Braswell’s Contract Extended

Bobby Braswell has agreed to a four-year contract extension as Cal State Northridge men’s basketball coach, with a $100,116 base salary, plus $38,000 a year from outside sources.

Braswell, 37, has a 65-53 record in four years as coach. The Matadors have recorded consecutive winning seasons for the first time since moving to NCAA Division I beginning in the 1990-91 season.

“I’m very happy and very committed,” Braswell said.

Included in the contract is a rollover provision that will add another year to the contract each season unless Braswell or the school raises a written objection. There also is a buyout provision.

Braswell was a candidate for coaching jobs at Oregon and Oregon State. Northridge returns four starters from a 20-10 team that lost to Northern Arizona last season in the Big Sky tournament championship game. This will be Northridge’s final season in the Big Sky before it moves to the Big West Conference.

Braswell is close to hiring an assistant coach to replace Andre Chevalier, who resigned. Shon Tarver, former UCLA guard, is the top candidate.

TENNIS

* Lester Cook of Sherman Oaks defeated Matt Cloer of Linville, N.C., 6-4, 6-2, to advance to the semifinals of the U.S. Tennis Assn. Boys’ 16 National Claycourt Championships on Friday at Woodmont Country Club in Rockville, Md.

Cook and Derrick Bauer of Marina del Rey beat Hans Plukas of Lincoln, Mass., and Scott Robbin of Providence, R.I., 7-5, 6-1, in the doubles quarterfinals.

* Eric Chow of Sunnyvale defeated Gary Sacks of Calabasas Hills, 6-4, 6-3, in the boys’ championship match of the USTA 14 National Open Championships on Friday at Anaheim Tennis Center.

BASKETBALL

* Britney Hamilton, a 5-6 guard for Buena High last season, is expected to transfer to Chatsworth High.

TRACK

* Don Prosser, longtime track starter who coached baseball and taught history at Canoga Park High, died on July 14. He was 91.

SWIMMING

Elizabeth Weeks-Comeau and Carrie Fitzgerald were among the top point scorers in the girls’ 15-and-older division and Aron Gyuris and Justin McClure were top performers for the boys as Conejo Simi Aquatics of Thousand Oaks won the Coastal Section Long Course Championship on Sunday at Oxnard High.