{"id":189109,"date":"2026-02-22T19:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T19:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/189109\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T19:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T19:40:10","slug":"mens-basketball-comeback-falls-short-as-csun-edges-long-beach-state-78-76","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/189109\/","title":{"rendered":"Men\u2019s Basketball Comeback Falls Short as CSUN Edges Long Beach State 78-76"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bvmsports.com\/ncaa\/long-beach-state-beach\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Long Beach State<\/a> fought back from a 17-point deficit against CSUN but ultimately lost 78-76 in a nail-biting finish. The first half saw CSUN dominate, scoring 38 points in the paint and establishing a 46-38 lead at halftime. Long Beach State came alive in the second half with a strong performance from Shaquil Bender, who scored 27 points but missed a crucial last-second shot that could have tied the game. Despite the loss, the resilience shown by Long Beach State highlights their competitive spirit as they look ahead to future games.<\/p>\n<p> By the NumbersLong Beach State was down by 17 points in the second half.Shaquil Bender scored 27 points, including 16 in the second half. State of PlayLong Beach State has a current record of 8-20 and 4-12 in the Big West Conference.CSUN improves to 18-10, sitting at 11-5 in the Big West Conference. What&#8217;s Next<\/p>\n<p>Long Beach State is set to face Cal Poly in their next outing on Thursday, February 26, aiming to build on their strong second-half performance against CSUN.<\/p>\n<p> Bottom Line<\/p>\n<p>Though Long Beach State lost, their comeback effort against CSUN demonstrates their potential and determination, setting the stage for a challenging yet promising remainder of the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Long Beach State fought back from a 17-point deficit against CSUN but ultimately lost 78-76 in a nail-biting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188418,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-189109","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\/189109","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=189109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}