Long Beach State 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- 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...... , 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 ...... • 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...... [email protected] 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 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 F 6-9 275 r-Fr. ------Joined squad as a redshirt last season

*at Washington (17-18) | ^at Cerritos CC | #at Tulane (17-18) | +at Central Arizona CC (17-18) Long Beach State Basketball 2019-2020 Preseason Prospectus 2019-20 Long Beach State Men’s Basketball Schedule

Day Date Opponent Location TV/Stream Time Wed. Nov. 6 at UCLA Los Angeles, Calif. TBA Sat. Nov. 9 San Diego (HOMECOMING) Walter Pyramid Beach Vision 4 p.m. Tue. Nov. 12 at Stanford Palo Alto, Calif. TBA Thu. Nov. 14 at St. Mary’s Moraga, Calif. 7 p.m. Sun. Nov. 17 at Seattle Seattle, Wash. 1 p.m. Fri. Nov. 22 Fresno Pacific Walter Pyramid Beach Vision 7 p.m. Sun. Nov. 24 ^ at Arizona Tucson, Ariz. TBA at Wooden Legacy (Arizona, College of Charleston, Penn, Pepperdine, Providence, UCF, Wake Forest) Thu. Nov. 28 ^ at Wooden Legacy Fullerton, Calif. TBA Fri. Nov. 29 ^ at Wooden Legacy Fullerton, Calif. TBA Sun. Dec. 1 ^ at Wooden Legacy Fullerton, Calif. TBA Sat. Dec. 7 Pacific Walter Pyramid Beach Vision TBA Sun. Dec. 15 at USC Los Angeles, Calif. TBA Thu. Dec. 19 Southern Utah Walter Pyramid Beach Vision 7 p.m. Sat. Dec. 21 Utah Valley Walter Pyramid Beach Vision TBA Sat. Dec. 28 at Florida Gainsville, Fla. TBA Sat. Jan. 4 Cal State Los Angeles Walter Pyramid Beach Vision TBA Wed. Jan. 8 • at CSUN Northridge, Calif. 7 p.m. Sat. Jan. 11 • at UC Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, Calif. 7 p.m. Thu. Jan. 16 • UC Davis Walter Pyramid 7 p.m. Sat. Jan. 18 • Cal State Fullerton Walter Pyramid TBA Wed. Jan. 22 • UC Irvine Walter Pyramid 7 p.m. Wed. Jan. 29 • at UC Riverside Riverside, Calif. 7 p.m. Sat. Feb. 1 • UC Santa Barbara Walter Pyramid 7 p.m. Wed. Feb. 5 • at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Calif. 7 p.m. Wed. Feb. 12 • at Hawai’i Honolulu, Hawai’i 7 p.m. Sat. Feb. 15 • UC Riverside Walter Pyramid TBA Wed. Feb. 19 • at UC Irvine Irvine, Calif. 7 p.m. Sat. Feb. 22 • Hawai’i Walter Pyramid TBA Wed. Feb. 26 • CSUN Walter Pyramid 7 p.m. Sat. Feb. 29 • at UC Davis Davis, Calif. 7 p.m. Thu. Mar. 5 • Cal Poly Walter Pyramid 7 p.m. Sat. Mar. 7 • at Cal State Fullerton Fullerton, Calif. 7 p.m.

Mar. 12-14 Big West Tournament Anaheim, Calif. Mar. 17-18 NCAA First Four Dayton, Ohio Mar. 19-22 NCAA Opening Rounds 16 Sites Mar. 26-29 NCAA Regionals Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Houston, New York Apr. 4, Apr. 6 NCAA Final Four Atlanta, Ga.

All times Pacific and subject to change Home matches in Bold ^ Wooden Legacy * TV “Wild Card” Game • Big West Game Long Beach State Basketball 2019-2020 Preseason Prospectus

No. Name Pos Ht Wt Class Exp Hometown (High School/Previous College) 0 Rodney Rhoden G 6-5 195 Fr. HS Daytona Beach, Fla. (Mainland HS) 1 Michael Carter III G 6-5 190 So. TR Seattle, Wash. (O’Dea HS/Washington/South Dakota State) 2 Jordan Roberts G 6-8 195 Jr. 2V Bakersfield, Calif. (Ridgeview HS) 3 Drew Cobb G 6-4 205 Jr. 1V Sacramento, Calif. (Sheldon HS/Fresno City CC) 4 Justin Rene G 6-3 175 Fr. HS Long Beach, Calif. (Long Beach Poly HS) 5 Shaden Knight G 5-10 150 Fr. HS Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. (Rancho Cucamonga HS) 10 Max De Geest G 6-3 185 Fr. HS Christchurch, New Zealand (Christ’s College) 11 Jordan Griffin G 6-3 165 So. 1V Corona, Calif. (Centennial HS) 12 Breyon Jackson F 6-7 235 Jr. RS Cincinnati, Ohio (Riverdale Baptist HS/Cloud County CC) 13 Romelle Mansel F 6-9 210 Fr. HS Playa Del Rey, Calif. (St. Bernard HS) 14 Colin Slater G 6-1 190 Jr. RS New Orleans, La. (Immanuel [CA] HS/Tulane) 24 Joshua Morgan C 6-11 190 Fr. HS Sacramento, Calif. (Sheldon HS) 31 Chance Hunter G 6-6 200 So. JC Inglewood, Calif. (Inglewood HS/Cerritos CC) 32 Trever Irish C 6-11 220 Jr. TR Lewiston, Maine (Valley Prep Academy/Central Arizona CC) 35 Milos Apic F 6-10 200 So. 1V Novi Sad, Serbia (Sandy Spring Friends School) 40 Jeffery Yan F 6-9 275 R-Fr. RS Shanghai, China (Capistrano Valley Christian HS)

