The Big West Conference Player of the Year Award will stay at Long Beach State for a third consecutive year, as senior guard/forward James Ennis followed up Casper Ware’s two player of the year awards with one of his own. LBSU head coach Dan Monson won Big West Coach of[Read More…]
Men’s Basketball
Long Beach State wins regular-season Big West title
When the Long Beach State men’s basketball team traveled to Northern California for its last two regular-season games, it needed one win to become the first team in more than 20 years to win three straight outright Big West Conference championships. The 49ers were able to get that win on[Read More…]
49ers defeat UC Davis on Senior Night
Mary Ochiltree got her coronation on Senior Day as she celebrated her last home game as a 49er. A solid team effort carried the Long Beach State women’s basketball team past UC Davis with a convincing 66-54 win on Saturday at the Walter Pyramid. The victory was a fitting ending[Read More…]
‘Niners fall at UC Irvine, lose second straight
UC Irvine’s senior night celebration carried on much longer than the pregame ceremony. In order to capture the outright Big West regular season championship, the Long Beach State men’s basketball team needed a win at Irvine or a Pacific loss at Riverside. Neither of those would happen Saturday evening. The[Read More…]
Long Beach State one win away from clinching top seed
After falling at home to Stephen F. Austin during BracketBuster weekend, the Long Beach State men’s basketball team is looking to bounce back and regain some momentum. With at least a share of the regular season Big West Conference title already wrapped up, LBSU (17-10, 13-2 Big West) will attempt[Read More…]
Stephen F. Austin spoils Senior Night
James Ennis and Peter Pappageorge said goodbye to the Pyramid on Friday evening, but they both proclaimed that their careers were far from over, as they plan on helping their team make a second straight run to the NCAA tournament. Senior Night was spoiled for the two veteran Long Beach[Read More…]
49ers sweep home conference slate with win over UC Davis
Seventeen wins, zero losses. By defeating UC Davis 71-65 Wednesday, senior guards James Ennis and Peter Pappageorge can now say they finished their Long Beach State basketball careers without a single home loss to a conference opponent. After trailing 33-24 at the half, The Beach (17-9, 13-2 Big West Conference)[Read More…]
VAN HOOSIER: 49ers are breaking out of shadow cast by Ware and company
Could this Long Beach State basketball team really be as good as the one before it? There is no reason it shouldn’t be, as long as it continues to grow at the rate is has over the last few weeks. Despite head coach Dan Monson’s vow to never again take[Read More…]
Long Beach State runs over UC Riverside
No extra period was necessary this time around. After defeating UC Riverside by nine in overtime on the road last month, the Long Beach State men’s basketball team (16-9, 12-2 Big West Conference) completed the season sweep of the Highlanders (5-20, 2-11) with a 40-point shellacking at the Walter Pyramid[Read More…]
Long Beach State wins, sweeps Titans for first time since 2006-07
James Ennis has made a habit of feasting on one of his teams’ most bitter rivals. Blackout Night in the Walter Pyramid was no different. The Long Beach State men’s basketball team (15-9, 11-2 Big West Conference) held the nation’s fourth most potent offensive attack nearly 17 points under its[Read More…]