FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - Peter Pappageorge scored a career-high 23 points to lead Long Beach State to a 69-61 win over Fresno State on Saturday.
Pappageorge hit four 3-pointers and was 7 of 7 from the line, as he set a career high in a second consecutive game.
But Fresno State was hot first, taking a 14-6 lead on a dunk by Tyler Johnson, who would score 10 points.
At halftime, Pappageorge had scored 17 points and the 49ers were up 37-34.
Fresno State kept knocking. With just over a minute in the game, they cut the lead to five. But James Ennis tipped in a free throw miss and Pappageorge would make four free throws to secure the win.
Mike Caffey scored 13 points for the 49ers (2-3). Ennis had 11 points, nine rebounds. Dan Jennings added 10.
Allen Huddleston led the Bulldogs (3-2) with 13 points. Kevin Foster had 11 rebounds.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Long Beach State (2-3) « | 37 | 32 | 69 |
| Fresno State (3-2) | 34 | 27 | 61 |
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| Long Beach State 49ers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Jennings, F | 17 | 4-7 | 2-6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| M. Caffey, G | 38 | 6-14 | 0-0 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| P. Pappageorge, G | 37 | 6-10 | 7-7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 23 |
| J. Ennis, G | 35 | 4-10 | 2-2 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| K. Gulley, G | 31 | 2-4 | 1-4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Richardson | 20 | 2-7 | 2-2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| D. Deng | 14 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| N. Shepherd | 8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-55 | 14-21 | 34 | 11 | 18 | 69 | |
| 43.6% | 66.7% | ||||||
| Fresno State Bulldogs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Brown, F | 34 | 4-7 | 1-1 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| K. Foster, F | 26 | 2-9 | 1-2 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| K. Olekaibe, G | 32 | 3-12 | 1-1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| T. Johnson, G | 30 | 3-6 | 3-5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| A. Huddleston, G | 21 | 4-10 | 3-4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Harris | 19 | 0-2 | 2-4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| R. Upshaw | 18 | 4-7 | 0-2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| G. Johnson | 13 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| A. Anderson | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Giddings | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-57 | 11-19 | 37 | 9 | 20 | 61 | |
| 38.6% | 57.9% | ||||||
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