COLLEGE ROUNDUP : CSUN Takes a Tumble in Southern Utah, 77-53

Although the Southern Utah men’s basketball team was playing without its top player, the Thunderbirds routed Cal State Northridge, 77-53, in an American West Conference game Saturday night at Cedar City, Utah.

Southern Utah’s 6-foot-8 center Sean Allen, who leads the conference with a 16-point average, was benched for disciplinary reasons.

The first-place Thunderbirds (11-10, 2-0) didn’t need him.

“They played without their best player and as a group they rose up high and played with great intensity, and we just came out there almost blase,” Northridge Coach Pete Cassidy said.

The Matadors (5-15, 2-1) fell behind in the first half when Southern Utah had runs of 15-0, 11-0 and 10-0.

Northridge trailed, 43-27, at halftime and could get no closer than 12 in the second half. Northridge also had 24 turnovers and made only 35% of its shots.

Ryan Martin scored 11 points for Northridge. Ruben Oronoz, who missed the last six games because of an ankle injury, played for the Matadors and scored 10 points in 23 minutes.

Cal Lutheran 73, Caltech 53--Greg Nagle started in place of injured Mark Heerema and scored a career-high 20 points as the Kingsmen (15-6, 8-2) downed the Beavers (8-11, 0-10) in an SCIAC game at Thousand Oaks.

Jon Rider added 21 points and nine rebounds for Cal Lutheran.

Glendale 101, Canyons 76--Charlie Garcia scored 26 points for the Vaqueros (14-13, 4-4 in Southern Division play) in a Western State Conference game.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Cuesta 60, Ventura 57--The Pirates (23-2, 7-1), ranked second in the state, were upset by the Cougars in a Western State Conference North Division game at San Luis Obispo.

Canyons 110, Glendale 77--Stephanie Labor had 24 points and 10 rebounds, and Kerrie Garland added 19 points, 18 rebounds and six blocked shots for the Cougars (26-5, 8-0), which clinched its second consecutive WSC South Division title at Glendale.

Moorpark 67, Santa Barbara 51--Janette Oriza, the second- leading scorer in the state, scored 30 points for the Raiders in a WSC game at Santa Barbara.

The Raiders (8-20, 3-5) trailed, 34-31, at halftime, but outscored the Vaqueros, 23-5, to start the second half.

San Bernardino Valley 58, Antelope Valley 41--Andi Boswell had 15 points and Valesha Fletcher added 17 rebounds for the Marauders (4-22, 3-7) in a Foothill Conference game at Antelope Valley.

Bakersfield 75, Valley 72--Valery Brady scored 27 points for the Monarchs (20-10, 5-3) in a WSC game at Valley.

Vonya Dangerfield added 23 points and 12 rebounds for the Monarchs, who trailed, 39-32, at halftime.

SOFTBALL

Southern California 10-10, Cal Lutheran 4-1--Tracy Little had two hits in the first game and Xochitl Castillo had a hit and an RBI in the second game of the Regals’ doubleheader at Southern California.

TRACK AND FIELD

Caltech Invitational--One school record fell and another was placed in jeopardy as the Moorpark College track team opened the season at Pasadena.

Jeff Beam cleared a school-best 15 feet 1 inch to win the pole vault, and Jeff Wilson--running his first steeplechase--was clocked in 9:19.90 over 3,000 meters as the Raider men won the eight-team meet by 37 points with a total of 168.

Wilson’s effort was slightly more than two seconds off Gary Ingram’s school-record 9:17.89, which was established in the 1986 State championships, while Beam’s mark erased a record that stood since 1977.

Andy Szilagi won the high jump at 6-8 3/4 to move into third on Moorpark’s all-time list.