Starks lifts CS Northridge past CS Bakersfield 90-87
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- — TJ Starks scored 25 points as Cal State Northridge narrowly defeated Cal State Bakersfield 90-87 on Saturday night.
Alex Merkviladze added 24 points for the Matadors.
Starks shot 11 for 12 from the foul line.
Amound Anderson had 14 points for Cal State Northridge (9-10, 5-7 Big West Conference). Darius Brown II added 13 points and seven assists.
Cal State Bakersfield totaled 49 first-half points, a season high for the team.
Taze Moore scored a career-high 28 points for the Roadrunners (15-10, 9-7). Justin Edler-Davis added 18 points. Shaun Williams had 17 points.
The Matadors evened the season series against the Roadrunners. Cal State Bakersfield defeated Cal State Northridge 84-58 on Friday.
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2020-2021 Big West Conference Standings
TEAM | CONF | GB | OVR |
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UC Santa Barbara | 13-3 | - | 22-5 |
UC Irvine | 10-4 | 2 | 18-9 |
UC Riverside | 8-4 | 3 | 14-8 |
UC Davis | 6-4 | 4 | 10-8 |
CSU Bakersfield | 9-7 | 4 | 15-11 |
Hawai'i | 9-9 | 5 | 11-10 |
CSU Fullerton | 5-7 | 6 | 6-10 |
CSU Northridge | 5-9 | 7 | 9-13 |
Long Beach State | 4-8 | 7 | 6-12 |
Cal Poly | 1-15 | 12 | 4-20 |
UC San Diego | -- | -- | 7-10 |