Long Beach State Basketball 2019-2020 Preseason Prospectus
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Long Beach State Basketball 2019-2020 Preseason Prospectus 2019-20 BEACH BASKETBALL QUICK FACTS UNIVERSITY • LONG BEACH STATE WILL HAVE A NEW LOOK THIS SEASON, WITH JUST FOUR RETURNING LETTERWINNERS LOCATION .........................................................................................................LONG BEACH, CALIF. JOINING THREE REDSHIRTS AND NINE NEWCOMERS IN THE UPCOMING SEASON. FOUNDED ................................................................................................................................1949 ENROLLMENT .......................................................................................................................36,288 • THE BEACH RETURNS A PAIR OF STARTERS FOR THE UPCOMING SEASON. JUNIOR JORDAN ROBERTS NICKNAME ..............................................................................................................................BEACH WILL BE ASKED TO STEP INTO A LEADERSHIP ROLE AFTER AVERAGING 7.2 POINTS PER GAME LAST SEASON SCHOOL COLORS ...................................................................................................BLACK AND GOLD WHILE PLAYING IN ALL 34 GAMES, STARTING 17. HIS BEST CAME AT THE END OF THE SEASON, HOWEVER, CONFERENCE......................................................................................................................BIG WEST SCORING 15 POINTS OR MORE IN FIVE OF THE TEAM’S FINAL EIGHT GAMES, INCLUDING AN 18-POINT PRESIDENT ...............................................................................................DR. JANE CLOSE CONOLEY PERFORMANCE IN THE BIG WEST TOURNAMENT AGAINST HAWAI’I, CAPPING A MASSIVE COMEBACK WITH ATHLETICS DIRECTOR .........................................................................................................ANDY FEE THE GAME-WINNER IN THE CLOSING SECONDS. DEPUTY ATHLETICS DIRECTOR/SWA ........................................................................ CINDY MASNER • ROBERTS WILL BE JOINED BY ANOTHER JUNIOR IN DREW COBB, A DEFENSIVE STOPPER WHO IMPROVED BASKETBALL STAFF GREATLY OVER THE COURSE OF THE SEASON, SCORING A CAREER-HIGH 11 POINTS AGAINST HAWAI’I IN THE BIG WEST TOURNAMENT AND STARTED 17 OF THE FINAL 19 GAMES OF THE SEASON. HEAD COACH ................................................................... DAN MONSON, 13TH YEAR (IDAHO, ‘85) RECORD AT LONG BEACH STATE ........................................................................................ 200-196 • TWO OTHER LETTERWINNERS RETURN FOR THE BEACH. JORDAN GRIFFIN IS THE PROGRAM’S LONE SENIOR, OVERALL RECORD ............................................................................................................. 370-319 COMING BACK FOR HIS FOURTH SEASON AT LBSU. AN OUTSIDE SHARPSHOOTER, GRIFFIN HAS MADE 84 POSTSEASON APPEARANCES ..........................................................................11 (3 NCAA, 8 NIT) 3-POINTERS IN HIS CAREER, SHOOTING 32.9% OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS AND HAS PLAYED 93 GAMES ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH ............................................................................................ MYKE SCHOLL OVER THE LAST THREE SEASONS AT THE BEACH. ASSISTANT COACHES ..................................................................................................SENQUE CAREY .............................................................................................................................. BOBBY BRASWELL • ALSO RETURNING IS BIG MAN MILOS APIC. APIC SAW LIMITED ACTION LAST SEASON, PLAYING IN EIGHT DIRECTOR OF BASKETBALL OPERATIONS ......................................................................JERRY WOODS GAMES AFTER REDSHIRTING DURING THE 2017-18 CAMPAIGN. APIC PLAYED 12 MINUTES AGAINST HEAD ATHLETIC TRAINER .........................................................................................JARROD SPANJER BETHESDA, SCORING FOUR PLANTS AND MAKING A PAIR OF STEALS IN THAT VICTORY. MEDIA INFORMATION • THREE OTHER PLAYERS RETURN AFTER REDSHIRT SEASONS LAST YEAR FOR LONG BEACH STATE. BREYON ASSISTANT AD/MEN’S BASKETBALL CONTACT ................................................................ROGER KIRK JACKSON SUITED UP FOR EIGHT GAMES LAST YEAR BEFORE BEING SIDELINED BY AN INJURY BUT IS SCHED- OFFICE PHONE ....................................................................................................(562) 985-7565 ULED TO RETURN. THE BEACH ALSO WELCOMES IN JEFFREY YAN, A 6-9 FORWARD WHO REDSHIRTED CELL PHONE ........................................................................................................