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By Ryan ZumMallenSTAFF WRITER

Mike Caffey is a soft-spoken dude. In interviews and press conferences, the Long Beach State freshman point guard chooses his words carefully and defers to the older players on the team. In another era, he would have been called a Groovy Cat. Or a Cool Customer. “His game speaks for itself,” says senior forward T.J. Robinson. There is one surefi re way to get Caffey to let loose, though. Ask him which of his grandmother’s foods he misses most. Caffey loops his thumbs through the straps of his backpack and pulls them tight, rears his head back so he’s looking into the high-est point of the Walter Pyramid and belts out his answer. “Tacos!” he roars. It’s only about 45 miles from Caffey’s old playing grounds at Corona Centennial High to his new home court on the LBSU

campus. But the familiarity of home is important to Caffey, a throwback at heart who prepares for battle with Usher slow jams and is still adjusting to life on a uni-versity campus. In some ways, he’s been removed from the comfort of home. But in other ways, Long Beach State is helping him reconnect with it. Caffey left a big family back in River-side, but his father actually lives in Ohio. When Long Beach State traveled to take on Pittsburgh in mid-November, Dad was in the stands, watching as the younger Caffey played 12 minutes and recorded an assist in just his second collegiate game, a shocking 86-76 win over the then-No. 9 team in the nation. Twelve days later, there was pops again, as his rising son recorded 3 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists in just 16 minutes in a hard-fought, 79-66 loss at No. 6 Louisville. It would have been a warm moment for any father and son. But it

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—Gazette photo by Stephen DachmanPASSING IT ALONG. Caffey passes the ball during a game against Cal State Northridge last weekend.

By JJ FiddlerSPORTS EDITOR

At noon every Thursday, sports fans can go to GazettesSports.com and listen live to the latest episode of SportsNight, the only sports talk show in Long Beach, with the Gazette sports crew as hosts. Last month, Long Beach State head basketball coaches Dan Monson and Jody Wynn were in the KBeach Global Radio studios for long chats, and last week, Long Beach State Athletics Director Vic Cegles came in to talk LBSU men’s bas-ketball and answer some listener MailBag questions. SportsNight: What grade would you give the men’s basketball team so far? Vic Cegles: I think B+ or A-. This is a team sport and coach (Dan) Monson has had to reprogram all the kids. And those four seniors are there now. You can’t be top of your game every game, but you want to narrow that gap so there’s not a big difference between the top and bottom of your game, and we’re getting there… We played UC Irvine (last) Monday and we struggled early on, but I never felt un-comfortable about that game. That’s part of the mindset is changed for the better and that’s about having a mature, senior-laden team. SN: Which men’s basketball player has impressed you? VC: Michael Caffey has been awesome. Can’t say enough about him and he’s made the difference for us in a lot of ways. He’s been able to score and been able to get the ball to people in the right place… He’s so low key and unemotional in terms of his play. He just plays. He doesn’t talk or get excited, he just plays at this high level and

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The Moore League girls’ soccer table gets sorted out during the Wilson and Poly clashes. Each time over the past eight years, the Bruins have come away with at least a share of the league title with the Jackrab-bits nipping at their heels. However, 2012 could be a sign of chang-es to come as Poly upset the Division II No. 2-ranked Wilson Bruins at home on Tuesday afternoon, 2-1, in the fi rst of two matchups this season. This is only the second time in eight years that Poly has beaten Wilson in Moore League play, the last time coming in 2009 when Sam Shier and Elliott Gentile were freshmen coming off of the bench for head coach Terri Collins. This year, the two se-nior captains lifted their squad as Gentile served as the anchor on the back line and Shier came up with the game-winning goal

in the 71st minute — her fi rst score of the season. “I was thinking about that game the whole time today,” Shier said of the ’09 win when Poly went up 3-0 after just 10 minutes of play and held on for the 3-2 de-cision. “Just like that team, we came into this game self motivated and believing we could win.” “(Gentile & Shier) both saw that game in 2009,” Collins said. “They saw seniors give their all and get carried off the fi eld… I told them at halftime that one goal wasn’t going to win this game, and they both stepped up.” The contest opened up less physical than in years past, and that allowed Wilson forward Sara Weismann to get wide and maintain possession for the Bruins. How-ever, Wilson lacked bite in the fi nal third of the fi eld — a problem head coach Jason Kirkwood has been trying to remedy all

season — and they only mustered one shot on goal in the opening 40 minutes. Poly also struggled to get anything going in the run of play, but Wilson was whistled 10 times in the fi rst half while the Jackrab-bits also earned four corner kicks, so Poly had the better chances to score and they capitalized in the 34th minute. Junior de-fender Nikki Wadley teed up the fourth and fi nal corner kick of the half for Poly and her service found junior forward Celeste Dominguez in the middle of the box. Wil-son defenders surrounded her and it looked to defl ect off of one and into the goal. Wilson regrouped at halftime and again found Weismann in space on the wide side in the 45th minute. The senior beat a de-fender with strength on the ball, and put it past Poly goalkeeper Imani McDonald with the same muscle before poking the equalizer home into the empty net.

