LOS ANGELES (AP) - Mike Caffey scored 15 points, leading four Long Beach State players in double figures, and the 49ers beat Loyola Marymount 73-70 Thursday night.
James Ennis had 14 points, Deng Deng scored 13 and Kris Gulley had 12 points and 10 rebounds for Long Beach State (3-3). Ennis contributed four points in an 8-0 run that put the 49ers ahead 67-62, and they maintained the lead the rest of the way.
Ashley Hamilton scored 17 points to lead the Lions (3-4), who played their first home game since Nov. 9. Loyola Marymount went 2-3 on the road, including a 1-2 record last weekend in the Alaska Shootout.
Ayodeji Egbeyemi had 16 points and 11 rebounds for Loyola Marymount. C.J. Blackwell added 15 points, all on 3-pointers. He was 5 of 8 from behind the arc for the Lions, who made 13 of 25 to stay close.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Long Beach State (3-3) « | 32 | 41 | 73 |
| Loyola Marymount (3-4) | 38 | 32 | 70 |
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| Long Beach State 49ers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Jennings, F | 26 | 4-6 | 0-3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| M. Caffey, G | 37 | 6-17 | 2-4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
| J. Ennis, G | 35 | 3-12 | 6-6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| P. Pappageorge, G | 34 | 2-9 | 0-0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| K. Gulley, G | 33 | 4-6 | 2-3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Deng | 19 | 4-7 | 5-9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| K. Richardson | 11 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| N. Shepherd | 5 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 25-60 | 16-27 | 37 | 10 | 11 | 73 | |
| 41.7% | 59.3% | ||||||
| Loyola Marymount Lions | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Hamilton, F | 33 | 5-8 | 5-7 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 17 |
| G. Okonji, F | 19 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| A. Ireland, G | 39 | 4-14 | 0-0 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 9 |
| A. Egbeyemi, G | 33 | 6-11 | 0-0 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 16 |
| C. Flint, G | 33 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Blackwell | 24 | 5-11 | 0-4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| A. Osborne | 10 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| N. Stover | 9 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 26-59 | 5-11 | 42 | 17 | 20 | 70 | |
| 44.1% | 45.5% | ||||||
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