PCAA Roundup : Long Beach Gets First League Win

DeAnthony Langston scored 24 points Saturday night to lift Cal State Long Beach to a 76-53 Pacific Coast Athletic Assn. triumph over the University of the Pacific in Long Beach.

Leading 38-34 at halftime, the 49ers’ pressure defense held the Tigers to 23% shooting from the floor in gaining its first conference victory in five tries. They are 5-11 overall.

Rich Anema led the Tigers (2-5, 9-9) with 13 points.

New Mexico State 48, Fresno State 46--Junior guard Kenny Travis scored a season-high 23 points to lead the Aggies past the Bulldogs at Las Cruces, N.M.

The win was the seventh straight for New Mexico State (5-0, 11-3). Fresno State dropped to 3-3 and 10-7. New Mexico State remains a half-game behind Nevada Las Vegas.

Travis hit 9 of 13 shots from the field. Forward Gilbert Wilburn, the Aggies’ leading scorer, was held to six points. Fresno State forward Brian Salone had 14 points and center Jos Kuipers added 13.

Utah State 80, San Jose State 67--Senior forward Greg Grant scored 22 points and freshman forward Gilbert Pete added 16 in his first collegiate start as the Aggies defeated the Spartans at Logan, Utah.

After Grant and Pete combined for 18 points in leading Utah State (2-3, 6-8) to a 44-37 halftime lead, San Jose State, led by Ricky Berry’s 16 second-half points, stayed close and trailed by only three, 65-62, with 4:02 to play.

The Aggies then scored six straight points to increase their lead to 71-62 with 2:27 left.

Berry hit a three-point shot to cut the deficit to six and the teams traded free throws before Utah State scored the game’s final seven points at the free throw line.

Grant and Pete each had 10 rebounds, contributing to Utah State’s 44-33 edge in that category. Freshman Danny Conway added 10 points and 8 rebounds for the Aggies.

Berry finished with 22 points and 12 rebounds for the Spartans. Reggie Owens of San Jose State added 14 points.

The Spartans, who never led, fell to 3-3 and 9-6.