UC Santa Barbara Gauchos at Cal State Northridge Matadors
· NCAA Men's Basketball
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
55 - 77
55 - 77
Smith, Dawson lead CS Northridge over UC Santa Barbara
Darin Johnson had 16 points and Aaron Parks added 12 for the Matadors (11-13, 7-4 Big West), who led the rest of the way from Smith's jumper at 14-13 with 11:28 left in the first half.
The Gauchos (3-20, 1-10) cut a nine-point, first-half deficit down to one on the opening basket of the second half and stayed close for the first eight minutes of the period.
But CS Northridge pushed the lead to double digits with 6 1/2 minutes to go and had a 19-5 run to lead 77-53 in the final minute.
Eric Childress had 16 points, Max Heidegger scored 14 and Alex Hart had eight points and 11 rebounds for UC Santa Barbara.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:13 | Foul on Darin Johnson. | 53 - 77 |
| 2nd 0:20 | Darin Johnson made Layup. | 53 - 77 |
| 2nd 0:23 | Darin Johnson Offensive Rebound. | 53 - 75 |
| 2nd 0:23 | Antonio Bruno missed Layup. | 53 - 75 |
| 2nd 0:29 | Darin Johnson Defensive Rebound. | 53 - 75 |
Statistics
 UCSB |
 CSUN |
|
|---|---|---|
| 18-51 | FG | 28-58 |
| 35 | Field Goal % | 48 |
| 5-14 | 3PT | 9-18 |
| 36 | Three Point % | 50 |
| 14-22 | FT | 12-14 |
| 64 | Free Throw % | 86 |
| 32 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 11 | Offensive Rebounds | 10 |
| 21 | Defensive Rebounds | 27 |
| 9 | Assists | 18 |
| 3 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 14 | Total Turnovers | 9 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 10 | Points Off Turnovers | 12 |
| 2 | Fast Break Points | 10 |
| 16 | Points in Paint | 36 |
| 19 | Fouls | 16 |
| 0 | Largest Lead | 24 |
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 |