LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) - Deng Deng scored 18 points lead Long Beach State over CS Northridge 78-69 Wednesday night.
Stephan Hicks led CS Northridge with 26 points.
Deng was 6 of 14 from the field for the 49ers (7-8, 3-1 Big West).
Keala King had 13 points and a team-high seven rebounds. Mike Caffey scored 14 points and James Ennis had 10.
Long Beach State led 39-38 at halftime in a game with eight ties. At 6:45 in the second half, Caffey hit a layup to tie the game at 55. He followed with a steal and a layup to give the 49ers the lead for good.
Hicks was 8 of 13 from the field. Stephen Maxwell had 10 points and 13 rebounds for CS Northridge (9-7, 0-4).
The 49ers shot 52 percent from the field for the game, while the Matadors shot 40.7 percent. The Matadors outrebounded the 49ers 38-32.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Northridge (9-7) | 38 | 31 | 69 |
| Long Beach State (7-8) « | 39 | 39 | 78 |
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| Northridge Matadors | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Johnson, F | 22 | 1-5 | 2-4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| T. Williams, F | 12 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| S. Maxwell, C | 29 | 4-9 | 2-7 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| S. Hicks, G | 36 | 8-13 | 9-10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 26 |
| L. Drew, G | 31 | 3-11 | 1-2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Perry | 23 | 3-7 | 0-2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| L. Watson | 15 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| T. Hale-Edmerson | 14 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| I. Clark | 9 | 2-3 | 1-3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| M. Tilford | 8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| I. Ilyayev | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-59 | 16-30 | 38 | 13 | 22 | 69 | |
| 40.7% | 53.3% | ||||||
| Long Beach State 49ers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Freeland, F | 23 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| D. Jennings, F | 22 | 2-3 | 4-5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| J. Ennis, G | 34 | 3-6 | 3-5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| K. King, G | 34 | 3-8 | 6-8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
| M. Caffey, G | 29 | 7-9 | 0-1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| P. Pappageorge | 27 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| D. Deng | 22 | 6-14 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 18 |
| K. Richardson | 5 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| N. Shepherd | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 26-50 | 17-25 | 32 | 17 | 23 | 78 | |
| 52% | 68% | ||||||
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