ROSTER BREAKDOWN

Starters Returning (2) G - Drew Cobb (6-4, 205, Jr.) 2.8 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 19 steals, Defensive stopper started 14 of 16 league games G/F - Jordan Roberts (6-8, 195, Jr.) 7.2 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 24 steals, averaged 8.4 points per game in Big West play

Starters Lost (3) G - Bryan Alberts (6-5, 200, Sr.) 10.5 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 73 3-pt FG made, Honorable Mention All-Big West [Graduated] G - Deishuan Booker (6-3, 170, Sr.) 18.8 ppg, 4.4 apg, 3.5 rpg, First-Team All-Big West, Nation’s leader with 250 Free Throws Made (91.2%) [Graduated] F - Mason Riggins (6-8, 230, Sr.) 7.1 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 61.8 FG%, Honorable Mention All-Big West [Graduated]

Other Lettermen Returning (2) F - Milos Apic (6-10, 200, So.) 0.5 ppg, 0.1 rpg, 2 assists, 8 games played G - Jordan Griffin (6-3, 165, Sr.) 3.2 ppg, 0.6 rpg, 21 3-FG made, 28 games played

Other Lettermen Lost (5) F - KJ Byers (6-7, 195, Sr.) 7.6 ppg, 6.1 rpg, 34 blocks, 30 games played [Graduated] G - Edon Maxhuni (6-2, 185, Jr.) 7.2 ppg, 0.9 rpg, 37 assists, 40.8 3-FG%, 34 games played [Returned To Europe] G/F - Demetrius Mims (6-6, 180, Fr.) 1.1 ppg., 0.9 rpg, 7 blocks, 28 games played [Transfer - Towson] G - Breamon Richard (5-10, 160, Sr.) 0.5 ppg, 0.5 rpg, 6 assists, 31 games played [Graduated] F - Temidayo Yussuf (6-7, 265, Sr.)10.4 ppg, 6.5 rpg, 46.7 FG%, 28 games played [Graduated]

Redshirts Returning (3) F - Breyon Jackson (6-7, 235, Jr.) 1.5 ppg, 1.8 rpg, 8 games played [Medical Redshirt] G - Colin Slater (6-1, 190, Jr.) - 2.7 ppg, 0.9 apg at Tulane in 2017-18 F - Jeffrey Yan (6-9, 275, R-Fr.)

Transfers (3) G - Michael Carter III (6-5, 190, So.) 1.3 ppg, 0.6 rpg at Washington in 2017-18 G - Chance Hunter (6-6, 200, So.) 13.8 ppg, 7.5 rpg at Cerritos CC in 2018-19 C - Trever Irish (6-11, 220, Jr.) 14.3 ppg, 8.8 rpg at Central Arizona CC in 2017-18

High School Recruits (6) G - Max De Geest (6-3, 185, Fr.) Christcurch, New Zealand (Christ’s College) G - Shaden Knight (5-10, 150, Fr.) Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. (Rancho Cucamonga HS) F - Romelle Mansel (6-9, 210, Fr.) Playa Del Rey, Calif. (St. Bernard HS) C - Joshua Morgan (6-11, 190, Fr.) Sacramento, Calif. (Sheldon HS) G - Justin Rene (6-3, 175, Fr.) Long Beach, Calif. (Long Beach Poly HS) G - Rodney Rhoden (6-5, 195, Fr.) Daytona Beach, Fla, (Mainland HS) Long Beach State Basketball 2019-2020 Preseason Prospectus

2018-19 Long Beach State Basketball Long Beach State Season Schedule/Results & Leaders (as of Mar 18, 2019) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 15-19 9-5 4-12 2-2 CONFERENCE 8-8 4-4 4-4 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 7-11 5-1 0-8 2-2

