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The Long Beach
State men's and women's basketball squads begin their season's
this weekend.
The men's team travels to Eugene, Ore. to take part in the
America's Youth Classic today through Saturday. The Beach
plays Western Michigan tonight at 6 p.m. to open its season,
then takes on Alabama State Friday at 6 p.m. before closing
the weekend against Oregon Saturday at 8:15 p.m.
The women's squad opens both its regular season and home schedule
with a Saturday contest against visiting Syracuse. Game time
is 7:30 p.m. at The Pyramid.
The women's team beat Love & Basketball, 85-67, Tuesday
at The Pyramid in an exhibition game as senior Ekuah Ramsey
scored 18 points and freshman Jayme Connors added 17 points
and nine rebounds.
The top-ranked LBSU women's volleyball squad (21-0, 14-0 Big
West Conference) begins a four-game-in-five-days stretch with
a road match tonight against Utah State (15-8, 10-4 BWC) at
6:30 p.m., then head north to take on Idaho (9-15, 4-10 BWC)
Saturday at 1 p.m. to close the weekend's slate of games.
The 49ers then return to Long Beach to play back-to-back home
matches against the same two schools Monday (Idaho) and Tuesday
(Utah State). These matches -- both rescheduled after being
postponed in September -- will be played at 7:30 p.m. at The
Pyramid.
The Beach will clinch its eighth Big West championship with
a sweep on its matches today and Saturday.
In LBSU club sports, men's soccer concludes the season at
the Association of Collegiate Club Soccer National Championships
in Cocoa, Fla. Saturday through Monday, rugby returns to defend
its championship Saturday in the Huntington Beach Rugby Tournament
and men's hockey plays UC San Diego Saturday at Lakewood Glacial
Gardens at 9:15 p.m.
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