{"id":117165,"date":"2026-01-02T08:25:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T08:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/117165\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T08:25:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T08:25:14","slug":"beach-dominates-lincoln-in-professional-113-66-win-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/117165\/","title":{"rendered":"Beach Dominates Lincoln In Professional 113-66 Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bvmsports.com\/ncaa\/long-beach-state-beach\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Long Beach State<\/a> secured a commanding 113-66 victory over <a href=\"https:\/\/bvmsports.com\/juco\/lincoln-university-ca\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lincoln<\/a>, marking their final non-conference game. The team showcased impressive scoring depth with five players hitting double figures, led by freshman Gavin Sykes&#8217; 21 points. The Beach achieved a season-high 31 assists on 60% shooting, alongside a strong defensive effort that limited Lincoln to just 28 points in the second half. This win also signifies Long Beach&#8217;s highest point total since 2018.<\/p>\n<p> By the NumbersLong Beach State had 31 assists with just 10 turnovers.They shot over 60% from the field for the first time since 2012 and scored 113 points, their highest since 124 against Bethesda in 2018. State of PlayLong Beach State improved to 4-10 overall with this victory.They dominated the game with 78 points in the paint and 43 total rebounds. What&#8217;s Next<\/p>\n<p>The Beach will be back in action on Saturday, facing Cal Poly in their Big West opener, looking to build on this strong performance and improve their season record.<\/p>\n<p> Bottom Line<\/p>\n<p>Long Beach State&#8217;s comprehensive win highlights their potential as they move into conference play, emphasizing teamwork and a balanced scoring effort that could be crucial for their upcoming games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Long Beach State secured a commanding 113-66 victory over Lincoln, marking their final non-conference game. The team showcased&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":114623,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-117165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}