PCAA Roundup : Long Beach Ties NCAA Record in Loss

Cal State Long Beach tied an NCAA record by not attempting a free throw in its 54-50 Pacific Coast Athletic Assn. loss to the University of the Pacific Thursday night in Stockton.

The record is shared by several teams. The Tigers made 14 of 26 from the free throw line.

The Tigers were called for 12 fouls and Long Beach was hit with 20. Pacific was not called for a foul in the last 11:15.

James Gleaves broke a 48-48 tie for the Tigers (5-8, 12-12) by converting a three-point play with 1:36 left.

Rich Anema scored 12 points for the Tigers, Brent Counts added 11 and Gleaves scored 10. Morlon Wiley scored 14 points and De Anthony Langston added 12 for Long Beach (2-11, 6-18).

Fresno State 56, New Mexico State 51--Marvin Carter scored 15 of his 17 points in the second half as the Bulldogs rallied to overcome the Aggies at Fresno.

Carter made 3 of 4 three-point attempts.

The Bulldogs (7-7, 14-11) trailed, 34-28, with 12 minutes remaining, but Carter and Jos Kuipers hit three point shots to start a 10-point surge that put Fresno ahead for good. Freshman Mike Mitchell wrapped up the surge with a reverse dunk on a lob from Kuipers and a 15-foot jumper.

The Bulldogs put the game away by making 10 straight free throws in the final minutes.

The Aggies (9-4, 15-7) built a 21-16 halftime lead by limiting Fresno State to 36.8% shooting from the field. The Bulldogs made one field goal in the first nine minutes.

Fresno native Kenny Travis scored 17 points for the Aggies and Gilbert Wilburn added 11 points.

Mitchell added 13 points for the Bulldogs and Brian Salone had 11.

UC Santa Barbara 66, San Jose State 63--Khris Fortson and Scott Fisher scored 16 points apiece and Bruce Hannan made a key steal and two free throws in the closing 10 seconds and the Gauchos knocked off the Spartans at Santa Barbara.

The Gauchos (5-8, 10-12) held a 64-63 lead with 33 seconds left when Ward Farris stole a pass for San Jose (7-7, 14-9). However, Hannan stole the ball back and was fouled. He made two free throws with eight seconds.

Ricky Berry scored 21 points for the Spartans, but missed from three-point range with one second left.