LONG BEACH STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL Head Coach: Dan Monson (Twitter: @CoachDMonson) Career Record: 249-197; Long Beach State Record: 79-74 Sports Information Contact - Todd Miles (email: [email protected]/Twitter: @TMilesatDaBeach) Phone: (562) 985-7797; FAX (562) 985-1549 LONG BEACH STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL FACT SHEET LONG BEACH STATE (19-6, 12-0 Big West) at CREIGHTON (22-5, 12-4 Missouri Valley) 7:00 p.m. (PT) -- CenturyLink Center Omaha (17,260) Saturday, February 18, 2012 2011-2012 Big West Standings WINNING STREAKS Long Beach State Schedule Start Time/Score BWC Season SEASON HOME BWC HOME BWC ROAD BWC ROAD Nov. 12 Idaho W 69-61 Long Beach State 12-0 19-6 12 19 20 14 11 7 Nov. 16 at #9 Pittsburgh W 86-76 Cal State Fullerton 8-3 16-7 TELEVISION: ESPN2 will broadcast Saturday night’s Nov. 19 at San Diego State (OT) L 77-73 UC Santa Barbara 8-3 13-8 game. Roxy Bernstein will call the play-by-play, while Nov. 22 Boise State W 72-62 Cal Poly 6-6 15-11 Stephen Bardo provides color commentary. Nov. 26 at Montana L 73-71 Pacifi c 6-7 10-15 Nov. 28 at #6 Louisville L 79-66 UC Riverside 5-7 11-14 THE 49ERS ON THE INTERNET: Rob Brender Dec. 2 BYU-Hawaii W 79-43 UC Irvine 5-7 9-16 provides play-by-play for the third consecutive season on Dec. 6 at #13 Kansas L 88-80 Dec. 10 at #4 North Carolina L 84-78 Cal State Northridge 2-10 6-17 LongBeachState.com. Dec. 19 Eastern New Mexico W 76-54 UC Davis 2-11 3-22 Dec. 22 vs. #14 Xavier! W 68-58 Big West Conference Schedule 49ERS FACE CREIGHTON IN BRACKETBUSTERS Dec. 23 vs. Auburn! W 64-43 Tuesday, February 14 MATCHUP: Long Beach State will take its 12-game Dec. 25 vs. Kansas State! L 77-60 at UC Davis 73, Pacifi c 64 winning streak to Creighton Saturday for a crucial matchup Jan. 2 at UC Irvine* W 74-60 Wednesday, February 15 with the Bluejays. LBSU’s BracketBusters game is the Jan. 5 Cal Poly* W 55-50 Cal Poly at Cal State Northridge, 7 pm third in four years where the 49ers have been paired with Jan. 7 at Cal State Northridge* W 81-68 Cal State Fullerton at UC Riverside, 7 pm another team for a nationally televised game. In 2009 the Jan. 12 UC Davis* W 86-58 UC Santa Barbara at UC Irvine, 7 pm 49ers lost to Green Bay 86-75, while last season the 49ers Jan. 14 Pacifi c* W 76-66 Saturday, February 11 handed Montana a 74-56 loss on ESPN2. Creighton is 4-2 Jan. 19 at Cal Poly* W 78-69 Jan. 21 at UC Santa Barbara* W 71-48 Idaho State at Pacifi c, 5 pm in televised BracketBusters game dating back to 2003. Jan. 26 at UC Riverside* (OT) W 77-70 UC Davis at Northern Arizona, 5:30 pm MONSON LOOKING FOR CAREER WIN NUMBER Jan. 28 Cal State Fullerton* W 75-61 Cal Poly at Northern Colorado, 6 pm Feb. 4 Cal State Northridge* W 75-67 UC Santa Barbara at Utah State, 6 pm 250: With a win at Creighton on Saturday night, Long Beach State coach Dan Monson will reach the 250-win Feb. 9 at Pacifi c* W 74-66 Montana State at Cal State Fullerton, 6 pm Feb. 11 at UC Davis* W 89-69 milestone. Monson, who has 79 wins in fi ve seasons at Eastern Washington at UC Irvine, 7 pm Feb. 18 at Creighton 7 pm LBSU, is in his 15th season as a head coach with stops Fresno State at Cal State Northridge, 7 pm Feb. 22 UC Santa Barbara* 8 pm Southern Utah at UC Riverside, 7 pm at Gonzaga and Minnesota before coming to Long Beach Feb. 25 UC Riverside* 4:05 pm Long Beach State at Creighton, 7 pm State. Monson won 52 games at GU, while winning 118 Feb. 29 UC Irvine* 8:05 pm with the Gophers. Monson has won 73 games at LBSU over SERIES RECORD VS. CREIGHTON March 3 at Cal State Fullerton* 4 pm Series Record: CU leads 3-1 the last four seasons, after struggling to a 6-25 record in March 8-10 Big West Tournament$ TBA Current Streak: LBSU won 1 2007-08 during his fi rst season with the 49ers. Since then, Home Games in Bold/All Times Pacifi c Last LBSU Win: 68-51 (1/20/73) he has improved LBSU’s win total each season, winning !Diamond Head Classic (Honolulu, Hawaii) Last CU Win: 90-59 (12/18/67) 15 games in 2008-09, 17 games in 2009-10, and 22 games *Big West Conference Game Longest Winning Streak: LBSU 1, CU 3 in 2010-11. Monson won a career-high 28 games in his $Big West Conference Tournament (Honda Center/ 2011-2012 LBSU Television Schedule second season at Gonzaga. Anaheim, Calif.) Nov. 16 at Pittsburgh ESPNU - Starters - Nov. 28 at Louisville ESPNU POS # Player Ht Wt Cl-Exp PPG RPG APG Hometown Dec. 6 at Kansas ESPNU G 11 James Ennis 6-6 190 Jr.