UC Riverside Highlanders @ Long Beach State Beach
| 1 | 2 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|
UCR | 29 | 34 | 63 |
LBSU | 32 | 36 | 68 |
Long Beach State tops UC Riverside 68-63
LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Mike Caffey scored 20 points with five assists and Long Beach State beat UC Riverside 68-63 on Thursday.
Long Beach State (13-11, 7-1 Big West) led by three at the break but slowly built a lead that reached 16 on Travis Hammond's 3-pointer with 9:05 left.
Riverside trimmed the deficit to six with 3:10 left on Austin Quick's jumper, but Caffey made a pair from the line and McKay LaSalle (13 points) drilled a trey at 1:11 to push it back to a 12-point margin.
Caffey was 8 of 11 from the floor with five assists. David Samuels had 17 points on 7-of-14 shooting with 12 rebounds and two blocked shots. The 49ers have won six straight and propelled themselves to a tie at top of the Big West ledger with UC Davis.
UC Riverside (10-12, 3-5) was led by Jaylen Bland and Taylor Johns with 18 points apiece.
Game Information
Long Beach, CA
Referee:Michael Reed
Referee:Deron White
Referee:Klaus Endrissat
2025-26 Standings
| Big West Conference | CONF | GB | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|
| UC Irvine | 15-5 | - | 23-12 |
| Hawai'i | 14-6 | 1 | 24-9 |
| UC San Diego | 12-8 | 3 | 23-11 |
| Cal State Northridge | 12-8 | 3 | 20-14 |
| Cal State Fullerton | 12-8 | 3 | 18-16 |
| UC Davis | 11-9 | 4 | 19-14 |
| UC Santa Barbara | 11-9 | 4 | 18-14 |
| Cal Poly | 10-10 | 5 | 14-19 |
| Long Beach State | 6-14 | 9 | 10-22 |
| UC Riverside | 5-15 | 10 | 10-22 |
| Cal State Bakersfield | 2-18 | 13 | 8-24 |
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