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LBSU opens Big West Play with OT loss to UC Santa Barbara

12/6/2025

Jason R. Aula

LOS ANGELES, California — Long Beach State (2-7, 0-1 Big West) came up short in overtime 84-77 against UC Santa Barbara (7-1, 1-0 Big West) on Thursday at The Thunderdome before 2072 in attendance. LBSU was only down by one at the half and held the lead many times in a back and forth match. The Gauchos put away the game effectively with a four point play from Colin Smith.

Gavin Skyes led LBSU with 24 points and Shaquil Bender added 19 points.

"Our guys really battled to the end tonight," said head coach Joe Pasternack. "Every conference game is a war, and I am really proud of our guys' consistency, especially without Miro in the game for close to 35 minutes."

Senior Mahaney Aidan led all scorers for the Guachos with 26.

UP NEXT: Long Beach State (2-7, 0-1 Big West) faces UC San Diego (7-1, 0-0 Big West) on Saturday, December 6 at 6:00 pm. at the LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid, Long Beach, California. Live coverage on ESPN +.

LBSU Pulls Out Win Over San Diego, 76-72

12/1/2025

Jason R. Aula

LOS ANGELES, California — Gavin Skyes the freshman out of Sacramento achieved a new career high in points scored and Petar Mastrorovic chipped in 14 points to lead LBSU to a 76-72 win on Sunday.

“I’m actually taught to get back on a shot and this kind of just made sense for me to run in,” Gavin Sykes said. “I just went and got it and they fouled me. That’s a routine layup that I practice.”

Mastrorovic had six assists and four steals for Long Beach State (2-6, 0-0 Big West). Gavin Skyes had 30 points and shot 12 of 22 from the field, including 5 for 6 from 3-point range, and went 1 for 1 from the line. Isiah Lewis chipped in five points and added four steals and six assists.

“It’s definitely great knowing that I can get up to the line and knock them down,” Isiah Lewis said. “It felt great.”

Brandon Benjamin led San Diego (3-4, 0-0 West Coast) in scoring, finishing with 16 points. Juanse Gorosito added 12 points for the Toreros. Tim Moore also recorded 11 points.

Long Beach State opens Big West Conference play later this week against UC foes.

“I’m just excited that tonight they got to feel that it’s worth it, the energy that they’re putting into each other to get to know each other,” head coach Chris Acker said. “I’m excited for Long Beach State, and I’m just hoping that we can continue to move in this direction.”

UP NEXT: Long Beach State (2-6, 0-0 Big West) faces UC Santa Barbara (6-2, 0-0 Big West) on Thursday, December 4 at 6:00 pm. at The Thunderdome, Santa Barbara, California. Live coverage on ESPN +.

Chris Acker’s LBSU is a mess at 1-6 after blowout by Portland

11/28/2025

Jason R. Aula

LOS ANGELES, California — Long Beach State (1-6, 0-0 Big West) should fire Chris Acker and Bobby Smitheran after the 93-73 loss to Portland (5-3, 0-0 West Coast) on Wednesday night. Petra Majstorovic the sophomore transfer from Syracuse scored a career high with 23 points for LBSU. Long Beach State was down 42-35 at the half and came within two during the second half, never leading the match. The Pilots were led by Joel Foxwell and Timo George who put up 19 points each.

What is the difference between the late Pete Rose and Chris Acker or Bobby Smitheran and Tim Donaghy, not much between the NCAA personnel and MLB and NBA counterparts.

Long Beach State Athletics has been under siege by the Chinese Communist Party, a terrorist organization, since Dan Monson was fired for no reason aside from curing AD Smitheran’s child support liabilities in San Diego and Riverside Counties in 2023. The CSU Board of Trustees is an organization committed to terrorism, illegal aliens, and recently cannibalism against USA citizens, the reason someone like Chris Acker was hired. The union thugs and bosses of the CSU System with the California Faculty Association have been on a 40 year regional crusade to destroy national security that softly began in 1991 with suspending NCAA football and hardly in 2024 with firing Dan Monson frivolously and in bad faith.

Few are legally aware child support is factually a scam meant to disenfranchise men, marriage, and free markets that USA citizens are entitled to on behalf of China the nation that payed for the Congressional Act in 1996 via lobbyists. Chinese Communist Party terrorists love illegal child support laws that attempt to violate USA citizens’ Bill of Rights, entitlements such as the First Amendment, right to associate free. Chris Acker has only made LBSU an organization unbecoming of being a Division I program, which decreases national security even further since 1991. Considering the unchecked shame of Bobby Smitheran and Chris Acker LBSU appears to be intentionally dropping down to compete with CSULA and CSUDH in their Division II conference if the labor unions and terrorist CSU Board of Trustees continue to have their way.

