Loss to Brown Is ‘Low Point’ for Northridge

Trailing by 13 points with less than 14 minutes to play, Brown rallied behind the shooting of reserve guards Alan Cole and Oris Bryant to defeat Northridge, 81-72, Thursday night in the consolation game of the Lobo Invitational at the Pit.

“This is definitely the low point,” said Peter Micelli, who scored a game-high 18 points for Northridge. Considering the Matadors last week lost a game by 62 points, that’s saying something.

Brown rallied by making seven of 13 three-point shots in the second half. The Bears missed all but one of their first 10 tries from long range.

“They just turned the tables on us,” Micelli said.

Cole, who had one point in the first half, finished with a team-high 17. Bryant scored 11 of his 14 points in the second half. Eric Blackiston also scored 14 for the Bears, who evened their record at 4-4.

Northridge fell to 2-7.