2019–20 Cal State Northridge Matadors men's basketball team

2019–20 Cal State Northridge Matadors men's basketball
ConferenceBig West Conference
Record15–17 (10–6 Big West)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaMatadome
(Capacity: 1,250)
Seasons
2019–20 Big West men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
UC Irvine 13 – 3   .813 21 – 11   .656
Cal State Northridge 10 – 6   .625 15 – 17   .469
UC Santa Barbara 10 – 6   .625 21 – 10   .677
Hawai'i 8 – 8   .500 17 – 13   .567
UC Davis 8 – 8   .500 14 – 18   .438
UC Riverside 7 – 9   .438 17 – 15   .531
Cal State Fullerton 6 – 10   .375 11 – 20   .355
Long Beach State 6 – 10   .375 11 – 21   .344
Cal Poly 4 – 12   .250 7 – 23   .233
Note: The 2020 Big West tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 2019–20 Cal State Northridge Matadors men's basketball team represented California State University, Northridge in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Matadors, led by second-year head coach Mark Gottfried, played their home games at the Matadome in Northridge, California as members of the Big West Conference. They finished the season 15–17, 10–6 in Big West play to finish in a tie for second place. They were set to be the No. 2 seed in the Big West tournament. However, the Big West tournament was canceled amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Previous season

The Matadors finished the 2018–19 season 13–21 overall, 7–9 in Big West play, finishing in a tie for 6th place. In the Big West tournament, they were defeated by UC Santa Barbara in the quarterfinals.[1] They were invited to the CBI, where they fell to Utah Valley in the first round.[2]

Roster

2019–20 Cal State Northridge Matadors men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
F 0 Lance Coleman II 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) RS Jr Fullerton College Antioch, California
G 1 Rodney Henderson Jr. 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr Santiago Canyon College Carson, California
G 2 Elijah Harkless 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Etiwanda High School Rialto, California
G 3 Terrell Gomez 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Jr Middlebrooks Academy Los Angeles, California
G 10 Darius Brown II 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Pasadena High School Pasadena, California
F 11 Festus Ndumanya 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Fr Capistrano Valley Christian School Anambra, Nigeria
G 12 Alex Sokol 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jr Valley Christian High School San Jose, California
C 14 Dmytro Skapintsev 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Jr Cherkasy Polytechnic Technical College Cherkasy, Ukraine
F 15 Ron Artest III 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) So Hillcrest Prep New York, New York
F 20 Miles Brookins 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr La Salle Cypress, California
F 25 Jared Pearre 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 190 lb (86 kg) RS So McKinney North High School McKinney, Texas
C 30 Michael Ou 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) So Menaul School Guangdong, China
G/F 32 Brendan Harrick 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) RS Fr Esperanza High School Anaheim, California
C 34 Mahamadou Kaba-Camara 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 270 lb (122 kg) Sr Balboa High School Conakry, Guinea
F 35 Lamine Diane 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) RS So Findlay Prep Dakar, Senegal
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: January 8, 2020