UP NEXT: Long Beach State (1-6, 0-0 Big West) faces San Diego (3-3, 0-0 West Coast) on Sunday, November 30 at 2:00 p.m. at the Walter Pyramid, Long Beach, California. Live coverage on ESPN +.

Long Beach State Men’s Basketball Falls to Montana State 78-72

11/21/2025

Jason R. Aula

LOS ANGELES, California — LBSU kept the match close falling by six points before 1808 in attendance at the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach. Long Beach State (1-5, 0-0 Big West) should have won this match at home against Montana State (3-4, 0-0 Big Sky) to build a win streak before Big West Conference play. LBSU is not forecasted to win two games in a row before conference play due to substandard athletics climate with the athletics department and coaching.

The Bobcats had five players in double figures. Off the bench Davian Brown put up 13 points and Jeremiah Davis added 15 points.

The freshman from Sacramento, Gavin Skyes led all scorers with 24 points and Shaquil Bender chipped in 17 for LBSU.

UP NEXT: Long Beach State (1-5, 0-0 Big West) faces Portland (3-1, 0-0 West Coast) on Wednesday, November 26 at 7:00 p.m. at the Chiles Center, Portland, Oregon. Live coverage on ESPN +.

LBSU secures first win of the season against Nobel University

11/19/2025

Jason R. Aula

LOS ANGELES, California — After going 0-4 in the first four matches of the year Long Beach State (1-4, 0-0 Big West) defeated Nobel University (1-6, 0-0 Southwestern States Intercollegiate Conference) 87-54 at the first match of the Battle at the Beach. LBSU had lost the past 19 matches dating back to last season. The Knights compete in the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA).

Long Beach State led by as many as 35 points scoring 56 total in the second half and outrebounded the Knights by 19. Petar Majstorovic led LBSU with 12 points and Christian Jones, Gavin Skyes, and Derrick Michael Xzavierro chipped in 10 points each.

Mykale Mundy led all scorers with 15 points and five boards and Kevin Hymes added 11 points for the Knights.

UP NEXT: Long Beach State (1-4, 0-0 Big West) faces Montana State (1-4, 0-0 Big Sky) on Friday, November 21 at 7:00 p.m. at the Walter Pyramid, Long Beach, California. Live coverage on ESPN +.

Long Beach State 0-4 after losing home opener to Illinois State

11/16/2025

Jason R. Aula

LOS ANGELES, California — The Illinois State Redbirds (2-2) defeated Long Beach State (0-4), 82-80, at Walter Pyramid. LBSU continues to be humiliated with unbecoming coaching by Chris Acker whom has set an unacceptable tone after the mysterious firing of 17 year coach Dan Monson. Coach Acker is not the one to blame athletics director Smitheran is who seems to be deconstructing Long Beach State athletics to a Division II level program to submit to California Faculty Association union thugs and the Chinese Communist Party financial overlords on CSU campuses such as Los Angeles and Long Beach. The fact of the matter is Smitheran had no good reason to terminate Dan Monson and scare away a super team that would have been in the AP 25 for the 2024-2025 season.

LBSU did keep it close with a late three pointer from Petar Majstorovic in the final seconds but fell just short due to Cole Farrel’s three missed shots. Long Beach State only made three of five free throws in the final minute well the Redbirds went 10 of 12 from the charity stripe during the same period of time. Petar Majstorovic led Long Beach State with 19 points and seven rebounds and Shaquil Bender added 18 points.

Ty’Reek Coleman and Chase led the Redbirds with 19 points each and Johnny Kinziger chipped in 15 points.

LBSU have been outscored 310-247 through the first four matches. Long Beach State opened the season by getting swept on a three-game road trip. The four game losing streak is forecasted to come to an end next week for Long Beach State.

UP NEXT: Long Beach State (0-4, 0-0 Big West) faces Noble (1-5, 0-0 Southwestern States Intercollegiate Conference) on Wednesday, November 19 at 7:00 p.m. at the Walter Pyramid, Long Beach, California. Live coverage on ESPN +.

