ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - James Ennis scored 15 points, Deng Deng had 12 and top seeded Long Beach State advanced in the Big West Conference tournament with a 75-66 win over Cal State Fullerton on Thursday night.
Tied at 18 with 12:31 to play before halftime, Ennis hit back-to-back layups to spark a 23-13 run by Long Beach State (19-12) to end the first half with a 41-31 lead. The 49ers trailed only once in the contest when Alex Harris made a 3-pointer to make it 3-2 Titans in the first minute of the game.
Harris and Kwame Vaughn each had 19 points for eighth-seeded Cal State Fullerton (14-18), which had 18 assists as a team.
The 49ers are a perfect 3-0 against the Cal State Fullerton this season.
Long Beach State will play in the semifinals Friday against fourth-seeded UC Irvine, which beat No. 5 Hawaii 71-60.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Cal State Fullerton (14-18) | 31 | 35 | 66 |
| Long Beach State (19-12) « | 41 | 34 | 75 |
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| Cal State Fullerton Titans | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Johnson, F | 12 | 1-1 | 2-4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| A. Harris, G | 40 | 8-14 | 1-3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 |
| J. Brandon, G | 39 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| K. Vaughn, G | 38 | 6-16 | 6-8 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 19 |
| J. Knox, G | 33 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Collins | 21 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| J. Douglas | 17 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 25-51 | 9-16 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 66 | |
| 49% | 56.3% | ||||||
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Freeland, F | 36 | 4-8 | 1-2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| D. Jennings, F | 24 | 2-2 | 3-4 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| J. Ennis, G | 37 | 7-12 | 1-4 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| M. Caffey, G | 28 | 5-11 | 0-2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| K. King, G | 16 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| P. Pappageorge | 29 | 2-4 | 4-5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| D. Deng | 24 | 4-7 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| K. Gulley | 6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | 29-50 | 11-19 | 37 | 14 | 19 | 75 | |
| 58% | 57.9% | ||||||
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