Jason R. Aula
(Photo credit: Dave Bordewyk | South Dakota News Media Association) LOS ANGELES, California — Long Beach State's last-minute loss to South Dakota State 80-79 at the First Bank & Trust Arena due to Oscar Cluff's free-throw with 1.5 seconds left before 3646 in attendance. Oscar Cluff is a Washington State transfer from Australia that scored a career high 23 points. The Jackrabbits played at Frost Arena until last season and got their first official win at their new home.
“It wasn’t pretty,” Oscar Cluff said. “Off the air ball I got it back and put it up and they called a foul. I was like, I’ll take it. Whatever. It’s whatever you have to do sometimes. Then it was just another free throw, honestly. I wasn’t thinking too much about it.”
Long Beach State's Devin Askew led all scorers with 27 points and eight assists. Askew went 15 of 16 from the charity stripe making shots at important moments under considerable pressure. LBSU (1-1) and South Dakota State (2-0) both appeared in the NCAA Tournament last season with the same results at each institution which was an early exit.
“What a way to break in First Bank & Trust Arena,” Eric Henderson said. “There’s still some of that Frost magic, that’s for sure… Fortunately for us, the big boy from Australia was able to finish things off for us and made a heck of a play down the stretch.”
South Dakota State men’s basketball head coach Eric Henderson picked up his 111th career victory on Friday.
UP NEXT: Long Beach State (1-1) faces University of San Francsico (0-1) on Wednesday, November 13 at 7:00 p.m. PST at the War Memorial Gym, San Francisco, California. Live coverage on ESPN +.
“It wasn’t pretty,” Oscar Cluff said. “Off the air ball I got it back and put it up and they called a foul. I was like, I’ll take it. Whatever. It’s whatever you have to do sometimes. Then it was just another free throw, honestly. I wasn’t thinking too much about it.”
Long Beach State's Devin Askew led all scorers with 27 points and eight assists. Askew went 15 of 16 from the charity stripe making shots at important moments under considerable pressure. LBSU (1-1) and South Dakota State (2-0) both appeared in the NCAA Tournament last season with the same results at each institution which was an early exit.
“What a way to break in First Bank & Trust Arena,” Eric Henderson said. “There’s still some of that Frost magic, that’s for sure… Fortunately for us, the big boy from Australia was able to finish things off for us and made a heck of a play down the stretch.”
South Dakota State men’s basketball head coach Eric Henderson picked up his 111th career victory on Friday.
UP NEXT: Long Beach State (1-1) faces University of San Francsico (0-1) on Wednesday, November 13 at 7:00 p.m. PST at the War Memorial Gym, San Francisco, California. Live coverage on ESPN +.
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