Under the Radar Game of the Day – Saturday, December 30th

Cal State-Northridge (10-3, 1-0) at Long Beach State (9-4, 1-0) – 4:00 PM ET (ESPN+)

Today’s UTR Game of the Day heads to the Walter Pyramid where Long Beach State hosts the improved Cal State-Northridge Matadors. Aboubacar Traore had a rare 20-20 game in which he had 23 points and 22 rebounds in the Beach’s 81-71 victory at Cal State-Fullerton to open play in the Big West. In nonconference play, Beach had wins against 3 power programs – DePaul (albeit in name only), Michigan and USC – all away from home.

Cal State-Northridge is another team that’s improved greatly from last year; they came into conference play with a 4-game winning streak. The major highlight was a 76-72 win at UCLA; the Matadors proved it was not a fluke by also beating Montana State at home and opening Big West play with a 10-point win at Cal Poly. De’Sean Allen-Eikens averages just under 20 points a game for CSUN.