{"id":156676,"date":"2026-01-30T15:53:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T15:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/156676\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T15:53:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T15:53:09","slug":"highlanders-push-past-long-beach-state-with-second-half-run-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/156676\/","title":{"rendered":"Highlanders Push Past Long Beach State With Second Half Run"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Long Beach State took an early lead against UC <a href=\"https:\/\/bvmsports.com\/ncaa\/uc-riverside-highlanders\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Riverside<\/a> but faltered in the second half, losing 71-61. Missing leading scorer Gavin Sykes due to injury, Long Beach State managed to stay competitive initially, led by Isaiah Lewis and Shaquil Bender. However, a series of turnovers and cold shooting in the second half allowed the Highlanders to reclaim the lead and secure the win. Anthony Henderson&#8217;s late 3-pointer sealed the game for UC Riverside, leaving Long Beach State to regroup for their next matchup.<\/p>\n<p> By the NumbersLong Beach State recorded 16 turnovers that led to 23 points for UC Riverside.Isaiah Lewis was the top scorer for Long Beach with 13 points. State of PlayLong Beach State dropped to 8-14 overall and 4-6 in Big West play with this loss.UC Riverside improved its record to 8-14 overall and 2-8 in Big West play. What&#8217;s Next<\/p>\n<p>Long Beach State will host Hawai&#8217;i on Saturday at 1 p.m., aiming to bounce back and improve their conference standing.<\/p>\n<p> Bottom Line<\/p>\n<p>The loss highlighted Long Beach State&#8217;s struggles in the second half, particularly with turnovers and shooting, demonstrating critical areas for improvement as they prepare for future games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Long Beach State took an early lead against UC Riverside but faltered in the second half, losing 71-61.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":156157,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-156676","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-long-beach","8":"tag-long-beach","9":"tag-long-beach-headlines","10":"tag-long-beach-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156676","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=156676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}