-JC 9.8 3.6 2.8 Ventura, Calif. Dec. 10 at North Carolina ESPN3 G 21 Larry Anderson 6-5 210 Sr.-2L 14.9 5.1 3.3 Long Beach, Calif. Dec. 22 vs. Xavier ESPNU G 22 Casper Ware 5-10 170 Sr..-2L 17.1 2.5 3.1 Cerritos, Calif. F 4 Eugene Phelps 6-7 225 Sr.-2L 9.7 5.8 0.6* Los Angeles, Calif. Dec. 23 vs. Auburn ESPN2 F 20 T.J. Robinson 6-8 205 Sr.-2L 12.3 10.3 0.6 West Haven, Conn. Dec. 25 Kansas State ESPN2 - Off The Bench - Jan. 14 Pacifi c PRIME TICKET G 2 Peter Pappageorge 6-0 175 Jr.-JC 1.0 0.5 0.2 Burlingame, Calif. Jan. 21 at UC Santa Barbara ESPNU G 5 Mike Caffey 6-0 170 Fr.-HS 5.3 2.6 2.2 Riverside, Calif. Jan. 28 Cal State Fullerton ESPNU G 12 Corey Jackson 6-0 190 Sr.-JC 0.9 0.4 0.2 Brentwood, N.Y. F 13 Edis Dervisevic 6-8 250 Sr.-1L 3.4 2.7 1.3 New York, N.Y. Feb. 4 Cal State Northridge FS WEST C 14 Mike Vantrimpont 7-0 220 Jr.-1L 0.1 0.7 0.3* Los Angeles, Calif. Feb. 18 Creighton ESPN2 G 23 Sean Starkey 6-4 190 Sr.-RS 1.2 0.3 0.0 Huntington Beach, Calif. Feb. 22 UC Santa Barbara ESPN2 F 33 Nick Shepherd 6-9 218 Fr.-RS 1.3 0.7 0.3* Missouri City, Texas March 3 at Cal State Fullerton FS WEST *Blocks per game 2011-12 Long Beach State Hoops 49ERS LOOKING FOR 15TH 20-WIN at LBSU. The senior guard passed LBSU 20-Win Seasons LBSU CAREER LEADERS Season Record SEASON IN SCHOOL HISTORY: Long James Cotton (1993-97) for second 1. 1972-73 26-3 Beach State is closing in on win number 20 against Cal Poly on January 5. Rebounding 1. T.J. Robinson 2008-pr. 1,119 2. 1971-72 25-4 during the 2011-12 season. The 49ers can pick Lucious Harris (1989-93) is the all- 2. Francois Wise 1976-80 896 3. 1973-74 24-2 up their 20th win Saturday night at Creighton. time leader with 549 free throws. 3. Michael Wiley 1976-80 788 2006-07 24-8 4. Bill Florentine 1959-62 690 When LBSU wins number 20, it will mark 5. Ed Ratleff 1970-73 683 1999-00 24-6 just the 15th time in school history that the WARE FOURTH IN CAREER 6. Lynn Hodge 1961-64 637 1970-71 24-5 7. Eugene Phelps 2008-pr. 630 49ers have won 20 games. The 20-win season 3-POINTERS MADE AT 8. Lucious Harris 1989-93 581 1969-70 24-5 9. Kevin Roberts 2000-04 572 8. 1968-69 23-3 will be the second in Dan Monson’s fi ve-year LBSU, ALSO CLIMBING 10. Bryon Russell 1990-93 567 1989-90 23-9 tenure at LBSU. Jerry Tarkanian (1968-1973) RECORD BOOKS IN 3-POINT Larry Anderson 2008-pr 566 10. 1992-93 22-10 has fi ve 20-win season at LBSU, while Seth ATTEMPTS AND FIELD Assists 2010-11 22-12 Greenberg (1990-96) has two. Lute Olson GOALS MADE: Casper Ware 1. Casper Ware 2008-pr. 509 1979-80 22-12 2. Billy Walker 1984-88 507 (1973-74), Dwight Jones (1974-78), Tex passed former teammate Stephan 3. Craig Hodges 1978-82 437 13. 1976-77 21-8 Winter (1978-83), Joe Harrington (1987-90), Gilling (2008-10) for fourth on the 4. Morlon Wiley 1984-88 425 14. 1994-95 20-10 5. Kevin Houston 2003-07 423 Wayne Morgan (1996-02) and Larry Reynolds all-time 3-pointers made list at Cal 6. Ed Ratleff 1970-73 410 (2006-07) all have one. Poly on Jan. 19. Heading into the 7. Larry Anderson 2008-pr. 352 Creighton game, Ware has made 184 Steals 1. Lucious Harris 1989-93 200 49ERS LOOKING FOR FIRST BACK-TO-BACK 20-WIN SEASONS 3-pointers, and needs to make 28 2. Larry Anderson 2008-pr. 195 SINCE 1972-73 AND 1973-74 SEASONS: With a win at Creighton on more to pass Lucious Harris (1989- 3.