Northridge Goes Cold in 78-63 Loss

Cal State Northridge’s outside shots didn’t fall Thursday night, but the Matadors did, 78-63, to a Wisconsin Milwaukee team that is also playing its first season of Division I basketball.

Northridge (5-10), which had connected on 58.4% of its shots to put together a two-game winning streak, was limited to 41% Thursday night. Starters Kyle Kerlegan, Andre Chevalier and Keith Gibbs were a combined six of 27 (22%).

Milwaukee (7-7) outrebounded Northridge, 53-40.

Randy Doss, the Panthers’ 6-foot-7 forward, had 12 rebounds to go with 14 points and teammate Von McDade grabbed 10 rebounds and scored a game-high 30 points--20 in the first half.

Kerlegan and Gibbs, who combined for 42 points in Monday’s victory over Northeastern Illinois, were limited to three and seven points, respectively. Tod Bowser led Northridge with 11 points.