Schedule and results

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
October 28, 2019*
7:00 pm, Big West.TV 		Cal State Dominguez Hills W 81–70 
Matadome 
Northridge, CA
Non-conference regular season
November 5, 2019*
8:00 pm, P12N 		at Oregon State L 67–87  0–1
 Gill Coliseum (3,422)
Corvallis, OR
November 9, 2019*
6:00 pm, Mountain West Network 		at New Mexico L 70–97  0–2
 The Pit (10,335)
Albuquerque, NM
November 12, 2019*
7:00 pm, Big West.TV 		Pepperdine L 82–94  0–3
 Matadome (1,321)
Northridge, CA
November 15, 2019*
4:00 pm, SECN 		at No. 22 Auburn
Legends Classic campus-site game 		L 70–116  0–4
 Auburn Arena (8,389)
Auburn, AL
November 17, 2019*
1:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Richmond
Legends Classic campus-site game 		L 62–90  0–5
 Robins Center (4,604)
Richmond, VA
November 24, 2019*
2:00 pm, FloSports 		vs. Colgate
Legends Classic Subregional 		L 56–64  0–6
 Resch Center (152)
Ashwaubenon, WI
November 25, 2019*
5:00 pm, FloSports 		at Green Bay
Legends Classic Subregional 		L 84–85  0–7
 Resch Center (1,436)
Ashwaubenon, WI
November 30, 2019*
3:00 pm, Big West.TV 		Fresno State W 73–72  1–7
 Matadome (545)
Northridge, CA
December 4, 2019*
7:00 pm, Stadium 		at Portland W 71–64  2–7
 Chiles Center (1,044)
Portland, OR
December 6, 2019*
7:35 pm, Pluto TV 		at Portland State L 67–73  2–8
 Viking Pavilion (849)
Portland, OR
December 11, 2019*
7:00 pm, Big West.TV 		North Dakota State L 62–71  2–9
 Matadome (832)
Northridge, CA
December 15, 2019*
3:00 pm, TheW.TV 		at Pacific L 73–79  2–10
 Alex G. Spanos Center (1,284)
Stockton, CA
December 22, 2019*
3:00 pm, Big West.TV 		San Francisco State W 85–50  3–10
 Matadome (506)
Northridge, CA
December 28, 2019*
3:00 pm, Mountain West Network 		at Boise State L 72–103  3–11
 ExtraMile Arena (4,121)
Boise, ID
December 31, 2019*
12:00 pm, Big West.TV 		Morgan State W 93–82  4–11
 Matadome (410)
Northridge, CA
January 4, 2020*
3:00 pm, Big West.TV 		St. Katherine W 109–75  5–11
 Matadome (575)
Northridge, CA
Big West regular season
January 8, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		Long Beach State W 95–77  6–11
(1–0) 		Matadome (635)
Northridge, CA
January 11, 2020
7:00 pm 		at Cal Poly L 56–74  6–12
(1–1) 		Mott Athletics Center (2,089)
San Luis Obispo, CA
January 16, 2020
7:00 pm 		at UC Riverside W 80–68  7–12
(2–1) 		SRC Arena (855)
Riverside, CA
January 18, 2020
3:00 pm, ESPN3 		UC Davis L 62–66  7–13
(2–2) 		Matadome (712)
Northridge, CA
January 22, 2020
7:00 pm 		at UC Santa Barbara W 83–75  8–13
(3–2) 		The Thunderdome (1,026)
Santa Barbara, CA
January 25, 2020
7:30 pm 		at Cal State Fullerton L 75–82  8–14
(3–3) 		Titan Gym (941)
Fullerton, CA
January 30, 2020
8:00 pm, ESPNU 		UC Santa Barbara W 79–67  9–14
(4–3) 		Matadome (2,075)
Northridge, CA
February 1, 2020
10:00 pm 		at Hawaii L 75–80  9–15
(4–4) 		Stan Sheriff Center (6,553)
Honolulu, HI
February 8, 2020
7:00 pm, Big West.TV 		UC Riverside W 61–59  10–15
(5–4) 		Matadome (815)
Northridge, CA
February 13, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		Cal Poly W 81–73  11–15
(6–4) 		Matadome (693)
Northridge, CA
February 15, 2020
5:00 pm, Big West.TV 		at UC Davis L 98–110  11–16
(6–5) 		The Pavilion (1,811)
Davis, CA
February 22, 2020
7:00 pm, Big West.TV 		UC Irvine L 64–87  11–17
(6–6) 		Matadome (1,544)
Northridge, CA
February 26, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Long Beach State W 73–64  12–17
(7–6) 		Walter Pyramid (1,816)
Long Beach, CA
February 29, 2020
7:00 pm, Big West.TV 		Cal State Fullerton W 99–92  13–17
(8–6) 		Matadome (636)
Northridge, CA
March 4, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		at UC Irvine W 72–70  14–17
(9–6) 		Bren Events Center (2,954)
Irvine, CA
March 7, 2020
7:00 pm, Big West.TV 		Hawaii W 86–82  15–17
(10–6) 		Matadome (1,624)
Northridge, CA
Big West tournament
March 12, 2020
12:00 pm, ESPN3 		(2) vs. (7) Cal State Fullerton
Quarterfinals 		Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic Honda Center 
Anaheim, CA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific.

Source[3]

References

  1. ^ "No. 1 UCI, No. 2 UCSB, No. 3 CSF, No. 5 LBSU Advance to Semifinals". Big West Conference. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
  2. ^ "Gomez Reaches 1,000 Career Points, CSUN Edged by Utah Valley 92-84". CSUN Athletics. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
  3. ^ "2019-20 Men's Basketball Schedule". CSUN Athletics. Retrieved January 8, 2020.