Scores

Final

UC Irvine 67

(20-14, 11-7 Big West)

Long Beach St 60

(19-13, 14-4 Big West)

Coverage: ESPN3

9:30 PM ET, March 15, 2013

Honda Center, Anaheim, CA

1 2 T
UCI 29 3867
LBSU 28 3260

Top Performers

UC Irvine: W. Davis II 14 Pts, 9 Reb, 1 Ast, 3 Blk

Long Beach State: K. King 15 Pts, 8 Reb, 2 Ast

UC Irvine 67, Long Beach St. 60

Associated Press

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Alex Young scored 18 points and UC Irvine closed the game on a 24-11 run to knock off top-seeded Long Beach State 67-60 Friday night in the semifinals of the Big West Conference tournament.

The fourth-seeded Anteaters (20-14) will meet second-seeded Pacific in the championship game on Saturday.

Irvine trailed 49-43 with 6:57 left in the game but got back-to-back 3-pointers from Travis Souza and Michael Wilder to start the game-ending run. Another 3 from Young at the 3:40 mark gave the Anteaters the lead for good, 54-53.

Will Davis II added 14 points and nine rebounds for Irvine, Chris McNealy scored 13 points and Starring had seven assists.

Long Beach State (19-13) got 15 points apiece from Tony Freeland and Keala King, 14 from Mike Caffey and 11 from James Ennis.

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Team Stat Comparison

 
UCI
LBSU
Points 67 60
FG Made-Attempted 24-56 (.429) 25-60 (.417)
3P Made-Attempted 6-20 (.300) 5-17 (.294)
FT Made-Attempted 13-15 (.867) 5-9 (.556)
Fouls (Tech/Flagrant) 12 (0/0) 17 (0/0)
Largest Lead 7 7

Game Leaders

 
UCI
LBSU
PointsA. Young 18T. Freeland 15
ReboundsW. Davis II 9M. Caffey 9
AssistsD. Starring 7M. Caffey 4
StealsD. Starring 3M. Caffey 1
BlocksW. Davis II 3J. Ennis 1
Team Stats: UC Irvine | Long Beach State

2012-13 Season

DATEGAMELINKS
Jan 26, 2013 @LBSU 81, UCI 59Recap
Mar 2, 2013 @UCI 72, LBSU 69Recap
» Mar 15, 2013 UCI 67, @LBSU 60Recap

Next 5 Games

UCI
LBSU
03/16 @PAC 10:30pm
03/20 HP 10:30pm
03/25 @ORU 8:00pm
 03/20 @BAY 9:00pm
Complete Schedule: UC Irvine | Long Beach State

Big West Conference Standings

TEAMCONF W-LTOTAL W-L
Pacific13-522-12
Long Beach State14-419-13
Cal Poly12-618-13
UC Irvine11-720-15
Hawaii10-817-14
UC Davis9-914-17
Cal State Northridge5-1314-17
Cal State Fullerton6-1214-18
UC Santa Barbara7-1111-20
UC Riverside3-156-25
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