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—Gazette photo by Stephen DachmanLET THE CELEBRATION BEGIN. The Jackrabbits’ senior captain, Sam Shier, is mobbed by her teammates after scoring the game winning goal against Wilson on Tuesday.

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it’s constant. It’s very rare to see that from a freshman. SN: LBSU basketball senior Edis Dervisevic was suspended indefinitely because of grade trouble. Do you see that as a good thing that your coach, even in such an important season, is com-mitted to the graduation rate? VC: Edis is not going to play in the NBA, and it is all about grad-uation. Most of the kids we get in basketball are first-generation college kids, and we’ve graduat-ed all of them. Sometimes when you don’t have the support from home, you can get lost trying to figure out what it takes to achieve academically at this level. He could play, but he’s not going to right now, and he’s got a chance to get things done in the winter session and get back. SN: Would you like to see the Big West expand to include big-ger schools? VC: Yes. However, I wasn’t strongly in favor of having San Diego State join the conference (in two years) because they’re go-ing to play BCS football and Big West basketball, which makes no sense. Their budget is over $35 million, ours is $12 (million). They pay their coach a million dollars. They’re at that upper level, so it’s difficult for us to compete. I want to expand with Fresno State, Nevada, UNLV… If we can get those teams to boost our RPI, I’m in favor of that. SN: Will the Walter Pyramid temporary expansion for the

North Carolina men’s basketball game next season be left in place for the rest of the season and be-yond? VC: No. We are expanding seating in the end zone where there are the pullout bleachers and on the concourse, and we have to see what needs to be re-inforced and we know there’s really no reason to keep the ex-tra seats there… But, if we go out and sell an additional 2,000 season tickets, hello, I’m there. We’re looking at about 2,500 ad-ditional seats for that game. SN: What are the chances of football coming back to LBSU? VC: We don’t have a place to play. Build a stadium and we can talk about it because you cannot play off campus. That just kills the purpose of what you’re trying to do and that’s generate excitement and support for the university… The old 1AA level with 63 schol-arships, that’s the level we could go. But, that means you have to find 63 women scholarships, or drop 63 from other men’s sports, and that can’t happen. I don’t ever see it happening. SN: How does LBSU feel about the support from the fa-mous alumni? VC: Misty May-Treanor lives here, so we see her all the time and she’s been incredible for us. We’re lucky to have young base-ball players who want to give back, because the Dirtbags are a tight group and they believe in the program.Sports Editor Mike Guardabascio and Staff Writer Tyler Hendrickson contributed to this report.

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O N T H E W E B~ Were you all wrapped up in the holidays and missed the Long Beach State men’s and women’s basketball teams going a combined 5-1 in the Big West conference schedule? Well if you did, you can watch all of the home and road video highlights from all the games at GazettesSports.com or on the Gazettes Sports YouTube channel. Subscribe today!~ Make sure you listen to SportsNight LIVE at noon today, Thursday, the one and only sports talk show in Long Beach, where we will have previews of the local basketball games this weekend and a mailbag full of your questions, which you can leave in the comment sections or send to fi [email protected]. If you miss any show, come back after for the podcast version.~ Is this weekly print edition not enough Long Beach sports for you? Sign up for our daily email newsletter from GazettesSports.com. Every morning you can wake up to a rundown of everything on the web site right there in your inbox just like a daily sports section. To sign up you can enter your email address in the “Sign up for our Email Newsletter” box below the advertisements on the right.

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The Bruins looked closer to scoring the game-winner, but on the seventh and fi nal corner kick for the Jackrabbits, Justine Albers served it to the back post. Wilson goalkeeper Samantha Moreno got a hand on it, but the rebound came to Shier and she put it past Moreno on the near side. Wilson would have four more shots on goal in the remaining 19 minutes, but the freshman Mc-Donald came up with the saves to preserve the upset win.

“I could not be prouder of (McDonald),” said Collins of her young keeper who fi nished with seven saves. “She has played all the varsity minutes as a freshman and com-manded her team like a true lead-er.” “It was a good defensive game,” said Kirkwood, who has only the two Moore League loss-es, both at Poly. “There weren’t a lot of shots in the run of play, and we didn’t play our best, but it was going to come down to who had the better set pieces, and they capitalized.”


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meant more than usual to Caffey, who hadn’t seen his father in two years. “I’m taller than him now,” he says, turning his head and visu-alizing the reunion, fixating his gaze on nothing, and everything. “It’s crazy.” Dad will have plenty more chances to catch his son in action, if not in person then certainly on TV. Due in no small part to the

play of Caffey, the 49ers have put themselves in prime position for a run at the NCAA Tourna-ment this season. Caffey scored a career-high 14 points in an upset over No. 15 Xavier, then three days later notched a whopping nine rebounds in a loss to Kansas State. He single-handedly kept the 49ers in the game with 10 first half points at UC Irvine, then pro-vided the energy for a late run in a victory over Cal Poly SLO on his way to 6 assists, 4 rebounds and 3 steals.