Date Opponent Score Att. High Points High Rebounds 11/09/18 at UCLA 80-91 L 7920 (31)Booker, Deishuan (6)Byers, KJ 11/10/18 MENLO COLLEGE W 78-57 3888 (19)Booker, Deishuan (8)Byers, KJ (8)Yussuf, Temidayo 11/12/18 at Arizona State 58-90 L 8818 (9)Griffin, Jordan (6)Riggins, Mason 11/16/18 1at Mississippi State 51-79 L 8106 (8)Alberts, Bryan (5)Riggins, Mason (8)Byers, KJ (5)Roberts, Jordan (5)Yussuf, Temidayo 11/19/18 vs Iona W 86-85 (18)Yussuf, Temidayo (10)Byers, KJ 11/21/18 vs Utah Valley 72-87 L (29)Booker, Deishuan (6)Byers, KJ 11/25/18 OREGON STATE 72-75 L 2082 (15)Maxhuni, Edon (11)Yussuf, Temidayo 11/28/18 at Southern California 65-75 L 2031 (13)Roberts, Jordan (8)Freeman, Ron (13)Alberts, Bryan 12/1/18 at San Diego 70-74 L 1419 (28)Yussuf, Temidayo (14)Byers, KJ 12/5/18 SOUTHERN UTAH W 82-71 1876 (21)Booker, Deishuan (13)Yussuf, Temidayo 12/08/18 at Fresno State 71-92 L 5945 (18)Alberts, Bryan (6)Roberts, Jordan (6)Yussuf, Temidayo 12/10/18 at Pacific 68-74 L 1247 (14)Yussuf, Temidayo (10)Yussuf, Temidayo 12/20/18 PEPPERDINE W 67-66 1679 (21)Yussuf, Temidayo (11)Yussuf, Temidayo 12/22/18 COLORADO STATE W 64-61 1727 (14)Booker, Deishuan (10)Riggins, Mason 12/29/18 at Stanford 86-93 L 3452 (22)Alberts, Bryan (8)Yussuf, Temidayo 1/5/19 BETHESDA W 124-52 1867 (35)Alberts, Bryan (12)Riggins, Mason 1/12/19 *UC DAVIS W 82-77 3002 (32)Booker, Deishuan (12)Riggins, Mason 01/16/19 *at UC Irvine W 80-70 1530 (28)Booker, Deishuan (7)Alberts, Bryan 1/19/19 *CAL STATE FULLERTON 90-92 Lot 2312 (33)Booker, Deishuan (11)Byers, KJ 1/23/19 *at CSUN 71-86 L 985 (20)Booker, Deishuan (7)Riggins, Mason 1/26/19 *UC SANTA BARBARA 71-82 L 2333 (25)Booker, Deishuan (9)Booker, Deishuan 01/31/19 *at Hawai'i 57-74 L 5293 (18)Riggins, Mason (9)Byers, KJ 2/2/19 *UC IRVINE 80-82 L 2344 (29)Booker, Deishuan (10)Byers, KJ 2/7/19 *HAWAI'I 70-77 L 2177 (18)Yussuf, Temidayo (10)Byers, KJ 2/9/19 *at Cal Poly Wot 76-68 1970 (23)Booker, Deishuan (12)Yussuf, Temidayo 02/13/19 *at Cal State Fullerton 82-85 L 1621 (22)Booker, Deishuan (8)Yussuf, Temidayo 02/16/19 *at UC Davis 73-77 L 1882 (20)Booker, Deishuan (11)Riggins, Mason 2/20/19 *CSUN W 80-78 1848 (20)Booker, Deishuan (13)Cobb, Drew (20)Alberts, Bryan 2/23/19 *at UC Riverside Wot 71-67 459 (18)Booker, Deishuan (9)Yussuf, Temidayo (18)Roberts, Jordan 2/28/19 *at UC Santa Barbara W 69-64 3118 (26)Booker, Deishuan (9)Riggins, Mason 3/2/19 *CAL POLY W 94-85 2172 (31)Booker, Deishuan (10)Booker, Deishuan 3/6/19 *UC RIVERSIDE W 70-57 2038 (21)Booker, Deishuan (11)Yussuf, Temidayo (21)Maxhuni, Edon 03/14/19 vs Hawaii W 68-66 3656 (18)Roberts, Jordan (9)Roberts, Jordan 03/15/19 vs UC Irvine 67-75 L 4389 (21)Booker, Deishuan (8)Yussuf, Temidayo

* = Conference game

Attendance Summary Games Attend Avg/Game Home 14 31345 2239 Away 16 55796 3487 Neutral 4 8045 2011 Total 34 95186 2800 Long Beach State Basketball 2019-2020 Preseason Prospectus

2018-19 Long Beach State Basketball Long Beach State Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 15, 2019) All games

Overall record: 15-19 Conf: 8-8 Home: 9-5 Away: 4-12 Neutral: 2-2

Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 15 Booker, Deishuan 33-28 1060 32.1 165-363 . 4 5 5 42-116 . 3 6 2 250-274 . 9 1 2 15 99 114 3.5 78 0 144 130 4 43 622 18.8 10 Alberts, Bryan 33-30 964 29.2 126-334 . 3 7 7 73-198 . 3 6 9 23-29 . 7 9 3 17 64 81 2.5 42 1 29 31 5 26 348 10.5 24 Yussuf, Temidayo 28-19 574 20.5 107-229 . 4 6 7 0-0 . 0 0 0 78-123 . 6 3 4 63 119 182 6.5 75 2 30 62 6 12 292 10.4 04 Byers, KJ 30-13 667 22.2 87-196 . 4 4 4 16-56 . 2 8 6 39-61 . 6 3 9 51 131 182 6.1 71 2 26 60 34 29 229 7.6 23 Maxhuni, Edon 34-10 578 17.0 81-210 . 3 8 6 49-120 . 4 0 8 35-40 . 8 7 5 5 26 31 0.9 46 0 37 36 0 8 246 7.2 02 Roberts, Jordan 34-17 721 21.2 97-223 . 4 3 5 0-2 . 0 0 0 50-96 . 5 2 1 49 87 136 4.0 73 1 36 51 11 24 244 7.2 05 Riggins, Mason 33-26 873 26.5 97-157 . 6 1 8 0-0 . 0 0 0 41-106 . 3 8 7 54 122 176 5.3 76 2 27 23 28 22 235 7.1 01 x-Freeman, Ron 14-8 252 18.0 29-91 . 3 1 9 9-43 . 2 0 9 18-28 . 6 4 3 9 42 51 3.6 27 1 8 15 2 11 85 6.1 11 Griffin, Jordan 28-0 215 7.7 31-95 . 3 2 6 21-71 . 2 9 6 6-8 . 7 5 0 6 11 17 0.6 7 0 8 11 2 5 89 3.2 03 Cobb, Drew 33-17 590 17.9 38-74 . 5 1 4 1-10 . 1 0 0 16-25 . 6 4 0 31 87 118 3.6 50 1 43 23 5 19 93 2.8 12 Jackson, Breyon 8-0 63 7.9 2-9 . 2 2 2 0-0 . 0 0 0 8-12 . 6 6 7 6 8 14 1.8 11 0 1 6 1 1 12 1.5 13 Mims, Demetrius 28-1 134 4.8 11-32 . 3 4 4 3-6 . 5 0 0 5-18 . 2 7 8 11 15 26 0.9 38 1 2 8 7 9 30 1.1 20 Richard, Breamon 31-1 161 5.2 5-15 . 3 3 3 3-7 . 4 2 9 3-7 . 4 2 9 2 13 15 0.5 19 0 6 14 0 8 16 0.5 35 Apic, Milos 8-0 23 2.9 1-3 . 3 3 3 0-1 . 0 0 0 2-4 . 5 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 7 0 2 2 0 2 4 0.5 Team 62 57 119 7 Total...... 34 6875 877-2031 . 4 3 2 217-630 . 3 4 4 574-831 . 6 9 1 381 882 1263 37.1 620 11 399 479 105 219 2545 74.9 Opponents...... 34 6875 948-2133 . 4 4 4 248-757 . 3 2 8 440-640 . 6 8 8 420 911 1331 39.1 721 - 457 490 117 262 2584 76.0 x-Inactive player

