Northridge's Hagens Suspended for Season

Northridge’s Hagens Suspended for Season

By STEVE HENSON

Jan. 30, 1998 12 AM PT

The suspension of Cal State Northridge forward Brian Hagens, a junior transfer who made little impact in the seven games he played, will extend through the remainder of the season, Coach Bobby Braswell said Thursday.

Hagens’ suspension, which began Jan. 5, is primarily related to his academic performance, but he also missed curfew one night during a recent road trip.

Braswell said Hagens can return to the team next season providing he improves in the classroom.

Hagens, who transferred from New Orleans, will need to improve on the court as well. After becoming eligible in mid-December, he averaged only 3.1 points and 2.0 rebounds and committed a turnover every six minutes. He made nine of 21 field-goal attempts and one of six free throws.

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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.

Northridge’s Hagens Suspended for Season

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