The Long Beach State women’s basketball team will be travelling to The Pavilion at UC Davis Thursday hoping to put a halt to its three-game losing streak. The Aggies will enter the game on a four-game winning streak and have won the last two matchups between the schools last season.[Read More…]
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Chugg It At The Nugget: Episode 10
Sports Editor Kevin Colindres & Assistant Alex Manfredi discuss basketball at Long Beach State and the stress of finals raining down upon us.
‘Redemption week’ continues for Long Beach State Saturday
After Wednesday’s win over Southern Utah, Long Beach State men’s basketball head coach Dan Monson deemed it the beginning of redeeming itself. Last season, the 49ers lost on the road to Southern Utah and were blown out by 36 points at home to Fresno State. This year, Monson and company[Read More…]
Long Beach looks to battle against second straight Pac-12 opponent
After a close 75-72 loss to Oregon State Sunday at the Walter Pyramid, the Long Beach State men’s basketball team will face another Pac-12 team Wednesday as it travels for an 8 p.m. matchup at USC. The 49ers continued their trend of competing with teams in the first half, but[Read More…]
Long Beach can’t complete comeback, suffers fifth straight loss
In a tough Black Friday game for the Long Beach State women’s basketball team, the team fought to cut a 19-point deficit against the Northern Iowa Panthers in the annual Beach Classic at the Walter Pyramid. In the last few seconds of the game, the 49ers committed two detrimental fouls,[Read More…]
LBSU Men’s Basketball wins first match against Iona College in MGM Resorts Main Tournament
The Long Beach State men’s basketball team upset the Iona Gaels in the first game of the MGM Resorts Main Event tournament Monday.
Ron Freeman’s game-winning layup puts Long Beach State over Iona
LAS VEGAS — Redshirt junior guard Ron Freeman channeled his inner mamba mentality and put in a leaning layup as the clock expired and the Long Beach State men’s basketball team upset the Iona Gaels in the first game of the MGM Resorts Main Event tournament Monday. Freeman’s first thought[Read More…]
Long Beach looks to bounce back at Mississippi State Friday
Coming off a 90-58 blowout loss at Arizona State Monday, Friday night’s game against No. 17 Mississippi State will be another big challenge for Long Beach State men’s basketball. The 49ers (1-2) will face a tougher opponent this time around. After competing for most of the game last week in[Read More…]
COLUMN: The experience of attending a homecoming game from a non-sports fan
Often I’ve heard the yelling from outside my office, the cheering and swearing at the television from a handful of student reporters in the Daily 49er newsroom when the “big game” is on. Normally, I’d just shut my door and roll my eyes — I was never really into sports.[Read More…]
Long Beach fails to get first win of the season against USC
The Long Beach State women’s basketball team was unable to leave this Veterans Day with a win after dropping its second match of the season 86-50 against USC. “A higher caliber team makes us better. I saw a lot of good things tonight, but obviously there’s a lot of things[Read More…]