TEAM STATISTICS LBSU OPP Date Opponent Score Att. SCORING 2545 2584 11/09/18 at UCLA L 80-91 7920 Points per game 74.9 76.0 11/10/18 MENLO COLLEGE W 78-57 3888 Scoring margin -1.1 - 11/12/18 at Arizona State L 58-90 8818 FIELD GOALS-ATT 877-2031 948-2133 1 11/16/18 at Mississippi State L 51-79 8106 pct . 4 3 2 . 4 4 4 11/19/18 vs Iona W 86-85 0 3 POINT FG-ATT 217-630 248-757 11/21/18 vs Utah Valley L 72-87 0 3-point FG pct . 3 4 4 . 3 2 8 11/25/18 OREGON STATE L 72-75 2082 3-pt FG made per game 6.4 7.3 11/28/18 at Southern California L 65-75 2031 FREE THROWS-ATT 574-831 440-640 12/1/18 at San Diego L 70-74 1419 pct . 6 9 1 . 6 8 8 12/5/18 SOUTHERN UTAH W 82-71 1876 F-Throws made per game 16.9 12.9 12/08/18 at Fresno State L 71-92 5945 REBOUNDS 1263 1331 12/10/18 at Pacific L 68-74 1247 Rebounds per game 37.1 39.1 12/20/18 PEPPERDINE W 67-66 1679 Rebounding margin -2.0 - 12/22/18 COLORADO STATE W 64-61 1727 ASSISTS 399 457 12/29/18 at Stanford L 86-93 3452 Assists per game 11.7 13.4 1/5/19 BETHESDA W 124-52 1867 TURNOVERS 479 490 * 1/12/19 UC DAVIS W 82-77 3002 Turnovers per game 14.1 14.4 * 01/16/19 at UC Irvine W 80-70 1530 Turnover margin +0.3 - * 1/19/19 CAL STATE FULLERTON L o t 90-92 2312 /turnover ratio 0.8 0.9 * 1/23/19 at CSUN L 71-86 985 STEALS 219 262 * 1/26/19 UC SANTA BARBARA L 71-82 2333 Steals per game 6.4 7.7 * 01/31/19 at Hawai'i L 57-74 5293 BLOCKS 105 117 * 2/2/19 UC IRVINE L 80-82 2344 Blocks per game 3.1 3.4 * 2/7/19 HAWAI'I L 70-77 2177 ATTENDANCE 31345 63841 * 2/9/19 at Cal Poly Wot 76-68 1970 Home games-Avg/Game 14-2239 16-3487 * 02/13/19 at Cal State Fullerton L 82-85 1621 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 4-2011 * 02/16/19 at UC Davis L 73-77 1882 * 2/20/19 CSUN W 80-78 1848 Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT Totals * 2/23/19 at UC Riverside Wot 71-67 459 Long Beach State 1111 1397 37 2545 * 2/28/19 at UC Santa Barbara W 69-64 3118 Opponents 1170 1387 27 2584 * 3/2/19 CAL POLY W 94-85 2172 * 3/6/19 UC RIVERSIDE W 70-57 2038 03/14/19 vs Hawaii W 68-66 3656 03/15/19 vs UC Irvine L 67-75 4389

* = Conference game Long Beach State Basketball 2019-2020 Preseason Prospectus

2018-19 Long Beach State Basketball Long Beach State Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 06, 2019) Big West games only

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 8-8 4-4 4-4 0-0 CONFERENCE 8-8 4-4 4-4 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 15 Booker, Deishuan 16-15 557 34.8 98-205 . 4 7 8 24-67 . 3 5 8 153-165 . 9 2 7 10 52 62 3.9 40 0 68 61 0 21 373 23.3 10 Alberts, Bryan 15-14 461 30.7 55-153 . 3 5 9 29-87 . 3 3 3 13-18 . 7 2 2 9 34 43 2.9 14 0 17 12 3 9 152 10.1 05 Riggins, Mason 15-14 442 29.5 56-92 . 6 0 9 0-0 . 0 0 0 26-57 . 4 5 6 24 65 89 5.9 39 1 11 11 11 5 138 9.2 04 Byers, KJ 13-5 347 26.7 47-106 . 4 4 3 9-34 . 2 6 5 14-32 . 4 3 8 21 67 88 6.8 36 1 13 28 20 14 117 9.0 24 Yussuf, Temidayo 11-6 202 18.4 33-75 . 4 4 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 28-47 . 5 9 6 17 45 62 5.6 24 1 11 15 0 3 94 8.5 02 Roberts, Jordan 16-8 362 22.6 50-117 . 4 2 7 0-1 . 0 0 0 35-58 . 6 0 3 20 44 64 4.0 39 1 13 27 5 12 135 8.4 23 Maxhuni, Edon 16-3 282 17.6 39-99 . 3 9 4 25-56 . 4 4 6 17-19 . 8 9 5 2 7 9 0.6 20 0 17 17 0 4 120 7.5 03 Cobb, Drew 16-14 415 25.9 27-50 . 5 4 0 0-7 . 0 0 0 5-10 . 5 0 0 21 57 78 4.9 35 0 27 12 3 5 59 3.7 01 x-Freeman, Ron 2-0 17 8.5 2-2 1.000 1-1 1.000 0-2 . 0 0 0 0 3 3 1.5 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 2.5 13 Mims, Demetrius 12-0 61 5.1 4-11 . 3 6 4 0-0 . 0 0 0 1-6 . 1 6 7 6 9 15 1.3 12 0 0 3 3 7 9 0.8 11 Griffin, Jordan 12-0 43 3.6 3-12 . 2 5 0 1-7 . 1 4 3 1-2 . 5 0 0 2 1 3 0.3 4 0 0 3 0 1 8 0.7 20 Richard, Breamon 16-1 77 4.8 2-6 . 3 3 3 2-5 . 4 0 0 0-1 . 0 0 0 1 5 6 0.4 3 0 2 6 0 2 6 0.4 35 Apic, Milos 5-0 9 1.8 0-1 . 0 0 0 0-1 . 0 0 0 0-2 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 Team 22 28 50 3 Total...... 16 3275 416-929 . 4 4 8 91-266 . 3 4 2 293-419 . 6 9 9 155 417 572 35.8 269 4 179 200 45 84 1216 76.0 Opponents...... 16 3275 448-987 . 4 5 4 131-359 . 3 6 5 194-289 . 6 7 1 177 420 597 37.3 358 - 233 211 49 110 1221 76.3 x-Inactive player

