{"id":133112,"date":"2026-01-14T11:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T11:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/133112\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T11:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T11:18:10","slug":"mens-basketball-homestand-ends-thursday-against-uc-riverside-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/133112\/","title":{"rendered":"Men&#8217;s Basketball Homestand Ends Thursday Against UC Riverside"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bvmsports.com\/ncaa\/long-beach-state-beach\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Long Beach State<\/a> Men&#8217;s Basketball is gearing up to face <a href=\"https:\/\/bvmsports.com\/ncaa\/uc-riverside-highlanders\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UC Riverside<\/a> on January 15, aiming for their fifth consecutive home win in the Big West Conference. The game will take place at 7 p.m. at the LBS Financial Credit Union, streamed on ESPN+. In their last matchup, Long Beach State defeated Cal State Bakersfield 81-75, with Petar Majstorovic leading in scoring. Freshman Gavin Sykes continues to impress, currently averaging 18.2 points per game and making a mark as one of the top scoring freshmen in the nation.<\/p>\n<p> By the NumbersGavin Sykes is averaging 20.6 points per game in Big West conference games.Petar Majstorovic is averaging 14.9 points and 6.5 rebounds per game. Yes, But<\/p>\n<p>Despite strong performances from key players, the team has faced a significant rebuild, with only one returning player and several new transfers. Balancing these new dynamics while competing in the league remains a challenge.<\/p>\n<p> State of PlayThe team is currently on a four-game home winning streak.Gavin Sykes leads all freshmen in scoring, ranked seventh overall nationally. What&#8217;s Next<\/p>\n<p>Following the match against UC Riverside, Long Beach State will look to maintain momentum as they continue their Big West schedule, with a focus on improving overall team synergy and strengthening their standings.<\/p>\n<p> Bottom Line<\/p>\n<p>Long Beach State&#8217;s success heavily relies on the standout performance of freshmen like Gavin Sykes and Petar Majstorovic. Their development and consistency will be crucial as the team navigates a competitive conference season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Long Beach State Men&#8217;s Basketball is gearing up to face UC Riverside on January 15, aiming for their&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":132220,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-133112","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\/133112","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=133112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}