{"id":76530,"date":"2025-12-01T09:06:05","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T09:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/76530\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T09:06:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T09:06:05","slug":"historic-night-for-gavin-sykes-propels-long-beach-state-past-san-diego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/76530\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic Night for Gavin Sykes Propels Long Beach State Past San Diego"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bvmsports.com\/ncaa\/long-beach-state-beach\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Long Beach State<\/a>&#8216;s men&#8217;s basketball team achieved a crucial victory against <a href=\"https:\/\/bvmsports.com\/ncaa\/san-diego-toreros\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Diego<\/a>, winning 76-72, thanks to freshman Gavin Sykes&#8217; historic performance. Sykes scored 30 points, becoming the first true freshman since 1990 to reach that mark for the program. The win was sealed by Sykes&#8217; late-game layup and subsequent free throw, followed by a defensive stop from teammate Isaiah Lewis, reflecting the team&#8217;s growth despite early season struggles.<\/p>\n<p> By the NumbersGavin Sykes scored 30 points, marking a program record for true freshmen since 1990.Long Beach State outscored San Diego\u2019s bench 27-9 in the second half. State of PlayLBSU is now 2-6 for the season following the win.Upcoming games include a Big West contest against UC Santa Barbara and a matchup against defending champion UC San Diego. What&#8217;s Next<\/p>\n<p>As LBSU prepares for their upcoming Big West games, they aim to build on this momentum and improve their road performance. The team&#8217;s ability to rally in the second half against San Diego may set a positive tone for future contests.<\/p>\n<p> Bottom Line<\/p>\n<p>Gavin Sykes&#8217; standout performance not only writes his name into the record books but also signals a turning point for Long Beach State as they seek to strengthen their chemistry and competitive edge in the Big West Conference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Long Beach State&#8216;s men&#8217;s basketball team achieved a crucial victory against San Diego, winning 76-72, thanks to freshman&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76209,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-76530","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\/76530","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=76530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}