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By STEVE HENSON

Feb. 11, 1999 12 AM PT

MONTANA (10-12, 3-8) at CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE (14-8, 6-4), 7--Northridge extended its winning streak to five with an upset over first-place Northern Arizona on Saturday and is two games out of first place in the Big Sky Conference. Center Brian Heinle has broken out of a midseason slump by scoring 45 points in the last two games, including 23 against the Lumberjacks. The Matadors’ winning streak has coincided with Greg Minor moving from shooting guard to point guard. The Grizzlies have won two games in a row, including an 87-53 upset over second-place Weber State. Matt Williams averages 15 points and 8.2 rebounds for the Grizzlies. The Matadors defeated Montana, 92-88, in Missoula.

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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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