2025–26 Long Beach State Beach men's basketball team

2025–26 Long Beach State Beach men's basketball
2025–26 Long Beach State Beach men's basketball
Conference	Big West Conference
Record	8-16 (4-8 Big West)
Head coach	Chris Acker (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	John Montgomery; Anthony Santos; Phillip Scott;
Home arena	LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid

2025–26 Big West Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
UC Irvine	11	–	4	.733	18	–	9	.667
Hawai'i	10	–	5	.667	18	–	7	.720
Cal State Northridge	10	–	5	.667	17	–	10	.630
UC Santa Barbara	10	–	6	.625	17	–	10	.630
UC Davis	9	–	7	.563	16	–	11	.593
Cal State Fullerton	9	–	7	.563	14	–	14	.500
UC San Diego	8	–	7	.533	18	–	9	.667
Cal Poly	8	–	8	.500	12	–	16	.429
Long Beach State	4	–	11	.267	8	–	19	.296
UC Riverside	4	–	12	.250	9	–	19	.321
Cal State Bakersfield	2	–	13	.133	8	–	19	.296

† 2026 Big West tournament winner As of February 19, 2026

The 2025–26 Long Beach State Beach men's basketball team represents California State University, Long Beach during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Beach, led by second-year head coach Chris Acker, play their home games at the LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid in Long Beach, California as a member of the Big West Conference.

Previous season

The Beach finished the 2024–25 season 7–25, 3–17 in Big West play to finish in 10th place.^[1] They failed to qualify for the Big West tournament.^[2]

Preseason

On October 16, 2025, the Big West Conference released their preseason coaches poll. Long Beach State was picked to finish eighth in the conference.^[3]

Preseason rankings

Big West Preseason Poll
Place	Team	Points
1	UC Irvine	98 (8)
2	UC Santa Barbara	93 (3)
3	Hawai'i	76
4	UC San Diego	69
5	Cal State Northridge	63
6	UC Davis	58
7	Cal Poly	54
8	Long Beach State	31
9	UC Riverside	26
10	Cal State Bakersfield	20
11	Cal State Fullerton	17
(#) first-place votes

Source:^[3]

Preseason All-Big West Team

No players were named the Preseason All-Big West Team.^[3]

Roster

2025–26 Long Beach State Beach men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Rob Diaz III	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	Cal Poly Humboldt	Long Beach, California
F	1	Derrick Michael Xzavierro	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Jr	Grand Canyon	Jakarta, Indonesia
G	2	Shaquil Bender	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	GS	Manhattan	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
F	3	Dallas Washington	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Fr	Santa Margarita High School	Redwood City, California
F	4	Leopold Levillain	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Fr	Cholet Basket	Montpellier, France
F	6	Petar Majstorovic	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	So	Syracuse	Sombor, Serbia
G	10	Cole Farrell	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	Portland State	St. Louis, Missouri
G	11	Gavin Sykes	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Fr	Modesto Christian School	Sacramento, California
G	12	Isaiah Lewis	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Jr	Little Rock	Los Angeles, California
G	14	Immanuel Lewis	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Sr	Nobel	Los Angeles, California
F	15	JJ Chaikovsky	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	So	Cal State Northridge	Manhattan Beach, California
G	22	Jayden Alexander	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Fr	Sierra Canyon School	Los Angeles, California
G	24	Christian Jones	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	So	Angelina College	Los Angeles, California
F	33	Shay Johnson Jr.	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Sr	San Diego State	Oakland, California

Head coach

Chris Acker (Chaminade)

Assistant coach(es)

John Montgomery (Loyola Marymount)
Anthony Santos (Cal State Fullerton)
Phillip Scott (Prairie View A&M)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: November 5, 2025

