{"id":371760,"date":"2026-06-23T18:21:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T18:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/371760\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T18:21:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T18:21:09","slug":"mens-basketball-adds-additional-high-school-recruit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/371760\/","title":{"rendered":"Men\u2019s Basketball Adds Additional High School Recruit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LONG BEACH, Calif. \u2013 Long Beach State Men&#8217;s Basketball has announced that Ethan Chung has been added to the 2026-27 roster after a standout prep career in Hawai&#8217;i.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nEthan Chung | Guard | 6-6, 190 | Honolulu, Hawaii<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nChung played for three seasons at Punahou High School in Honolulu. As a senior, he averaged 14.9 points per game while making 40 3-pointers. He scored over 20 points four times as a senior and hit double-figures in all but two games as a leader for the program.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nAcker on Chung:<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n&#8220;Ethan brings a unique background and perspective to our program. He enhances the diversity of our team while embodying the values of growth, humility, and service. Ethan&#8217;s commitment to personal development and investing in others will help strengthen our culture and positively impact the campus and surrounding community.&#8221;<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nChung joins Max VanLaningham as the two incoming freshmen for the 2026-27 roster which is nearing completion.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LONG BEACH, Calif. \u2013 Long Beach State Men&#8217;s Basketball has announced that Ethan Chung has been added to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":371761,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-371760","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\/371760","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=371760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371760\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/371761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=371760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=371760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}