ethan Bennett scored 15 to lead the Flyers. Dixie then wrapped up the Riverton tournament with a 64-50 loss to Kearns on Saturday. --St. George News
COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Cougars fall to CSUN in Las Vegas
SIUE made a furious push in the second half, but fell short, dropping an 85-79 decision to Cal State Northridge Saturday to open the Continental Tire Las Vegas Classic at Orleans Arena. --The Telegraph
Bill Haisten: ORU needed it, but TU got it – a 10-point Mayor’s Cup victory
In 1999, those Golden Eagles entered with a 4-4 record and losses to VMI, William & Mary and Cal State Northridge, but when the Mayor’s Cup was at stake, TU lacked motivation and ORU was loaded with it. --Tulsa World
Except for Pack, Mountain West struggling
This week: Cal State Northridge at San Diego State (Tuesday); San Diego State at Boise State (Saturday). --The Record Courier
Grammer: Catching up on Mountain West hoops as league play is upon us
After Tuesday’s Cal. State-Northridge vs. San Diego State non-conference finale (the Aztecs open league play on Saturday), the Mountain West starts for the season on Tuesday night with five games:
• UNM at Air Force
• Boise State at Wyoming
• Fresno State at San Jose State
• Colorado State at UNLV
• Utah State at Nevada
----Albuquerque Journal