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Fluker-flood in Big West Tournament ends Wahine hoops season
The reigning Big West Player of the Year scored 39 points for Cal State Northridge, and the Matadors slammed the door shut on Hawaii's title hopes with a 71-64 win in round two of the conference tournament. -- Hawaii News Now
Media Notes: KTLA's 10-game Dodgers package to include Vin Scully ceremony game May 3
For the Cal State Northridge opener against Cal State Fullerton (2:30 p.m. Thursday), Fox Sports West’s Kevin Barnett and Corey Maggette call it. Long Beach State’s late game (8:30 p.m. Thursday, Prime Ticket) against Hawaii has Mark Rogondino and Maggette. -- OC Register
USC Maintains Top Spot In Latest Varsity Top 25 Poll; UC-Irvine Moves Up To Fifth
Harvard University (23 points) and California State University-Northridge (23 points) stand tied at No. 20 with Loyola Marymount University (16 points) hanging on at No. 22. Marist College (10 points) and California State University, Bakersfield (10 points) remain tied at No. 23. -- USA Water Polo
Wahine ousted from tournament as CSUN player has career game
LONG BEACH, Calif. >> Big West player of the year Channon Fluker scored a career-high 39 points and grabbed 12 rebounds as third-seeded Cal State Northridge rallied to oust sixth-seeded Hawaii, 71-64, in the Big West tournament second round tonight at the Walter Pyramid. -- Star Advertiser
Area college update (Mar. 8): Leverenz shines for Butler
Freshman Dalton Parker, from St. Joseph-Ogden, and junior Ross Learnard, from Salt Fork, have both come out of the bullpen for Purdue. Parker has pitched 11 2/3 innings in three appearances, giving up just four hits and no runs while striking out 12 and earning two saves. Learnard, who is a Parkland graduate, has thrown three innings in two appearances, giving up a run and five hits. The 5-5 Boilermakers travel to Northridge, Calif., to take on Cal State Northridge in a four-game series starting Friday. -- The News-Gazette
"Weak lines" during sportsbooks' busiest times are a thing of the past
With Don Best unifying the schedule in order of game/rotation number, we could simply run down each matchup as they appeared in order. Nowadays, it doesn’t matter if we’re looking at a Duke-versus-North Carolina game or Cal State Northridge-versus-Pacific game: all of the information is presented the exact same way and takes the exact same amount of time to peruse. -- Covers
CSUN star Channon Fluker continues to develop her game
It was Dec. 3, a Saturday night at CSUN. The women’s basketball team had just dropped a 71-57 decision to Eastern Washington to fall to 4-4.
-- Los Angeles Daily News
CSUN star Channon Fluker continues to develop her game
It was Dec. 3, a Saturday night at CSUN. The women’s basketball team had just dropped a 71-57 decision to Eastern Washington to fall to 4-4. -- Pasadena Star-News
Tall Ferns and Tall Blacks in US college eyeing conference championships
Tessa Boagni is playing well for Cal State Northridge having now recovered from a broken nose. The Cantabrian centre scored 11 points in the defeat to UC Davis on Sunday. The Matadors have finished 3rd in the Big West Conference with a 10-6 record and open their championship campaign on Thursday at Long Beach. -- New Zealand Herald
UH’s Toeaina named to first-team All-Big West
Toeaina was joined on the first team by Cal Poly’s Hannah Gilbert, Cal State Northridge’s Channon Fluker, Long Beach State’s Anna Kim and UC Davis’ Morgan Bertsch and Pele Gianotti. Fluker was named the Big West Player of the Year and UC Davis’ Jennifer Gross was named Coach of the Year. -- Honolulu Star-Advertiser - HI