Long Beach St. slips past UC Santa Barbara in Big West semis

Published Mar. 11, 2022 11:58 p.m. ET

share

facebookxredditlink

HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Jadon Jones hit a buzzer-beating 3-pointer, Colin Slater had a career-high 30 points and Long Beach State edged past UC Santa Barbara 67-64 in the semifinals of the Big West Conference tournament on Friday night.

The Beach scored the game's final seven points, capped by the 3-pointer by Jones.

Aboubacar Traore had 12 points and nine rebounds for Long Beach State (20-11). Joel Murray had seven rebounds.

Miles Norris had 15 points and seven rebounds for the Gauchos (17-11). Ajare Sanni added 15 points and six assists. Ajay Mitchell had 11 points.

___

For more AP college basketball coverage:

___

This was generated by Automated Insights,

share

in this topic

Long Beach State Beach

UC Santa Barbara Gauchos

Big West

College Basketball

Ajare Sanni

Colin Slater

Long Beach State Beach