{"id":166786,"date":"2026-02-06T15:04:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T15:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/166786\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T15:04:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T15:04:14","slug":"long-beach-state-loses-64-53-to-uc-san-diego-in-intense-showdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/166786\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Beach State Loses 64-53 to UC San Diego in Intense Showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bvmsports.com\/ncaa\/long-beach-state-beach\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Long Beach State<\/a> fought hard against UC San Diego but ultimately suffered a 64-53 loss at home. The Beach started strong, leading 16-12 after the first quarter, highlighted by Brynna Pukis&#8217; two three-pointers. UCSD rallied in the second half, leveraging foul shots and offensive rebounds to gain momentum. Late in the game, after momentarily taking a lead, Long Beach couldn&#8217;t sustain their performance, allowing the Tritons to close the match with a decisive scoring run.<\/p>\n<p> By the NumbersLong Beach State shot 57.1% in the fourth quarter.UC San Diego went 29-for-34 from the free throw line compared to Long Beach&#8217;s 4-for-10. State of PlayLong Beach held a narrow lead at halftime, 26-24.UC San Diego dominated the third quarter, outscoring Long Beach 18-10. What&#8217;s Next<\/p>\n<p>The loss may prompt Long Beach State to reassess defensive strategies and manage rotations better to avoid fatigue in future games. Improved free-throw efficiency will also be a focus moving forward.<\/p>\n<p> Bottom Line<\/p>\n<p>Long Beach State&#8217;s performance highlights the importance of depth and late-game execution, as their reliance on a few starters ultimately led to their defeat against UC San Diego.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Long Beach State fought hard against UC San Diego but ultimately suffered a 64-53 loss at home. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":166787,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-166786","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\/166786","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=166786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}