After missing the past two men’s basketball seasons with a kidney ailment that changed his life, Brandon Nevens received a Christmas present two years in the making on Thursday. Long Beach State head coach Dan Monson announced that Nevens will rejoin the 49ers immediately after an extension of his five-year[Read More…]
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The Beach fades down the stretch
Box score If you’ve been around sports long enough, then you’re probably familiar with the phrase, “It’s not a matter of how you start, but a matter of how you finish.” This couldn’t be more true for the Long Beach State women’s basketball team Tuesday as it wrapped up the[Read More…]
LBSU men burned by Sun Devils
Box score In its final tune-up before Big West Conference play, the Long Beach State men’s basketball team dropped a 72-55 decision to Arizona State on Tuesday in Tempe. ASU (6-4) pushed a six-point halftime lead to 18 with a 16-4 run to open the second half at Wells Fargo[Read More…]
49ers take advantage of trips to free-throw line
Box score Christmas may be six days away, but the Long Beach State women’s basketball team received an early present Sunday to open up the Beach Classic at the Walter Pyramid. The 49ers (2-10) pulled away with a 72-62 victory over Florida A&M (3-4) in a game that saw three[Read More…]
Freshman center quits women’s hoops team
For the second time in as many seasons, Long Beach State women’s basketball head coach Jody Wynn has lost a post player midway through the season. Janae Coffee, a 6-foot-3 freshman center, was first suspended for violating team rules for a second time this season. Then, she talked to the[Read More…]
MCDANNALD: 49ers not settling for moral victories
ANAHEIM — There may as well be a recording playing when Long Beach State men’s basketball head coach Dan Monson delivers an opening statement after close defeats to NCAA Tournament-worthy opponents. The fourth-year head coach did not settle after his team led wire-to-wire for 34 of 40 minutes at the[Read More…]
Gaels slip past ‘Niners in Wooden Classic
Box score ANAHEIM — The Long Beach State men’s basketball team started out with 10 unanswered points but couldn’t hang on against Saint Mary’s in a 82-74 defeat at the John R. Wooden Classic on Saturday. Trailing 72-70, the 49ers (5-7) had a chance to tie the game up with[Read More…]
Shooting for A’s – and wins
Imagine waking up around 5 a.m. for a weight training session an hour later, or practice two hours later. Now, imagine doing that every day while traveling — sometimes across country — to play against some of the nation’s top basketball teams. Oh, by the way, good luck finding the[Read More…]
‘Niners give North Carolina a scare
Box score Three career-high efforts were not enough for the Long Beach State men’s basketball team to erase a 14-point halftime deficit Saturday night in Chapel Hill, N.C. T.J. Robinson scored a career-high 31 points as the 49ers battled in a 96-91 loss to North Carolina at the Dean E.[Read More…]
LBSU continues rough stretch
Box score The Pac-10 Conference hasn’t been too kind to the Long Beach State women’s basketball team this season and it only got worse in front of 1,189 fans at the Haas Pavilion on Saturday. The 49ers found themselves on the receiving end of an 82-56 beat down to California[Read More…]