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Long Beach State Basketball Roger Kirk - Assistant Athletic Director, Athletic Communications | Office: (562) 985-7565 | Cell: (562) 505-0975 Email: [email protected] • www.longbeachstate.com @LBSUHoops @CoachDMonson Long Beach State UC Davis @LBSUAthletics Beach Aggies 2019-20 Long Beach State Schedule (10-19, 5-8 Big West) (13-16, 7-6 Big West) November Wed. 6 UCLA Pac-12 L, 69-65 Sat. 9 San Diego W, 74-62 Game: ....................................Long Beach State at UC Davis Series History Tue. 12 at Stanford Pac-12 L, 86-58 Thu. 14 at #18 St. Mary’s L, 81-63 Date:..........................................Saturday, February 29, 2020 LBSU leads 22-9 Fri. 22 Fresno Pacific W, 93-62 Time: .............................................................................5 p.m. Wooden Legacy Sun. 24 at #14 Arizona Pac-12 L, 104-67 Location: .............................................................Davis, Calif. Streak Thu. 28 vs. Providence ESPNU W, 66-65 Arena: .....................................................The Pavilion (5,931) UCD won 2 Fri. 29 Wake Forest ESPN2 L, 88-75 TV: .....................................................................................N/A A: UCD won 3 December TV Talent: .........................................................................N/A Sun. 1 Penn ESPN2 L, 95-79 Sat. 7 Pacific L, 65-46 Radio: .....................................22 West Radio, HD FM 88.1-3 Last Meeting Sun. 15 at USC Pac-12 L, 87-76 Radio Talent: ................................................ Jason Schwartz UCD 85, LBSU 82 Thu. 19 Southern Utah L, 84-63 Sat. 21 Utah Valley W, 68-65 Webcast:....................................................bigwest.org/watch January 16, 2020 Mon. 23 at Seattle L, 79-57 Live Stats: ............................................... beachlivestats.com Long Beach, Calif. Sat. 28 at Florida SEC L, 102-63 January RIGHT AWAY Sat. 4 CS Los Angeles W, 76-60 • Men’s Basketball takes their final plane trip of the year, facing UC Davis on Saturday at 5 p.m. in Wed. 8 at CSUN ESPN3 L, 95-77 the second half of a basketball doubleheader in the Pavilion. The Beach will look to avenge a three- Sat. 11 at UC Santa Barbara W, 55-52 Thu. 16 UC Davis ESPN3 L, 85-82 point loss to the Aggies earlier in the year. Sat. 18 CS Fullerton L, 66-62 Wed. 22 UC Irvine ESPN3 W, 63-56 • Chance Hunter scored a career-high 28 points and Joshua Morgan had a double-double with 10 Thu. 30 at UC Riverside ESPN3 L, 77-69 points and a career-high 14 rebounds, but the Aggies had four players in double-figures and took the earlier meeting between the teams back in January inside the Walter Pyramid. February Sat. 1 UC Santa Barbara ESPN3 L, 87-62 Wed. 5 at Cal Poly L, 92-75 • Defense has led the way for the Beach in Big West wins this season. In LBSU’s five wins, the Wed. 12 at Hawai’i W, 50-49 Beach has held teams to an average of 56.5 points. Sat. 15 UC Riverside W, 65-63 (OT) Wed. 19 at UC Irvine ESPN3 L, 70-55 • Freshman Joshua Morgan continues to dominate the Long Sat. 22 Hawai’i ESPN3 W, 64-60 LBSU Single Season Blocks Wed. 26 CSUN ESPN3 L, 73-64 Beach State record books. Setting the single-game record with 8 1. Joshua Morgan 70 Sat. 29 at UC Davis 5 p.m. blocks against Cal State Fullerton, Morgan is continuing to pad 2. Terrance O’Kelley 59 his single-season record with 70 blocks, and now is 8th in career 3. Dino Gregory 56 March blocks at the Beach in just one season. The dynamic paint pro- T4. Ivan Verbeckt 55 Thu. 5 • Cal Poly ESPN3 7 p.m. tector is averaging 2.4 blocks per game, best in the Big West and Sat. 7 • at CS Fullerton 7:30 p.m. T4. Ivan Verbeckt 55 22nd nationally. All times Pacific Home matches in Bold • Morgan has nearly 20 more blocks than UC Davis’ entire team, and ranks fourth nationally in blocks •Big West Game among freshman, behind only Manny Bates of NC State, Onyeka Okongwu on USC and Akok Akok from UConn. LONG BEACH STATE • Long Beach State has officially changed the nickname for all sports other than baseball to Beach with the NCAA. Please do not refer to LBSU basketball as the 49ers. - Last Game Starters - POS # Player Ht Wt Yr. PPG Other Hometown G 1 Michael Carter III 6-5 175 So. 12.1 2.6 APG Seattle, Wash. G/F 2 Jordan Roberts 6-9 200 Jr. 5.0 4.1 RPG Bakersfield, Calif. 