Sophomore guard Justina King scored 13 of her 18 points in two overtime periods to help lift Long Beach State women’s basketball to a 73-67 double-overtime victory over UC Riverside on Thursday night at Walter Pyramid. It’s the fourth consecutive win for LBSU (10-10, 5-2) and the Beach is now just a half-game behind first-place […]
There is a hole in the Southern California sports world after the loss of Lakers icon Kobe Bryant, who died in a helicopter crash on Sunday along with his daughter, Gianna, and seven others. Bryant was an inspiration for generations of athletes in Long Beach, and not just basketball players. “I met Kobe at the […]
With the regular season winding down, The Compton boys basketball team is starting to catch its stride at just the right time. After a big win against Long Beach Poly on Monday, the Tarbabes took care of business at Wilson defeating the Bruins 76-51 Wednesday night. Compton (17-9, 7-3) was once again led by phenomenal […]
We’ve got some great shots from Compton’s win by photographer Joseph Kling.
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The most exciting game of the high school basketball season took place Monday night at Wilson, as visiting Lakewood topped the host Bruins on a buzzer-beater in triple overtime by Bonard Johnson. The shot gave the Lancers a thrilling win, 75-74. SK on X (formerly Twitter): “The Final 20 seconds from the triple OT game […]
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STORY BY MATT SIMON Compton’s Jabari Steward knew the Tarbabes needed a win in a big way. After a heartbreaking loss to Millikan last Friday at the buzzer, he admitted that the team had hit a string of bad luck in Moore League play. So, after the Tarbabes came away with their biggest win of […]
STORY BY MATT SIMON The Long Beach Poly girls basketball team came out a little lethargic on Monday at Compton. The Jackrabbits (21-3, 9-0) were coming off a big win on Saturday against Troy and it was clear the team had a slow start as they took a 21-8 lead after the first quarter. “(Compton) […]