Box score ANAHEIM — Long Beach State junior Casper Ware proved Thursday why he’s this season’s Big West Conference Player of the Year. In a head-to-head exchange with UC Irvine forward Eric Wise, the 5-10 point guard willed the top-seeded 49ers men’s basketball team to a 79-72 quarterfinal victory over[Read More…]
Men’s Basketball
Top-seeded LBSU has redemption in mind against UCI
When the Long Beach State men’s basketball team traveled to UC Irvine on Jan. 22, it received an 86-76 loss — the last of the season for the 49ers. Top-seeded LBSU (20-10, 14-2 Big West Conference), winners of nine in a row, will open up postseason play Thursday against those[Read More…]
MCDANNALD: Music could stop before LBSU finds dancing shoes
After one look at the Big West Conference Tournament bracket, it appears that the only reward for the regular-season champion Long Beach State men’s basketball team is the No. 1 seed in front of its name. Here’s the possible road ahead for the 49ers (20-10, 14-2 Big West): No. 8-seeded[Read More…]
LBSU officials buy 1,000 Big West Tournament student tickets
A Big West Conference Tournament run full of high expectations for the Long Beach State men’s basketball team has a pair of school officials fully engaged. And, as a result, LBSU students interested in watching the 49ers can receive a free ticket for each round. President F. King Alexander and[Read More…]
LBSU junior takes home hard-‘Ware’
It seemed that whenever the spotlight shined brightest or the stakes were at its highest, the Long Beach State men’s basketball team turned to its 5-10 floor general to lead the way. The rest of the Big West Conference took notice, too. Junior point guard Casper Ware was named Big[Read More…]
Big West Tournament pairings set
A wild regular season came to a close in the Big West Conference on Saturday night, and the idle Long Beach State men’s and women’s basketball teams now have first-round conference tournament opponents. In a rematch of Wednesday’s season finale, the No. 6-seeded LBSU women (8-22, 6-10 Big West) will[Read More…]
Plater, ‘Niners avoid scare against UCR
Box score The Long Beach State men’s basketball team received a small scare — in more ways than one — in its regular-season finale Wednesday night in Riverside. Greg Plater scored 15 of his career-high 24 points in the first half to lead the 49ers to an 82-76 victory over[Read More…]
MCDANNALD: All kinds of implications on the line
Eight days and one regular season game away from the Big West Conference Tournament, the Long Beach State men’s basketball team is not getting complacent with the No. 1 seed secured. Head coach Dan Monson won’t let his players relax — and that should have all but one of the[Read More…]
The Beach pulls away with late run
Box score Two days after winning the Big West Conference regular-season title, the Long Beach State men’s basketball team dealt a blow to last season’s conference champions on Saturday night. The 49ers started a 20-0 run with under seven minutes left to pull away for a 71-53 win over UC[Read More…]
A season for the record books
Two words sum up the Long Beach State men’s volleyball team’s 1991 national championship season: school record. LBSU has captured four NCAA national championships, three of which have come from the women’s volleyball teams. That leaves just one left over for all men’s sports. All thanks to that 1991 team,[Read More…]