NCAAB

UC Irvine Anteaters at Long Beach State Beach

· NCAA Men's Basketball
UC Irvine Anteaters
19-5, 10-2 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
82 - 80
Long Beach State Beach
8-15, 6-4 Home

Leonard, Rutherford help UC Irvine beat Long Beach St. 82-80

Eyassu Worku added 15 points on 7-of-11 shooting and Rutherford finished with 13 and two blocks for UCI (19-5, 7-1 Big West). The Anteaters have won five in a row and eight of their last nine.

Deishaun Booker scored all of LBSU's points in a 7-2 run that gave the 49ers a 74-71 lead with 3:43 left. The teams traded baskets before Leonard hit a 3 and then a dunk by Rutherford gave UCI a two-point lead with a minute to go. Edon Maxhuni answered with a 3-pointer and, after Worku hit a jumper, Mason Riggins made 1 of 2 free throws to make it 80-all with 15 seconds remaining. Rutherford scored from the left block and Byers missed a potential winning heave from half court as time expired.

Booker finished with 29 points and Byers added 15 points and 10 rebounds for Long Beach State (8-15, 2-5).

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Statistics

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33-63 FG 24-56
52 Field Goal % 43
8-15 3PT 8-17
53 Three Point % 47
8-14 FT 24-32
57 Free Throw % 75
34 Rebounds 35
8 Offensive Rebounds 10
26 Defensive Rebounds 25
18 Assists 10
9 Steals 7
6 Blocks 4
9 Turnovers 11
0 Team Turnovers 0
9 Total Turnovers 11
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
0 Points Off Turnovers 0
0 Fast Break Points 0
0 Points in Paint 0
20 Fouls 11

Game Information

Venue: LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid

Location: Long Beach, CA
Attendance: 2,344 | Capacity:

2025-26 Big West Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
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
Full Standings