Caffey is progressing faster than expected, and may already be the most talented point guard in the Big West Conference be-sides the guy starting in front of him, Casper Ware. Meanwhile, Beach fans are drooling over the player that looks to be the face of the program until 2015. The funny thing is, it took a stroke of luck to land him in Long Beach in the first place. Caffey played AAU ball for the stacked Compton Magic team, es-sentially a D-1 factory for the best prep players from Los Angeles to Phoenix. But playing behind players that will be joining Pac-12 and Big 12 rosters next season, and missing a few games in order to attend summer school, Caffey flew under the recruiting radar. “We were hoping the Magic would keep not playing him,” recalls Long Beach State head coach Dan Monson, laughing. “When we signed him I told peo-

ple, ‘You have no idea how good he’s going to be.’” Even Monson couldn’t have predicted that Caffey would adapt so quickly. The fifth-year head coach is notoriously tight with his lineups, and it takes a lot of trust to play a freshman point guard 25 minutes per night. But that’s the responsibility that Monson has placed in Caffey, and he hasn’t been disappointed. Caffey produces 1.2 points per possession, a remarkable rate for a freshman — 1.0 is considered excellent — and the highest on the entire team. His True Shoot-ing Percentage of 60.7% is sec-ond on the team, behind the ultra-efficient Robinson. It’s not just scoring. The 49ers’ offense is much more fluid with

Caffey on the floor, and his play at the point allows last year’s Con-ference Player of the Year Ware to move to off-guard to focus on scoring. Caffey is also a stellar defender, better than Ware — also last year’s Conference Defensive POY — was at the same age, ac-cording to Monson. As the 49ers continue to chase their goal of winning the Big West Conference Tournament championship, and earning a sub-sequent ticket to March Madness, they won’t be able to do it without the youngest player on the team. If they can, Caffey will be a bona fide Beach star for the next three seasons. At least for a little while, that should make up for the absence of grandma’s tacos.


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—Gazette photo by William JohnsonSenior Eugene Phelps chases down a loose ball last Thursday dur-ing Long Beach State’s 55-50 Big West victory over Cal Poly in the Walter Pyramid.

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By Mike GuardabascioSportS Editor

it’s an old sports cliché that you’re always getting better, or getting worse. if you’re to believe the coaches that vote in the polls that rank men’s volleyball teams, there’s no truth to that old chest-nut — just look at where the ex-perts are putting the 2012 Long Beach State men’s volleyball team. Last year, the 49ers finished sixth in the powerhouse MpSF conference, and were ranked sixth in the final NCAA coach-es’ poll of the year. this season, no improvement or erosion is expected from the 49ers by ei-ther poll. they begin the season ranked No. 6 in the nation again, and are predicted to finish sixth in the MpSF in the conference’s preseason poll. “i’m glad we get to settle it on the floor. that’s the best thing ever,” says Andy read, now in his third year as the interim coach of the 49ers, filling in for the temporarily departed Alan Knipe, who’s coaching the Men’s National team through the 2012 olympics in London. “our team has a belief that they’re going to win the national championship. it’s not something the coaches have sold them, it’s from their core — i’m not try-ing to rex ryan this thing, that’s what they’re saying, to each oth-er.” truthfully, treading water in the MpSF is a victory in itself. the conference is stacked with national powers, with all but two of the NCAA champions since 1995 coming from its ranks. in fact, looking at the first NCAA and MpSF polls for the season, you’ll find the same six schools at the top of each — and Long Beach opens on the road against USC (No. 5), pepperdine (No. 8), and Northridge (No. 7). “We’re not just playing them, they’ve got to play us,” read says. “Any athlete loves (the MpSF) schedule. You want to play against great teams because it challenges you to get better.” the 49ers are well qualified to represent Long Beach, even amongst the biggest powers. Last

season, they weren’t expected to even make the MpSF tourna-ment (the top eight teams in the 12-program conference qualify), but ended up losing in the semi-finals to UC Santa Barbara, who lost in five sets in the national championship. this year, another unheralded group of 49ers, with just one returning All-Conference player, looks to surprise people again. Senior Jim Baughman is an imposing senior at opposite, with one of the strongest arms in na-tion. Last year he led the team in kills, kills per set and aces, and if you’ve ever seen (or heard) his jump serve, the latter stat explains itself. His serve is so powerful that some matches it can seem like every swing will produce either an ace or a service error — but never a return. Last year Baughman had five 20-kill matches, and his swing alone can be enough to sway a match for the 49ers. “He’s our go-to guy,” read says of Baughman. “When he’s great — and he can be great, not just very good — he makes it easy for everyone else.” though just a sophomore, out-side hitter taylor Crabb is the 49er drawing the most buzz. All-MpSF last year, and a preseason All-American in 2012, Crabb is just as lethal on the back row digging as he is at outside hitter pounding the ball. Listed perhaps generously at 6’0”, Crabb’s verti-cal leap lets him hit over blocks, not just around or through them. “obviously he’s just so dy-namic, he can do some special things,” says read, who has play-makers outside and at opposite in Crabb and Baughman, and in the middle with 6’8” Jeff ornee. distributing the ball to that trio, and other weapons like ryan Meehan, Brad Hemmerling and Srdjan Nadazdin, is Connor olbright, the sophomore setter. Strong-handed and quick on his feet, olbright started nine match-es as a freshman last year, and the LBSU coaches expect him to fur-ther develop this year. olbright and Crabb got some bonding in during the offseason,

