Long Beach State men can’t catch UC San Diego

LONG BEACH — The Long Beach State men’s basketball team made another late push but couldn’t catch UC San Diego in an 80-74 loss on Saturday night at the Pyramid.
Freshman Gavin Sykes had 20 points to pace Long Beach (2-8 overall, 0-2 Big West Conference), while sophomore Petar Majstorovic added 18 (and six rebounds) as the underclassmen again paced LBSU in scoring. Rob Diaz III contributed 12 points and five assists.
Aidan Burke had 18 points on 7-of-8 shooting (4 for 5 fr