Box score A crowd of 4,732 fans jammed into the Walter Pyramid Saturday night as the Long Beach State men’s basketball team won its sixth consecutive game in a nail-biter over Pacific. Junior guard Casper Ware drained a long two-point jumper to give LBSU (11-8, 6-0 Big West Conference) a[Read More…]
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49er women drop third straight
Box score When the Long Beach State women’s basketball team began its four-game road trip 10 days ago with a decisive 14-point victory, it probably didn’t envision losing its next three contests. Nonetheless, reality sank in when Pacific used a 9-0 run with just under five minutes to play to[Read More…]
Top-ranked Trojans stifle 49ers
Box score LOS ANGELES — Coming off a big upset win against No. 3 Pepperdine, the No. 11 Long Beach State men’s volleyball team had another big upset in mind as it visited No. 1 USC at the Galen Center on Friday night. Unfortunately for the 49ers, whatever magic had[Read More…]
The Beach suffers consecutive 18-point losses
Box score If the Long Beach State women’s basketball team was looking for a confidence boost after dropping its last game by 18 points, then a road victory against UC Davis on Thursday would have been a step in the right direction. However, the Aggies used a 15-0 run in[Read More…]
LBSU hangs on, improves to 5-0 in Big West
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…]
No. 11 49ers knock off No. 3 Waves in 5 sets
Box score The No. 11 Long Beach State men’s volleyball team rallied from a 2-1 deficit Wednesday night to upset third-ranked Pepperdine, 26-24, 18-25, 21-25, 25-18, 15-12, in its Mountain Pacific Sports Federation opener at Firestone Fieldhouse. The 49ers turned it around in the fourth set, racing out to an[Read More…]
49ers fall in five sets
Box score The No. 11 Long Beach State men’s volleyball team dropped a five-set heartbreaker to ninth-ranked UCLA in the third-place match at the Gaucho Invitational on Saturday afternoon. The 49ers, who finished in fourth place, lost to the Bruins 17-25, 20-25, 25-19, 25-16, 15-13. In the final set, the[Read More…]
Poor start dooms women’s basketball
Box score IRVINE — If the Long Beach State women’s basketball team could change one thing about Saturday’s game against UC Irvine, it would probably be the way it played during the opening five minutes. The 49ers found themselves on the receiving end of a 13-0 deficit they could not[Read More…]
‘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…]
No. 11 LBSU splits opener with top-5 foes
The No. 11 Long Beach State men’s volleyball team stunned second-ranked UC Irvine, 3-1, in its season opener Friday at the Gaucho Invitational in Goleta. LBSU (1-1) then dropped a 3-0 decision to No. 5 BYU in the semifinals later in the day. The 49ers defeated the Anteaters, 12-25, 25-20,[Read More…]