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By Paul McLeod,Mike Bresnahan

Dec. 20, 2002 12 AM PT

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Long Beach State (1-6) at Gonzaga (6-3), 7, PAX, KRLA (870) -- Long Beach has lost five in a row and seeks its first victory against a Division I school under first-year Coach Larry Reynolds. That’s a tough order against the Bulldogs, who handed North Carolina State its first loss earlier this week.

-- Paul McLeod

Utah (5-3) at Pepperdine (5-3), 7:30, Fox Sports Net, KPLS (830) -- Injuries have continued to hit the Waves hard. Junior forward Glen McGowan is sidelined indefinitely because of a blood clot in his left arm, and senior guard Devin Montgomery is sidelined until early January because of a fractured right thumb. Utah has struggled at times and lost to Utah State, 59-54, on Tuesday. Senior Britton Johnsen averages a team-high 14 points.

-- Mike Bresnahan

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Mike Bresnahan

Mike Bresnahan previously covered the Lakers for the Los Angeles Times. He started the beat in 2004, a month after Shaquille O’Neal was traded, and covered several seasons of mediocrity before the Lakers won back-to-back championships in 2009 and 2010. Now they’re back to mediocrity. Bresnahan is from Los Angeles, started with The Times after graduating the University of Wisconsin in 1994, and has also covered the L.A. Kings, pro beach volleyball and numerous colleges and high schools. He left The Times in 2016.

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