2019-20 BIG WEST STANDINGS - 2/28 G 3 Drew Cobb 6-4 205 Jr. 4.7 4.2 RPG Sacramento, Calif. Big West Overall G 14 Colin Slater 6-1 190 Jr. 10.4 2.5 RPG New Orleans, La. W L Pct. W L Pct. C 24 Joshua Morgan 6-11 195 Fr. 8.2 5.8 RPG Sacramento, Calif. UC Irvine 12 2 .857 20 10 .667 UCSB 8 5 .615 19 9 .679 - Off The Bench - Hawai’i 7 6 .538 16 11 .593 G 10 Max De Geest 6-3 185 Fr. 3.5 36.5 3-FG% Oamaru, New Zealand UC Davis 7 6 .538 13 16 .448 G 11 Jordan Griffin 6-3 165 Sr. 3.2 36.7 3-FG% Corona, Calif. CSUN 7 6 .538 12 17 .414 F 13 Romelle Mansel 6-9 230 Fr. 4.1 3.4 RPG Playa Del Rey, Calif. CS Fullerton 5 8 .385 10 18 .357 G 31 Chance Hunter 6-6 200 So. 13.9 4.9 RPG Inglewood, Calif. LBSU 5 8 .385 10 19 .345 C 32 Trever Irish 7-0 230 So. 2.3 1.8 RPG Lewiston, Maine UC Riverside 5 9 .357 15 15 .500 Cal Poly 4 10 .286 7 21 .250 - Reserves - F 40 Jeffrey Yan 6-9 275 R-Fr. 0.6 0.3 RPG Shanghai, China MEDIA INFORMATION • Long Beach State has had balanced scoring on the season, with nine different players reaching Long Beach State Athletic Communications double-figures on the year with five reaching ten points on multiple occasions, led by leading scorers Walter Pyramid Chance Hunter, Michael Carter III, Colin Slater and Joshua Morgan. 1250 Bellflower Blvd. Long Beach, CA 90840 • Long Beach State will be “playing the kids” this season, as the Beach turns to nine newcomers to the program in three transfers and six incoming freshman. Additionally, two redshirts also return to Men’s Basketball Contact ...............................Roger Kirk the program, as the Beach is currently playing just three returning letterwinners to go with 8 players Office Phone ........................................... (562) 985-7565 suiting up for their first full year while four players sit out 2019-20 on redshirt seasons. Cell Phone .............................................. (562) 505-0975 Email............................................Roger.Kirk@csulb.edu • Long Beach State has turned over nearly the entire roster School PPG Pct. Website...................................www.longbeachstate.com in 2019-20.The Beach returns just 15.2 points per game from Tulane 10.8 12.2% Athletics Twitter .................................... @LBSUAthletics the 2018-19 season, a total of 20.2%, the lowest since Dan Washington 13.9 19.8% Basketball Twitter .....................................@LBSUHoops Monson’s first year with the program with the team returned 5.9 Virginia Tech 13.3 18.1% Dan Monson Twitter ...........................@CoachDMonson points per game, just 7.2 percent of the total coming back from UCF 14.5 20.0% the 2006-07 season. That rates as among the lowest points re- LBSU 15.2 20.2% MEDIA AVAILABILITY turning in the nation; fifth lowest as total points and sixth lowest South Dakota St. 15.8 16.9% Head Coach Dan Monson and players will be in total percentage. available after the conclusion of practices. Interviews may also be set up outside of practice with approval from the men’s basketball contact. No interviews will • With 11 players making their debut this season for Long Beach State, that also ranks among the be conducted on scheduled days off. To set up an most in the nation. Only TCU (13), Nebraska (12), East Carolina (12) and Utah (12) will have more in interview, please contact Roger Kirk at least 24 hours 2019-20. in advance. PLAYER NOTES GAME CREDENTIALS • Sophomore Chance Hunter has wasted no time getting adjusted to life at the Beach. A transfer Seating in the Walter Pyramid press areas are solely for credentialed media. To request a credential, please from Cerritos College, Hunter scored 19 points on the road at UCLA before leading the team with 21 call or email Roger Kirk. A request does not guarantee points against San Diego to go with a team-high nine rebounds. Hunter leads the team in scoring at a credential and will be approved on a case-by-case 13.9 points per game, and is second on the team in rebounding at 4.9 boards per game while scor- basis. Members of the media covering LBSU on the ing 20 or more points six times, including a new career high with 28 points against UC Davis. road should request a credential through LBSU athletic communications. • Michael Carter III has been a key player for the Beach. A Division I transfer from Washington, Car- ter III leads the team in assists at 2.6 per game and is second on the team in scoring at 12.1 points CREDENTIAL PICKUP Credentials will be available at the will call table per game. Carter III set a career-high with 15 rebounds against CSULA, recording his first career outside the main gold entrance to the Walter Pyramid, double-double. underneath the stairs. Parking passes will be available at the entrance to the Pyramid Parking Structure, adja- • Junior Colin Slater all but one game for the Beach this season.