TEAM STATISTICS LBSU OPP Date Opponent Score Att. SCORING 1216 1221 * 1/12/19 UC DAVIS W 82-77 3002 Points per game 76.0 76.3 * 01/16/19 at UC Irvine W 80-70 1530 Scoring margin -0.3 - * 1/19/19 CAL STATE FULLERTON L o t 90-92 2312 FIELD GOALS-ATT 416-929 448-987 * 1/23/19 at CSUN L 71-86 985 Field goal pct . 4 4 8 . 4 5 4 * 1/26/19 UC SANTA BARBARA L 71-82 2333 3 POINT FG-ATT 91-266 131-359 * 01/31/19 at Hawai'i L 57-74 5293 3-point FG pct . 3 4 2 . 3 6 5 * 2/2/19 UC IRVINE L 80-82 2344 3-pt FG made per game 5.7 8.2 * 2/7/19 HAWAI'I L 70-77 2177 FREE THROWS-ATT 293-419 194-289 * 2/9/19 at Cal Poly Wot 76-68 1970 Free throw pct . 6 9 9 . 6 7 1 * 02/13/19 at Cal State Fullerton L 82-85 1621 F-Throws made per game 18.3 12.1 * 02/16/19 at UC Davis L 73-77 1882 REBOUNDS 572 597 * 2/20/19 CSUN W 80-78 1848 Rebounds per game 35.8 37.3 * 2/23/19 at UC Riverside Wot 71-67 459 Rebounding margin -1.6 - * 2/28/19 at UC Santa Barbara W 69-64 3118 ASSISTS 179 233 * 3/2/19 CAL POLY W 94-85 2172 Assists per game 11.2 14.6 * 3/6/19 UC RIVERSIDE W 70-57 2038 TURNOVERS 200 211 Turnovers per game 12.5 13.2 * = Conference game Turnover margin +0.7 - Assist/turnover ratio 0.9 1.1 STEALS 84 110 Steals per game 5.3 6.9 BLOCKS 45 49 Blocks per game 2.8 3.1 ATTENDANCE 18226 16858 Home games-Avg/Game 8-2278 8-2107 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 0-0

Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT Totals Long Beach State 512 667 37 1216 Opponents 558 636 27 1221 Long Beach State Basketball 2019-2020 Preseason Prospectus

2018-19 Long Beach State Basketball Long Beach State Team Game-by-Game (as of Mar 18, 2019) All games