49ers Hope To SurpassLeague’s Expectations

—Gazette photo by Matt GuardabascioSIGHTS SET HIGH. LBSU’s (from left) Jim Baughman, Connor Olbright and Taylor Crabb are ready to lead a winnning season.



The journey of a thousand miles, they say, begins with a single step. The steps taken this weekend in Long Beach will end more than 5,000 miles away for some very deserving young sail-ors. Every year since 1971, the In-ternational Sailing Federation (ISAF) conducts an international sailboat racing championship event for young people from around the world. Youngsters from all over the world meet in places like Perth in Australia, Barcelona in Spain and Zadar in Croatia to sail against the best of their peers. Many winners of these events have gone on to greater things. Russell Coutts, a New Zealand

lad, won the Laser division in 1981 — he went on to win the Finn gold medal here in Long Beach at the 1984 Olympics and then win the America’s Cup four times. American Paige Railey won the Laser Radial division in 2005. She will sail for the United States in the same class in the 2012 Olympics in Weymouth in England this summer. Most of the young sailors who will represent the United States at the 2012 ISAF Youth World Championship to be held in Dun Laoghaire, Ireland, this coming July, will be selected based on their performance in a regatta taking place right here in Long Beach this weekend as Alamitos Bay Yacht Club hosts the 2012

US SAILING ISAF Youth World Qualifi er Regatta. ABYC fi rst hosted this regatta in 2008, the fi rst time for the event. It returns to Long Beach this year with a few changes, notably in the equipment being used. Re-turning will be the International 420, a double-handed spinnaker sloop, being sailed by both boys’ and girls’ teams, and the 29er, a double-handed spinnaker “skiff” that sports mixed teams. The Laser Radial is a version of the very popular Laser sailboat with a slightly smaller rig. While it is a woman’s boat in the Olym-pics, for the ISAF Youth World it is sailed by both boys and girls and will be this weekend. And this regatta will be the lo-cal debut of the Techno 293, the latest windsurfer to be seen in in-ternational competition. The fi rst windsurfer to sail in an Olympic Games raced here in Long Beach in 1984.

The regatta will run Friday through Sunday, Jan. 14-16, so as to take advantage of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Racing will take place on two venues, one probably off the Seal Beach Pier and one in the Long Beach Outer Harbor off the Peninsula. Winners get medals in tones of gold, silver and bronze — and the chance to represent our country in Ireland this summer. For information on this event, go to the Alamitos Bay Yacht Club website, www.abyc.org; you’ll fi nd a link to the regatta webpage on the homepage. Yu can also call ABYC at 434-9955.Saturday Sailors Seal Beach Yacht Club will kick off its 2012 racing season with the fi rst event in its annual Saturday Sailors Series on Satur-day, Jan. 14.

This series is a very venerable and popular one, with many local boats turning out for this winter-time tradition. This year, SlBYC has combined the three traditional dates of the series and two dates set aside for other events to make for a fi ve-race, fi ve-Saturday se-ries that will run nearly to the end of winter. This series is most commonly sailed among boats that compete under the Performance Handicap Racing Fleet (PHRF) handicap system, but one-design boats like Cal 20s often participate. One race per day is scheduled. For details on thsi event, visit the website, www.sealbeachyc.org. Click fi rst on the Racing link on the homepage and fi nd links to both the Notice of Race and the course chart. Or you can call SlBYC at 594-6337.

as the pair were both on the US Men’s Junior National Team that competed in the FIVB Men’s Junior World Championships in Brazil. The red, white and blue (led by the Black & Gold) ad-vanced all the way to the semifi -nal round, the furthest the Junior National Team has ever advanced in that tournament. Read says the addition of Chris Seiffert to the coaching staff should help Olbright, as Seiffert started at the position for four years at Long Beach State, from 1997-2000. “Chris helps Connor’s matu-rity and execution,” Read says, because he’s been in every situa-tion. “For a setter to have another setter to talk to makes him expo-nentially better.” On the back row, fans won’t have much time to get used to a new face in the libero jersey, as Kyle McElderry is seeing his fi rst action ever at Long Beach this year, after sitting his freshman and sophomore seasons. He’s also seeing the fi rst action at libe-ro in his entire lifetime, so you can expect a little adjustment for McElderry, who at 6’5” is one of the tallest starting liberos among the nation’s elite programs. When you’re playing in the MPSF, the season is a long road no matter who you are, or who’s on your team — until their 29-match regular season sched-

ule is completed, we won’t know whether that road sees the 49ers a better team than they were last

year, or a worse one. Or, if you’re to believe everything you read in polls, exactly the same.


