California State University Northridge - Sunburst Yearbook (Northridge, CA)

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MaTador BaskeTball T964: ll-rl D. SwarTz, F. Mohoney, E. PrendergasT, S. Green, B. Allen, C. Malouf, T. Dawes, R. Guinn, P. Edmondson, F. Nordyke, E. BrandT. Paul Edmondson lfl Roger Guinn Tfl MaTador baskeTball came in like a ball of Tire and wenT ouT in a blaze of glory buT iT's a long, long Time from November To March, and coach Jerry Ball's Thin clads were as cold as The SanTa Ana winds ThaT whisTleol ouTside The gym. The 1964 Team was definiTely The besT one ThaT VSC has ever had, bUT our besT iusT wasn'T good enough To allow STaTe To finish higher Than TiTTh. This winTer's hoop acTion had iTs hoT and cold spells, yeT when spring Thaw appeared, The MaTadors possessedTa decenT 9-l7 record. The MaTs won Their TirsT Two games Then losT Their nexT five sTraighT buT sTill had enough ChrisTmas spiriT To place second in The annual Kris Kringle Klassic. Affer January 1, The squad couldn'T seem To-geT Them- selves coordinaTed for The season's second half of play. They losT The nexT five games due To cold shooTing and hoT-handed opposiTion ThaT were burning The baskeTs aT 0 Tiny per cenT clip. VSC did manage To pry The lid off The baskeT and win one only To lose The nexT five games righT in a row. IneligibiliTy also found Time To inTrude and pore The group down To a poinT where everyone had To play. Even wiTh 23 games behind Them, coach Ball's spiriTed quinTeT buckled down and won Two of Their lasT Three games, Thus making Their record of 9 wins and 17 losses The besT ever achieved aT The NorThridge campus.

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CAGERS ESCAPE C.C.A.A. CELLAR Cal Poly SLQ Fresno S'ra're L.A. STa're Long Beach St. San Diego Sf. Cal Poly SLQ Fresno SToTe L.A. State Long Beach ST. San Diego ST. CCAA Record: 2-8 Matador Baskeft Roger Guinn tips In two points. Bob Allen buar$

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AlThough The MaTs were on The shorT end of The win column, devoTees of VSC baskeTbalI never lacked The opporTuniTy To cheer exciTing play and solid in- dividual performances. Paul Edmondson, a lanky forward wiTh a TalenTed Touch for goals, led The Team in scoring. Paul hurT his ankle during The season which hobbled The Team's offensive eTTorT Tor sev- eral imporTanT games. Frank Nordyke,'who con- sisTenle played a bruising brand of defensive bas- keTbalI, was honored by The CCAA as Player of The Week Towards The end'of The season. He ranked second in Team rebounds and had a 12.2 scoring average. This season also saw a senior who warmed The bench for Two previous years come bounding onTo The courT and proceed To finish Third in Team scoring, seT a school record for individual poinT per- formance in a game T33 and finish among The Top Ten free Throwers in The naTion T8770 i. Chuck Malouf's desire and paTience were finally rewarded. Unable To deTeaT Orange ST. for The pasT Two years, The MGTS simply removed CT big ObsTGCIe, 6-5 Roger Crowd whoopsiT up as The MaTadors score. Guinn, and puT him on The VSC squad; The resuIT was Orange ST.'s defeaT in The lasT game of The year. Roger gave The Team The rebounding TalenT needed To conTroI The ball as well as offensive punch. WiThouT a doubT, Guinn was greaT and a big TacTor in The many close games The MaTs had. Round- ing ouT The bench were Bob Allen, a speedy guard who has been solidly enTrenched on The sTarTing five for The pasT Two seasons; Ernie BrandT, a 6-8 gianT who improved sTeadin as The season progressed; and Dave SwarTz, an excellenT sixTh man, LosT Through ineligibiliTy was STeve Green, a valuable guard whose shooTing abiliTy was definiTely missed. Chuck Malouf evades Fresno roadblock as he shovels in 0 IGYUP- I04 Chuck Malomc ifi Frank Nordyke ifi