NCAAB

Long Beach State Beach at UC Irvine Anteaters

· Big West Championship - Semifinal
Long Beach State Beach
20-14, 9-7 Away
Final
83 - 79
UC Irvine Anteaters
24-9, 13-0 Home

Long Beach State knocks off top-seeded UC Irvine 83-79 in Big West Conference semifinal

Jadon Jones' tying bucket leads to Long Beach State's upset win over UC Irvine

The Beach (20-14) advance Saturday's conference championship game.

Traore had eight rebounds and seven assists for the Beach. Jadon Jones scored 15 points and added nine rebounds and four steals. Marcus Tsohonis had 15 points and shot 5 for 14, including 3 for 5 from beyond the arc.

Justin Hohn led the Anteaters (24-9) in scoring, finishing with 19 points. UC Irvine also got 18 points and nine assists from Pierre Crockrell II. Bent Leuchten had 10 points and nine rebounds.

Tsohonis scored 10 points in the first half for Long Beach State, who led 47-38 at the break. Long Beach State pulled off the victory after a 7-0 second-half run broke a 55-55 tie and gave them the lead at 62-55 with 12:54 left in the half. Traore scored 13 second-half points.

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Matchup Prediction

UC Irvine: 82.3%
Long Beach State: 17.7%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 83 - 79
2nd 0:00 End of 2nd half 83 - 79
2nd 0:00 Long Beach State Defensive Rebound. 83 - 79
2nd 0:00 Andre Henry missed Three Point Jumper. 83 - 79
2nd 0:02 UC Irvine Timeout 83 - 79

Statistics

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27-60 FG 32-65
45.0 Field Goal % 49.2
7-18 3PT 5-14
38.9 Three Point % 35.7
22-25 FT 10-19
88.0 Free Throw % 52.6
38 Rebounds 38
11 Offensive Rebounds 14
27 Defensive Rebounds 24
16 Assists 16
6 Steals 4
6 Blocks 0
9 Turnovers 8
0 Team Turnovers 1
9 Total Turnovers 8
1 Technical Fouls 1
1 Total Technical Fouls 1
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
14 Points Off Turnovers 6
18 Fast Break Points 6
26 Points in Paint 42
16 Fouls 20
10 Largest Lead 4

Game Information

Venue: Lee's Family Forum

Location: Henderson, NV
Capacity:

2024-25 Big West Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Hawai'i 0-0 - 3-0
UC Irvine 0-0 - 3-0
UC Santa Barbara 0-0 - 3-0
Cal State Bakersfield 0-0 - 2-1
Cal State Northridge 0-0 - 2-1
UC Davis 0-0 - 2-1
UC San Diego 0-0 - 2-1
Cal Poly 0-0 - 2-2
UC Riverside 0-0 - 2-2
Long Beach State 0-0 - 1-2
Cal State Fullerton 0-0 - 0-4
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