Northridge Matadors NCAA Basketball News

Dwight Thorne had 19 points, leading five Colorado players in double figures, and the Buffaloes scored a season high in routing Cal State Northridge 92-58 Tuesday night.

The Buffs are an average basketball team right now, according to Colorado's top hoops professor.

GAME NOTES: The Cal State Northridge Matadors host the Drexel Dragons tonight in a non-league showdown at The Matadome.

It's highly doubtful Weber State sophomore guard Damian Lillard has heard much of former Big Sky players Matt Nelson, Logan Kinghorn, Cameron Rundles and Vinnie McGhee.

GAME NOTES: The Denver Pioneers will try to return to the win column when they host the Cal State Northridge Matadors this evening in a non-league affair at Magness Arena.

Game info: 7 p.m. today at Edmundson Pavilion. TV/Radio: FSN/950 AM More programming info: The game is available on Sirius 215 and XM 193.

The 12th-ranked Washington Huskies will try to bounce back from their first loss tonight, as they entertain the Cal State Northridge Matadors in non-conference action at Bank of America Arena.

So far this season, Washington has proved the main flag bearer for the struggling Pac-10, but even it couldn't stay unbeaten in non-conference play.

NORTHRIDGE, Calif. The Idaho men's basketball team's quest to go 3-0 against 2009 NCAA Tournament teams fell short on Thursday, as the Vandals fell to Cal State Northridge by a 95-93 score at the Matadome.

Kenny Daniels scored a career-high 39 points Thursday night and Cal State-Northridge came back from 14 points down to defeat Idaho 95-93. Daniels, who also had 10 rebounds, made 12 of his 17 shots from the field and 13 of 15 from the free-throw line for the Matadors .

Vinnie McGhee scored 19 points off the bench as Cal State-Northridge won its home opener by fighting off Cal State-Bakersfield 81-74 Monday night.

Sergio Kerusch hit two clutch shots inside the final 1:43, part of his game-high 24, to lift Western Kentucky University to a 68-67 win over Cal State Northridge on Monday night at E.A. Diddle Arena in the 25th Dick's Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off. The Hilltoppers' win over the Matadors in the first-ever meeting between the two programs ...

USC forward Kasey Cunningham tore his anterior cruciate ligament for the fourth time last weekend and is expected to be out for the season.

Willie Galick registered a double-double with 26 points and 10 rebounds to head the Cal State Northridge Matadors in a 76-69 win over the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers in the consolation bracket of the NIT Season Tip-Off Tournament at E.A. Diddle Arena.

Anthony Sally hit one of two free throws with 4.7 seconds left in the game to help Western Kentucky defeat California State-Northridge 68-67 on Monday night.

Edvinas Ruzgas scored 24 points and made five of TCU's 12 3-pointers as the Horned Frogs beat Cal State Northridge 83-65 Monday Night in a first-round game in the West bracket of the preseason NIT.

Kenny Daniels scored a career-high 27 points to help Cal State Northridge overcome a 10-point second-half deficit for an 85-82 victory over Texas State on Tuesday night in a consolation game of the NIT Season Tip-Off Tournament.

Originally published November 16, 2009 at 9:50 p.m., updated November 16, 2009 at 11:57 p.m. TEMPE, Ariz.

Tonight, the seventh-ranked Purdue Boilermakers welcome the Cal State Northridge Matadors to Mackey Arena for the official season opener for both teams.A On both sides of the court, new faces will feature prominently.

The Purdue Boilermakers go in search of their fifth straight season-opening victory under head coach Matt Painter when they kick things off tonight against the visiting Matadors of Cal State Northridge.