Aggie play one of their best games of the season and beat Hawai'i 76-70. Chima Moneke had a monster game with 26 points and 13 rebounds followed by Brynton Lemar with 18 and some clutch FT's at the end. Huge win for the Aggies!

Lots of Aggies stepped up when they needed a big play. Lawrence White hit a big 3 with under a minute left and, earlier, Darius Graham het back to back deep 3's to help maintain the lead down the stretch. This was a really fun game to watch and the lead pretty much stayed in the 1 to 3 point range throughout the second half,

Irvine destroyed CSUN to remain undefeated in the BW and they come to the Pavilion for the second game of a double header next Saturday. I hope we pack the place as the Ags try to tie for the lead in the BW.

The Ags are locked up in a barnburner and lead 59-57 with 7:41to go.

Hawaii leads the Aggies 33-32 at the break in a fast paced, hard fought first half. The Ags are having some trouble stopping the Hawai'i's cutters and drive penetration. They've got some players with a very quick first step off the dribble. Luckily for the Ags, Hawai'i has blown a bunch of point blank looks. Hopefully, the Ags will be able to stay close and have a chance to win at the end.

Ho...flashly helmet!

That's certainly a possibility PA but the 49ers do a better job of keeping their poise under pressure and execute when it counts the most. The Ags need to learn to do the same.

Another big factor in this game is that LB continually brought in fresh players to keep the pressure up on defense and their bench outscored the Ags 27-6. LB didn't play particularly well on offense (4-22 from 3) but they play hard for a full 40 minutes.

This one hurts folks. The Aggies blew a 9 point lead in the 4th quarter and lost for the 2nd time this year to Long Beach 64-62 after a foul was called on Morgan Bertsch on a scramble for the ball on the floor and LB hit both FT's with 1.8 seconds left. On the ensuing inbound play in the forecourt, the Aggies threw the ball away. Game over.

The Aggies again failed to take care of the basketball when it counted and had two critical unforced TO's while relinquishing their late lead. Instead of going up by 11 or 12, the Ags turned the ball over.

All in all, it was a hard fought game but the 49ers are quicker than the Aggies and out hustled the Ags on the 50-50 balls. The story of the game though is that the 49ers scored 25 points off Aggie TO's while the Ags got just 4 of the same. You can not give up 25 points off TO's and win against good teams.

Now the Aggies must hope that someone else can take down the 49ers. Losing twice to The Beach may come back to haunt the Aggies at the end of conference play. It's too bad because the Aggies are every bit as good as Long Beach but failed to execute at crunch time.

53-51 Aggies after 3. This one is a battle royale and it looks like it will go down to the wire.

37-36 Aggies at the half. Morgan Bertsch nailed a long 3 pointer at the buzzer to give the Ags a one point lead. The Aggies did not play well in the second quarter and were out hustled by the 49ers.

As they did in the first game against each other, Long Beach is playing very physical inside and have pretty much taken Bertsch out of the game. They are playing her tight and tough and are willing to foul her hard rather than let her score so the Ags have been settling for long 3's and only shooting 6 of 17 from downtown. The big difference in the game though is that LB has 17 points off Aggie TO's and the Ags have 0 against the 49ers.

The Ags must take better care of the ball and be more patient on offense if they are going to be a a position to win at the end of this game.

The Aggies lead by 5 22-17 at the end of the first quarter in a game being played at a furious pace.

Hallelujah! Power just came back on after 51 hours. I'll be able to watch the Aggie men and women play tomorrow!

Thanks for posting this, Russ. I've been trying to put up a thread for every men's and women's games but, I live in Sacramento, and we lost power nearly 43 hours ago and are still down. My wife and I have been camping out inside, reading by headlamp and trying to stay warm. House temp is down to 55 degrees.

This will be a tough game for sure. It's always difficult to win on the island. The Ags are generally pretty solid defensively but the offense is very inconsistent. We need to play well on both ends of the floor to keep this one competitive.

Absolutely, 6th, it's a proven formula!

I love the way the Aggies have always searched out those athletes that fly under the radar. Those kids often play with a chip on their shoulders with something to prove.

He sounds like a kid with great potential that hasn't been fully realized yet and that would probably keep the big boys away especially is his accuracy is questionable. He sounds like a perfect fit for a program that has always welcomed diamonds in the rough though.

Like you said, DrMike, this was a great bounce back not only for starting off slow but for coming off a forgettable outing at Riverside also. I would have thought this road series would have gone just the opposite way with a win at UCR and a loss at CSUN.

The Matadors are as talented as anyone in the league. Reggie has loaded up on experienced transfers but I don't think they are playing up to the talent level that they have. On the other hand, Les does a good job of getting the most out of the players he has. They always play hard and, for the most part, play smart. The thing I like the most about them is that they seem to be very resilient and don't hang their heads too often. If we can hold serve at home and get at least a split on the road, we can be near the top come the end of league.

I'm sure Siler has heard it all over the years about his carrot top and I'm sure he gets a good bit of trash talk at the college level. His tough play at CSUN was key for us. He's a scrappy competitor as is Mikey Henn. They both bring a blue collar mentality to the game for us.

Hawai'i will be a challenge on Saturday. It's always tough to win on the island but I wouldn't bet against us in this one.

Welcome to our forum, Toke69! It's great to have someone like you on our forum who was able to witness Aggie athletics from way back. I began watching Aggie basketball in the fall of 1972 in Hickey Gym. Ham was one of the most colorful basketball coaches the game ever saw and he loved the Aggies through and through. Those games were special especially when Ham really got fired up and tossed his towel into the stands and even, at times, went into the stands and sat with the fans while chewing on his towel.

I'm a big fan of Aggie basketball and the memories of Ham and his Aggie teams playing in Hickey Gym are special to me. We've come a long way since those days but Ham and his players laid the foundation for the players and coaches that followed them.

Glad to have you aboard and I look forward to your thoughts about the game with Hawai'i.

I listened to Coach Les in the post-game interview and he talked about how proud he was of how, after last night's debacle and not getting off to a good start in this game, how the Ags just refused to lose. I've got to agree with him too. As an avid fan, I get frustrated when the game gets really sloppy and we saw quite a bit of that in these two games, but the Ags did not hang their heads and just flat out ground out the win. It tells you something about the character of the team and that's great to see.

Good job Ags and Coach Les!

Aggies overcome an awful first half and nip CSUN 71-68 behind Bryton Lemar's 20 points. The Ags were able to win with Chima on the bench most of the game in foul trouble and then with JT and Henn also fouling out.

It was ugly in the first half but the Ags gutted this one out.

Good job Ags!

Chima picks up his 3rd and 4th fouls in less than 30 seconds into the 2nd half. Then the Ags commit more fouls and continue to turn the ball over. This is really awful basketball!