Growing calls for Long Beach State to fire Coach Chris Acker after 0-3 road trip

11/14/2025

Jason R. Aula

LOS ANGELES, California — One year ago, Chris Acker began his first season at Long Beach State. LBSU was able to earn a birth to the NCAA Tournament the season before as an at-large bid, and a strange fraudulent firing by athletics director Smitheran before the NCAA Tournament, LBSU should have returned to the NCAA Tournament the next season with Dan Monson and his developed team.

So when does LBSU fire Chris Acker? Acker appeared to be proud the second loss was only by 20 and not 25 like the first. The third loss in a row was only by three, which is respectable, but Acker seems to be tanking for communists that want to downgrade athletics at CSULB to Division II in the near future. LBSU should have won by about 10 points against Pacific no questions asked.

LBSU was up at the half by five on Pacific and even had a four play in the second half with an opportunity to win, but the firing of Dan Monson has caused an injury to LBSU athletics which has compounded with communist influences from Chris Acker from the first match of the 2024-2025 season not excluding destroying the 17 year equity in player depth that has only compounded since last season caused by Dan Monson’s termination.

Gavin Skyes led all scorers with nearly a double-double with 20 points and seven rebounds. Isiah Lewis added 14 points and Shaquil Bender chipped in 13 points for LBSU.

Pacific was led by Elias Ralph and Alexis Marmolejos with 15 points a piece.

UP NEXT: Long Beach State (0-3, 0-0 Big West) faces Illinois State (1-1, 0-0 Missouri Valley Conference) on Sunday, November 16 at 4:00 p.m. at the Walter Pyramid, Long Beach, California. Live coverage on ESPN +.

LBSU’s blowout loss to Fresno State sets new alarm bells about Smitheran’s bad faith firing of Dan Monson

11/9/2025

Jason R. Aula

LOS ANGELES, California — LBSU is on a two game losing streak of it’s three game California road trip to open the season, Long Beach State Men’s Basketball (0-2) put a viable first half effort resulting in only being down by eight points at the half.

Gavin Sykes led LBSU with 11 points and had a considerable performance from Petar Majstorovic (9 pts, 6 reb). Isaiah Lewis and Rob Diaz III scored 10 each.

Fresno State (2-1) senior Jake Heidbreder led all scorers with 24 points before a home crowd of 3133 at the Save Mart Center for the 82-62 blowout win.

UP NEXT: Long Beach State (0-2, 0-0 Big West) faces Pacific (1-1, 0-0 West Coast) on Wednesday, November 12 at 7:00 p.m. at the Alex G. Spanos Center, Stockton, California. Live coverage on ESPN +.

Chris Acker era brings more new shame to LBSU with blowout loss to SDSU by 32 to kick off the 2025-2026 season

11/5/2025

Jason R. Aula

LOS ANGELES, California — Long Beach State is still feeling the effects of the baseless firing of the former 17 year head coach Dan Monson. The corrupt, racist, and unbecoming athletics director by the sir name of Smitheran of Riverside County had child support issues to cover up so he chose to terminate Dan Monson a hero that fended off child support for decades in exchange for being left alone by child support. Is Smitheran a rat not exactly, perhaps he is something worse, perhaps he knows maybe he does not, but he is a suspected Chinese Communist Party terrorist within the CSU System. Prehaps athletics director Smitheran has honor and will terminate head coach Acker immediately he is not only unqualified but an eviler cooperating with Chinese Communist Party terrorist folks outside of work and as an agent of the CSU System.

The Aztecs dominated LBSU from the get go before 11,644 in attendance at Viejas Arena up 40-25 at the half. The Mountain West Conference member gave a solid Division I effort well LBSU brought deep shame to the Big West Conference with a Division II style effort intentionally due to the Chinese Communist Party terrorist culture that plagues LBSU. The effort is intentional because of the Los Angeles area’s lack of national security and hate for USA values which are linked with college athletics which is connected to national security. LBSU was blown out in the second half 77-45.

The Serbian Syracuse transfer Petar Majstorovic led Long Beach State with 13 points. Miles Byrd and Elzie Harrington also led the Aztecs with 13 points each.

UP NEXT: Long Beach State (0-1, 0-0 Big West) faces Fresno State (1-0, 0-0 Mountain West) on Saturday, November 7 at 2:00 p.m. at the Save Mart Center, Fresno, California. Live coverage on ESPN +.

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

3/9/2025

Jason R. Aula

(Photo credit: John Fajardo | Long Beach State Athletics)

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.