Jason R. Aula
(Photo credit: John Fajardo | Long Beach State Athletics)
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 +.
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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