Jason R. Aula

Long Beach State's Colin Slater had a career-high 30 points with three assists and three rebounds. Aboubacar Traore scored 12 points and had nine boards.
UC Santa Barbara's Ajay Mitchell had 11 points and five rebounds. Mitchell who hails from Belgium was named the 2021-2022 Big West Conference freshman of the year. Ajare Sanni and Miles Norris scored 15 points each for the Guachos.
UP NEXT: Long Beach State is set to close out the Big West Conference Tournament final Saturday facing CSU Fullerton (20-10, 11-5 Big West Conference) at 8:30pm in the Dollar Loan Center in Henderson, Nevada with coverage on ESPN 2.