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SOUTHLAND ROUNDUP

By STEVE HENSON
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Cal State Northridge 81, Portland State 63--The Matadors (9-13, 5-7 Big Sky) used full-court pressure defense, crisp ballhandling and sharp three-point shooting to beat the Vikings (13-10, 8-4) at Northridge.

The Matadors took a 7-0 lead, quickly built it to 21-6 and never allowed the Vikings to pull closer than 12 points.

Full-court pressure kept Portland State’s top scorers, Jason Hartman and Brian Towne, from getting open shots. Towne, who averages 16 points, scored only four.

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Hartman, a junior from Thousand Oaks High who scored 33 in Portland State’s 83-75 victory over Northridge on Jan. 3, had 23 points and 10 rebounds, but had to scramble for points off rebounds and by making eight of nine free throws.

Greg Minor led Northridge with 18 points.

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Steve Henson

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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