Wednesday night UC Irvine, the preseason favorite to win the Big West, moved to 6-0 in conference play with a 73-63 win at CSUN. With the host Matadors struggling (and dealing with a self-imposed postseason ban) the game was rather nondescript on the college basketball schedule. However it didn’t lack for excitement during the end of the first half, as there was both a poster-worthy dunk and a 70-foot shot.
The dunk was supplied by CSUN’s Tre Hale-Edmerson, who dunked on 7-foot-6 UC Irvine center Mamadou Ndiaye to pull the Matadors to within three with 45 seconds remaining in the half (25-22). When you’re a shot blocker like Ndiaye you become a target of sorts, and on occasion the offensive player wins out.
Ndiaye and his UC Irvine teammates responded to that play with an 8-0 run to end the half, and the final three points came on an Alex Young heave from around 70 feet away from the basket. That gave UC Irvine all the margin they needed to take care of business and remain undefeated in Big West play.
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