Box score IRVINE, Calif. — T.J. Robinson may find himself in the starting line-up again very soon. After scoring nine points and pulling down 15 rebounds in a loss Thursday night, the freshman forward led Long Beach State to a 67-63 road win over UC Irvine with 20 points and[Read More…]
Men’s Basketball
Crowd shows up like never before at Pyramid
I think the entire school was in the building for the men’s basketball game between Long Beach State and Cal State Fullerton on Thursday night. A season-high crowd of 4,263 packed the Walter Pyramid but it looked and felt like more than that. But maybe that’s just because I haven’t[Read More…]
LBSU men’s basketball to play Big West rivals
After dropping its first Big West Conference game last Saturday at home to UC Riverside, the first-place Long Beach State men’s basketball team will take the Walter Pyramid court again tonight for a tussle with the Titans of Cal State Fullerton. The game will feature the two leading scorers in[Read More…]
CS Fullerton steals win at the Pyramid
Box score Josh Akognon’s fadeaway jumper from the left elbow with 3.9 left on the clock lifted Cal State Fullerton to a wild 61-60 win over Long Beach State Thursday night at the Walter Pyramid. In front of a raucous season-high crowd of 4,263 fans, the Titans (10-10, 4-4 Big[Read More…]
LBSU streak shattered by Highlander glass work
Box score UC Riverside came to the Walter Pyramid and outworked the ‘Niners en route to a 64-55 victory in front of 2,873 spectators Saturday night. The loss drops Long Beach State to 10-8. It was their first loss in Big West Conference play after starting the season 5-0. It[Read More…]
LBSU men take conference win in stride
Head coach Dan Monson and his upstart Long Beach State men’s basketball team have certainly shown fans it’s a new year. In fact, the 49ers aren’t even close to the same team people thought they were before the season started in November. One look at the Big West Conference preseason[Read More…]
49ers have Matadors seeing red
Box score Long Beach State held on for an exciting win against preseason conference favorite CS Northridge, 74-68, Saturday evening at the Walter Pyramid. The win runs the 49ers’ record to 10-7 and 5-0 in the Big West Conference. It’s the first time The Beach has started conference play with[Read More…]
LBSU off to fast start in conference play
It’s early. Very early in fact. But as of this moment, Long Beach State sits all alone atop the Big West Conference men’s basketball standings. After winning just three conference games all last season, this year’s squad matched that total in less than a week. I have said since the[Read More…]
Men’s basketball runs Big West record to 4-0
The Long Beach State men’s basketball blitzed UC Davis with a 41-13 run to end the first half en route to its fourth Big West Conference win in as many games Saturday night. The 49ers held on to top the Aggies, 86-78, to keep their perfect conference record alive. “I[Read More…]
LBSU men alone atop Big West
For the first time in nine years, the Long Beach State men’s basketball team has won its first three Big West Conference games. The 49ers went on the road and defeated the University of Pacific Tigers, 74-66, at the Spanos Center in Stockton on Thursday night. LBSU (8-7, 3-0 Big[Read More…]