49ers Drop Season Opener to Aztecs
Roberts Scores 13 Points in Loss
November 21, 2003 SAN DIEGO, CA -- The Long Beach State men's basketball team dropped its season opener, 74-44, to the San Diego State Aztecs Friday night at Cox Arena.
Kevin Roberts paced Long Beach State (0-1) with 13 points on 4-of-9 shooting from the field. Cody Pearson chipped in with six points and a team-high nine rebounds, while Lucian Graham added six points and four assists and Travon Free finished with eight points. Freshman Marcus Slaughter led the Aztecs (1-0) with 19 points, while transfer Wesley Stokes added 17 points, six assists and four steals.
The 49ers led 2-0 early on and held the Aztecs scoreless for the first four minutes of the half. Trailing 7-5 with 13:42 left, the 49ers hit a dry spell as the Aztecs went on an 18-0 run over the next 4:30 to take a 25-5 lead at the 9:12 mark. The 49ers committed 18 first half turnovers and shot just 6-28 (.214) from the field.
Long Beach State committed 26 turnovers overall, shot just .379 percent from the field (16-of-55) and a miserable 1-14 (.071) from 3-point range. The Aztecs shot .379 from the field, but were 10-28 from 3-point range. The 49ers did out-rebound the Aztecs, 45-37.
The 49ers are next in action on Saturday, Nov. 29 at Portland at 7:05 p.m. Box Score |
|
|
Learn more about the Beach Pride Referendum which fully funded all of The Beach's teams.
CLICK HERE
|
Copyrighted by Long Beach State and www.longbeachstate.com. All rights reserved worldwide.
No portion of this site may be reproduced or duplicated without the express written Please contact the webmaster should you find an error or out of date link.
