LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) - James Ennis and Mike Caffey scored 19 points apiece as Long Beach State defeated Pacific 67-63 Saturday in the Big West Conference opener for both schools.
Tony Freeland added 15 points for the 49ers (5-7) and Dan Jennings had 10.
Pacific (6-7) got 13 points each from Lorenzo McCloud and Trevin Harris, and 10 from Tony Gill.
Long Beach overcame an 11-point first-half deficit and got three key second-half 3-pointers from Caffey. The first gave the 49ers their first lead of the game, 36-35, with 14:49 remaining.
With the score tied at 44-all, Caffey hit two more 3s and a two-point jumper during a 14-4 run that put Long Beach ahead 58-48 with 6:30 left.
Pacific closed within five points, then made it a two-point game on a Harris 3-pointer with 28 seconds to go, but Long Beach held on despite making just 2 of 8 free throws in the final minute.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Pacific (6-7) | 26 | 37 | 63 |
| Long Beach State (5-7) « | 21 | 46 | 67 |
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| Pacific Tigers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Fulton, F | 20 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| K. Kelley, F | 17 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| L. McCloud, G | 37 | 3-10 | 6-8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| S. Taku, G | 27 | 3-9 | 1-2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| C. Beatty, G | 19 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Rivera | 26 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| T. Harris | 21 | 4-6 | 1-2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| T. Gill | 15 | 4-8 | 2-3 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| R. De Souza | 9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| A. Bock | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Duran | 3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Thomas | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-56 | 11-17 | 39 | 12 | 30 | 63 | |
| 39.3% | 64.7% | ||||||
| Long Beach State 49ers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Freeland, F | 35 | 4-5 | 7-8 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 15 |
| D. Jennings, F | 28 | 4-5 | 2-6 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| M. Caffey, G | 33 | 8-16 | 0-6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 |
| J. Ennis, G | 32 | 4-6 | 9-10 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 19 |
| P. Pappageorge, G | 26 | 0-2 | 3-4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. King | 19 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| K. Gulley | 14 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Richardson | 7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| D. Deng | 6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 20-42 | 22-37 | 28 | 6 | 19 | 67 | |
| 47.6% | 59.5% | ||||||
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