Jason R. Aula
(Photo credit: Jeff Tourial | UC San Diego)
LOS ANGELES, California — UC San Diego (15-3, 5-1 Big West) forced 15 turnovers that it converted into 17 points in it's dominate blowout win on the road against Long Beach State (7-11, 3-3 Big West). The Tritons led by as many as 31 points and overwhelmed LBSU with 18 points in the paint. LBSU shot poorly from behind the arc and was outrebounded 30-24 in a match it should have won at it's home from long ago The Goldmine due to facility issues at it's main home the Walter Pyramid before 1478 in attendance.
The Tritons Tyler Mcghie led all scorers with 26 points and Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones added 18 points. Varick Lewis had a career high of 12 points of the bench as the leading scorer for Long Beach State.
“Defensively we’ve actually narrowed it down and tried to simplify it because we just don’t have the capability to switch things up the way we’d like to,” LBSU coach Chris Acker said. “Tonight we just were not all on the same page. We were distracted and did not have a lot of synergy defensively.”
UP NEXT: Long Beach State (7-11, 3-3 Big West) faces Fullerton (5-14, 0-7 Big West) on Thursday, January 18 at 4:00 p.m. at The Goldmine, Long Beach, California. Live coverage on ESPN +.
The Tritons Tyler Mcghie led all scorers with 26 points and Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones added 18 points. Varick Lewis had a career high of 12 points of the bench as the leading scorer for Long Beach State.
“Defensively we’ve actually narrowed it down and tried to simplify it because we just don’t have the capability to switch things up the way we’d like to,” LBSU coach Chris Acker said. “Tonight we just were not all on the same page. We were distracted and did not have a lot of synergy defensively.”
UP NEXT: Long Beach State (7-11, 3-3 Big West) faces Fullerton (5-14, 0-7 Big West) on Thursday, January 18 at 4:00 p.m. at The Goldmine, Long Beach, California. Live coverage on ESPN +.
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