TEAM STATISTICS

Total 3-Pointers Free throws Rebounds Opponent Date Score fg-fga pct 3fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf a t/o blk stl pts avg at UCLA 11/09/18 80-91 L 26-63 . 4 1 3 9-28 . 3 2 1 19-24 . 7 9 2 9 28 37 37.0 21 16 15 1 5 80 80.0 MENLO COLLEGE 11/10/18 78-57 W 25-58 . 4 3 1 5-20 . 2 5 0 23-39 . 5 9 0 16 34 50 43.5 21 14 23 6 11 78 79.0 at Arizona State 11/12/18 58-90 L 17-62 . 2 7 4 9-31 . 2 9 0 15-24 . 6 2 5 7 23 30 39.0 27 14 16 4 11 58 72.0 at Mississippi State 11/16/18 51-79 L 18-55 . 3 2 7 7-16 . 4 3 8 8-15 . 5 3 3 9 25 34 37.8 18 9 20 2 5 51 66.8 vs Iona 11/19/18 86-85 W 30-54 . 5 5 6 10-17 . 5 8 8 16-20 . 8 0 0 9 27 36 37.4 25 13 25 2 6 86 70.6 vs Utah Valley 11/21/18 72-87 L 26-61 . 4 2 6 9-22 . 4 0 9 11-15 . 7 3 3 8 13 21 34.7 21 7 12 2 6 72 70.8 OREGON STATE 11/25/18 72-75 L 25-65 . 3 8 5 4-16 . 2 5 0 18-25 . 7 2 0 18 26 44 36.0 16 13 12 4 6 72 71.0 at Southern California 11/28/18 65-75 L 25-70 . 3 5 7 5-22 . 2 2 7 10-18 . 5 5 6 19 29 48 37.5 21 13 12 2 3 65 70.2 at San Diego 12/1/18 70-74 L 24-59 . 4 0 7 4-15 . 2 6 7 18-24 . 7 5 0 15 24 39 37.7 21 9 15 1 5 70 70.2 SOUTHERN UTAH 12/5/18 82-71 W 28-65 . 4 3 1 5-15 . 3 3 3 21-31 . 6 7 7 20 31 51 39.0 24 7 21 5 11 82 71.4 at Fresno State 12/08/18 71-92 L 22-59 . 3 7 3 9-22 . 4 0 9 18-23 . 7 8 3 12 24 36 38.7 16 9 17 5 7 71 71.4 at Pacific 12/10/18 68-74 L 21-48 . 4 3 8 9-19 . 4 7 4 17-22 . 7 7 3 5 24 29 37.9 18 10 18 2 7 68 71.1 PEPPERDINE 12/20/18 67-66 W 25-64 . 3 9 1 2-19 . 1 0 5 15-25 . 6 0 0 19 27 46 38.5 18 13 11 7 5 67 70.8 COLORADO STATE 12/22/18 64-61 W 23-63 . 3 6 5 5-15 . 3 3 3 13-21 . 6 1 9 13 27 40 38.6 13 11 16 2 8 64 70.3 at Stanford 12/29/18 86-93 L 30-64 . 4 6 9 9-22 . 4 0 9 17-22 . 7 7 3 11 22 33 38.3 21 17 13 2 3 86 71.3 BETHESDA 1/5/19 124-52 W 47-79 . 5 9 5 18-36 . 5 0 0 12-20 . 6 0 0 14 39 53 39.2 18 32 10 8 17 124 74.6 UC DAVIS 1/12/19 82-77 W 22-41 . 5 3 7 6-15 . 4 0 0 32-42 . 7 6 2 7 23 30 38.6 19 7 18 5 8 82 75.1 at UC Irvine 01/16/19 80-70 W 27-55 . 4 9 1 3-11 . 2 7 3 23-27 . 8 5 2 6 28 34 38.4 12 11 5 3 4 80 75.3 CAL STATE FULLERTON 1/19/19 90-92 Lot 33-73 . 4 5 2 7-23 . 3 0 4 17-26 . 6 5 4 14 27 41 38.5 25 11 18 5 10 90 76.1 at CSUN 1/23/19 71-86 L 28-58 . 4 8 3 8-16 . 5 0 0 7-8 . 8 7 5 7 21 28 38.0 15 17 15 3 6 71 75.8 UC SANTA BARBARA 1/26/19 71-82 L 23-56 . 4 1 1 6-18 . 3 3 3 19-35 . 5 4 3 16 24 40 38.1 20 12 12 4 3 71 75.6 at Hawai'i 01/31/19 57-74 L 20-52 . 3 8 5 3-12 . 2 5 0 14-30 . 4 6 7 7 28 35 38.0 21 6 14 2 3 57 74.8 UC IRVINE 2/2/19 80-82 L 24-56 . 4 2 9 8-17 . 4 7 1 24-32 . 7 5 0 10 25 35 37.8 11 10 11 4 7 80 75.0 HAWAI'I 2/7/19 70-77 L 26-56 . 4 6 4 6-16 . 3 7 5 12-21 . 5 7 1 8 34 42 38.0 17 7 16 1 5 70 74.8 at Cal Poly 2/9/19 76-68 Wot 21-51 . 4 1 2 4-9 . 4 4 4 30-41 . 7 3 2 10 36 46 38.3 16 12 15 4 5 76 74.8 at Cal State Fullerton 02/13/19 82-85 L 31-62 . 5 0 0 3-16 . 1 8 8 17-23 . 7 3 9 4 21 25 37.8 23 17 14 2 2 82 75.1 at UC Davis 02/16/19 73-77 L 27-50 . 5 4 0 4-14 . 2 8 6 15-26 . 5 7 7 5 25 30 37.5 20 12 13 1 4 73 75.0 CSUN 2/20/19 80-78 W 29-81 . 3 5 8 9-28 . 3 2 1 13-17 . 7 6 5 22 23 45 37.8 12 11 11 2 7 80 75.2 at UC Riverside 2/23/19 71-67 Wot 24-67 . 3 5 8 5-19 . 2 6 3 18-22 . 8 1 8 16 29 45 38.0 10 10 11 2 3 71 75.1 at UC Santa Barbara 2/28/19 69-64 W 26-57 . 4 5 6 7-19 . 3 6 8 10-11 . 9 0 9 10 22 32 37.8 14 13 11 3 1 69 74.9 CAL POLY 3/2/19 94-85 W 29-61 . 4 7 5 2-13 . 1 5 4 34-41 . 8 2 9 7 27 34 37.7 22 10 8 4 9 94 75.5 UC RIVERSIDE 3/6/19 70-57 W 26-53 . 4 9 1 10-20 . 5 0 0 8-17 . 4 7 1 6 24 30 37.5 12 13 8 0 7 70 75.3 vs Hawaii 03/14/19 68-66 W 24-53 . 4 5 3 2-10 . 2 0 0 18-28 . 6 4 3 10 24 34 37.4 15 6 9 4 11 68 75.1 vs UC Irvine 03/15/19 67-75 L 25-60 . 4 1 7 5-19 . 2 6 3 12-16 . 7 5 0 12 18 30 37.1 17 7 14 1 8 67 74.9 Long Beach State 2545 877-2031 . 4 3 2 217-630 . 3 4 4 574-831 . 6 9 1 381 882 1263 37.1 620 399 479 105 219 2545 74.9 Opponents 2584 948-2133 . 4 4 4 248-757 . 3 2 8 440-640 . 6 8 8 420 911 1331 39.1 721 457 490 117 262 2584 76.0

Games played: 34 Rebounds/game: 37.1 Points/game: 74.9 Assists/game: 11.7 FG Pct: 43.2 Turnovers/game: 14.1 3FG Pct: 34.4 Assist/turnover ratio: 0.8 FT Pct: 69.1 Steals/game: 6.4 Blocks/game: 3.1 Long Beach State Basketball 2019-2020 Preseason Prospectus Dan Monson has rebuilt the Long Beach State basketball program in his 12 seasons with the Beach. The winnin- gest coach in LBSU history, Monson has piled up 200 wins at LBSU and led Long Beach State to three Big West Championships, six top three finishes, three NIT appearances as well as a trip to the 2011-12 NCAA Tournament.

