Long Beach State Beach vs. UC Irvine Anteaters

Jan 8, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
LBSU	30	34	64
UCI	34	40	74

Game Recap

Jurian Dixon's 23 help UC Irvine defeat Long Beach State 74-64. Jurian Dixon scored 23 points as UC Irvine beat Long Beach State 74-64 on Thursday.

Player Stats

LONG BEACH STATE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
4Leopold Levillain	15	0-5	0-0	0-0	3	0	1	0	0	3	0
6Petar Majstorovic	35	6-11	1-2	2-2	8	3	3	0	2	0	15
0Rob Diaz III	35	2-8	1-4	0-1	7	2	0	0	2	4	5
11Gavin Sykes	39	8-13	2-5	3-5	3	0	0	1	1	1	21
10Cole Farrell	26	4-8	0-1	1-1	0	2	0	0	1	1	9
15JJ Chaikovsky	11	0-1	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	1	0	2	0
1Derrick Michael Xzavierro	4	0-1	0-1	0-0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0
33Shay Johnson Jr.	21	3-6	0-0	0-0	1	3	0	1	3	5	6
12Isaiah Lewis	14	2-7	0-1	4-4	3	1	1	0	3	3	8



TOTAL	-	25-6041.7%	4-1428.6%	10-1376.9%	30	11	5	3	13	20	64

UC IRVINE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
14Kyle Evans	27	5-8	0-0	5-6	6	1	0	2	0	0	15
3Elijah Chol	24	1-3	1-2	0-0	2	2	0	1	1	3	3
6Tama Isaac	27	2-6	0-0	5-5	4	1	1	0	2	1	9
13Derin Saran	29	2-10	0-2	0-0	7	2	4	0	2	0	4
24Jurian Dixon	31	8-14	2-5	5-6	2	3	3	0	1	1	23
23Nes Emeneke	13	0-0	0-0	1-2	5	0	0	2	1	1	1
2Harrison Carrington	11	0-3	0-0	2-3	3	0	1	0	0	3	2
43Akiva McBirney-Griffin	5	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27Tishan Ahir	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9Jovan Jester Jr.	12	2-3	1-1	3-4	3	1	1	0	1	5	8
5Ben Egbo	1	0-0	0-0	1-2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
4Andre Henry	20	4-8	0-3	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	1	8
TOTAL	-	24-5642.9%	4-1330.8%	22-2878.6%	35	11	10	5	8	15	74

