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Career nights from freshman Kam Martin and senior Devin Askew carried Long Beach State men’s basketball to its third consecutive win 76-70 at San Diego on Tuesday night.
Martin scored a career-high 25 points in the win while fellow guard Devin Askew chipped in 23 points plus a career-high eight assists.
LBSU (4-8) went through some shooting woes to start the season but has shot over 50 percent as a team in the straight victories. Martin made eight of his 10 field goal attempts and made all five of his 3-point attempts.
San Diego (3-7) took an early 15-7 lead but LBSU chipped away and was up 33-30 at halftime. The Beach never trailed in the second half.
Forward Austin Johnson scored 12 points for LBSU while guard TJ Wainwright was the team’s rebounding leader with seven.
LBSU visits Pepperdine on Thursday, December 19.
