LOS ANGELES — Long Beach State forward Edis Dervisevic may have only averaged 2.1 points per game last season as a reserve, but he made a case for a starting job Saturday with a memorable performance against Detroit Pistons forward Austin Daye. Dervisevic outplayed his NBA counterpart through the first[Read More…]
Men’s Basketball
LeBron, LBSU duo entertain Drew League crowd
LOS ANGELES — Long Beach State seniors Casper Ware and Edis Dervisevic had no idea when they woke up Saturday morning that they would be rubbing elbows hours later with a two-time NBA most valuable player. Ware, Dervisevic and surprise teammate LeBron James of the Miami Heat helped Hank’s Cheaters[Read More…]
LBSU to face daunting schedule in 2011-2012 season
Long Beach State men’s basketball head coach Dan Monson announced the 49ers’ schedule for the 2011-12 season last Thursday, which features four of last year’s top 12 teams in the final ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll, including five teams ranked in the top 25. The ‘Niners’ nonconference schedule includes No. 4-ranked[Read More…]
LBSU point guard receives national recognition
Long Beach State junior point guard Casper Ware added to his extraordinary list of achievements this season, except this time, he was honored as one of the best defensive basketball players in the country. Ware became one of 21 NCAA Division I basketball players to be selected to the 2011[Read More…]
Second-half spark not enough for 49ers
Despite a 56-point second half showing, the Long Beach State men’s basketball team’s season ended in an 85-74 National Invitational Tournament loss to Washington State on Wednesday night in Pullman, Wash. The No. 7-seeded 49ers (22-12) used a second half surge to keep the game competitive, but the No. 2-seeded[Read More…]
LBSU looks to extend season in NIT
After losing an NCAA Tournament berth to UC Santa Barbara last Saturday, the Long Beach State men’s basketball team will face Washington State on Wednesday night in the first round of the National Invitational Tournament. LBSU (22-11) received a No. 7 seed and will travel to Pullman, Wash., to face[Read More…]
49ers headed to Washington State for NIT
If it’s any consolation for the Long Beach State men’s basketball team, the season is not over yet. The 49ers (22-11) earned a No. 7 seed in the National Invitation Tournament and will play at No. 2-seeded Washington State (19-12) in Pullman, Wash., for the first round Wednesday at 7[Read More…]
LBSU unable to finish shots, UCSB’s reign
Box score ANAHEIM — UC Santa Barbara forward Jon Pastorek only had five points in Saturday’s Big West Conference Tournament championship game against the Long Beach State men’s basketball team, but three of them were priceless. With 1:31 left to play, Pastorek drained a 3-pointer to give UCSB a 59-50[Read More…]
MCDANNALD: 49ers off key in tournament finals
ANAHEIM — Maybe it was the bad omen from the poor national anthem singer who “Christina Aguilera”-ed her rendition before the game, as a friend told me just before tipoff Saturday night at the Honda Center . But whatever it was, the Long Beach State men’s basketball team flubbed the[Read More…]
‘Niners, Gauchos to meet for Big West Tournament title – again
Box score ANAHEIM — For the second consecutive season, the Long Beach State men’s basketball team is just one win away from the Big Dance. And, for a second straight year, UC Santa Barbara will be the last obstacle to clear to reach the NCAA Tournament. The top-seeded 49ers (22-10),[Read More…]