NCAAB

Cal Poly Mustangs at Long Beach State Beach

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Cal Poly Mustangs
7-22, 0-14 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
73 - 80
Long Beach State Beach
11-20, 8-6 Home

Griffin, Morgan cap Long Beach State comeback 80-73 in OT

Morgan finished with 14 points, 10 rebounds five blocks and two steals. Drew Cobb added 12 points for the 49ers while Chance Hunter and Michael Carter III each scored 11.

Long Beach (11-20, 6-9 Big West Conference) trailed by 18 early, was behind 38-24 at the half before rallying. Beach outscored Cal Poly (7-22, 4-11) 40-26 in the second half, eventually building a 12-point lead with nine minutes to play.

Cal Poly's Junior Ballard send the game to overtime with a 3-pointer as time expired in regulation, 64-64. The loss eliminates the Mustangs from the upcoming conference tournament.

Ballard led the Mustangs with 25 points, including 10 of 13 at the foul line. Kyle Colvin added 13 points and Malek Harwell 11.

Long Beach State, which defeated Big West leader UC Irvine in January, closes the season Saturday at Cal State Fullerton. Cal Poly is at UC Santa Barbara Saturday.

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Recent Plays

3rd 0:00 End of Game 73 - 80
3rd 0:00 End of 1st overtime 73 - 80
3rd 0:09 Long Beach State Defensive Rebound. 73 - 80
3rd 0:10 Junior Ballard missed Three Point Jumper. 73 - 80
3rd 0:14 Michael Carter III Turnover. 73 - 80

Statistics

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23-63 FG 24-56
37 Field Goal % 43
8-20 3PT 5-18
40 Three Point % 28
19-26 FT 27-31
73 Free Throw % 87
40 Rebounds 38
14 Offensive Rebounds 7
26 Defensive Rebounds 31
10 Assists 14
7 Steals 10
1 Blocks 9
16 Turnovers 19
1 Team Turnovers 0
16 Total Turnovers 19
2 Technical Fouls 0
2 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
18 Points Off Turnovers 22
0 Fast Break Points 12
0 Points in Paint 30
24 Fouls 21
18 Largest Lead 12

Game Information

Venue: LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid

Location: Long Beach, CA
Attendance: 1,641 | 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