The good news and personal rewards keep rolling in for sixth-year senior Brandon Nevens. Nevens, a 6-3 guard on the Long Beach State men’s basketball team, will receive the McDonald’s Press On Award at a formal banquet Monday at 6 p.m. in the Lakewood Youth Hall of Fame. Given for[Read More…]
Men’s Basketball
49ers clinch regular-season Big West crown
Box score A preseason media selection to win the Big West Conference last season, the Long Beach State men’s basketball team found the right formula this year. The 49ers defeated second-place Cal Poly, 61-55, in front of an electric 3,352 home fans to win the regular-season title outright Thursday night[Read More…]
The Beach could cut down nets Thursday
Roughly three years ago around this time, then-freshman Greg Plater and the Long Beach State men’s basketball team were in the middle of what would be a 6-25 season under new head coach Dan Monson. Now, with Monson in his fourth season and the senior 3-point specialist as the only[Read More…]
‘Niners shine under ESPN2 lights, rout Montana
Box score A high-energy team performance led the Long Beach State men’s basketball team to a 74-56 rout over Montana in Saturday’s nationally-televised ESPN2 Sears BracketBuster match-up at the Walter Pyramid. The 49ers (17-10), winners of six in a row, used a complete team effort as four of their five[Read More…]
‘Niners on brink of regular-season Big West title
Box score A dominant first half led the first-place Long Beach State men’s basketball team to a 68-55 over UC Riverside Wednesday night at the Walter Pyramid. The Beach (16-10, 11-2 Big West Conference) outscored UCR (9-15, 4-8 Big West) 43-24 in the first half before coming out slow-paced in[Read More…]
LBSU not looking past UCR
The Long Beach State men’s basketball team looks to continue its dominance over the Big West Conference on Wednesday night when UC Riverside comes to the Walter Pyramid. The first-place 49ers (15-10, 10-2 Big West) are currently on a four-game winning streak. The seventh-place Highlanders (9-14, 4-7 Big West) have[Read More…]
MCDANNALD: Who’s the new guy?
The Long Beach State men’s basketball team is starting to come together like a team of Big West Conference championship destiny. While the flu-ridden Casper Ware certainly deserves plenty of headlines for his best Michael Jordan impersonation last Saturday, it is one of his back-ups that deserves some much-needed praise.[Read More…]
Flu-ridden guard leads first-place ‘Niners
Box score NORTHRIDGE — Despite battling the flu, Casper Ware was still able to help the Long Beach State men’s basketball team to a 79-62 victory against Cal State Northridge Saturday night at the Matardome. “I threw up like three or four times before the game,” Ware said. Foul trouble[Read More…]
Well-rested LBSU men pounce on UC Davis
Box score Well, so much for rust. Fresh off an 11-day layoff, the Long Beach State men’s basketball team jumped on host UC Davis from the start and ran away with a 93-69 victory Thursday at The Pavilion. Junior point guard Casper Ware led a hot-shooting, balanced attack for the[Read More…]
Reporter’s love comes full circle at the Pyramid
With the flick of a wrist about 12 feet away from the basket, and Long Beach State point guard Casper Ware looking on during warm-ups, she connected on nothing but net — in heels. Hours later, the 26-year-old roamed the same Walter Pyramid sidelines with a microphone in hand for[Read More…]