2023–24 Long Beach State Beach men's basketball team

2023–24 Long Beach State Beach men's basketball
2023–24 Long Beach State Beach men's basketball
Conference	Big West Conference
Record	11–7 (3–3 Big West)
Head coach	Dan Monson (17th season);
Associate head coach	Myke Scholl
Assistant coaches	Senque Carey; Larry Anderson;
Home arena	Walter Pyramid

2023–24 Big West men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
UC Irvine	5	–	0	1.000	12	–	5	.706
UC San Diego*	5	–	0	1.000	11	–	6	.647
UC Davis	5	–	1	.833	10	–	7	.588
Cal State Northridge	4	–	1	.800	13	–	4	.765
UC Santa Barbara	3	–	3	.500	10	–	6	.625
Long Beach State	3	–	3	.500	11	–	7	.611
Hawai'i	2	–	3	.400	10	–	7	.588
UC Riverside	2	–	4	.333	7	–	11	.389
Cal State Fullerton	1	–	4	.200	8	–	9	.471
Cal State Bakersfield	0	–	5	.000	5	–	11	.313
Cal Poly	0	–	6	.000	4	–	14	.222
* ineligible for the 2024 NCAA tournament due to transition period

† 2024 Big West tournament winner As of January 14, 2024

The 2023–24 Long Beach State Beach men's basketball team represents California State University, Long Beach during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Beach, led by 17th-year head coach Dan Monson, play their home games at the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, California as members of the Big West Conference.

Previous season

The Beach finished the 2022–23 season 17–16, 11–9 in Big West play to finish in seventh place.^[1] In the Big West tournament, they were upset by Cal Poly in the first round.^[2]

Roster

2023–24 Long Beach State Beach men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Marcus Tsohonis	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Sr	VCU	Portland, OR
F	1	Amari Stroud	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sr	Allan Hancock College	Fresno, CA
G	2	Isa Silva	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	Stanford	Sacramento, CA
G	3	Maddox Monson	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	So	Los Alamitos High School	Los Alamitos, CA
G	4	Messiah Thompson	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Sr	Alabama A&M	Atlanta, GA
G	5	Jason Hart Jr.	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	RS Fr	St. Bernard High School	Los Angeles, CA
G	8	Eli Djordjevic	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Fr	Orangeville Prep	White Rock, BC
G	10	AJ George	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	So	Hoover High School	Fresno, CA
G	11	Varick Lewis	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	Monterey Trail High School	Elk Grove, CA
G	12	Jadon Jones	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	St. Anthony High School	Long Beach, CA
C	13	Chayce Polynice	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Sr	College of Southern Idaho	Van Nuys, CA
F	23	Lassina Traoré	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Jr	Saint Louis	Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
F	25	Aboubacar Traoré	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	LaBASE Academy	Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
F	35	Shaumba Ngoyi	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	RS Fr	Sunrise Christian Academy	Kinshasa, DR Congo
C	40	Jeffrey Yan	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	260 lb (118 kg)	Sr	Capistrano Valley Christian School	Shanghai, China

Head coach

Dan Monson (Idaho)

Assistant coach(es)

Myke Scholl (Loyola Marymount)
Senque Carey (New Mexico)
Larry Anderson (Long Beach State)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: October 25, 2023

