Box score Head coach Dan Monson said that one of the 49ers’ goals this season was to go undefeated at home, but after just five games, that hope has been dashed. Long Beach State couldn’t compete with Cal Poly’s intensity and dropped the Big West Conference contest, 90-79, at the[Read More…]
Men’s Basketball
Second-half defense sparks LBSU men’s victory
Box score Welcome back 49ers, it’s been a while. The Long Beach State men’s basketball team used an early second-half surge to cement a 67-47 over UC Santa Barbara at the Walter Pyramid on Thursday night. For the first time this season, the 49ers (8-9, 2-2 Big West Conference) kept[Read More…]
Ware does it all in 49ers’ win
Box score After starting Big West Conference play with two straight losses, the 49ers desperately needed someone to step up. Anyone. Casper Ware answered the call and helped The Beach end its five-game losing streak with a 55-53 win over visiting UC Irvine on Saturday in front of 2,478 specatators.[Read More…]
49ers’ struggles continue in Fullerton
Box score FULLERTON — The cellar is a lonely place and that’s where the Long Beach State men’s basketball team finds itself after a second straight disappointing loss. The 49ers had many attempts, but they could not find a way to subdue the Cal State Fullerton offense on Thursday night[Read More…]
Free-throw shooting costs Long Beach State in Riverside
Box score RIVERSIDE — The UC Riverside Highlanders are quickly becoming a thorn in the side of Long Beach State men’s basketball. The 49ers lost for the third straight time to UCR, 69-67, in overtime to start Big West Conference play on Saturday night. LBSU (6-8, 0-1 Big West) missed[Read More…]
MORENO: 49ers are where they should be
On Tuesday, the Long Beach State men’s basketball team did what plenty of other teams have done in Durham, N.C., they lost. But hardly anybody wins in storied Cameron Indoor Stadium anymore. LBSU became the 75th consecutive nonconference opponent to fall in the facility. The 21-point loss ended the most[Read More…]
Final destination: LBSU heads to No. 7 Duke
The gauntlet of nationally-ranked nonconference opponents will come to an end Tuesday for the Long Beach State men’s basketball team. The 49ers (6-6) will travel to Durham, N.C., to face No. 7 Duke (9-1) at hostile Cameron Indoor Stadium, where the Blue Devils are undefeated, and the Cameron Crazies student[Read More…]
No. 3 Kentucky is no Beach
Box score LEXINGTON, Ky. — Fresh off Kentucky’s storied program’s NCAA-record 2,000th win, the Long Beach State men’s basketball team was hoping the Wildcats were going to have that Y2K hangover Wednesday afternoon. For the first 30 minutes they hung right with the third-ranked team in the nation. Then the big boys[Read More…]
‘Niner Notes: Dec. 22
Men’s basketball: Ware earns first career Big West Player of the Week Sophomore point guard Casper Ware the fourth Long Beach State player to earn Big West Conference Player of the Week honors in six weeks. Ware grabbed the weekly award for the first time in his career after leading The[Read More…]
LBSU cannot tame Lions
Box score LOS ANGELES — The 2,074 in attendance probably had to rest their feet after the nail-biter they experienced on Monday night. The Long Beach State men’s basketball team dealt out blows, but Loyola Marymount wouldn’t go down as the 49ers fell 85-80 in overtime at the Gersten Pavilion.[Read More…]