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—Gazette photo by Matt GuardabascioDIG DEEP! Long Beach State sophomore Taylor Crabb makes a point saving play during a match last year.


By Mike Guardabascioand JJ FiddlerSportS EditorS

in a game that seemed ripped from one of those Allstate “May-hem” commercials, Jordan’s boys’ basketball team showed that nobody plays breakneck-pace basketball better than they do. in a game featuring almost no defense, the panthers managed to outlast the Jaguars in a two hour-plus car wreck of a basketball game, winning 96-84. “there are no positives to take from that game,” said Jordan coach Joel rosborough, although his team improved to 11-5 and 2-0 in the Moore League. “We didn’t show up, and for us to be an upper echelon team, we have to bury the teams we’re supposed to bury.” Cabrillo coach Jay Johnson, whose team is now 5-9, and 0-2 in the Moore League, was more positive. “i’m happy with my guys’ ef-fort,” he said. “Last year, this team was winless, this year, we’re going after everybody.” that much is apparent, and al-though they’ve started 0-2, losing to defending league champ poly, and scoring 84 against Jordan on the road can’t be considered set-backs for this team. in their home opener, Jordan played basketball at a pace that would have made Mike d’Antoni blush. there were so many pos-sessions for both teams that 180 points were scored in a 32-minute game despite neither team shoot-ing above 40%. Kahleal Ferguson, one of the driving motors behind the panthers’ up-tempo attack, fin-ished with 19 points to lead his team. Andre Springer had 12 and rausheed Johnson had 10. Chris Spencer had 14, and Semaj Moore added 13. For Cabrillo, ty-len douglas poured in 25 points, backed up by Antonio Singleton’s 24. in Friday games, Cabrillo will host Compton, poly will host Lakewood, and Wilson will host Millikan, with all three games tipping off at 6:30 p.m.Girls’ Soccer poly and Wilson weren’t the only Moore League teams duking it out on tuesday (see story, page 1B). Millikan visited Lakewood, in a game that seemed destined for a tie. And but for a few pal-try seconds on the referee’s stop-watch, that’s how it would have ended — but, in the 80th minute, Millikan’s Alex palamino came up huge, and gave the rams a 1-0 win over Lakewood. “the whole season, we’ve been a second half team,” said coach tino Nunez of his 12-0-4 rams, who are 3-0 in league. “But man … wow.” Wow, indeed — the loss falls quite heavily on the Lancers, who fall to a brutal 0-3 in the Moore League, with losses to Wilson, poly and Millikan. Lakewood is about seven minutes of soccer from being 0-1-2. the Lancers got three players back in their first games after knee or ankle in-juries, and it was obvious that the injuries affected their fitness, as Millikan really tested Lakewood keeper isabella reynoso for the final 10 minutes.

Early on, it was the Lancers in control, as Kendahl Fisher launched throw-ins and Lake-wood earned their first of five corners in just the third minute. But although they were able to get the ball into dangerous positions with frequency, they couldn’t put enough on it at the right moment to make rams keeper olivia Be-dard sweat. At the end of the first half, it looked like the Lancers would break through, as they got two corners and three of the long throw-ins from Fisher in just five minutes. But only one of them even turned into a shot on goal. the second half, Millikan be-gan to take over. the corners went their way, and they racked up free kicks in Lakewood territory as the Lancers’ challenges grew a little too sloppy for the officials’ tastes. But still, all the shots were turned away, either by errancy or the sure hands of reynoso and the sure feet of her defense. Until the 80th minute, that is. As the seconds wound down,

Kelly Johnson launched a ball from midfield, and it sailed to the head of Kayla Edwards, who flicked it to the right corner of the box, where palamino fought for position, and then launched it. After what felt like an eternity in the air, reynoso leapt up, and got a glove on it — but it bounced over her hands, and into the left side netting. Millikan will try to keep their momentum as they hit the road thursday to play Compton. Af-ter that, they play poly, and two games against Wilson in a seven-day stretch. Lakewood will have a much-needed bye.Boys’ Soccer Millikan and Cabrillo both picked up wins to set up their Moore League supremacy bout earlier this week, with Millikan blanking Jordan 3-0, and Ca-brillo beating Lakewood 3-1. the league got their first big upset of the season as Compton knocked off Wilson 3-2; Cabrillo hopes they can take down the national-ly-ranked rams to make it two.

