Payne’s 18 lead Long Beach State over Pacific 62-59

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Jack Payne scored 18 points as Long Beach State beat Pacific 62-59 on Wednesday. Payne added six rebounds and five steals for the Beach (1-2). Yohann Sissoko scored 12 points while going 4 of 7 and 4 of 5 from the free-throw line. Noah Amenhauser shot 4 of 6 from the field and 2 of 8 from the free-throw line to finish with 10 points. Jaion Pitt finished with 20 points, six rebounds, three steals and three blocks for the Tigers (2-1). CJ Jones added 17 points and two blocks for Pacific. Payne scored 12 points in the first half and Long Beach State went into the break trailing 34-33. Up next Long Beach State’s next game is Monday against UCLA on the road, and Pacific hosts Air Force on Saturday. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.