LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) - Mike Caffey sank two free throws with 7.4 seconds remaining to give Long Beach State a 57-55 victory against UC Santa Barbara on Wednesday night.
After UC Santa Barbara tied the game on Michael Bryson's 3-pointer, Caffey was the victim of a light touch foul by Kyle Boswell at midcourt. With the 49ers (12-8, 8-1 Big West) in the double bonus, it was worth two shots.
The Gauchos (7-13, 3-6) brought the ball upcourt, but Boswell had to reach for a pass and was unable to get off a clean 3-point try as the buzzer sounded.
James Ennis and Tony Freeland led Long Beach with 16 points each. Caffey added 10.
Boswell had 13 points and made three 3-pointers, and Taran Brown added 12 for UC Santa Barbara, which overcame a 55-50 deficit with 2:30 remaining. The Gauchos played a third straight game without leading scorer Alan Williams, who is out with a hamstring strain.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Santa Barbara (7-13) | 28 | 27 | 55 |
| Long Beach State (12-8) « | 30 | 27 | 57 |
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| Santa Barbara Gauchos | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Brown, F | 33 | 5-19 | 0-0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| S. Beeler, F | 15 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| K. Boswell, G | 33 | 3-9 | 4-6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| T. Taylor, G | 29 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| M. Bryson, G | 27 | 3-6 | 2-2 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Brewe | 24 | 3-7 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| K. Hornbuckle | 15 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| L. Thomas | 11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| D. DaRe | 6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| N. Garth | 6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| S. Moore | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 19-56 | 10-12 | 39 | 9 | 20 | 55 | |
| 33.9% | 83.3% | ||||||
| Long Beach State 49ers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Ennis, F | 33 | 4-7 | 6-8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| T. Freeland, F | 32 | 7-12 | 2-2 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 16 |
| D. Jennings, C | 25 | 2-5 | 3-7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| M. Caffey, G | 32 | 2-7 | 5-6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| K. King, G | 31 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| P. Pappageorge | 22 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| D. Deng | 12 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| K. Richardson | 8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Gulley | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| N. Shepherd | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 17-46 | 18-25 | 33 | 4 | 13 | 57 | |
| 37% | 72% | ||||||
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