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 2, 2023* 7:00 pm	Cal Lutheran	W 107–63		18 – L. Traoré	7 – L. Traoré	8 – Thompson	Walter Pyramid (1,603) Long Beach, CA
Non-conference regular season
November 6, 2023* 7:30 pm, WCC Network	at Portland	L 73–78	0–1	23 – Jones	9 – A. Traoré	5 – A. Traoré	Chiles Center (1,073) Portland, OR
November 11, 2023* 7:00 pm, FS2	at DePaul	W 77–73	1–1	22 – Tsohonis	11 – L. Traoré	4 – Silva	Wintrust Arena (2,651) Chicago, IL
November 14, 2023* 7:00 pm, MW Network	at San Diego State	L 76–88	1–2	17 – Tsohonis	6 – A. Traoré	8 – A. Traoré	Viejas Arena (12,414) San Diego, CA
November 17, 2023* 4:00 pm, B1G+	at Michigan	W 94–86	2–2	35 – Tsohonis	10 – L. Traoré	4 – Thompson	Crisler Center (10,866) Ann Arbor, MI
November 20, 2023* 10:30 am, FloHoops	vs. Illinois State Gulf Coast Showcase first round	L 52–61	2–3	10 – Thompson	15 – L. Traoré	4 – Thompson	Hertz Arena (214) Estero, FL
November 21, 2023* 8:00 am, FloHoops	vs. Iona Gulf Coast Showcase consolation 2nd round	W 80–76	3–3	19 – Jones	10 – A. Traoré	6 – A. Traoré	Hertz Arena (201) Estero, FL
November 22, 2023* 10:30 am, FloHoops	vs. Louisiana Gulf Coast Showcase 5th place game	L 82–92	3–4	18 – A. Traoré	10 – Ratliff	4 – A. Traoré	Hertz Arena (176) Estero, FL
November 26, 2023* 1:00 pm, ESPN+	at Montana State	W 75–69	4–4	26 – Tsohonis	13 – L. Traoré	4 – Jones	Worthington Arena (2,501) Bozeman, MT
December 2, 2023* 4:00 pm, ESPN+	Sacramento State	W 83–73	5–4	24 – Jones	11 – L. Traoré	6 – Tied	Walter Pyramid (1,815) Long Beach, CA
December 6, 2023* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Life Pacific	W 88–66	6–4	12 – V. Lewis	10 – A. Traoré	5 – Tied	Walter Pyramid (1,373) Long Beach, CA
December 10, 2023* 1:00 pm, P12N	at USC	W 84–79 ^OT	7–4	28 – M. Tsohonis	8 – Tied	5 – A. Traoré	Galen Center (9,806) Los Angeles, CA
December 19, 2023* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Cal State Dominguez Hills	W 107–78	8–4	23 – Jones	10 – L. Traoré	5 – Silva	Walter Pyramid (1,602) Long Beach, CA
Big West regular season
December 28, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at Cal State Fullerton	W 81–71	9–4 (1–0)	23 – A. Traoré	22 – A. Traoré	6 – A. Traoré	Titan Gym (1,436) Fullerton, CA
December 30, 2023 4:00 pm, ESPN+	Cal State Northridge	L 68–84	9–5 (1–1)	17 – Tsohonis	7 – A. Traoré	5 – A. Traoré	Walter Pyramid (2,003) Long Beach, CA
January 4, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at Cal Poly	W 89–82	10–5 (2–1)	30 – A. Traoré	19 – L. Traoré	6 – Thompson	Mott Athletics Center (1,482) San Luis Obispo, CA
January 6, 2024 4:00 pm, ESPN+	UC Riverside	W 83–75	11–5 (3–1)	19 – L. Traoré	15 – L. Traoré	7 – Tsohonis	Walter Pyramid (2,546) Long Beach, CA
January 11, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at UC San Diego	L 74-88	11-6 (3-2)	18 – Tsohonis	7 – A. Traoré	6 – Tsohonis	LionTree Arena (2,083) La Jolla, CA
January 13, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at UC Santa Barbara	L 76-85	11-7 (3-3)	23 – Thompson	9 – A. Traoré	10 – A. Traoré	The Thunderdome (2,892) Santa Barbara, CA
January 18, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Hawai'i						Walter Pyramid Long Beach, CA
January 25, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+	UC Irvine						Walter Pyramid Long Beach, CA
January 27, 2024 1:00 pm, ESPN+	at UC Riverside						SRC Arena Riverside, CA
February 1, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at Cal State Bakersfield						Icardo Center Bakersfield, CA
February 3, 2024 4:00 pm, ESPN+	UC San Diego						Walter Pyramid Long Beach, CA
February 10, 2024 4:00 pm, ESPN+	Cal Poly						Walter Pyramid Long Beach, CA
February 15, 2024 6:00 pm, ESPN+	at UC Davis						University Credit Union Center Davis, CA
February 17, 2024 5:00 pm, ESPN+	at Cal State Northridge						Premier America Credit Union Arena Northridge, CA
February 22, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Cal State Bakersfield						Walter Pyramid Long Beach, CA
February 24, 2024 9:00 pm, ESPN+	at Hawai'i						Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI
February 29, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Cal State Fullerton						Walter Pyramid Long Beach, CA
March 2, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at UC Irvine						Bren Events Center Irvine, CA
March 7, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+	UC Santa Barbara						Walter Pyramid Long Beach, CA
March 9, 2024 3:00 pm, ESPN+	UC Davis						Walter Pyramid Long Beach, CA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific.

Sources:^[3]^[4]

References

↑ "2022-23 Men's Basketball Standings". The Big West. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
↑ "Long Beach State Stunned By Cal Poly In Big West Tournament". Long Beach State University Athletics. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
↑ "2023-24 Men's Basketball Schedule". Long Beach State University Athletics. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
↑ "Long Beach State Beach 2023-24 Regular Season NCAAM Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved October 25, 2023.

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[1] "2022-23 Men's Basketball Standings". The Big West. Retrieved October 25, 2023.

[2] "Long Beach State Stunned By Cal Poly In Big West Tournament". Long Beach State University Athletics. Retrieved October 25, 2023.

[3] "2023-24 Men's Basketball Schedule". Long Beach State University Athletics. Retrieved October 25, 2023.

[4] "Long Beach State Beach 2023-24 Regular Season NCAAM Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved October 25, 2023.

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