San Francisco Dons (AP) Malik Thomas scored 15 points as San Francisco beat Long Beach State Beach 84-54 on Wednesday.
Thomas shot 5 for 7 (1 for 3 from 3-point range) and 4 of 4 from the free-throw line for the Dons (3-0). Tyrone Riley IV scored 14 points while going 5 of 5 and 2 of 4 from the free-throw line. Jason Rivera-Torres had 12 points and went 5 of 6 from the field.
Devin Askew led the Beach (1-2) in scoring, finishing with 12 points and two steals. TJ Wainwright added 11 points and two steals for Long Beach State. Cam Denson had nine points.
San Francisco took the lead with 18:09 remaining in the first half and did not give it up. Thomas led the Dons with seven points in the first half to help put them up 36-24 at the break. San Francisco extended its lead to 65-38 during the second half, fueled by a 9-0 scoring run. Riley scored a team-high 12 points in the second half.
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1st Half
LBST
Beach
24
SF
Dons
36
Time
Team
Play
Score
20:00
Cam Denson vs. Carlton Linguard Jr. (Dons gains possession)
19:42
Carlton Linguard Jr. misses three point jump shot
19:40
Cam Denson defensive rebound
19:09
Austin Johnson misses two point layup
19:07
Carlton Linguard Jr. defensive rebound
18:42
Carlton Linguard Jr. turnover (lost ball) (Austin Johnson steals)
18:31
Devin Askew misses two point jump shot
18:29
Carlton Linguard Jr. defensive rebound
18:09
+3
Marcus Williams makes three point jump shot (Carlton Linguard Jr. assists)
0-3
17:47
TJ Wainwright misses two point jump shot
17:45
Carlton Linguard Jr. defensive rebound
17:37
Carlton Linguard Jr. misses three point jump shot
17:35
TJ Wainwright defensive rebound
17:25
Cam Denson misses two point layup
17:23
Tyrone Riley IV defensive rebound
16:52
+2
Malik Thomas makes two point layup
0-5
16:52
Cam Denson shooting foul (Malik Thomas draws the foul)
16:52
+1
Malik Thomas makes regular free throw 1 of 1
0-6
16:37
Derrick Michael Xzavierro misses three point jump shot
16:35
Dons defensive rebound
16:20
James O'Donnell turnover
16:03
Marcus Williams shooting foul (TJ Wainwright draws the foul)
16:03
TV timeout
16:03
+1
TJ Wainwright makes regular free throw 1 of 2
1-6
16:03
+1
TJ Wainwright makes regular free throw 2 of 2
2-6
15:45
+2
Tyrone Riley IV makes two point layup (Malik Thomas assists)
2-8
15:24
James O'Donnell personal foul
15:21
Devin Askew turnover (Tyrone Riley IV steals)
15:15
Derrick Michael Xzavierro blocks Ndewedo Newbury's two point layup
15:13
Malik Thomas offensive rebound
15:12
Ramel Lloyd Jr. personal foul
15:03
Christian Richardson shooting foul
15:03
James O'Donnell misses regular free throw 1 of 2
15:03
+1
James O'Donnell makes regular free throw 2 of 2
2-9
14:46
James O'Donnell blocks Devin Askew's two point layup
14:44
Beach offensive rebound
14:32
Derrick Michael Xzavierro misses two point layup
14:30
Carlton Linguard Jr. defensive rebound
14:01
Carlton Linguard Jr. misses two point jump shot
13:59
Devin Askew defensive rebound
13:53
Devin Askew turnover (traveling)
13:28
Derrick Michael Xzavierro blocks Ryan Beasley's two point layup
13:26
Kam Martin defensive rebound
13:22
Ramel Lloyd Jr. offensive foul
13:22
Ramel Lloyd Jr. turnover (offensive foul)
12:59
+2
Carlton Linguard Jr. makes two point layup
2-11
12:26
Austin Johnson misses two point layup
12:24
Beach offensive rebound
12:17
Beach turnover (shot clock violation)
12:04
+2
Carlton Linguard Jr. makes two point layup (Jason Rivera-Torres assists)
2-13
11:42
Devin Askew misses three point jump shot
11:40
Beach offensive rebound
11:36
TV timeout
11:36
Beach technical foul
11:36
Beach turnover
11:36
+1
Jason Rivera-Torres makes technical free throw 1 of 1
2-14
11:28
Derrick Michael Xzavierro misses three point jump shot
11:26
Ndewedo Newbury defensive rebound
10:54
+2
Jason Rivera-Torres makes two point dunk (Ndewedo Newbury assists)
2-16
10:35
+3
Cam Denson makes three point jump shot (Devin Askew assists)
5-16
10:17
Ndewedo Newbury misses two point layup
10:15
Ndewedo Newbury offensive rebound
10:03
Marcus Williams misses two point jump shot
10:01
Kam Martin defensive rebound
9:55
Andrew Nagy misses two point layup
9:53
Andrew Nagy offensive rebound
9:48
+2
Andrew Nagy makes two point layup
7-16
9:48
Dons 30 second timeout
9:42
Christian Richardson personal foul
9:42
Cam Denson personal foul
9:37
+2
Ndewedo Newbury makes two point layup (Malik Thomas assists)
7-18
9:17
Devin Askew turnover (lost ball)
9:03
+2
Malik Thomas makes two point jump shot
7-20
8:55
Ramel Lloyd Jr. misses three point jump shot
8:53
Marcus Williams defensive rebound
8:30
Christian Richardson shooting foul
8:30
+1
Malik Thomas makes regular free throw 1 of 2
7-21
8:30
+1
Malik Thomas makes regular free throw 2 of 2
7-22
8:17
Devin Askew misses two point jump shot
8:15
Malik Thomas defensive rebound
8:04
Malik Thomas turnover (lost ball)
7:55
+2
Devin Askew makes two point layup
9-22
7:36
Junjie Wang turnover (bad pass)
7:36
TV timeout
7:15
+3
TJ Wainwright makes three point jump shot (Kam Martin assists)
12-22
6:52
Ndewedo Newbury misses two point layup
6:50
Jason Rivera-Torres offensive rebound
6:46
+2
Jason Rivera-Torres makes two point layup
12-24
6:31
+2
Devin Askew makes two point jump shot
14-24
6:09
+2
Ndewedo Newbury makes two point layup
14-26
5:53
+2
Devin Askew makes two point layup
16-26
5:40
Carlton Linguard Jr. turnover (bad pass) (Kam Martin steals)
5:31
+2
TJ Wainwright makes two point layup
18-26
5:13
Ndewedo Newbury turnover (bad pass) (Kam Martin steals)
5:03
Kam Martin turnover (bad pass) (Ndewedo Newbury steals)
4:57
+2
Carlton Linguard Jr. makes two point layup (Ryan Beasley assists)