LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) - James Ennis scored 17 points, including five 3-pointers, and Dan Jennings added 14 to lead Long Beach State to its sixth straight win, 81-59 over UC Irvine on Saturday.
Ennis was 6 of 9 from the field, including 5 of 8 from 3-point range, and matched his team-leading scoring average. Jennings pulled down seven rebounds for the 49ers (11-8, 7-1 Big West), who shot 57 percent from the floor and 58 percent from beyond the arc.
Will Davis II led the Anteaters (10-11, 4-4) with 18 points and 12 rebounds, and Chris McNealy scored 10.
Irvine stayed close throughout the first half and trailed just 37-35 after Alex Young's 3-pointer a minute after halftime. But the Anteaters ran out of gas later in the second half, and Long Beach State's 15-3 run turned a 59-52 lead into 74-55.
Long Beach State has won its last five meetings with UC Irvine.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| California Irvine (10-11) | 32 | 27 | 59 |
| Long Beach State (11-8) « | 37 | 44 | 81 |
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| California Irvine Anteaters | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Wilder, F | 30 | 3-11 | 0-1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| A. Folker, F | 15 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| W. Davis II, C | 35 | 9-12 | 0-2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| A. Young, G | 36 | 2-8 | 2-2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| D. Starring, G | 23 | 1-6 | 1-2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. McNealy | 28 | 4-13 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| C. Clifford | 14 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| D. Flowers | 10 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| T. Souza | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. McConnell | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Ryan | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Wright | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-61 | 6-11 | 31 | 12 | 15 | 59 | |
| 37.7% | 54.5% | ||||||
| Long Beach State 49ers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Freeland, F | 29 | 1-3 | 3-6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| J. Ennis, F | 26 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
| D. Jennings, C | 24 | 6-8 | 2-3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| M. Caffey, G | 37 | 2-7 | 2-4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| K. King, G | 32 | 5-11 | 0-0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| P. Pappageorge | 22 | 3-5 | 3-4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| K. Gulley | 11 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| K. Richardson | 7 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| D. Deng | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N. Shepherd | 5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| G. Djuma | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 29-51 | 12-20 | 36 | 16 | 12 | 81 | |
| 56.9% | 60% | ||||||
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