NCAAB Game Recap - Long Beach State at UC Irvine
Wed Feb 19, 2020 10:00 PM EST

Duke
66
NCSU
88
F
Syr
66
Lou
90
F
Vill
91
DeP
71
F
Aub
55
UGA
65
F
Butl
72
Seton
74
F
Tuls
43
Hou
76
F
Samf
66
Mercer
106
F
Furm
66
ETSU
75
F
UCF
89
Cin
87
F(2OT)
ECU
73
Mem
77
F
TAMU
74
Bama
68
F
VMI
74
WCU
71
F
GaTec
86
Wake
79
F
Iona
64
Sien
65
F
Mich
60
Rut
52
F
GMas
50
Rich
65
F
Woff
79
UNCG
83
F(OT)
Army
77
LoyMD
81
F
Boston
59
Lafy
61
F
Chat
91
Citad
68
F
Leh
67
Colg
70
F
Navy
62
Amer
71
F
CenAR
68
SFA
83
F
Lamar
77
SHSU
65
F
Nich
73
NWSt
69
F
SMU
72
Tul
80
F
ULM
66
ArkSt
52
F
NDSU
77
SDak
74
F
BC
65
UVA
78
F
McNee
59
InWor
65
F
SDSt
94
UND
83
F
TCU
56
Tex
70
F
CBU
63
UMKC
69
F
IlSt
69
LoyIL
84
F
Valpa
75
Drake
77
F(OT)
MOSt
79
Brad
83
F(OT)
Ford
49
LaSal
58
F
GrgWas
70
Duques
67
F
AbCh
82
HCU
68
F
Prov
73
GTown
63
F
KSU
62
TxTch
69
F
Wyo
58
UtSt
78
F
SouthCar
76
MissSt
79
F
Ind
68
Minn
56
F
Mia-FL
102
VaTec
95
F(3OT)
Cal
66
WaSt
57
F
Bois
80
SJSU
62
F
AF
62
Fres
71
F
LongB
55
UCIrv
70
F

Feb 19, 2020, 10:00 PM EST

Final

1

2

T

Long Beach State

23

32

55

UC Irvine

26

44

70

Rutherford propels UC Irvine past Long Beach State 70-55
Thu Feb 20, 2020 12:41 AM

IRVINE, Calif. (AP) Tommy Rutherford tallied 16 points and nine rebounds and UC Irvine breezed to a 70-55 victory over Long Beach State on Wednesday night.

Rutherford sank 4 of 5 shots from the floor and made 8 of 13 at the free-throw line for the Anteaters (18-10, 10-2 Big West Conference). Eyassu Worku and Evan Leonard scored 15 apiece, while Brad Greene snagged 11 rebounds to go with eight points.

Sophomore Michael Carter III scored 16 points off the bench for the Beach (9-18, 4-7). Reserve Jordan Roberts grabbed 10 rebounds.

UC Irvine led by just three points at halftime before outscoring Long Beach State 44-32 in the second half.

UC Irvine shot 45% from the floor but just 28% from beyond the arc (5 of 18). The Anteaters made 13 of 18 foul shots. Long Beach State shot just 34% overall and 26% from distance (5 of 19). The Beach hit 10 of 13 free throws.

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Leaders

Long Beach State PTS +/- AST REB ST BLK
M. Carter 16 0 2 3 0 1
J. Griffin 8 0 0 1 0 0
UC Irvine PTS +/- AST REB ST BLK
T. Rutherford 16 0 0 9 0 1
E. Worku 15 0 3 3 1 0

Team Comparison

LongB UCIrv
Points For 55 70
Field Goals 20/59-34% 26/58-45%
Three Pointers 5/19-26% 5/18-28%
Free Throws 10/13-77% 13/18-72%
Offensive Rebounds 12 11
Defensive Rebounds 23 29
Rebounds 39 46
Blocks 2 2
Steals 4 8
Turnovers 11 8
Personal Fouls 12 16
Technical Fouls 0 0
Ejections 0 0

2019-20 Reg Season - Series Tied 1-1

Date Result Away Pts Ldr Home Pts Ldr
Wed Jan 22 UCIrv 56 @ LongB 63 E. Leonard 14 C. Slater 19
Wed Feb 19 LongB 55 @ UCIrv 70 M. Carter 16 T. Rutherford 16

Game Information

Stadium: Bren Events Center, Irvine, California
Attendance: 2,312
Game Time: