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…]
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‘Niner Notes: Jan. 7-8
Men’s Volleyball: ‘Niners fall in four sets to UC Irvine at Elephant Bar Tournament Long Beach State jumped out to an early lead against defending national champion UC Irvine, winning the first set before the Anteaters stormed back to take the match 26-30, 30-26, 30-21, 30-26 in the fifth-place game of[Read More…]
LBSU women squander 17-point lead in defeat
Box score The Long Beach State women’s basketball team led by as many as 17 points in the first half, but dropped a 67-60 decision to Cal State Fullerton in front of 3,004 fans at the Walter Pyramid on Thursday afternoon. “We got complacent. They turned it up a notch[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…]
Late run keys conference-opening win for LBSU women
Box score The Long Beach State women’s basketball team scored just three points during the first 12 minutes of the second half, yet still managed to pull out a 55-46 victory over UC Riverside Saturday night at the Walter Pyramid. After a UCR timeout with 8:14 remaining, LBSU (5-8, 1-0 Big[Read More…]
‘Niner Notes: Dec. 29 and 30
Men’s volleyball: 49ers put on offensive showcase Box score The Long Beach State men’s volleyball team hit .361 en route to a 30-24, 30-23, 36-34 victory over Canada’s McMaster University in an exhibition at the Walter Pyramid on Tuesday night. A trio of 49ers reached double figures in kills, led by[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…]