The Aggies roll into Northridge today and put their unbeaten conference record on the line against the athletic Matadors. This game has all the makings of a very tough contest for the Aggies.

CSUN is coming off an impressive defensive effort on the road at Santa Barbara. They held the Gauchos to just 30 points for the game and 20% shooting. The Aggies, on the other hand, managed to beat Long Beach on Thursday evening despite a glaring 27 TO's. Big West teams have found that the Aggies are vulnerable to being pressured, trapped and double teamed on defense so we can assume that CSUN will crank up the defensive intensity today as well. The Ags can ill afford to throw the ball away 20+ times and beat a team as talented as the Matadors are especially on the road. It will be interesting to see what Jen Gross and her staff have done to find get her team back on track to playing focused basketball.

The Ags are a verteran team that has played with poise all season for the most part. The ideal scenario is to have the Aggies peaking and playing their best basketball by late February and early March. So one would hope to see the Ags improving game by game at this point. Instead, what is concerning, is that the Aggies have had to come from behind a lot in recent games and have shown a tendency to lose their focus and poise and make numerous TO's. I'm not sure why this is happening but it is something I'm sure Gross and her staff are seriously addressing.

The Aggies need to ramp up their defensive intensity and execute their offense with composed focus and crispness. They can not afford to continue to dig a hole and come from behind because of mental lapses and expect to keep winning. Hopefully, we'll see a laser focused Aggie team today playing like the talented, veteran team they are.

Live online stream from Big West TV at 4 pm:

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Go Ags!