{"id":45330,"date":"2025-11-09T13:38:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T13:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/45330\/"},"modified":"2025-11-09T13:38:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T13:38:12","slug":"dogs-pull-away-in-second-half-to-defeat-long-beach-state-82-62","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/45330\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Dogs pull away in second half to defeat Long Beach State, 82\u201362"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/bvmsports.com\/ncaa\/fresno-state-bulldogs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fresno State<\/a> men&#8217;s basketball team secured an 82-62 victory over <a href=\"https:\/\/bvmsports.com\/ncaa\/long-beach-state-beach\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Long Beach State<\/a> with a powerful second-half performance. After leading 28-20 at halftime, the Bulldogs surged ahead thanks to a strong offensive display and solid defense, improving their season record to 2-1. Senior guard Jake Heidbreder led the way with 24 points, while Wilson Jacques achieved a double-double with 12 points and 13 rebounds. Long Beach State remains winless at 0-2, struggling against Fresno&#8217;s defensive pressure.<\/p>\n<p> By the NumbersFresno State shot 50% (26-52) from the field and 39% (9-23) from three-point range.The Bulldogs out-rebounded Long Beach State 38-26 and scored 34 points in the paint. State of PlayThe Bulldogs&#8217; defense limited Long Beach State to 38% shooting and forced 16 turnovers.Fresno State&#8217;s bench contributed significantly, adding 20 points to the team&#8217;s total. What&#8217;s Next<\/p>\n<p>Fresno State is set to continue its homestand against UC San Diego on Wednesday night at 6 p.m. PT, aiming to build on this momentum and improve their record further.<\/p>\n<p> Bottom Line<\/p>\n<p>This dominant win showcases Fresno State&#8217;s offensive depth and defensive strength, establishing them as a competitive team early in the season. Maintaining this performance will be crucial for their upcoming games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Fresno State men&#8217;s basketball team secured an 82-62 victory over Long Beach State with a powerful second-half&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45331,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-45330","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\/45330","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=45330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}