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Long Beach State knocks off top-seeded UC Irvine 83-79 in Big West Conference semifinal
HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) Aboubacar Traore had 20 points as fourth-seeded Long Beach State upset top-seeded UC Irvine 83-79 Friday in the Big West Conference semifinals.
The Beach (20-14) advance Saturday's conference championship game.
Traore had eight rebounds and seven assists for the Beach. Jadon Jones scored 15 points and added nine rebounds and four steals. Marcus Tsohonis had 15 points and shot 5 for 14, including 3 for 5 from beyond the arc.
Justin Hohn led the Anteaters (24-9) in scoring, finishing with 19 points. UC Irvine also got 18 points and nine assists from Pierre Crockrell II. Bent Leuchten had 10 points and nine rebounds.
Tsohonis scored 10 points in the first half for Long Beach State, who led 47-38 at the break. Long Beach State pulled off the victory after a 7-0 second-half run broke a 55-55 tie and gave them the lead at 62-55 with 12:54 left in the half. Traore scored 13 second-half points.
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| Time | Team | Play | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20:00 |  | Â | (Anteaters gains possession) | Â |
| 19:36 | | +2 | Devin Tillis makes two point jump shot (Pierre Crockrell II assists) | 0-2 |
| 19:11 |  | +2 | Lassina Traore makes two point jump shot (Aboubacar Traore assists) | 2-2 |
| 18:49 | | +2 | Devin Tillis makes two point layup (Justin Hohn assists) | 2-4 |
| 18:21 | | Â | Aboubacar Traore turnover (bad pass) | Â |
| 18:12 | | +2 | Pierre Crockrell II makes two point layup | 2-6 |
| 17:51 | | +2 | Lassina Traore makes two point layup (Marcus Tsohonis assists) | 4-6 |
| 17:51 | | Â | Devin Tillis shooting foul (Lassina Traore draws the foul) | Â |
| 17:51 | | +1 | Lassina Traore makes regular free throw 1 of 1 | 5-6 |
| 17:30 | | Â | Pierre Crockrell II misses two point layup | Â |
| 17:28 | | Â | Lassina Traore defensive rebound | Â |
| 17:24 | | +3 | Marcus Tsohonis makes three point jump shot | 8-6 |
| 17:16 | | Â | Andre Henry misses two point layup | Â |
| 17:14 | | Â | Lassina Traore defensive rebound | Â |
| 17:07 | | +2 | AJ George makes two point jump shot (Aboubacar Traore assists) | 10-6 |
| 16:50 | | +3 | Andre Henry makes three point jump shot (Pierre Crockrell II assists) | 10-9 |
| 16:31 | | Â | AJ George misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 16:29 | | Â | Bent Leuchten defensive rebound | Â |
| 16:14 | | Â | Messiah Thompson shooting foul (Pierre Crockrell II draws the foul) | Â |
| 16:14 | | Â | Pierre Crockrell II misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | Â |
| 16:14 | | Â | Pierre Crockrell II misses regular free throw 2 of 2 | Â |
| 16:14 | | Â | Marcus Tsohonis defensive rebound | Â |
| 16:07 | | +3 | Marcus Tsohonis makes three point jump shot | 13-9 |
| 15:48 | | Â | Dean Keeler misses two point hook shot | Â |
| 15:46 | | Â | Jadon Jones defensive rebound | Â |
| 15:40 | | Â | Marcus Tsohonis misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 15:38 | | Â | Anteaters defensive rebound | Â |
| 15:36 | | Â | Carter Welling personal foul | Â |
| 15:36 | | Â | TV timeout | Â |
| 15:28 | | +2 | Lassina Traore makes two point jump shot | 15-9 |
| 15:02 | | +2 | Pierre Crockrell II makes two point jump shot | 15-11 |
| 14:37 | | Â | Carter Welling personal foul | Â |
| 14:29 | | +2 | Marcus Tsohonis makes two point jump shot | 17-11 |
| 14:16 | | Â | AJ George shooting foul (Dean Keeler draws the foul) | Â |
| 14:16 | | +1 | Dean Keeler makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 17-12 |
| 14:16 | | Â | Dean Keeler misses regular free throw 2 of 2 | Â |
| 14:16 | | Â | Derin Saran offensive rebound | Â |
