{"id":126570,"date":"2026-01-09T12:07:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T12:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/126570\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T12:07:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T12:07:09","slug":"lbsu-shows-fight-early-but-uc-irvine-dominates-with-78-59-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/126570\/","title":{"rendered":"LBSU Shows Fight Early, But UC Irvine Dominates with 78-59 Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a competitive matchup at the LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid, <a href=\"https:\/\/bvmsports.com\/ncaa\/long-beach-state-beach\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Long Beach State<\/a> initially held their ground against <a href=\"https:\/\/bvmsports.com\/ncaa\/uc-irvine-anteaters\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UC Irvine<\/a> but ultimately lost 78-59. The game started positively for LBSU with a three-pointer from Judit Oliva Fernandez, but the Anteaters quickly took control and led 22-16 at the end of the first quarter. A strong performance from Rosie Akot in the second quarter helped LBSU tie the game at 26, but UC Irvine responded with a dominant run to regain a significant lead by halftime. Despite resilient efforts from Oliva Fernandez and Khylee Pepe, UC Irvine&#8217;s depth and execution proved too much to overcome in the second half.<\/p>\n<p> By the NumbersRosie Akot scored a career-high 18 points and grabbed 8 rebounds.Judit Oliva Fernandez recorded 11 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 blocks. Yes, But<\/p>\n<p>While LBSU showed moments of strong play, UC Irvine&#8217;s consistent pressure and depth were decisive factors in the outcome, illustrating a clear gap in execution and experience between the teams.<\/p>\n<p> State of PlayLBSU started strong but struggled with turnovers that allowed UC Irvine to regain control of the game.Long Beach State had a notable second quarter but could not maintain that momentum through the second half. What&#8217;s Next<\/p>\n<p>Long Beach State will need to address their turnover issues and find more offensive consistency as they prepare for their next matchup, seeking improvements in execution against tougher opponents.<\/p>\n<p> Bottom Line<\/p>\n<p>The game highlights LBSU&#8217;s potential for strong performances but also underscores the need for more effective execution to compete successfully in future matches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a competitive matchup at the LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid, Long Beach State initially held their ground&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":126571,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-126570","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\/126570","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=126570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126570\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}