Long Beach State Beach @ UC Santa Barbara Gauchos

13-16, 8-5 Big West

Final

	1	2	T
Long Beach St LBSU	33	33	66
Santa Barbara UCSB	24	24	48

UC Santa Barbara GauchosSanta BarbaraUCSB

4-21, 2-11 Big West

Long Beach State cruises past UC Santa Barbara 66-48

Feb 18, 2017, 09:48 pm

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- Evan Payne made four 3-pointers and scored 22 points to help Long Beach State beat UC Santa Barbara 66-48 on Saturday night.

Justin Bibbins had 14 points and seven assists and Roschon Prince added 11 points and eight rebounds for the 49ers (13-16, 8-5 Big West). Eric Childress led the Gauchos (4-21, 2-11) with 13 points.

Long Beach State had a 12-3 run capped at 63-44 by Justin Bibbins' pair of free throws with 2:04 left.

The Gauchos got the deficit no closer than seven in the second half.

The 49ers took the lead for good at 21-19 on Payne's 3-pointer with 8:38 left in the first half. That sparked a 13-2 run capped at 31-21 on a Prince dunk with five minutes left in the half. UC Santa Barbara had a five-point lead early in the first half.

Game Information

Santa Barbara, CA

Referee:Rick Batsell

Referee:Andy Cohn

Referee:John Butler

NCAA Division I

Big West Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
UC Irvine	15-5	-	23-12
Hawai'i	14-6	1	24-9
UC San Diego	12-8	3	23-11
Cal State Northridge	12-8	3	20-14
Cal State Fullerton	12-8	3	18-16
UC Davis	11-9	4	19-14
UC Santa Barbara	11-9	4	18-14
Cal Poly	10-10	5	14-19
Long Beach State	6-14	9	10-22
UC Riverside	5-15	10	10-22
Cal State Bakersfield	2-18	13	8-24

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