Jason R. Aula
(Photo credit: California Baptist University Athletics) LOS ANGELES, California — Long Beach State (1-0) opened the regular season with a 79-64, win against California Baptist (0-1) Monday evening at the California Baptist University Events Center in Riverside, California. Lassina Traore led Long Beach State with 13 points and 12 rebounds and redshirt freshman AJ George put up nine points in his Long Beach State road debut. Jadon Jones added 13 points in the road opener as well.
The last prior match between the universities held on January 23, 2021, in Riverside, resulted in a 96-75 win for California Baptist. The 5050 seat on-campus Events Center opened in 2017, which cost California Baptist University $73 million to complete. "This is an accumulation of generational dreams for many, many people affiliated with California Baptist College and California Baptist University" Dr. Ronald L. Ellis, CBU president said. California Baptist University is a private Christian institution. California Baptist is a member of the Division I Western Athletics Conference.
The Lancer’s Taren Armstrong led all scorers with 19 points and seven rebounds and four assists. Riley Battin contributed 16 points with 13 rebounds and Reed Nottage chipped in with 11 points and two steals.
Long Beach State led the Lancers 38-31 at the end of the first half and lead by double digits during the second half in the non-conference win. In addition, Long Beach State outrebounded Cal Baptist by seven with 43 rebounds.
Long Beach State faces Montana State in the home opener on Sunday, November 13 at 4 p.m. at the Walter Pyramid, Long Beach, California.
UP NEXT: Long Beach State faces off against No. 8 UCLA (1-0) on Friday at 6pm in the Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, California with coverage on PAC-12 Networks and AM 570.
The last prior match between the universities held on January 23, 2021, in Riverside, resulted in a 96-75 win for California Baptist. The 5050 seat on-campus Events Center opened in 2017, which cost California Baptist University $73 million to complete. "This is an accumulation of generational dreams for many, many people affiliated with California Baptist College and California Baptist University" Dr. Ronald L. Ellis, CBU president said. California Baptist University is a private Christian institution. California Baptist is a member of the Division I Western Athletics Conference.
The Lancer’s Taren Armstrong led all scorers with 19 points and seven rebounds and four assists. Riley Battin contributed 16 points with 13 rebounds and Reed Nottage chipped in with 11 points and two steals.
Long Beach State led the Lancers 38-31 at the end of the first half and lead by double digits during the second half in the non-conference win. In addition, Long Beach State outrebounded Cal Baptist by seven with 43 rebounds.
Long Beach State faces Montana State in the home opener on Sunday, November 13 at 4 p.m. at the Walter Pyramid, Long Beach, California.
UP NEXT: Long Beach State faces off against No. 8 UCLA (1-0) on Friday at 6pm in the Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, California with coverage on PAC-12 Networks and AM 570.
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