{"id":148560,"date":"2026-01-25T04:14:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T04:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/148560\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T04:14:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T04:14:16","slug":"long-beach-takes-loss-despite-strong-performances-from-keveun-smyers-and-donovan-magee-how-to-watch-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/148560\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Beach Takes Loss Despite Strong Performances from Keveun Smyers and Donovan Magee + How To Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Long Beach<\/a> lost to Picayune<\/a> back in December of 2025 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Bearcats took a hard 62-45 fall against the Maroon Tide.<\/p>\n

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Keveun Smyers<\/p>\n

01\/23\/26 vs Picayune201\/16\/26 vs Pascagoula201\/13\/26 vs Pearl River Central301\/09\/26 vs Hancock2<\/p>\n

Long Beach’s loss shouldn’t obscure the performances of Donovan Magee<\/a>, who posted 11 points, and Keveun Smyers<\/a>, who scored 17 points. Smyers has been hot recently, having also posted two or more steals the last four times he’s played. Another player making a difference was Neveah Smith<\/a>, who earned two points and six steals.<\/p>\n

Picayune can attribute much of their success to Jordan Hawthorne<\/a>, who shot 86% from the field to rack up 14 points. Beaux Hover<\/a> was another key player, putting up eight points and three steals.<\/p>\n

Long Beach dropped their record down to 9-14 with the defeat, which was their sixth straight at home. As for Picayune, they are on a roll lately: they’ve won five of their last six matchups. That’s provided a nice bump to their 13-7 record this season.<\/p>\n

Long Beach will head out to challenge Hancock at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The Bearcats will be up against the Hawks’ rather soft defense (which has allowed 53.25 points per game), so fans could be in store for a big offensive performance. As for Picayune, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Pearl River Central at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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