HONOLULU -- Long Beach State already has played a difficult non-conference schedule, and the 49ers hope that Friday?s easy victory over Auburn is more proof they can compete against teams from major conferences.
Larry Anderson scored 16 points, and Eugene Phelps and Casper Ware added 13 each as Long Beach State beat Auburn 64-43 on Friday night in the semifinals of the Diamond Head Classic.
The 49ers (7-5) of the Big West Conference put the game away with a 16-0 run for a 62-38 lead with 3:26 remaining. Ware scored eight points during the spurt, including a pair of 3-pointers. Auburn (8-2) went more than nine minutes between field goals.
?For a mid-major in these tournaments, it?s just such a ... I don?t want to say honor, but it?s such an opportunity for a mid-major to play a BCS school on a neutral court, and I?m just pleased right now that our guys are taking advantage of that opportunity,? Long Beach State coach Dan Monson said.
Long Beach State was battle-tested entering the game, having played five AP Top 25 teams this season.
The 49ers won at Pittsburgh and beat Xavier in Thursday?s opening-round game. They lost at Louisville, Kansas and North Carolina, with the defeats coming by an average of nine points.
Long Beach State will play Kansas State in today?s final. Auburn will play UTEP in the third-place game.
?We?re not here to just play in a championship,? Monson said. ?Our goal is to come over here and win this tournament and we still have an opportunity to do that.?
T.J. Robinson grabbed nine rebounds and Phelps had eight as the 49ers held a 43-25 advantage on the boards.
?I thought we rebounded pretty well,? Monson said. ?I don?t have a lot of complaints, it wasn?t perfect, but it?s not going to be. You?re not going to come over here and play a perfect game.?
Auburn shot 15 of 57 from the field. The Tigers? only threat was Frankie Sullivan, who finished with 22 points on 8 of 16 shooting.
?Offensively, we were anemic tonight,? Auburn coach Tony Barbee said. ?Hopefully, we can chalk it up to being an off night. More of a concern was we didn?t have guys make plays when they had an opportunity to make plays.?
In the first half, Long Beach State went on a 14-2 run for a 23-10 lead with 6:09 left. The Tigers went more than seven minutes without a field goal.
The 49ers? rally forced Auburn to switch from a man-to-man defense to a 2-3 zone. The Tigers stayed in the zone for much of the second half.
Anderson and Phelps each scored nine first-half points as Long Beach State took a 32-22 halftime lead.
Sullivan was the only Auburn player to make a field goal during the first 18:30 of the first half.
He finished the half with 14 points on 5 of 10 shooting from the field, including 4 of 7 from 3-point range. His teammates finished the half 1 of 16.
LONG BEACH ST. (7-5)
Phelps 5-8 3-4 13, Ennis 1-5 3-4 6, Robinson 2-7 2-2 6, Anderson 5-6 4-5 16, Ware 2-10 7-9 13, Caffey 3-3 0-1 6, Jackson 0-0 0-0 0, Dervisevic 2-5 0-0 4, Vantrimpont 0-1 0-0 0, Starkey 0-1 0-0 0, Shepherd 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 20-47 19-25 64.
AUBURN (8-2)
Langford 1-2 0-0 2, Ward 1-7 2-2 4, Gabriel 2-11 2-2 7, Sullivan 8-16 0-0 22, Chubb 1-8 2-2 4, Denson 0-1 0-0 0, McAfee 0-3 0-0 0, Wallace 0-0 0-0 0, Neysmith 0-3 0-0 0, Johnson 1-4 0-0 2, Forbes 1-2 0-0 2, Kouassi 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 15-57 6-6 43.
Halftime--Long Beach St. 32-22. 3-Point Goals--Long Beach St. 5-15 (Anderson 2-2, Ware 2-8, Ennis 1-3, Dervisevic 0-1, Starkey 0-1), Auburn 7-21 (Sullivan 6-9, Gabriel 1-6, Langford 0-1, McAfee 0-1, Johnson 0-2, Ward 0-2). Fouled Out--Chubb. Rebounds--Long Beach St. 43 (Robinson 9), Auburn 25 (Sullivan 6). Assists--Long Beach St. 8 (Ware 3), Auburn 6 (Langford 3). Total Fouls--Long Beach St. 10, Auburn 19. A--NA.
Source: http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2011/12/24/1869939/auburn-basketball-coach-tony-barbee.html
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