{"id":45459,"date":"2025-11-09T15:56:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T15:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/45459\/"},"modified":"2025-11-09T15:56:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T15:56:47","slug":"mens-basketball-continues-road-trip-at-fresno-state-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/45459\/","title":{"rendered":"Men&#8217;s Basketball Continues Road Trip At Fresno State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bvmsports.com\/ncaa\/long-beach-state-beach\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Long Beach State<\/a>\u2019s men\u2019s basketball team is on a season-opening three-game road trip, playing <a href=\"https:\/\/bvmsports.com\/ncaa\/fresno-state-bulldogs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fresno State<\/a> on November 8. The Beach previously faced a tough opponent in San Diego State, losing 77-45 despite a strong debut from new player Petar Majstorovic, who achieved a double-double. With a significantly revamped roster featuring 13 new players and only one returnee, Long Beach aims to improve on last season&#8217;s disappointing 7-25 record. Derrick Michael Xzavierro, the sole returning player, will lead the team while new recruits and transfers look to make an immediate impact.<\/p>\n<p> By the NumbersLong Beach State was 7-25 overall last season.Derrick Michael Xzavierro averaged 6.8 rebounds per game, ranking in the Top 5 for the Big West. State of PlayLong Beach State starts its road trip, having already lost to San Diego State.The team added depth through the transfer portal, bringing in multiple impactful players. What&#8217;s Next<\/p>\n<p>Following the game against Fresno State, Long Beach State will continue its road trip, facing Iowa State for the first time. The team will also host 16 home games this season, aiming to leverage a more competitive roster.<\/p>\n<p> Bottom Line<\/p>\n<p>The Beach&#8217;s ambitious roster overhaul, with key additions and a strong returning player, sets the stage for a potentially improved season. Long Beach State must capitalize on this untested talent to achieve better results this year and beyond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Long Beach State\u2019s men\u2019s basketball team is on a season-opening three-game road trip, playing Fresno State on November&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41591,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-45459","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\/45459","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=45459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}