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anyone hoping the Long Beach State men’s basketball team would make a dominant run through the Big West Conference might want to prepare themselves for a tough grind. although the 49ers are the most talented and experienced team in the league, the target is on their backs, the familiarity with Big West teams is too high, and it’s consistently been the 49ers’ MO to play to their opponents’ level. With that said, they started league play at 3-0 this week with wins at UC irvine (74-60), at home against Cal Poly (55-50), and at Cal State Northridge (81-68.) the biggest hurdle the 49ers cleared was a Cal Poly team that looks to be the third best team in the conference. the Mustangs succeeded in controlling the tempo, keeping the game slow and curtailing the explosive Long Beach offense in the Pyramid. it was a classic Cal Poly-type game that forced the 49ers to defend and score in the half court. the game stayed close throughout, but the ‘Niners executed down the stretch to secure the win. Long Beach got 17 points from Casper Ware, and another double-double from tJ robinson, who had 13 points and 14 rebounds. Mike Caffey had a modest scor-ing line with just seven points, but he had a game-high six as-sists and was a key sparkplug for the Beach. He represented

the vast majority of Long Beach bench play, as the only other re-serve to play was Nick Shepherd, who only recorded two minutes. interior defense was lacking in the game, as the two starting post players for Cal Poly went a com-bined 12/18 for 27 points. that’s an area that the 49ers will have to shore up, especially without edis Dervisevic in the rotation while he deals with academic issues. the Beach was again superior in fast break points, outscoring the Mustangs 13-0 in that category. On the road at Northridge, things went smoother. four play-ers were in double figures for Long Beach, led by Larry ander-son’s monster game. the senior guard had 20 points, nine boards, and five assists, while shooting 4/5 on three pointers. that kind of efficiency is what makes an-derson so dangerous, and he and the ‘Niners were simply too much for the Matadors to handle. “We had good flow and every-one was in rhythm,” anderson said after the win. “We have so many weapons, when we share the ball not many teams are go-ing to be able to beat us.” after three games, nobody has been able to beat the 49ers (10-6, 3-0) and they will be at home this weekend as they look to keep their record flawless. Long Beach will now host the two teams at the bottom of the conference stand-ings as they face UC Davis (1-14, 0-3) and Pacific (4-10, 0-3) on

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Thursday and Saturday, respec-tively. The Davis game is at 7:05 p.m. and the Pacific game tips at 4:05 p.m. with Fox Sports West Prime Ticket television coverage. Women’s Basketball The walking wounded continue to soldier on, but it appears that attrition is catching up with these 49ers. Working with a short bench (eight or nine players available, depending on day-to-day inju-ries), a team that is already short on experience is bound to have some lulls. Against Northridge this week, the 49ers were over-powered inside and suffered their first conference loss, 57-50. It was just the second loss at home this season for Long Beach, mak-ing them 6-2 in the Pyramid, and now 2-1 in the Big West. The Beach was unable to stack up to the size of the visiting Mat-adors, and conceded 36 points in the paint. The lack of size for Long Beach is due to injuries that have put both Ella Clark and Devin Hudson on the shelf. The injury bug struck again recently, as Chantel Dooley has missed a few games as well. Beyond problems defending the paint, Long Beach didn’t get the typical production they’ve come to expect from their one-two punch of Alex Sanchez and Tipesa Moorer. The tandem was in foul trouble in the first half, and never found a rhythm. They fin-ished a combined 4-of-19 shoot-ing, and had just eight points to nine combined turnovers.

The offense fell on the shoul-ders of Lauren Spargo, who had 15 points in the game, all in the second half. She was aided sig-nificantly by the hot shooting of Jhakia McDonald, who had one of her best games of the year with 12 points and three steals. But if this short-handed squad is going to compete in conference play — especially on the road — they’re going to need better efforts from their two stars. The good news is, Northridge is atop the Big West standings and the matchup problems make this an understandable setback. The 49ers (7-9, 2-1) will look to put the loss behind them as they head out on a two-game road trip this weekend with stops Thurs-day at Pacific (8-6, 2-1) and Sat-urday at UC Davis (9-6, 1-2).Men’s Volleyball The season got off to a solid start for the 49ers this week as they finished a very respectable third place at the UCSB/ASICS Invitational in Santa Barbara. Long Beach got wins over Loyola and defending national champion Ohio State en route to their best finish in the invitational since winning it back in 2006. The lone defeat came against MPSF foe UC Irvine, who are ranked second in the nation. After a sweep of Loyola, the 49ers took a two set lead over Ir-vine, but were unable to hold on to the advantage, losing 15-13 in set five. Jim Baughman led the way against OSU with 20 kills. Long Beach begins MPSF play with games at USC and at Pep-perdine Thursday and Saturday.