| 14:12 | | Â | Pierre Crockrell II misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 14:10 | | Â | Lassina Traore defensive rebound | Â |
| 13:51 | | Â | AJ George misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 13:49 | | Â | Derin Saran defensive rebound | Â |
| 13:33 | | Â | Derin Saran misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 13:31 | | Â | Hayden Welling offensive rebound | Â |
| 13:27 | | Â | Hayden Welling misses two point layup | Â |
| 13:25 | | Â | Lassina Traore defensive rebound | Â |
| 13:15 | | +3 | Jadon Jones makes three point jump shot (Aboubacar Traore assists) | 20-12 |
| 12:58 | | Â | Amari Stroud blocks Derin Saran's two point layup | Â |
| 12:56 | | Â | Jadon Jones defensive rebound | Â |
| 12:53 | | Â | Marcus Tsohonis misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 12:51 | | Â | Marcus Tsohonis offensive rebound | Â |
| 12:48 | | Â | Marcus Tsohonis turnover (bad pass) | Â |
| 12:29 | | Â | Dylan Thoerner misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 12:27 | | Â | Lassina Traore defensive rebound | Â |
| 12:17 | | Â | Amari Stroud misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 12:15 | | Â | Ofure Ujadughele defensive rebound | Â |
| 12:02 | | Â | Amari Stroud personal foul | Â |
| 11:54 | | Â | Derin Saran misses two point layup | Â |
| 11:52 | | Â | Amari Stroud defensive rebound | Â |
| 11:48 | | Â | AJ George turnover (bad pass) (Derin Saran steals) | Â |
| 11:40 | | Â | Langston Redfield turnover (lost ball) (Lassina Traore steals) | Â |
| 11:38 | | Â | Jump ball. (Beach gains possession) | Â |
| 11:38 | | Â | TV timeout | Â |
| 11:33 | | Â | Amari Stroud misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 11:31 | | Â | Justin Hohn defensive rebound | Â |
| 11:10 | | Â | Justin Hohn misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 11:08 | | Â | Marcus Tsohonis defensive rebound | Â |
| 11:00 | | Â | Amari Stroud misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 10:58 | | Â | Derin Saran defensive rebound | Â |
| 10:45 | | Â | Isa Silva personal foul | Â |
| 10:42 | | +2 | Justin Hohn makes two point layup (Bent Leuchten assists) | 20-14 |
| 10:20 | | +2 | Marcus Tsohonis makes two point jump shot | 22-14 |
| 10:01 | | +2 | Justin Hohn makes two point jump shot (Andre Henry assists) | 22-16 |
| 9:44 | | Â | Andre Henry personal foul | Â |
| 9:37 | | Â | AJ George misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 9:35 | | Â | Bent Leuchten defensive rebound | Â |
| 9:32 | | Â | Bent Leuchten turnover (bad pass) (Jadon Jones steals) | Â |
| 9:23 | | +2 | Aboubacar Traore makes two point dunk (Jadon Jones assists) | 24-16 |
| 9:12 | | Â | Amari Stroud blocks Bent Leuchten's two point layup | Â |
| 9:10 | | Â | Aboubacar Traore defensive rebound | Â |
| 9:01 | | +2 | Amari Stroud makes two point jump shot (Aboubacar Traore assists) | 26-16 |
| 8:45 | | Â | Justin Hohn misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 8:43 | | Â | Bent Leuchten offensive rebound | Â |
| 8:43 | | Â | AJ George technical foul | Â |
| 8:43 | | +1 | Justin Hohn makes technical free throw 1 of 2 | 26-17 |
| 8:43 | | +1 | Justin Hohn makes technical free throw 2 of 2 | 26-18 |
| 8:42 | | +3 | Justin Hohn makes three point jump shot (Pierre Crockrell II assists) | 26-21 |
| 8:27 | | +2 | AJ George makes two point jump shot | 28-21 |
| 8:14 | | Â | Justin Hohn turnover (lost ball) | Â |
| 8:02 | | Â | Jadon Jones misses two point layup | Â |
| 8:00 | | Â | Lassina Traore offensive rebound | Â |
| 7:55 | | +3 | AJ George makes three point jump shot (Lassina Traore assists) | 31-21 |
| 7:41 | | +2 | Pierre Crockrell II makes two point jump shot | 31-23 |
| 7:29 | | Â | Aboubacar Traore misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 7:27 | | Â | Anteaters defensive rebound | Â |
