Montana State Takes Bite Out of Northridge, 104-78
The Brick Breeden Fieldhouse crowd of 5,888 not only got their free hamburgers Saturday night when Montana State went over the 90-point mark, they saw the Bobcats adhere to the trend of all teams that have played host to Cal State Northridge. They went over the century mark.
In the 104-78 loss, Northridge (1-5) was beaten at its own game.
Montana State (4-3) consistently beat the Matadors’ press withlong inbounds passes to score 12 of its first 22 points on layups.
Bobcat guard Johnny Mack finished with 29 points and backcourt mate Johnny Perkins scored 24, including 19 in the first half.
Northridge’s Keith Gibbs scored a personal-best 19 points and teammate Andre Chevalier, a freshman from Cleveland High, scored nine points and made six steals and six assists in his best game of the season.
“It is going to take a lot to regroup, but even though we’re losing, and whoever reads this is not going to believe it, I still think we can compete with these people,” Gibbs said.
“At times, we show signs that we can and at times we don’t.”
Matador forward Shelton Boykin was ejected after being assessed two technical fouls and an intentional foul.
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