LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) - James Ennis scored 19 points and Long Beach State won its season opener on Saturday, defeating North Alabama 75-65.
Ennis, the lone returning starter from last year's Big West Conference champions, was 6 of 10 from the field and added six rebounds. Reserves Kris Gulley and Deng Deng scored 11 points apiece, with Gulley and Dan Jennings grabbing a team-high seven rebounds for the 49ers.
Rashaun Claiborne scored 17 points to lead the Lions, a Division II team. Wes Long had 13 points, Bruce Adams scored 10 and Lonnie Smith had a game-high 10 rebounds for North Alabama.
It was the first meeting between the schools.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| North Alabama (0-1) | 31 | 34 | 65 |
| Long Beach State (1-0) « | 44 | 31 | 75 |
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| North Alabama Lions | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| W. Long, F | 30 | 4-11 | 1-2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| B. Adams, F | 16 | 3-5 | 3-5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| K. Jackson, G | 26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Claiborne, G | 22 | 7-16 | 2-5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 |
| M. Darrington, G | 20 | 1-3 | 5-6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Hersey | 31 | 3-8 | 0-1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| L. Smith | 19 | 3-10 | 0-0 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| N. Spehr | 13 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| T. Pritchard | 10 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| L. Petrov | 6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Vucica | 6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| C. Ricks | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-63 | 13-21 | 37 | 12 | 24 | 65 | |
| 34.9% | 61.9% | ||||||
| Long Beach State 49ers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Richardson, F | 20 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| D. Jennings, F | 19 | 2-5 | 0-5 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| M. Caffey, G | 33 | 3-12 | 3-4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| P. Pappageorge, G | 29 | 2-7 | 1-1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| J. Ennis, G | 22 | 6-10 | 7-9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Deng | 26 | 3-10 | 2-5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| K. Gulley | 23 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| B. Jones | 15 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| N. Shepherd | 12 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| G. Djuma | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 27-60 | 15-26 | 48 | 11 | 20 | 75 | |
| 45% | 57.7% | ||||||
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