| 7:27 | | Â | Lassina Traore personal foul | Â |
| 7:27 | | Â | TV timeout | Â |
| 7:19 | | +2 | Pierre Crockrell II makes two point jump shot | 31-25 |
| 7:00 | | Â | Jadon Jones misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 6:58 | | Â | Andre Henry defensive rebound | Â |
| 6:36 | | +2 | Devin Tillis makes two point hook shot | 31-27 |
| 6:18 | | +2 | AJ George makes two point jump shot | 33-27 |
| 6:05 | | +2 | Dean Keeler makes two point hook shot | 33-29 |
| 5:51 | | Â | Devin Tillis personal foul | Â |
| 5:45 | | Â | Ofure Ujadughele personal foul | Â |
| 5:32 | | Â | Marcus Tsohonis misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 5:30 | | Â | Jadon Jones offensive rebound | Â |
| 5:15 | | Â | Jadon Jones misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 5:13 | | Â | Bent Leuchten defensive rebound | Â |
| 4:59 | | Â | Andre Henry misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 4:57 | | Â | Lassina Traore defensive rebound | Â |
| 4:49 | | +2 | Messiah Thompson makes two point jump shot | 35-29 |
| 4:49 | | Â | Derin Saran shooting foul (Messiah Thompson draws the foul) | Â |
| 4:49 | | Â | Messiah Thompson misses regular free throw 1 of 1 | Â |
| 4:49 | | Â | Derin Saran defensive rebound | Â |
| 4:38 | | +2 | Pierre Crockrell II makes two point jump shot | 35-31 |
| 4:14 | | Â | Aboubacar Traore misses two point layup | Â |
| 4:12 | | Â | Bent Leuchten defensive rebound | Â |
| 3:47 | | +2 | Pierre Crockrell II makes two point jump shot | 35-33 |
| 3:29 | | Â | Marcus Tsohonis misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 3:27 | | Â | Aboubacar Traore offensive rebound | Â |
| 3:24 | | Â | Lassina Traore misses two point layup | Â |
| 3:22 | | Â | Aboubacar Traore offensive rebound | Â |
| 3:22 | | Â | Bent Leuchten personal foul (Aboubacar Traore draws the foul) | Â |
| 3:22 | | Â | TV timeout | Â |
| 3:22 | | +1 | Aboubacar Traore makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 36-33 |
| 3:22 | | +1 | Aboubacar Traore makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 37-33 |
| 2:56 | | +2 | Bent Leuchten makes two point layup | 37-35 |
| 2:34 | | +2 | Aboubacar Traore makes two point jump shot (Amari Stroud assists) | 39-35 |
| 2:34 | | Â | Bent Leuchten shooting foul (Aboubacar Traore draws the foul) | Â |
| 2:34 | | +1 | Aboubacar Traore makes regular free throw 1 of 1 | 40-35 |
| 2:15 | | Â | Hayden Welling misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 2:13 | | Â | Anteaters offensive rebound | Â |
| 2:12 | | +3 | Justin Hohn makes three point jump shot (Pierre Crockrell II assists) | 40-38 |
| 1:46 | | Â | Lassina Traore turnover (traveling) | Â |
| 1:39 | | Â | Dylan Thoerner misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 1:37 | | Â | Jadon Jones defensive rebound | Â |
| 1:31 | | Â | Dean Keeler shooting foul (Jadon Jones draws the foul) | Â |
| 1:31 | | +1 | Jadon Jones makes regular free throw 1 of 3 | 41-38 |
| 1:31 | | +1 | Jadon Jones makes regular free throw 2 of 3 | 42-38 |
| 1:31 | | +1 | Jadon Jones makes regular free throw 3 of 3 | 43-38 |
| 1:20 | | Â | Pierre Crockrell II misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 1:18 | | Â | Jason Hart Jr. defensive rebound | Â |
| 1:12 | | Â | Jason Hart Jr. turnover (lost ball) (Andre Henry steals) | Â |
| 1:05 | | Â | Pierre Crockrell II turnover (bad pass) (Jadon Jones steals) | Â |
| 0:36 | | +2 | Amari Stroud makes two point jump shot (Marcus Tsohonis assists) | 45-38 |
| 0:20 | | Â | Anteaters 30 second timeout | Â |
| 0:08 | | Â | Pierre Crockrell II misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 0:06 | | Â | Jadon Jones defensive rebound | Â |
| 0:01 | | +2 | Amari Stroud makes two point dunk (Jadon Jones assists) | 47-38 |
| 0:00 | | Â | End of period | Â |