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Long Beach St. slips past UC Santa Barbara in Big West semis

HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) Jadon Jones hit a buzzer-beating 3-pointer, Colin Slater had a career-high 30 points and Long Beach State edged past UC Santa Barbara 67-64 in the semifinals of the Big West Conference tournament on Friday night.

The Beach scored the game's final seven points, capped by the 3-pointer by Jones.

Aboubacar Traore had 12 points and nine rebounds for Long Beach State (20-11). Joel Murray had seven rebounds.

Leaders
Points:	A. Sow	15.6
Rebounds:	A. Sow	8.4
Assists:	A. Mitchell	3.7
FG%:	A. Sow	56.4%
FT%:	A. Mitchell	75.0%
3P%:	No qualifiers
Steals:	J. Pierre-Louis	1.2
Blocks:	R. Idehen	0.9

AP Rankings
Rank	School	Rec
1	Gonzaga	28-4
2	Arizona	33-4
3	Kansas	34-6
4	Baylor	27-7
5	Tennessee	27-8
6	Villanova	30-8
7	Kentucky	26-8
8	Auburn	28-6
9	Duke	32-7
10	Purdue	29-8
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Coaches Rankings
Rank	School	Rec
1	Kansas	34-6
2	North Carolina	29-10
3	Duke	32-7
4	Villanova	30-8
5	Gonzaga	28-4
6	Arizona	33-4
7	Houston	32-6
8	Arkansas	28-9
9	Baylor	27-7
10	Purdue	29-8
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Big West Standings
	Conference	Overall
	W-L	W-L
Long Beach State	12-3	20-13
Cal State Fullerton	11-4	21-11
Hawaii	10-5	17-11
UC Irvine	9-5	15-10
UC Santa Barbara	8-5	17-11
UC Riverside	9-6	16-12
UC Davis	5-6	13-11
CSUN	3-13	7-23
Bakersfield	2-12	8-19
Cal Poly	2-12	7-21
UC San Diego	0-0	13-16
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Offense (Rank)
Points:	73.8 (105)
Rebounds:	9.1 (243)
Assists:	15.6 (34)
FG%:	49.4% (3)
FT%:	70.8% (206)
3P%:	33.2% (220)

Defense (Rank)
Points:	65.8 (71)
Rebounds:	25.8 (130)
Assists:	12.2 (149)
FG%:	42.0% (114)
FT%:	73.5% (288)
3P%:	31.9% (91)