TONIGHT

By STEVE HENSON

Dec. 22, 1998 12 AM PT

* JAMES MADISON (6-3) at CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE (6-4), 7 p.m.--This is the first of two nonconference home games before Northridge begins Big Sky Conference play Jan. 2. But the Dukes are not a patsy under second-year Coach Sherman Dillard, a James Madison alumnus. Senior Chatney Howard averages 16 points and sophomore Jabari Outtz, a transfer from Howard, averages 14. James Madison defeated UC Irvine, 71-57, Sunday. Northridge will try to rebound from Saturday night’s 114-97 loss to UCLA by building on the 61 points scored in the second half against the Bruins. Brian Heinle, the Matadors’ 6-foot-9 center, had 12 points and one rebound against UCLA, but he should have more room to maneuver against the smaller Dukes.

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Steve Henson is a reporter with the Fast Break sports team at the Los Angeles Times. He previously served as an assistant editor and reporter in the Sports department. Henson was a leader in digital-only newsrooms from 2007-19 as a senior editor and columnist at Yahoo Sports and as senior editor at the USA Today Sports Media Group. This is his second stint at The Times, having covered the Dodgers and UCLA as well as doing enterprise, investigative and features writing from 1985-2007. Henson was awarded first place in sports features in 2021 by the L.A. Press Club and has been honored several times by the Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE) and also by the California News Publishers Assn., the Football Writers Assn. of America and U.S. Basketball Writers Assn.

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