(562) 505-0975 DURING THE SPRING. FINALLY, THE BEACH BRINGS IN A DIVISION I TRANSFER IN COLIN SLATER, WHO WAS FORCED TO SIT AFTER PLAYING IN 60 GAMES OVER TWO SEASONS AT TULANE. EMAIL ...........................................................................................................ROGER.KIRK@CSULB.EDU ADDRESS ..................................................................................................1250 BELLFLOWER BLVD. • LONG BEACH STATE IS HOPEFUL TO HAVE ANOTHER DIVISION I ADDITION AVAILABLE TO THEM IN ................................................................................................................LONG BEACH, CA 90840 MICHAEL CARTER III. THE 6-5 GUARD INITIALLY STAYED IN HIS HOMETOWN OF SEATTLE TO PLAY AT TICKET OFFICE .....................................................................................................(562) 985-4949 WASHINGTON IN 2017-18, AVERAGING 1.3 POINTS PER GAME WHILE BATTLING SOME INJURIES. AFTER PLAY-BY-PLAY ANNOUNCER ..................................................................................JASON SCHWARTZ TRANSFERRING AWAY FROM THE HUSKIES, CARTER III DID NOT PLAY IN 2018-19. MBB TWITTER ......................................................................................................... @LBSUHOOPS • THE BEACH HAS A BIG COLLECTION OF OTHER NEWCOMERS THAT THE TEAM WILL HOPE TO INTEGRATE FACILITY INFORMATION QUICKLY. COMING TO LONG BEACH STATE ARE JUNIOR COLLEGE TRANSFERS IN TREVER IRISH AND CHANCE ARENA ...................................................................................................................WALTER PYRAMID HUNTER AS WELL AS SIX HIGH SCHOOLERS, MAX DE GEEST, SHADEN KNIGHT, ROMELLE MANSEL, OPENED ...................................................................................................................................1994 JOSHUA MORGAN, JUSTIN RENE AND RODNEY RHODEN. CAPACITY ................................................................................................................................4,200 • DAN MONSON ENTERS HIS 13TH SEASON AS HEAD COACH AT THE BEACH AND IS LONG BEACH STATE’S BASKETBALL INFORMATION ALL-TIME WINS LEADER WITH 200 VICTORIES AT LBSU. THIS WILL BE HIS 23RD SEASON AS A DIVISION 2018-19 OVERALL RECORD .................................................................................................15-19 I HEAD COACH AFTER STOPS AT GONZAGA AND MINNESOTA. HE CURRENTLY RANKS SIXTH ALL-TIME IN 2017-18 CONFERENCE RECORD ................................................................................................8-8 VICTORIES AMONG BIG WEST HEAD COACHES. REGULAR SEASON FINISH ............................................................................................................5TH BIG WEST TOURNAMENT ..................................................LOST 75-67 IN SEMIFINALS TO UC IRVINE POSTSEASON ..............................................................................................................................N/A STARTERS R/L ............................................................................................................................2/3 LETTERWINNERS R/L ...................................................................................................................4/8 REDSHIRTS RETURNING ....................................................................................................................3 NEWCOMERS ...................................................................................................................................9 2019-20 LONG BEACH STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL # NAME POS. HT. WT. YR. PPG RPG MISC NOTES 0 RODNEY RHODEN G 6-5 195 FR. -- -- -- AVERAGED 17 POINTS PER GAME AS A JUNIOR IN HS 1 MICHAEL CARTER III G 6-5 190 SO. 1.3* 0.6* 7 ASSISTS* PLAYED ONE SEASON AT WASHINGTON IN 2017-18 2 JORDAN ROBERTS G/F 6-8 195 JR. 7.2 4.0 11 BLOCKS SCORED IN DOUBLE FIGURES IN FIVE OF LAST EIGHT GAMES 3 DREW COBB G 6-4 205 SO. 2.8 3.6 19 STEALS STARTED 14 OF 16 BIG WEST CONFERENCE GAMES 4 JUSTIN RENE G 6-3 175 FR. -- -- -- LOCAL PRODUCT FROM LONG BEACH POLY 5 SHADEN KNIGHT G 5-10 150 FR. -- -- -- LED RANCHO CUCAMONGA HS TO STATE SEMIFINALS 10 MAX DE GEEST G 6-3 185 FR. -- -- -- PLAYED WITH THE NEW ZEALAND YOUTH NATIONAL TEAM 11 JORDAN GRIFFIN G 6-3 165 SR. 3.2 0.6 21 3-FG MADE FOURTH ON THE TEAM IN 3-POINTERS MADE LAST SEASON 12 BREYON JACKSON F 6-7 235 SO. 1.5 1.8 66.7 FT% PLAYED IN EIGHT GAMES BEFORE MEDICAL REDSHIRT 13 ROMELLE MANSEL F 6-9 210 FR. -- -- -- VERSATILE ATHLETE FROM ST. BERNARD HS IN PLAYA DEL REY 14 COLIN SLATER G 6-1 190 JR. 2.7# 0.8# 0.9 APG# REDSHIRTED IN 2018-19 AS A DI TRANSFER 24 JOSHUA MORGAN C 6-11 190 FR. -- -- -- REACHED CIF OPEN DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP AND SECTION CHAMPS 31 CHANCE HUNTER G 6-6 200 SO. 13.8^ 7.5^ 1.2 APG^ LEADING SCORER AT CERRITOS COLLEGE IN 2018-19 32 TREVER IRISH C 6-11 220 JR. 14.3+ 8.8+ 71 BLOCKS DOUBLE-DOUBLE THREAT AT CENTRAL ARIZONA CC 35 MILOS APIC F 6-10 200 RS-FR. 0.5 0.1 2 STEALS PLAYED IN EIGHT GAMES DURING 2018-19 40 JEFFERY YAN