Long Beach State Beach @ UC Irvine Anteaters

5-11, 1-3 Big West

Final

	1	2	T
Long Beach St LBSU	30	34	64
UC Irvine UCI	34	40	74

UC Irvine AnteatersUC IrvineUCI

12-5, 5-0 Big West

Jurian Dixon's 23 help UC Irvine defeat Long Beach State 74-64

Jan 9, 2026, 01:08 pm

IRVINE, Calif. -- — Jurian Dixon scored 23 points as UC Irvine beat Long Beach State 74-64 on Thursday.

Dixon also had three steals for the Anteaters (12-5, 5-0 Big West Conference). Kyle Evans scored 15 points and added six rebounds.

Gavin Sykes led the Beach (5-11, 1-3) in scoring, finishing with 21 points. Petar Majstorovic added 15 points, eight rebounds and three steals for Long Beach State.

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Game Information

Irvine, CA

Referee:Bret Smith

Referee:Paul Szelc

Referee:Grant Jeffres

NCAA Division I

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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