Monson’s success at Long Beach State has been rewarded with three Big West Coach of the Year awards, as well as back-to-back NABC All-District Coach recognition from 2010-11 and 2011-12. The conference coaching award following the 2011-12 season marked the fourth time that Monson has been recognized as a league’s top coach, previously winning the honor as the West Coast Conference Coach of the Year in 1998 following his first season at Gonzaga.

Success at the collegiate level hasn’t been the only measure of what Monson has accomplished at Long Beach State. Two-time Big West Player of the Year Casper Ware reached the NBA with the Philadelphia 76ers, becoming the first 49er to enter the NBA since 2003. 2013 Big West Player of the Year James Ennis also became the first LBSU player picked in the NBA Draft since 1992, a second-round selection of the Atlanta Hawks. Ennis most recently finished his sixth season in the NBA with the Philadelphia 76ers.

In 2018-19, Long Beach State won six of their last seven games as part of a late-season charge. The squad was led by senior Deishuan Booker, who led the nation in free throws made while setting Long Beach State and Big West records with 250 makes, shooting 91.2 percent and averaging 18.8 points per game on the way to first-team All-Big West honors. The Beach also handed league champions UC Irvine their only loss in Big West play, an 80-70 victory on the road in Irvine.

DAN MONSON Booker’s first-team selection marked the ninth time in the last ten seasons under Monson that the team’s (Mun-son) primary ball-handler has earned either first or second team All-Big West, with six of those point guards earning first-team honors. School Record: 200-196 (12 Years) Monson had no returning starters in 2015-16 but still led Long Beach State to the Big West Tournament Finals Overall Record: 370-319 (22 Years) and an NIT appearance, the fourth postseason appearance in his tenure at Long Beach State. Playing the nation’s toughest non-conference schedule, the Beach went 7-9 against Top 100 teams, and picked up signature wins Education over Seton Hall and BYU. Let by Big West Newcomer of the Year Nick Faust the Beach went on to face Washington University of Idaho in the first round of the NIT. Bachelor of Science-Mathematics In 2012-13, Monson directed a squad that lost four starters from the 2011-12 NCAA Tournament team, and guid- ed them to a another Big West championship, a third-consecutive regular season championship, the first time in University of Alabama-Birmingham over 40 years The Beach had won three straight conference titles. Masters-Education LBSU’s championship season in 2012-13 came on the heels of a four-year run based on a nucleus of solid recruit- Coaching Experience ing in his first few years on campus. His first recruiting class featured Greg Plater, the second-leading all-time 3-point shooter at the school, while his second recruiting class of Larry Anderson, Eugene Phelps, T.J. Robinson 2007- Long Beach State and Casper Ware may go down in school history as the best recruiting class of all-time at Long Beach State. Head Coach Anderson, Phelps, Robinson and Ware all rank among the all-time leaders in school history in at least two catego- 1999-2007 Minnesota ries and all four have earned all-league honors at least twice. Head Coach Three of the four own a school record. Ware is the school’s all-time assist leader, Anderson has more steals than anybody in LBSU history, and Robinson is not only the all-time leading rebounder at Long Beach State, but the 1997-1999 Gonzaga leading rebounder in the history of the Big West Conference. Head Coach Ware established himself as not only one of the top players in the conference, but one of the best players in the 1994-1997 Gonzaga nation. Named a finalist for the Bob Cousy Award, honoring the top point guard in Division I, as both a junior and a senior, Ware won Big West Conference Player of the Year awards and was named an honorable mention Associate Head Coach Associated Press All-American in 2011 and 2012, while also being named the U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) District IX Player of the Year as a senior. 1988-1994 Gonzaga Assistant Coach In 2010-11, Ware became the first player in Big West history to be named both the league’s player of the year and its defensive player of the year. His first-team all-league selection made him the third Monson recruit at LBSU to be named first-team all-league. Ware also was named first-team All-District 9 by the NABC and first-team All-Dis- 1986-1988 Alabama-Birmingham trict IX by the USBWA as both a junior and senior. Graduate Assistant Monson’s team also picked up two wins over nationally-ranked teams in 2011-12, handing No. 9 Pittsburgh an Honors 86-76 defeat on the road before knocking off No. 14 Xavier 68-58 at the Diamond Head Classic in Honolulu. 1998 WCC Coach of the Year The two wins over ranked teams marked the first time a LBSU team had beaten multiple top 25 teams since the 1992-93 season.

2011 NABC All-District 9 Coach Monson was tabbed as the 16th head coach in Long Beach State men’s basketball history on April 7, 2007. He Big West Coach of the Year inherited a depleted roster but still managed to be competitive in his first season at LBSU. Monson has been a Division I head coach for 20 years, during which he has compiled a career record of 370-319 (.537), with 11 trips 2012 NABC All-District 9 Coach to postseason play, including a trip to the Elite Eight in 1999 with Gonzaga University. Big West Coach of the Year

2013 Big West Coach of the Year Long Beach State Basketball 2019-2020 Preseason Prospectus Monson was the head coach at the University of Minnesota for seven-plus years, compiling a 118-105 mark and reaching postseason play in five of his seven seasons.

