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[ScrantonKid]

Good luck Spearit! Hit em' hard, not often!

[Spearit]

Local News on Pacific- Webb expected to play- This is what may be driving the line down. The thigh injury from the last game.

Cal State Northridge and University of the Pacific have spent this week out of that comfort zone. The teams will face each other for the second time in 92 hours at 3 p.m. today at the Matadome. With a win, the Tigers can move one step closer to a third consecutive conference title.

The Tigers romped 79-51 on Wednesday night, burying the Matadors under an avalanche of 3-pointers. Head coach Bob Thomason doesn't expect an exact replica of that game and says the proximity of the games makes it hard to predict what will happen. Holding down Mike Webb certainly will be a priority for the Matadors after he burned them for 24 points in 26 minutes on Wednesday.

Cal State Northridge opened Wednesday's game in a zone defense, but Pacific's hot shooting forced the Matadors out of it. Thomason said he's not concerned about the zone and his team will look to get Webb going again early.

"They might try to take Mike away with a zone, but they can't take away all our 3s," Thomason said.

Webb sat out the final 13 minutes on Wednesday after being kneed in the thigh, but he said he feels 100 percent. He said playing Cal State Northridge back-to-back is strange, but his team is focused and ready.

"It's a little different," Webb said. "But we have to approach this game like we approached the last game. We have to attack them and keep the pressure on them."

Thomason said that despite the blowout victory his team had areas that needed improvement in the last game. He said his team struggled getting the ball inside to post players, and he wants to see more fire and determination from his squad. Thomason said he definitely expects to see an improved Cal State Northridge team.

"We know that if we play well we can beat them," Thomason said. "Our goal is to play better than we did. We might not shoot better, but we can play defense and rebound better."

[kbsooner21]

Best of luck tonight Spear!

[tash]

good luck spear!

[moondog22]

good luck Spearit