College Basketball at a Glance / MEN

By STEVE HENSON

Jan. 31, 1998 12 AM PT

* CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE (7-10, 3-4) at NORTHERN ARIZONA (11-6, 5-2), 6 p.m. PST--Northridge has won three of its last four Big Sky Conference games, but is only 1-8 on the road. Point guard Lucky Grundy and post players Jeff Parris and Brian Heinle played a strong role in recent Matador victories over Idaho State and Cal State Sacramento. The Lumberjacks employ a methodical offense and are shooting 52%. Andrew Mavis, an all-conference forward, averages 14.5 points and is one of five Lumberjack players averaging nine points or better.

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Steve Henson

Steve Henson is a breaking news and enterprise reporter at the Los Angeles Times. He previously served as an 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 2023 and in 2021 by the L.A. Press Club. He has been honored several times by APSE — most recently in 2023 and 2021 — and also by the California News Publishers Assn., the Football Writers Assn. of America and U.S. Basketball Writers Assn.

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