Box score The Long Beach State men’s basketball team survived a late surge to get their fifth consecutive win in front of 2,633 fans Wednesday night at the Walter Pyramid. Leading by three points, LBSU junior guard Casper Ware received a technical foul for throwing an elbow after being fouled[Read More…]
Men’s Basketball
‘Niners rally in 2nd half to extend streak
Box score After three double-digit victories to open Big West Conference play, the Long Beach State men’s basketball team faced some early adversity Saturday afternoon. But the 49ers grinded out an 86-78, come-from-behind win over UC Irvine in front of 2,299 at the Walter Pyramid. Casper Ware’s 3-point shooting, which[Read More…]
Ware guides The Beach to third straight win
Box score The Long Beach State men’s basketball team won its third straight game Wednesday night in an 85-71 rout over Cal State Northridge in front of 1,956 fans at the Walter Pyramid. The 49ers (8-8, 3-0 Big West Conference) have started conference play with their first three-game win streak[Read More…]
Looking for home cooking
The inconsistency from last season appears to be enough of a wake-up call for the Long Beach State men’s basketball team. After practice Monday afternoon, senior guard Greg Plater quickly recalled a feat that the 49ers did not accomplish until the end of last year’s regular season and into the[Read More…]
49ers roll, complete Central Coast sweep
Box score One thing that plagued the Long Beach State men’s basketball team last season was letdowns. Through the first two games of Big West Conference play, the 49ers look like a team that is ready to change that this year. LBSU led by as many as 24 points in[Read More…]
Anderson returns, sparks LBSU in Big West opener
Box score Long Beach State junior Larry Anderson returned from injury Tuesday night and looked like the first-team All-Big West Conference selection from two seasons ago. Anderson came off the bench to score 15 of his game-high 25 points in the second half, and the 49ers men’s basketball team knocked[Read More…]
MCDANNALD: Haven’t we been here before?
The calendar year may read 2010, but it looks eerily similar to the end of 2009 for the Long Beach State men’s basketball team. The 49ers (5-8) will face defending Big West Conference champion UC Santa Barbara (6-4) in the conference opener Tuesday at the Thunderdome in Goleta. The game,[Read More…]
Senior receives NCAA eligibility extension
After missing the past two men’s basketball seasons with a kidney ailment that changed his life, Brandon Nevens received a Christmas present two years in the making on Thursday. Long Beach State head coach Dan Monson announced that Nevens will rejoin the 49ers immediately after an extension of his five-year[Read More…]
LBSU men burned by Sun Devils
Box score In its final tune-up before Big West Conference play, the Long Beach State men’s basketball team dropped a 72-55 decision to Arizona State on Tuesday in Tempe. ASU (6-4) pushed a six-point halftime lead to 18 with a 16-4 run to open the second half at Wells Fargo[Read More…]
MCDANNALD: 49ers not settling for moral victories
ANAHEIM — There may as well be a recording playing when Long Beach State men’s basketball head coach Dan Monson delivers an opening statement after close defeats to NCAA Tournament-worthy opponents. The fourth-year head coach did not settle after his team led wire-to-wire for 34 of 40 minutes at the[Read More…]