Long Beach State University NCAA News

The bad news for the Long Beach State women's basketball team is that it'll have to take the very long route to a Big West title this week.

The 49ers will enter Thursday's Big West Tournament as the No. 3 seed and will face either Cal State Northridge or Cal State Fullerton, teams that have both defeated the 49ers over the past eight days.

Long Beach State led 34-22 at halftime and by as many as 19 in the second half as the 49ers snapped a two-game skid.

A Cougar comeback attempt fell short Friday, as No. 2 BYU fell 4-1 to No. 3 Long Beach State on the road.

The Matadors shot 51 percent from the field and went 34 of 39 from the free-throw line.

No. 2 BYU men's volleyball hits the road again for matches against No. 3 Long Beach State on Friday and Cal State Northridge on Saturday.

Vanderbilt's Kyle Fuller, from Moreno Valley Rancho Verde, drives to the basket in a recent game against Auburn.

On Thursday, Travis Hammonds knocked out Hawaii with a 3-pointer in the final seconds for a 65-63 win.

GAME NOTES: With three games remaining on the regular season schedule, the Long Beach State 49ers will be looking to extend a three-game win streak and move up the Big West Conference leaderboard, and they'll start with the Cal State Fullerton Titans at Titan Gym.

The Long Beach State men's volleyball team picked up a critical MPSF victory on Friday evening, defeating Stanford in four sets, 25-27, 25-23, 25-18, 25-23.

Playing for only the second time in 12 days the 49ers started slow but rallied dramatically late down the stretch to win their third straight and stay in contention for a fourth consecutive Big West title.

Davis Rozitis hit a jumper with 3:32 remaining to give Hawaii a five point lead before Lamb hit a 3 just 25 seconds later to make it 60-58.

No. 67 BYU women's tennis looks to rebound as it travels to Southern California for matches against No.

The Utah Valley University softball team competes in its third consecutive, season-opening non-conference tournament this week when it travels to the Louisville Slugger Invitational in Long Beach, Calif.

No 6 a.m. alarm clock rousing the men's basketball team for another of Dan Monson's you-can't-sleep-on-me morning practices.

Northwestern returns to California for the second-straight weekend Feb. 28-March 2 for the Louisville Slugger Invitational co-hosted at three different sites by Cal State Fullerton and Long Beach State.

Two solid pitching performances highlighted the second weekend of the season for Long Beach State: Nick Sabo throwing eight shutout innings in an 11-0 win over Arizona State on Friday night at Blair Field and the bullpen tossing three shutout innings of relief in a 4-1 win Saturday against Wright State.

Sixth-ranked Long Beach State, the preseason co-favorite in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation , was too hot to handle in a 3-0 defeat of UC San Diego in men's volleyball Friday night at the Walter Pyramid.

Long Beach State routed UC Irvine in men's volleyball Wednesday at the Pyramid, sweeping the Anteaters 25-23, 26-16 and 25-22 to improve its record to 8-4 overall and 7-4 in the MPSF.

GAME NOTES: The Long Beach State 49ers will try to string a pair of wins together and make moves toward the top of the Big West Conference as they travel to face the UC Davis Aggies Thursday at The Pavilion.