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By Mike GuardabascioSportS Editor

Welcome back to By the Books, where we break down how all the Long Beach teams are doing in polls both local and national. Boys’ Basketball poly’s three-week holiday lay-off is still going nicely, as other teams have dropped out from above them. they’ve moved from No. 3 up to No. 2 in the CiF division 1 poll, behind only Mater dei. Loyola dropped from 2 to 4, as frequent poly playoff foe Eti-wanda has moved up to take the three seed. in the national poll, the Jack-rabbits are still No. 25 in the nation on ESpN’s top 50, and Maxpreps.com has them at No. 20, and No. 2 in the state of Cali-fornia.Girls’ Basketball the nice thing about being nationally known? When you do things well, everybody no-tices. poly has been traditionally thought of as being in a down year, with an undersized roster full of talented guards. But coach Carl Buggs has proven he can mold any roster into a successful one, and after poly knocked off national top five La Jolla Country day, the Jackrabbits jumped right back into the national picture. they jumped to No. 2 in CiF division 1, behind only Mater dei, and they’re now No. 22 in the nation in the ESpN top 50 (up from 41), and even higher on Maxpreps.com, which has poly at No. 3 in the nation. two other Long Beach schools represented are Millikan, who are No. 8 in the division 1 poll and St. Anthony, who’ve dropped to No. 11 in the division 4AA poll.

Boys’ Soccer Millikan is still representing for Long Beach as the only Long Beach school in the CiF division 1 poll, and they’re almost all the way up there, coming in at No. 2, behind only Servite. the 14-1-1 rams’ defense has been so impressive that they jumped up seven spots in ESpN’s top 50 poll, coming in at No. 40 in the nation, and ninth in Cali-fornia.Girls’ Soccer Wilson is the only Long Beach school to crack the CiF division 2 poll, as they come in at No. 2, having ceded their top spot to Sunny Hills. A loss dropped them back out of the ESpN top 50, where they’d had a short one-week stay. of course, now that they’re on the radar, there’s still plenty of time for the Bruins to play their way back into the na-tional spotlight.Girls’ Water Polo Wilson is the only Long Beach school represented in the CiF di-vision 2 poll, where they come in at No. 7.LBSU Basketball the rpi freefall has begun, thanks to the weak competition in the Big West. the 49ers, once ranked at No. 14 in the nation in the all-important rpi rankings, have now slipped to 24, just three games (all wins) into their confer-ence schedule. Look out below, because the sliding won’t end here. they still have two games to play with UC davis, the low-est rpi team in the country, at a paltry 344 out of 344.LBSU Volleyball the 49ers have said they feel this can be a national champion-ship year for them, and if you’re to believe the American Volley-ball Coaches Association’s Na-tional top 25 poll, they’re not just blowing hot air. After starting the season ranked No. 6 in the country, the 49ers have already moved up a spot, to No. 5. Even more encourag-ing, they took No. 2-ranked UC irvine to five sets, and narrowly lost, proving they can play with anybody.

Darius Powe, Lakewood Football Powe, an all-star recruit who recently com-mitted to play ball at Cal, had an interesting Winter Break. While classmates were enjoy-ing time at home with their families, he was in San Antonio starring for the West team in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl. That Powe was named an All-American was no surprise; the nice surprise was that former Lakewood coach Thadd MacNeal was able to accom-pany the star WR to Texas, where he served as an assistant coach.

Orion Murray, Wilson Basketball There was nothing pretty about Wilson’s Moore League victory over Lakewood last week — except for the performance of the se-nior, Murray. He and the Bruins played solid defense against the Lancers, holding them to just eight points in the first quarter and just three in the second. But Murray lit up the scoreboard, too, scoring 18 points to go along with his 11-rebound performance, leading the Bruins in both categories.

Larry Anderson, LBSU Basketball Although his teammate Casper Ware is the guy who’s won the most individual awards on the team, Long Beach native Larry Anderson is leading the 49ers in the scoring book this year. Case in point: in last week’s big win over Northridge, Anderson had 20 points, nine boards, and five assists. In a pair of 49er wins over Irvine and Cal Poly earlier in the week, Anderson had a combined line of 21 points, seven boards, and five assists.

Jim Baughman, LBSU Volleyball The hopes of a 49er national championship this season largely rest on the strong shoul-ders of the senior Baughman, who gave Long Beach fans reason to be optimistic last week. After playing well in the 49ers’ first two match-es at the ASICS Invitational in Santa Barbara, Baughman took over in a five-set win over national champion Ohio State, with 20 kills on .469 hitting, with a pair of aces and two blocks.

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the Vikings’ men’s basketball team earned a home-road split this week, but more importantly, they won a close game. after hav-ing been unsuccessful in games decided by four points or less this year, the Vikings bucked the trend and got a 64-61 overtime win against Cerritos. But they couldn’t keep their mojo going and followed that up with a 94-83 loss at La Southwestern.

