LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) - Mike Caffey hit a go-ahead jumper with two seconds remaining and had 18 points to lead four Long Beach State players in double figures in a 76-72 victory against Hawaii on Saturday night.
Caffey's basket made the score 74-72. On the ensuing play, Hawaii lost possession when Davis Rozitis was called for a foul, the Hawaii bench was assigned a technical foul, and Peter Pappageorge hit two free throws with a second left.
Pappageorge scored 15 points, Deng Deng 12 and James Ennis 11 for the 49ers (8-8, 4-1 Big West), who won their third straight.
Brandon Jawato had 16 points and Vander Joaquim 13 for the Rainbow Warriors (9-7, 3-2). Christian Standhardinger, Hawaii's leading scorer, was limited to six points in 12 minutes.
Hawaii trailed by 10 in the second half but rallied to tie the score at 72-all on Jawato's 3-pointer with 1:08 remaining.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Hawaii (9-7) | 36 | 36 | 72 |
| Long Beach State (8-8) « | 43 | 33 | 76 |
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| Hawaii Warriors | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| I. Fotu, F | 30 | 2-3 | 2-6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| C. Standhardinger, F | 12 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| V. Joaquim, C | 24 | 6-14 | 1-1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| J. Tavita, G | 30 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| B. Spearman, G | 16 | 1-5 | 4-4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Rozitis | 21 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| B. Jawato | 19 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
| O. Pavlovic | 19 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| H. Brereton | 17 | 4-7 | 0-1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| G. Jefferson | 12 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Totals | 29-60 | 7-15 | 37 | 14 | 24 | 72 | |
| 48.3% | 46.7% | ||||||
| Long Beach State 49ers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Jennings, F | 30 | 3-5 | 2-6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| T. Freeland, F | 27 | 3-6 | 1-1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| J. Ennis, G | 36 | 4-12 | 3-4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| M. Caffey, G | 34 | 5-13 | 6-8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 18 |
| K. King, G | 24 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| P. Pappageorge | 17 | 3-5 | 6-6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| D. Deng | 15 | 4-6 | 0-1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| K. Richardson | 9 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| K. Gulley | 8 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-52 | 18-29 | 31 | 19 | 17 | 76 | |
| 46.2% | 62.1% | ||||||
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