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(February 13, 2008) –
UC Riverside used a team-high of 19 points from senior Larry
Cunningham to get within four points in the final minute but
Long Beach was able to hold off the Highlander rally and pick
up the 56-46 Big West victory down in Long Beach, CA Wednesday
night.
UCR falls to 5-16 overall
and 2-8 in the Big West after experiencing a tough shooting
night only getting 14-of-42 (33.3%) shots to fall while playing
in the first game in 11 days. The Highlanders won the battle
on the boards 32-30 but was unable to answer the outside shooting
by the 49ers (6-17, 3-8 Big West) who knocked down 10 from
long distance, five more than UCR.
Long Beach led throughout
the game opening up leads in the double digits throughout
the first half before a couple free-throws by sophomore Sean
Cunningham and a three by freshman Jalonni Diggs cut the LBSU
lead to 22-16 in the final seconds. Greg Plater would answer
for the 49ers though, by hitting a three the following possesion
to open the lead back up to 25-16 at the break.
The teams came out in the
second half starting to make more of their shots. UCR would
stay within single digits of the 49ers for most of the second
half before closing the gap to 47-43 on a Larry Cunningham's
three with 1:11 remaining. LBSU would again answer the Highlander
rally, knocking down 9 of their final 10 free-throw attempts
to pick up the victory.
Junior Aaron Scott finished
with nine points and a team-high of eight rebounds in support
of Larry Cunningham. LBSU was led by Donovan Morris who finished
with a game-high 26 points after receiving 16 trips to the
charity stripe and made 15 of those attempts.
UCR continues on the road
with a stop at first place Cal State Northridge on Saturday
at 7:00 p.m.
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