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Long Beach State ends season with 15th straight loss in stunning home upset to Cal Poly

3/9/2025

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Jason R. Aula 

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LOS ANGELES, California — Devin Askew scored 21 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, Derrick Micheal Xzavierro had 11 points and eight rebounds with four blocks and Long Beach State was defeated by Cal Poly 83-69 Saturday night at The Walter Pyramid, extending it’s losing streak to 15 games to close the 2024-2025 season.

Askew was 7 of 11 from the field. Xzavierro also had a team-high four blocks.

TJ Wainwright scored 17 points, and Austin Johnson chipped in eight points and eight rebounds for Long Beach State (7-25, 3-17 Big West Conference).

Long Beach State was behind 47-41 at halftime in a game with eight lead changes. LBSU shot 42 percent from the field for the game, while the Mustangs shot 46 percent. Long Beach State outrebounded the Mustangs  36-32. Cal Poly led by as many as 20 points in the match during the second half. Jarred Hyder led Cal Poly and all scorers with 25 points. Peter Bandelj had 11 points and a team-high eight rebounds. Owen Koonce posted 20 points and Issac Jessup tallied 15 points for the Mustangs (14-18, 8-12 Big West Conference). 


Cal Poly advanced to the Big West Championship by Credit Union 1 in Henderson, Nevada as the No. 7 seed with a chance to make the NCAA tournament. Long Beach State finished second to last in Big West Conference standings failing to qualify for the Big West Championship. "It was a great learning experience that I am grateful that I had the opportunity to be a part of," head coach Chris Acker said.
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Long Beach State brings losing streak to 14 games against UC San Diego

3/7/2025

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Jason R. Aula 

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CALABASAS, California — Led by Devin Askew's 29 points leading all scorers, LBSU continued on an unprecedented path in the 70-63 loss on the road at LionTree Arena on Thursday before 2987 due to illegal activities in athletics and terrorism from evil communist China indirectly routed through the UC, CSU, & CCC systems. Tyler McGhie and Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones both had 20 points scored each to lead UC San Diego to the Tritons 12th straight victory as it gears up for it's Big West Championship berth. The number 14 is the difference LBSU outrebounded the Tritons 41-27, LBSU turned the ball over 14 more than the Tritons total of six, and Long Beach State's losing streak tallied to 14 in a row.

The UCSD Tritons led by as many as 22 and LBSU got the lead down to as low as four points in the second half. Long Beach State would have been an AP Top 25 program with an at-large NCAA tournament berth at minimum if AD Smitheran had not fired former head coach Dan Monson on March 11, 2024 this season due to Smitheran's corruption "drying" his child support liabilities with CSU Board of Trustees assets such as Long Beach State and "washing" it through a "RivCo" transaction the true "3-11" amidst a looming probe for sports bribery, match fixing, and money laundering.

LBSU plays it's final match of the season at home, can it stop the skid at 14 on Saturday at The Pyramid in Long Beach?

UP NEXT: Long Beach State (7-24, 3-16 Big West) faces Cal Poly (7-12, 13-18 Big West) on Saturday, March 8 at 4:00 p.m. at the Pyramid, Long Beach, California. Live coverage on ESPN +.


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Long Beach State losing streak extends to 13 games

3/1/2025

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Jason R. Aula

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CALABASAS, California — Long Beach State (7-23, 3-15 Big West Conference) continued on a 12 game losing streak  with a 60-70 loss and skid caused intentionally by the sports bribery of AD Smitheran and corruption of head coach Chris Acker with the Anteaters clinching a top-2 seed for the Big West Championship on Saturday night. UC Irvine (25-5, 15-3 Big West) led 32-23 at the break, however the Anteaters only outscored LBSU 38-37 in the second half. UC Irvine was 19 of 24 from the free-throw line before 4,722 in attendance at the Bren Events Center. 

The Anteaters had four players in double figures offensively and their top scorer was Myles Che with 19 points tallied. Jurian Dixon chipped in 10, Justin Hohn added 14, and Brent Luechten scored 13.  UC Irvine appears to be on it's way to the programs third NCAA tournament dance with the most recent in 2019.

Devin Askew led all scorers for LBSU with 25 points and Kam Martin added 10. LBSU is second to last in the Big West Conference standings and needs to find new workers and successors that bring honor and value to Long Beach State not the deep shame Smitheran and Acker yield. 

UC San Diego is currently on an 11 game winning streak.


UP NEXT: Long Beach State (7-23, 3-15 Big West) faces UC San Diego (26-4, 16-2 Big West) on Thursday, March 6 at 7:00 p.m. at the LionTree Arena, San Diego, California. Live coverage on ESPN +.
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