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
November 4, 2025* 7:00 pm, MWN	at San Diego State	L 45–77	0–1	10 – Majstorovic	10 – Majstorovic	4 – Tied	Viejas Arena (11,644) San Diego, CA
November 8, 2025* 2:00 pm, MWN	at Fresno State	L 62–82	0–2	11 – Sykes	6 – Majstorovic	2 – Majstorovic	Save Mart Center (3,133) Fresno, CA
November 12, 2025* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at Pacific	L 66−69	0−3	20 – Sykes	7 – Tied	3 – Tied	Alex G. Spanos Center (1,232) Stockton, CA
November 16, 2025* 4:00 pm, ESPN+	Illinois State	L 80–82	0–4	19 – Majstorovic	7 – Majstorovic	4 – Diaz	LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid (1,480) Long Beach, CA
November 19, 2025* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Nobel Battle at the Beach	W 87–54	1–4	12 – Majstorovic	7 – Xzavierro	5 – Is. Lewis	LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid (1,047) Long Beach, CA
November 21, 2025* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Montana State Battle at the Beach	L 72–78	1–5	24 – Sykes	8 – Majstorovic	3 – Diaz III	LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid (1,808) Long Beach, CA
November 26, 2025* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at Portland	L 73–93	1–6	23 – Majstorovic	5 – Sykes	4 – Sykes	Chiles Center (829) Portland, OR
November 30, 2025* 2:00 pm, ESPN+	San Diego	W 76–72	2–6	30 – Sykes	5 – Levillain	7 – Is. Lewis	LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid (1,062) Long Beach, CA
December 4, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+	at UC Santa Barbara	L 77–84 ^OT	2–7 (0–1)	24 – Sykes	10 – Xzavierro	3 – Tied	The Thunderdome (2,072) Santa Barbara, CA
December 6, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+	UC San Diego	L 74–80	2–8 (0–2)	20 – Sykes	7 – Johnson Jr.	5 – Diaz III	LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid (1,153) Long Beach, CA
December 9, 2025* 7:00 pm, MWN	at San Jose State	L 83–89 ^OT	2–9	26 – Sykes	8 – Majstorovic	4 – Farrell	Provident Credit Union Event Center (1,472) San Jose, CA
December 18, 2025* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Pepperdine	W 81–78	3–9	23 – Sykes	6 – Majstorovic	3 – Tied	LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid (1,006) Long Beach, CA
December 21, 2025* 3:00 pm, ESPN+	at No. 4 Iowa State	L 60–91	3–10	19 – Sykes	7 – Majstorovic	1 – Tied	Hilton Coliseum (14,267) Ames, IA
December 30, 2025* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Lincoln (CA)	W 113–66	4–10	21 – Sykes	8 – Majstorovic	8 – Diaz III	LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid (1,025) Long Beach, CA
January 3, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+	Cal Poly	W 74–66	5–10 (1–2)	25 – Majstorovic	10 – Majstorovic	3 – Tied	LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid (1,182) Long Beach, CA
January 8, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at UC Irvine	L 64-74	5-11 (1-3)	21 – Sykes	8 – Majstorovic	3 – Tied	Bren Events Center (2,354) Irvine, CA
January 10, 2026 4:00 pm, ESPN+	Cal State Bakersfield	W 81-75	6-11 (2-3)	23 – Majstorovic	14 – Levillain	9 – Diaz III	LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid (1,188) Long Beach, CA
January 15, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+	UC Riverside	W 88-73	7-11 (3-3)	22 – Majstorovic	11 – Levillain	6 – Diaz III	LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid (1,213) Long Beach, CA
January 17, 2026 5:00 pm, ESPN+	at Cal State Northridge	W 87-80	8-11 (4-3)	34 – Sykes	6 – Diaz III	4 – Lewis	Premier America Credit Union Arena (702) Northridge, CA
January 22, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at Cal State Fullerton	L 61-71	8-12 (4-4)	20 – Sykes	7 – Majstorovic	4 – Sykes	Titan Gym (2,428) Fullerton, CA
January 24, 2026 4:00 pm, ESPN+	UC Santa Barbara	L 71-74	8-13 (4-5)	21 – Majstorovic	7 – Levillain	5 – Sykes	LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid (2,351) Long Beach, CA
January 29, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at UC Riverside	L 61-71	8-14 (4-6)	13 – Lewis	9 – Majstorovic	4 – Lewis	SRC Arena (407) Riverside, CA
January 31, 2026 1:00 pm, ESPN+	Hawai'i	L 82-89	8-15 (4-7)	22 – Tied	10 – Levillain	6 – Lewis	LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid (1,368) Long Beach, CA
February 5, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at UC San Diego	L 74-77	8-16 (4-8)	22 – Bender	8 – Majstorovic	5 – Diaz III	LionTree Arena (1,867) La Jolla, CA
February 12, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Cal State Fullerton						LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid Long Beach, CA
February 14, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+	at UC Davis						University Credit Union Center Davis, CA
February 19, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+	UC Irvine						LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid Long Beach, CA
February 21, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+	Cal State Northridge						LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid Long Beach, CA
February 26, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at Cal Poly						Mott Athletics Center San Luis Obispo, CA
February 28, 2026 6:30 pm, ESPN+	at Cal State Bakersfield						Icardo Center Bakersfield, CA
March 5, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+	UC Davis						LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid Long Beach, CA
March 7, 2026 9:00 pm, ESPN+	at Hawai'i						Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI
Big West tournament
March 11–14, 2026	vs.						Lee's Family Forum Henderson, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific.

Sources:^[4]^[5]

References

^ "2024-25 Men's Basketball Standings". The Big West. Retrieved November 5, 2025.
^ "Big West tournament bracket: Full TV schedule, channels, scores for 2025 men's basketball championships". The Sporting News. Retrieved November 5, 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c "UC Irvine Predicted to Win The Big West in 2025-26 Men's Basketball Preseason Poll". The Big West. Retrieved November 5, 2025.
^ "2025-26 Men's Basketball Schedule". Long Beach State University Athletics. Retrieved November 5, 2025.
^ "Long Beach State Beach 2025-26 Regular Season NCAAM Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved November 5, 2025.

[1] "2024-25 Men's Basketball Standings". The Big West. Retrieved November 5, 2025.

[2] "Big West tournament bracket: Full TV schedule, channels, scores for 2025 men's basketball championships". The Sporting News. Retrieved November 5, 2025.

[poll-3] "UC Irvine Predicted to Win The Big West in 2025-26 Men's Basketball Preseason Poll". The Big West. Retrieved November 5, 2025.

[4] "2025-26 Men's Basketball Schedule". Long Beach State University Athletics. Retrieved November 5, 2025.

[5] "Long Beach State Beach 2025-26 Regular Season NCAAM Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved November 5, 2025.

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