NCAAB

Cal State Northridge Matadors at Long Beach State Beach

· BIG WEST CONFERENCE MEN'S TOURNAMENT - SEMIFINAL
Cal State Northridge Matadors
17-17, 2-14 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
82 - 77
Long Beach State Beach
15-17, 9-4 Home

Cal State Northridge tops Long Beach State 82-77

The fifth-seeded Matadors will face Cal Poly in Saturday's final, after Cal Poly beat top-seeded UC Irvine 61-58 to advance.

The Matadors (17-17) used runs of 14-2 and 10-2 to build a 44-32 halftime advantage, with Josh Greene scoring 19 points in the half.

The 49ers opened the second with a 15-3 run and led 49-47 on a 3-pointer by Michael Caffey. The lead flip-flopped four times and Hicks scored 10 straight points to put the Matadors up 67-65 with 4:05 to play.

The 49ers closed to within three, 80-77, after Tyler Lamb's trey with 9 seconds to play, but got no closer.

Greene finished with 21.

Caffey led Long Beach (15-17) with 19.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 82 - 77
2nd 0:01 Long Beach St Deadball Team Rebound. 82 - 77
2nd 0:01 Michael Caffey missed Three Point Jumper. 82 - 77
2nd 0:02 Josh Greene made Free Throw. 82 - 77
2nd 0:02 Josh Greene made Free Throw. 81 - 77

Statistics

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25-55 FG 27-60
45 Field Goal % 45
4-13 3PT 8-25
31 Three Point % 32
28-32 FT 15-25
88 Free Throw % 60
37 Rebounds 30
12 Offensive Rebounds 12
25 Defensive Rebounds 18
14 Assists 16
2 Steals 2
2 Blocks 6
12 Turnovers 10
0 Team Turnovers 0
12 Total Turnovers 10
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
0 Points Off Turnovers 0
0 Fast Break Points 0
0 Points in Paint 0
23 Fouls 20

Game Information

Venue: Honda Center

Location: Anaheim, CA
Attendance: 4,589 | Capacity:

2025-26 Big West Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
UC Irvine 15-5 - 23-12
Hawai'i 14-6 1 24-9
UC San Diego 12-8 3 23-11
Cal State Northridge 12-8 3 20-14
Cal State Fullerton 12-8 3 18-16
UC Davis 11-9 4 19-14
UC Santa Barbara 11-9 4 18-14
Cal Poly 10-10 5 14-19
Long Beach State 6-14 9 10-22
UC Riverside 5-15 10 10-22
Cal State Bakersfield 2-18 13 8-24
Full Standings