TONIGHT'S GAME

TONIGHT’S GAME

By STEVE HENSON

Jan. 5, 1998 12 AM PT

CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE (4-7, 0-1) at EASTERN WASHINGTON (6-5, 0-1), 7:05--Northridge is still seeking its first road victory after being defeated by Portland State, 83-75, in its Big Sky Conference opener. Northridge’s defense, porous all season, was especially bad against the Vikings, who made a school-record 65% of their shots. The Matadors give up a conference-worst 82 points a game. Eastern Washington fared no better in its Big Sky opener, losing to Northern Arizona, 83-48. However, the Eagles are improving under third-year Coach Steve Aggers, a former Pepperdine assistant. They won seven last season after getting only three victories in Aggers’ first season, and defeated Washington State two weeks ago.

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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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