Play-by-Play

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1st halfLBSUUCI

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by UC Irvine.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by Long Beach State.
+2 (19:46) Kyle Evans makes layup (Jurian Dixon assists).
02
+2 (19:29) Gavin Sykes makes 13-foot jumper.
22
(19:10) Jurian Dixon misses 31-foot three point jumper.
(19:06) Rob Diaz III Defensive Rebound.
(19:00) Rob Diaz III misses driving layup.
(18:57) Derin Saran Defensive Rebound.
(18:39) Derin Saran misses 13-foot pullup jump shot.
(18:35) Leopold Levillain Defensive Rebound.
+2 (18:15) Petar Majstorovic makes 13-foot floating jump shot.
42
(17:57) Foul on Elijah Chol.
(17:57) Elijah Chol turnover.
(17:43) Petar Majstorovic bad pass turnover.
(17:43) Jurian Dixon Steal.
(17:38) Jurian Dixon misses driving layup.
(17:37) Long Beach State Defensive Rebound.
+2 (17:19) Gavin Sykes makes driving layup.
62
+2 (17:03) Jurian Dixon makes 12-foot pullup jump shot (Derin Saran assists).
64
(16:47) Leopold Levillain misses driving layup.
(16:44) Gavin Sykes Offensive Rebound.
(16:33) Petar Majstorovic misses driving layup.
(16:29) Derin Saran Defensive Rebound.
+2 (16:22) Derin Saran makes 4-foot hook shot.
66
(16:01) Gavin Sykes misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(15:59) Tama Isaac Defensive Rebound.
(15:59) Foul on Leopold Levillain.
(15:41) Tama Isaac misses driving layup.
(15:38) Petar Majstorovic Defensive Rebound.
(15:18) Foul on Harrison Carrington.
+1 (15:18) Petar Majstorovic makes free throw 1 of 2.
76
+1 (15:18) Petar Majstorovic makes free throw 2 of 2.
86
(15:14) Shay Johnson Jr. bad pass turnover.
(15:14) Derin Saran Steal.
(15:09) Derin Saran misses driving layup.
(15:04) Derin Saran Offensive Rebound.
(15:04) Derin Saran misses tip in layup.
(15:03) Petar Majstorovic Defensive Rebound.
+2 (14:51) Rob Diaz III makes 8-foot floating jump shot (Shay Johnson Jr. assists).
106
(14:38) Derin Saran misses 10-foot floating jump shot.
(14:35) Petar Majstorovic Defensive Rebound.
(14:24) Foul on Isaiah Lewis.
(14:24) Isaiah Lewis turnover.
(14:05) Foul on Leopold Levillain.
(14:04) Andre Henry misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(14:01) Isaiah Lewis Defensive Rebound.
(13:55) Isaiah Lewis misses 17-foot pullup jump shot.
(13:52) Nes Emeneke Defensive Rebound.
(13:46) Andre Henry misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(13:43) Long Beach State Defensive Rebound.
(13:18) Foul on Jovan Jester Jr..
(12:59) Isaiah Lewis misses 14-foot jumper.
(12:56) Derin Saran Defensive Rebound.
(12:50) Derin Saran misses driving layup.
(12:48) Derrick Michael Xzavierro Defensive Rebound.
(12:33) Gavin Sykes bad pass turnover.
(12:33) Jovan Jester Jr. Steal.
+2 (12:24) Andre Henry makes driving layup (Jovan Jester Jr. assists).
108
(12:09) Rob Diaz III misses 16-foot floating jump shot.
(12:04) JJ Chaikovsky Offensive Rebound.
(11:55) Derrick Michael Xzavierro misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(11:50) Nes Emeneke Defensive Rebound.
(11:41) Akiva McBirney-Griffin misses 10-foot floating jump shot.
(11:37) Nes Emeneke Offensive Rebound.
+3 (11:32) Jovan Jester Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (Andre Henry assists).
1011
+3 (11:04) Gavin Sykes makes 25-foot three pointer (Cole Farrell assists).
1311
(10:41) Jovan Jester Jr. misses 14-foot jumper.
(10:41) Nes Emeneke Offensive Rebound.
(10:41) Foul on Shay Johnson Jr..
(10:31) Tama Isaac misses 9-foot floating jump shot.
(10:27) Rob Diaz III Defensive Rebound.
(10:06) Rob Diaz III misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(10:03) Kyle Evans Defensive Rebound.
+2 (9:56) Jurian Dixon makes 12-foot floating jump shot.
1313
(9:29) Petar Majstorovic misses 7-foot jumper.
(9:25) Kyle Evans Defensive Rebound.
+2 (9:15) Tama Isaac makes 10-foot floating jump shot.
1315
(8:57) Petar Majstorovic misses 18-foot pullup jump shot.
(8:57) Elijah Chol Block.
