LONG BEACH, Calif. — San Diego hoops is prepped for its first true road test of the season as it will travel north on the Pacific Coast Highway, facing Long Beach State inside the LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid Sunday afternoon.
The game will be streamed live on ESPN+ with Voice of the Toreros Jack Cronin (X: @JackCroninPXP) calling the action over the radio air waves on USDToreros.com/watch. Inside coverage can also be found on the @USDMBB social channels.
THE BEACH RUNDOWN
• Long Beach State is 1-6 on the season, 0-2 vs. WCC opponents, falling by three at Pacific and most recently by 20 at Portland on Wednesday, Nov. 26
• The Toreros trail in the all-time series, 3-5, while Sunday will be just the second ever meeting in Long Beach (also, Nov. 9, 2019: L, 62-74) ... San Diego's last win over The Beach came three matchups ago, 74-70 on Dec. 1, 2018 in the Jenny Craig Pavilion
• The LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid, formerly Walter Pyramid, erected in 1994, rises 18 stories tall and is believed to be the largest space-frame structure in North America and is one of just a couple true Pyramids in the nation (also Luxor Hotel, Las Vegas & Bass Pro Shops, Memphis)
THE RELAUNCH
• With a reloaded roster of 14 newcomers and the unprecedented investments being made in the program both financially and through support staff and new facilities, the 2025-26 campaign is being described as 'the relaunch' of USD Men's Basketball under fourth-year head coach Steve Lavin
LAST TIME OUT
- On the neutral court at Acrisure Arena for a Feast Week duel vs. California Baptist, San Diego led 30 minutes into the contest, but ultimately fell to the Lancers, 76-61 Tuesday evening
- San Diego went on a 12-0 scoring streak, holding its opponents scoreless in the first five minutes of the second period to go out to a 51-42 lead in the Acrisure Series showdown ... In the closing 15 minutes, however, Torero shots stopped dropping while CBU picked them up off the glass and rim on both sides of the court ... USD's field goal rate dropped from a stellar 59.3% to 33.3% between halves, while the undefeated Lancers out-rebounded the Toreros by 21.
- The Torero scoring contingent was headlined by junior guard Ty-Laur Johnson, who posted 21 points on 10-for-16 shooting to go with three assists, a tied career best four steals and a block ... Johnson becomes the first Torero since teammate Kjay Bradley Jr. to score 10-plus 2-point field goals in a game (Nov. 6, 2024)
- Grad wing Toneari Lane added 14 points.
- USD totaled 17 assists, fronted by junior forward Vuk Boskovic and grad guard Adrian McIntyre's career-high six apiece ... Boskovic also had a game-high two blocks and McIntyre added three steals.
- San Diego bested the lancers on field goal shooting for the game at 46.3% to 45.1%, but from beyond the arc – entering the game 35th nationally, as high as fifth in 3-point percentage – USD was just 3-for-22 while CBU was 8-for-21.
- Redshirt-junior forward Emmanuel Callas, one of two four-year Toreros on the roster, made his first career start
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