Cal Poly Mustangs @ Long Beach State Beach
| 1 | 2 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|
CP | 41 | 37 | 78 |
LBSU | 30 | 41 | 71 |
Cal Poly holds off late Long Beach St comeback bid 78-71
LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Ridge Shipley and Victor Joseph scored 17 points apiece and Cal Poly held off Long Beach State 78-71 on Thursday night to earn a split of the season series.
Donovan Fields and Luke Meikle each added 14 for the Mustangs (9-18, 4-9 Big West). Meilke also grabbed a team best 11 rebounds.
Temidayo Yussuf led all scorers with 24 points for Long Beach State (13-17, 8-6), which had won four of its previous five. Evan Payne added 13 points for the 49ers.
Both teams finished with identical 25-for-61 marks from the field (41 percent), but Cal Poly drilled 13 3-pointers to just two for Long Beach State.
The Mustangs held a 10-point halftime lead and led the entire second half, but were forced to sweat in the final minute when two Justin Bibbins free throws made it 75-71 with 33 seconds left. Joseph answered with a pair of his own to put the game away.
Game Information
Long Beach, CA
Referee:Verne Harris
Referee:Martin Cichocki
Referee:Ken Ditty
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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