The Long Beach State men’s basketball team lost its ninth straight game Saturday, this time in a 76-66 defeat at the hands of North Carolina State. Despite jumping out to an early lead and trailing by just one point with 12:40 left to play, the 49ers (1-9) were outlasted by[Read More…]
Men’s Basketball
Students enjoy food, react to season at Creighton pregame tailgate
Long Beach State Athletics held a student tailgate before the men’s basketball team took the court tonight against Midwest powerhouse Creighton. The event was in preparation for one of the biggest games for the 49ers this season, as they are hosting an elite Big East team at the Walter Pyramid.[Read More…]
Creighton’s father-son duo next test for LBSU
Doug McDermott is in his final year at Creighton, where he has helped his father and head coach, Greg McDermott, make the Catholic-Jesuit school in Omaha, Neb., a household name. He has led the Bluejays to two straight NCAA tournaments and two straight Missouri Valley Conference titles, being named a[Read More…]
Long Beach State endures two-overtime loss to Washington
SEATTLE – The closer the Long Beach State men’s basketball team gets to a win, the harder it is to lose. The 49ers lost their seventh straight game Saturday, falling to Washington 92-89 in a two-overtime thriller that saw LBSU have multiple chances to get their first win since Nov.[Read More…]
Thanksgiving weekend stuffed with LBSU games
The 49ers will get a chance to enjoy Thanksgiving on Thursday, but they will return to action not long after. Here’s a look at each sport’s games this weekend. Men’s basketball at Washington Long Beach State (1-6) will look to end its six-game losing streak in Seattle on Saturday afternoon,[Read More…]
49ers go without a win in Puerto Rico
The Long Beach State men’s basketball team can’t seem to get a win, no matter if it’s on the United States mainland or in Puerto Rico. The 49ers lost to No. 14 Michigan, No. 10 Virginia Commonwealth and Kansas State this weekend in the Puerto Rico Tip-Off. They have now[Read More…]
The Beach travels to Puerto Rico
The Long Beach State men’s basketball team will play in its only nonconference tournament of the regular season this weekend when it joins seven other teams in San Juan, Puerto Rico for the Puerto Rico Tip-Off. The 49ers (1-3) will face Michigan on Thursday and either Florida State or Virginia[Read More…]
Long Beach State falls to K-State in Spencer’s return trip home
Junior guard A.J. Spencer scored 13 points in his homecoming Sunday, but the Long Beach State men’s basketball team fell to Kansas State on the road, 71-58. Spencer made his first start of the season an hour away from his hometown of Shawnee, Kansas, and he made the most of[Read More…]
Caffey scores 23, but key mistakes in final seconds lead LBSU loss
All it took was six seconds. That how long Loyola Marymount needed to erase a three-point Long Beach State lead and come back to defeat the 49ers 74-73 Thursday night at the Walter Pyramid. After going back and forth for most of the first half, the 49ers (1-2) led the[Read More…]
49ers to host LMU before road trip
The Puerto Rico Tip-Off is little more than a week away for the Long Beach State men’s basketball team, but the flights for that trip will begin later this weekend. Following a home game against Loyola Marymount on Thursday, the 49ers (1-1) will fly to the Sunflower State for a[Read More…]