In 2004-05 he led the Gophers to a memorable year. He engineered the second-best Big Ten turnaround in the previous 20 seasons, finishing with a 10-6 confer- ence mark after posting just three league wins the previous campaign. Minnesota reached the 20-win plateau for the first time since 1992-93 and Monson led the Golden Gophers to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1999. In 2005-06 the Gophers advanced to their fifth postseason appearance in six years. Senior guard Vincent Grier was named All-Big Ten and All-District for the second straight year. In 2002-03 Minnesota went 19-14 and earned the pro- gram’s first trip to the NIT semifinals in Madison Square Garden.

Monson reached two personal coaching milestones in 2004-05. With a victory over Indiana in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals, he earned his 100th victory at Minnesota. When he defeated Purdue on February 26, 2005 he picked up his 150th career head-coaching victory. With 100 victories in his first six years at Minneso- ta, Monson ranks second all-time at the school behind (1975-85) in wins during his first six years as head coach.

Monson stepped into the Minnesota job on the heels of NCAA sanctions against the school. Those NCAA violations during the mid-1990’s severely limited schol- arships and put strict recruiting sanctions on the program since the summer of 1999, coinciding with Monson’s arrival at Minnesota. The summer of 2005 was the first Monson and his staff could recruit on par with every other program and that season concluded with a trip to the NCAA Tournament, the programs first year off probation.

Prior to accepting the Minnesota job on July 24, 1999, Monson was the head coach at Gonzaga for two years. In 1998-99 he led the Bulldogs to within a breath of the Final Four.

Gonzaga, which went 28-7 on the year and won the West Coast Conference regular season and tournament championships, defeated such notable NCAA powers as Minnesota (75-63), Stanford (82-74) and Florida (73-72) before bowing out to eventual national-champion Connecticut (67-62) in the Elite Eight.

His first year as head coach at Gonzaga resulted in a 24-10 mark, as the Bulldogs advanced to the second round of the NIT. Monson had a sparkling 52-17 (.754) record in his two seasons as the head coach of the Bulldogs.

Monson spent 11 years helping build the Gonzaga program. He began at GU as an assistant coach in 1988 and spent six years laying the groundwork. In 1994-95 he was elevated to associate head coach under head coach Dan Fitzgerald.

Three years later he took over full control of the Gonzaga program. He led Gonzaga to a West Coast Conference title in 1998 and was named the WCC Coach of the Year. The squad set a school-record with its 24 wins and Monson was also named the National Rookie Coach of the Year by Basketball Times. Monson was a key figure in the Bulldogs turnaround in the 1990’s. Gonzaga had a record of 223-89 over 10 seasons and he was responsible for recruiting many of the key players in Gonzaga’s NCAA Sweet 16 appearances from 1998-2001. From the time Monson was named associate head coach in 1995, Gonzaga averaged 22 wins per season and reached postseason play every year but one.

Prior to joining the Bulldogs’ staff, Monson spent two seasons as a graduate assistant coach under at the University of Alabama-Birmingham.

Monson played one year of football at Idaho, but turned his attention to coaching when a knee injury cut short his gridiron career. He coached the boys’ basketball team at Oregon City (Ore.) High School for one year prior to taking the UAB graduate assistant post.

A 1985 graduate of the University of Idaho with a bachelor degree in mathematics, Monson earned his master’s degree in education with a concentration on ath- letic administration from UAB in 1988. In addition to his 20-plus seasons coaching Division I basketball, as either a head or assistant coach, Monson has served on two coaching staffs for USA Basketball representing the United States in international competition.

Monson gained valuable experience by coaching on the international level with USA Basketball. He was an assistant coach for on the gold medal winning 20-and-Under World Championships for Young Men Qualifying Tournament squad in the summer of 2004 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He also assisted Oliver Purnell at the 1999 Men’s World University Games in Mallorca, Spain where the U.S. won the gold medal. With Team USA, Monson had the opportunity to coach future NBA players Sean May, Brendan Haywood, Bracey Wright, Chris Paul, , Mark Madsen, and Charlie Villanueva.

Monson grew up around basketball as his father, Don, was a well-respected DAN MONSON’S COACHING RECORD collegiate coach. Don was the head coach at Idaho and Oregon and was an Season School Record Postseason assistant coach under at Michigan State (1976-78) for two 1997-98 Gonzaga 24-10 NIT 2nd Round years. 1998-99 Gonzaga 28-7 NCAA Elite Eight 1999-00 Minnesota 12-16 Monson and his wife Darci have four children, a son, MicGuire, a daughter, 2000-01 Minnesota 18-14 NIT 2nd Round Mollie, a son, Maddox and a daughter, McKenna. 2001-02 Minnesota 18-13 NIT 2nd Round 2002-03 Minnesota 19-14 NIT Final Four 2003-04 Minnesota 12-18 2004-05 Minnesota 21-11 NCAA 1st Round 2005-06 Minnesota 16-15 NIT 2nd Round 2006-07 Minnesota 2-5 2007-08 Long Beach State 6-25 2008-09 Long Beach State 15-15 2009-10 Long Beach State 17-16 2010-11 Long Beach State 22-12 NIT 1st Round 2011-12 Long Beach State 25-9 NCAA 2nd Round 2012-13 Long Beach State 19-14 NIT 1st Round 2013-14 Long Beach State 15-17 2014-15 Long Beach State 16-17 2015-16 Long Beach State 20-15 NIT 1st Round 2016-17 Long Beach State 15-19 2017-18 Long Beach State 15-18 2018-19 Long Beach State 15-19 355-300 11 Postseason Apps.