UC Riverside Highlanders at Cal State Northridge Matadors
· NCAA Men's Basketball
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
76 - 82
76 - 82
Cal State Northridge holds off UC Riverside late, 82-76
The victory is the second straight for the Matadors, who snapped a four-game win streak with an 82-61 win over Morgan State last week.
The Highlanders tied the game at 68 on Chance Murray's layup with 2:31 to play, but Kendall Smith hit a pair of free throws to put Northridge in front, 70-68, and the Matadors held on the rest of the way. Smith hit two more free throws with 34 seconds left to put the lead to five, 77-72.
Northridge (5-9, 1-0) was 25 of 54 from the field (46.3 percent), including 5 of 13 from long range, but converted 27 of 36 (75 percent) from the line.
Murray finished with 21 points for Riverside (2-10, 0-1)
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 76 - 82 |
| 2nd 0:02 | Kendall Smith Defensive Rebound. | 76 - 82 |
| 2nd 0:02 | Chance Murray missed Jumper. | 76 - 82 |
| 2nd 0:05 | Chance Murray Offensive Rebound. | 76 - 82 |
| 2nd 0:05 | Dikymbe Martin missed Three Point Jumper. | 76 - 82 |
Statistics
 UCR |
 CSUN |
|
|---|---|---|
| 27-55 | FG | 25-54 |
| 49 | Field Goal % | 46 |
| 6-16 | 3PT | 5-13 |
| 38 | Three Point % | 38 |
| 16-29 | FT | 27-36 |
| 55 | Free Throw % | 75 |
| 34 | Rebounds | 33 |
| 8 | Offensive Rebounds | 8 |
| 26 | Defensive Rebounds | 25 |
| 12 | Assists | 13 |
| 1 | Steals | 4 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 9 | Total Turnovers | 7 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 10 | Points Off Turnovers | 15 |
| 2 | Fast Break Points | 8 |
| 32 | Points in Paint | 32 |
| 28 | Fouls | 22 |
| 12 | Largest Lead | 7 |
Game Information
Venue: Premier America Credit Union Arena
Location: Northridge, CA
Capacity:
Location: Northridge, CA
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 |