Baseball: Dirtbags blanked on road at Pepperdine Box score The Dirtbags (20-21) fell, 4-0, in a nonconference game at Pepperdine on Wednesday as Waves starter Kevin Inman tossed a complete game and limited Long Beach State batters to six hits at Eddy Field Stadium. Inman (1-0) struck out one and[Read More…]
Men’s Basketball
LEE: Uninvited guests crash Big Dance
Fans of March Madness upsets were spoiled with a flurry of them during the first two rounds of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. The Sweet 16, which starts on Thursday, features teams from 11 conferences, with five of those squads hailing from non-BCS leagues. Butler (Horizon League) and Xavier (Atlantic[Read More…]
‘Niner Notes: March 16
Men’s Basketball: Robinson earns All-District recognition Long Beach State sophomore T.J. Robinson was named National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Second Team All-District 9 in a vote of member coaches, the NABC announced on Tuesday. Robinson is one of 240 student athletes, from the 24 districts, to be honored as[Read More…]
LEE: Tourney loss offers humbling moment
Coming into the season, Long Beach State was expected to be part of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, which kicks off with Tuesday’s opening round game. But a funny thing happened on the way to the Anaheim Convention Center, the site of the Big West tournament. The 49ers’ NCAA hopes[Read More…]
49ers eliminate Pacific, ‘final’-ly
Box score ANAHEIM — For the last 364 days, the University of the Pacific has a been a thorn in the side of the Long Beach State men’s basketball team. On Friday, the 49ers pulled that thorn out. LBSU (17-15) avenged a three-game losing streak to the Tigers with a[Read More…]
49ers fall short of Big Dance
Box score ANAHEIM – The Long Beach State men’s basketball team could have erased all the remnants of a disappointing season with a win on Saturday. Instead, the 49ers had to watch UC Santa Barbara and its student section celebrate an outright Big West Conference championship at the Anaheim Convention Center.[Read More…]
49ers’ defense stifles Cal Poly in Big West quarterfinal
Box score ANAHEIM — Long Beach State’s men’s basketball team sure picked the right time to start clicking. Larry Anderson and the rest of the 49ers turned in one of their most complete performances of the season en route to a 79-69 win over Cal Poly on Thursday. It was[Read More…]
‘Niners look to continue unexpected resurgence
Assistant sports editor Andrea C. Quezada sat down to talk with Long Beach State women’s basketball head coach Jody Wynn earlier this week about the team’s preparation going into the Big West tournament. The No. 4-seeded ‘Niners play UC Santa Barbara Thursday at the Anaheim Convention Center, with tip-off set[Read More…]
Monson, 49ers look to erase disappointments
With the Big West Conference tournament beginning Wednesday night at the Anaheim Convention Center, assistant sports editor Matt Moreno sat down with Long Beach State men’s basketball coach Dan Monson to discuss the season that was, and look ahead to the Big West tournament. On Thursday, The Beach will face the lowest[Read More…]
Big West Conference reveals postseason honors
The Big West Conference unveiled its postseason awards on Monday with Long Beach State landing a player on the men’s and women’s all-conference first teams. T.J. Robinson and Karina Figueroa earned a spot on the Big West men’s and women’s first teams, respectively, for the first time in their careers.[Read More…]