The Long Beach State men’s basketball team killed two birds with one stone Wednesday night. The 49ers snapped a 20-game losing streak to ranked opponents and broke No. 9-ranked Pittsburgh’s 58-contest winning streak at home against nonconference teams. Behind a career-high 28 points from senior guard Casper Ware, the ‘Niners[Read More…]
Men’s Basketball
Pair of LBSU athletes earn Big West recognition
Men’s basketball Long Beach State senior guard Larry Anderson has been named the Big West Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week on Monday after leading the 49ers to a season-opening win over Idaho. The player of the week award marks the fifth of his career. Anderson scored 16 points[Read More…]
Balanced effort lifts 49ers over Idaho in season-opener
Senior point guard Casper Ware came alive in the second half, and a balanced scoring attack helped lead the senior-laden Long Beach State men’s basketball team to a 69-61 victory over Idaho on Homecoming afternoon Saturday. The 49ers’ (1-0) four seniors scored in double figures, while freshman guard Mike Caffey[Read More…]
Now or never: LBSU’s dreams of making Tourney rides on four seniors
As the preseason favorite to win the Big West Conference championship, the Long Beach State men’s basketball team has high hopes of reaching the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2007. With its season opening on Saturday, The Beach will return 10 lettermen, including four of its five starters[Read More…]
Ware and Anderson named to Preseason Mid-Major All-America Team
Long Beach State seniors Casper Ware and Larry Anderson have been named to the 2011-12 Lou Henson Preseason All-America Team. Ware and Anderson are among the 25 players named to the team, which honors the top Mid-Major players in the country. The 49ers duo is the only pair of teammates[Read More…]
ESPNU adds men’s basketball game at Pitt to broadcast schedule
ESPNU will televise Long Beach State’s men’s basketball game at Pittsburgh on Wednesday, Nov. 16, bringing the 49ers’ total number of potentially televised games to 14. The ESPN networks (ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU/ESPN3) will broadcast 10 of the 49ers’ games, including the Pitt game. Long Beach State’s non-conference games at Louisville (Nov. 28)[Read More…]
Men’s basketball favored to win Big West by media
The Long Beach State men’s basketball team was picked to win the Big West Conference championship in a vote of the conference’s media. LBSU also placed three players on the six-man Preseason Media Big West All-Conference Team. Long Beach received 20 of 24 first-place votes and finished with 212 points[Read More…]
LBSU men’s basketball receives votes in ESPN/USA Today poll
The Long Beach State men’s basketball team received two votes in the first preseason ESPN/USA Today Top 25 coaches’ poll, released Thursday. It marked the first time the 49ers received votes in the poll since the 1999-2000 season. Five of the teams the ‘Niners will be facing this upcoming season[Read More…]
LBSU athletics raises men’s basketball season-ticket prices
The Long Beach State athletic department plans to use funds generated from a $125 season-ticket increase to fund approximately 2,000 additional seats that will temporarily be added to the Walter Pyramid for a men’s basketball game against the University of North Carolina next season, athletic director Vic Cegles said Monday.[Read More…]
Ware shines against NBA stars Harden, Smith in Drew League
LOS ANGELES — Long Beach State point guard Casper Ware might not be in the NBA just yet, but he proved Saturday why he is the Drew League’s 2011 regular-season most valuable player. Ware guided his No. 3-seeded Hank’s Cheaters II to a 99-95 first-round playoff victory over a No.[Read More…]