(8:56) UC Irvine Defensive Rebound.
(8:37) Jurian Dixon misses 18-foot jumper.
(8:34) Derin Saran Offensive Rebound.
(8:32) Foul on Shay Johnson Jr..
+1 (8:32) Kyle Evans makes free throw 1 of 2.
1316
+1 (8:32) Kyle Evans makes free throw 2 of 2.
1317
+2 (8:16) Cole Farrell makes 12-foot turnaround jump shot.
1517
+2 (8:03) Derin Saran makes driving layup (Elijah Chol assists).
1519
+2 (7:52) Petar Majstorovic makes layup (Cole Farrell assists).
1719
(7:34) Elijah Chol misses driving layup.
(7:32) UC Irvine Offensive Rebound.
+3 (7:22) Elijah Chol makes 37-foot three point jumper (Jurian Dixon assists).
1722
(6:51) Cole Farrell misses dunk.
(6:51) Leopold Levillain Offensive Rebound.
(6:51) Kyle Evans Block.
(6:47) Foul on Jurian Dixon.
(6:38) Leopold Levillain misses driving layup.
(6:35) Tama Isaac Defensive Rebound.
(6:31) Tama Isaac bad pass turnover.
(6:31) Petar Majstorovic Steal.
+2 (6:25) Petar Majstorovic makes driving layup.
1922
(6:07) Derin Saran bad pass turnover.
(6:07) Leopold Levillain Steal.
(5:52) Leopold Levillain misses 14-foot floating jump shot.
(5:48) Derin Saran Defensive Rebound.
+2 (5:31) Kyle Evans makes 11-foot hook shot.
1924
(5:00) Gavin Sykes misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(4:56) Kyle Evans Defensive Rebound.
(4:53) Derin Saran traveling turnover.
(4:44) Rob Diaz III misses driving layup.
(4:44) Nes Emeneke Block.
(4:39) Jovan Jester Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(4:38) Jovan Jester Jr. bad pass turnover.
(4:38) Petar Majstorovic Steal.
+2 (4:36) Gavin Sykes makes driving layup (Petar Majstorovic assists).
2124
(4:36) Foul on Nes Emeneke.
(4:36) Gavin Sykes misses free throw 1 of 1.
(4:35) Nes Emeneke Defensive Rebound.
+3 (4:28) Jurian Dixon makes 25-foot three pointer.
2127
(4:05) Rob Diaz III misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(4:02) Jurian Dixon Defensive Rebound.
+2 (3:48) Andre Henry makes 14-foot pullup jump shot (Jurian Dixon assists).
2129
(3:21) Shay Johnson Jr. misses dunk.
(3:18) Jovan Jester Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(3:01) Foul on Rob Diaz III.
+1 (3:01) Jovan Jester Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2.
2130
+1 (3:01) Jovan Jester Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2.
2131
(2:46) Foul on Jovan Jester Jr..
+2 (2:34) Shay Johnson Jr. makes 7-foot floating jump shot (Petar Majstorovic assists).
2331
(2:14) Jurian Dixon bad pass turnover.
(2:14) Petar Majstorovic Steal.
+3 (2:01) Petar Majstorovic makes 24-foot three point jumper (Isaiah Lewis assists).
2631
(1:54) Harrison Carrington misses 6-foot floating jump shot.
(1:50) Harrison Carrington Offensive Rebound.
(1:50) Harrison Carrington misses tip in layup.
(1:49) Rob Diaz III Defensive Rebound.
+2 (1:48) Isaiah Lewis makes layup (Rob Diaz III assists).
2831
(1:28) Derin Saran misses 19-foot pullup jump shot.
(1:23) Long Beach State Defensive Rebound.
(1:08) Shay Johnson Jr. bad pass turnover.
(1:08) Derin Saran Steal.
(1:04) Foul on Rob Diaz III.
+1 (1:04) Jurian Dixon makes free throw 1 of 2.
2832
(1:04) Jurian Dixon misses free throw 2 of 2.
(1:02) Petar Majstorovic Defensive Rebound.
(0:40) Cole Farrell misses layup.
(0:38) Kyle Evans Defensive Rebound.
+2 (0:23) Jurian Dixon makes 9-foot pullup jump shot (Elijah Chol assists).
2834
(0:04) Foul on Tama Isaac.
+1 (0:04) Isaiah Lewis makes free throw 1 of 2.
2934
+1 (0:04) Isaiah Lewis makes free throw 2 of 2.
3034
(0:00) Jurian Dixon misses 34-foot three point jumper.
(0:00) Long Beach State Defensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

LBSU

UCI

64Points74

25-60(41.7%)Field Goal(%)24-56(42.9%)

4-14(28.6%)3-Point(%)4-13(30.8%)

10-13(76.9%)Free Throw(%)22-28(78.6%)

35(7)Rebounds(Offensive)38(8)

11Assists11

5Steals10

3Blocks5

13Turnovers9

20(0)Fouls(Technical)15(0)

4Largest Lead18

Game Details

Thursday, January 8, 2026 · 10:00 PM

Bren Events Center · Irvine, CA

attendance: 2,354 (47.1%)

tv: ESPN+

spread: UCI -10.5

over/under: 142.5