San Diego holds off Long Beach St. for 74-70 win
SAN DIEGO -- Olin Carter III scored 16 of his 21 points in the second half and San Diego hit all of its eight free-throw attempts in the final two minutes to beat Long Beach State 74-70 on Saturday night.
Isaiah Pineiro and Tyler Williams added 17 points apiece and Isaiah Wright had 11 points and six assists for San Diego. Williams hit 5 of 8 from 3-point range and Pineiro grabbed nine rebounds.
Carter scored the first nine points before Williams hit back-to-back 3s to cap a 15-0 run that gave San Diego (6-2) a 10-point lead -- the biggest by either team -- with 11:41 to play. After the teams traded baskets, Long Beach State (2-7) scored 12 of the next 18 points to pull within four and KJ Byers capped a 7-0 spurt that made it 66-all with two minutes to play. Pineiro, Carter and Wright combined to make 8 of 8 from the free-throw line from there to seal it.
Temidayo Yussuf had a career-best 28 points on 10-of-13 shooting and Edon Maxhuni scored a season-high 19 for LBSU.
San Diego hit 10 3-pointers and made 14 of 16 foul shots. The 49ers shot just 4 of 15 (27 percent) from 3-point range.
Game Information
- Referees:
- Klaus Endrissat
- Tom Nally
- Randy Richardson
2023-24 Big West Conference Standings
Team | CONF | GB | OVR |
---|---|---|---|
UC Irvine | 17-3 | - | 24-10 |
UC San Diego | 15-5 | 2 | 21-12 |
UC Davis | 14-6 | 3 | 20-13 |
Hawai'i | 11-9 | 6 | 20-14 |
Long Beach State | 10-10 | 7 | 21-15 |
UC Riverside | 10-10 | 7 | 16-18 |
Cal State Northridge | 9-11 | 8 | 19-15 |
UC Santa Barbara | 9-11 | 8 | 16-15 |
Cal State Bakersfield | 8-12 | 9 | 13-19 |
Cal State Fullerton | 7-13 | 10 | 14-18 |
Cal Poly | 0-20 | 17 | 4-28 |
2023-24 West Coast Conference Standings
Team | CONF | GB | OVR |
---|---|---|---|
Saint Mary's | 15-1 | - | 26-8 |
Gonzaga | 14-2 | 1 | 27-8 |
Dayton | 14-4 | 1 | 25-8 |
San Francisco | 11-5 | 4 | 23-11 |
Santa Clara | 10-6 | 5 | 20-13 |
San Diego | 7-9 | 8 | 18-15 |
Pepperdine | 5-11 | 10 | 13-20 |
Loyola Marymount | 5-11 | 10 | 12-19 |
Portland | 5-11 | 10 | 12-21 |
Pacific | 0-16 | 15 | 6-26 |