NCAAM teams
UCI

56

11-9
Final
LBSU

63

7-14
RecapBox Score
1 2 T
UCI 23 33 56
LBSU 25 38 63
Walter Pyramid, Long Beach
Associated Press 4y

Long Beach State knocks off Big West-leader UC Irvine 63-56

Men's College Basketball, Long Beach State 49ers, UC Irvine Anteaters

LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Colin Slater scored 19 points and Long Beach State beat Big West Conference leader UC Irvine 63-56 on Wednesday night to snap the Anteaters three-game win streak.

Chance Hunter added 11 points for the 49ers (7-14, 2-3), who shot 46.2% (24 of 52) from the floor.

Evan Leonard scored 14 points to lead UC Irvine (11-9, 3-1). Tommy Rutherford and John Edgar Jr. added 10 points apiece. Collin Welp, who led the Anteaters in scoring entering the matchup with 14 points per game, was held to two points (1 of 10).

The 49ers took the lead for good, 25-23, on a pair of Max De Geest free throws just before halftime, and opened the second half on a 10-0 run. UC Irvine pulled to 46-44 with 8:22 left but didn't get closer.

UC Irvine hosts Cal Poly on Saturday. Long Beach State plays at UC Riverside on Jan. 30.

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