in the win over Cerritos, the Vikings were again paced by Jordan alum raynard tyler, who had a game-high 19 points. ty-ler proved able to score when it mattered most, notching 15 of his points in the second half and overtime. ashton edwards came in off the bench to be the leading assist man with three, while also chipping in seven points. the game stayed close through-out, but LBCC held the advantage for most of the night, with their

largest lead being just seven. Oddly enough, there were no field goals converted in overtime, with the Vikings winning on the strength of seven free throws. af-ter losing every close game this year, they picked a good time to come through in the clutch, win-ning in the conference opener. the Vikings (4-11, 1-1) have re-covered somewhat from their 0-9 start. they’ve got their scorer in tyler, but will need to find some complimentary pieces around him to put together a winning streak. LBCC will be at home for a weekend matchup with el Camino at 7 p.m. friday, which is in the midst of a four-game home-stand. they also will see mid-week action next Wednesday against La Harbor, also at 7 p.m.Women’s Basketball in a matchup of two state-

ranked teams, LBCC (#13) didn’t quite stack up to Cerritos (#12) in losing their third straight home game, 52-44. However, despite piling up a few losses, Long Beach went out on the road and bounced back, earning their third straight conference road win, which makes them 7-0 on the sea-son in road games. they took out La Southwest 59-42, making the Vikings 11-4 overall and 3-3 in South Coast Conference play. the Vikings had a chance to jockey for position against Cer-ritos, who are ranked higher in the state, and have a better con-ference mark. Long Beach held a three-point lead with 12 minutes remaining, but an 11-0 falcon run gave them the lead for good. a big problem for the Vikings was rebounding margin, as their opponent beat them 64-40 on the glass. Of those 64 rebounds, 28 were on the offensive glass, al-lowing too many second shots. to

further accentuate the point, Cer-ritos outscored Long Beach 26-2 in second chance points. it was a poor shooting night for LBCC as the team shot just 28% from the floor. the leading scorer was Keshonda Moore, who had 15 points to go along with five steals. Kaaron King had six points and a team-high seven rebounds coming off the bench. With both teams struggling to put the ball in the basket, it was definitely the rebounding margin that gave the visitors the upper hand. LBCC will play host this week-end to el Camino, trying to get a home win for the first time since Nov. 23. the woes at home ap-pear to be just a recent anomaly, and going a perfect 7-0 on the road thus far is a nice boost of confidence. this weekend’s game is part of a doubleheader against el Camino on friday, with the women’s tipoff set for 5 p.m. in the Hall of Champions.

CITY COLLEGE: NOTEBOOK

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this is the first official week back from holiday break for the Moore League, so basketball and soccer will be joined on the dock-et by water polo and wrestling while Long Beach State men’s basketball returns home. THURSDAYMoore League Wrestling, Poly @ Lakewood, 3 p.m. We tabbed poly as the favorite going into this league season be-cause the powerhouse programs of Lakewood and Millikan were “rebuilding” after losing some great grapplers to graduation. Well, the rams proceeded to post a comeback victory over the Jackrabbits before the holiday break, and if poly wants any shot at a share of the title, they need this win tonight. a Lakewood victory would set up a battle for the league title next week when the Lancers travel to ram Land.Moore League Girls’ Water Polo @ 3 p.m. the league schedule starts to-day when poly travels to Jordan and Millikan hosts Lakewood while the league favorite Wilson enjoys the bye week after holiday tournaments.FRIDAYMoore League Boys’ Soccer @ 3 p.m. the top of the league was de-cided (for now) yesterday when Millikan hosted Cabrillo. and just like the girls’ side, another big game looms for the other po-tential playoff teams. Wilson will travel to poly where the winner will grab hold of the all-impor-tant three spot behind the rams and Jaguars. Or, they might just play to a 0-0 draw and nothing will change. as that fans are well aware, that’s just soccer.

Moore League Girls’ & Boys’ Bas-ketball @ 5 and 6:30 p.m. the best doubleheader of the day will be in the Wilson Gym, where the Bruins will host the Millikan rams. On the girls’ side, Wilson has surprised with potent offense and recently beat arte-sia 102-7. if Millikan wants to keep pace, they have to run with the young Bruins. Meanwhile on the boys’ side, both the rams and Bruins look to be jockeying for the fourth and final playoff spot with poly, Compton and Jordan are looking like the class of the league so far. Both teams like to pressure on defense and have the guards to do it. Both games will be fast and exciting.SATURDAYLBSU Men’s Basketball vs. Pacif-ic, 4 p.m. @ Walter Pyramid the 49ers (10-6, 3-0) are tak-ing on UC davis tonight, thurs-day, and the tigers Saturday af-ternoon as a quick home stand before going to Cal poly and UC Santa Barbara for a huge road trip next weekend. Long Beach State should easily handle pacific (4-10, 0-3) who has lost seven in a row, having scored more than 70 points only twice during the slide. However, these have been the games that the 49ers have struggled with in the recent past. the tigers have five players av-eraging more than five points per game, but they don’t have any player averaging double-digit points or rebounds and they’re shooting 39% from the field as a team. Junior guard Lorenzo Mc-Cloud (#11, 6’0” 175 lbs.) is the straw that stirs the drink, averag-ing nine points and three assists a game. pacific is struggling on defense as well, allowing oppo-nents to shoot 45% from the field and 38% from behind the arc.


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