2023-2024 Long Beach State Beach

2023-2024 Long Beach State Beach Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
8 Eli Djordjevic Fr F 6-8 185 - White Rock Canada Orangeville Prep
10 A.J. George So GF 6-6 190 - Fresno (CA) United States Hoover High School
5 Jason Hart, Jr. Fr G 6-2 175 - Anaheim (CA) United States St. Bernard High School
12 Jadon Jones Jr SG 6-5 185 - Montebello (CA) United States St. Anthony High School
11 Varick Lewis Fr G 6-2 175 - Los Angeles (CA) United States Southern California Academy of Sciences
3 Maddox Monson So G 6-2 180 - Los Alamitos (CA) United States Los Alamitos High School
35 Shaumba Ngoyi Fr F 6-9 200 - Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo Sunrise Christian Academy
13 Chayce Polynice Sr C 6-11 230 - Van Nuys (CA) United States Grant High School
2 Isa Silva Jr PG 6-4 190 Jul 20, 2002 Sacramento (CA) United States Prolific Prep
1 Amari Stroud Sr F 6-10 210 - Fresno (CA) United States Sunnyside High School
4 Messiah Thompson Sr G 5-8 170 Oct 30, 2000 Atlanta (GA) United States North Atlanta High School
25 Aboubacar Traore Jr SG 6-5 195 Oct 4, 2001 Abidjan Ivory Coast Dynasty Sports Institute
23 Lassina Traore Jr F 6-10 230 Feb 5, 2000 Abidjan Ivory Coast Victory Rock Prep
0 Marcus Tsohonis Sr SG 6-3 190 - Portland (OR) United States Jefferson High School
40 Jeffrey Yan Sr C 6-9 260 - Shanghai China Capistrano Valley High School

Recent Long Beach State Beach History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 21-14 (10-10) 5th (Big West) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2022-2023 17-16 (11-9) 7th (Big West) 1st Rnd N/A
2021-2022 20-13 (14-3) 1st (Big West) Runner Up NIT 1st Rnd
2020-2021 6-12 (4-8) 9th (Big West) 2nd Rnd N/A
2019-2020 11-21 (6-10) 7th (Big West) 1st Rnd N/A
2018-2019 15-19 (8-8) 5th (Big West) 2nd Rnd N/A
2017-2018 15-18 (9-7) 5th (Big West) 1st Rnd N/A
2016-2017 15-19 (9-7) 4th (Big West) 2nd Rnd N/A
2015-2016 20-15 (12-4) 3rd (Big West) Runner Up NIT 1st Rnd
2014-2015 16-17 (10-6) 4th (Big West) 1st Rnd N/A
2013-2014 15-17 (10-6) 3rd (Big West) 2nd Rnd N/A
2012-2013 19-14 (14-4) 1st (Big West) 2nd Rnd NIT 1st Rnd
2011-2012 25-9 (15-1) 1st (Big West) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2010-2011 22-12 (14-2) 1st (Big West) Runner Up NIT 1st Rnd
2009-2010 17-16 (8-8) 3rd (Big West) Runner Up N/A
2008-2009 15-15 (10-6) 2nd (Big West) 3rd Rnd N/A
2007-2008 6-25 (3-13) 8th (Big West) 1st Rnd N/A
2006-2007 24-8 (12-2) 1st (Big West) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2005-2006 18-12 (9-5) 3rd (Big West) Runner Up N/A
2004-2005 10-19 (7-11) 6th (Big West) 1st Rnd N/A
2003-2004 6-21 (4-14) 10th (Big West) N/A N/A
2002-2003 5-22 (4-14) 10th (Big West) N/A N/A

2023-2024 Long Beach State Beach Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Aboubacar Traore Big West Tournament MVP
Aboubacar Traore Big West All-Tournament Team
Lassina Traore Big West All-Tournament Team
Marcus Tsohonis Big West All-Tournament Team

2023-2024 Long Beach State Beach Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters M. Thompson M. Tsohonis J. Jones A. Traore L. Traore
Rotation J. Hart, Jr.     A. George  
Rotation       A. Stroud  
Lim PT I. Silva M. Monson E. Djordjevic   C. Polynice
Lim PT V. Lewis   S. Ngoyi   J. Yan

2023-2024 Long Beach State Beach Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Marcus Tsohonis 30 29.1 17.8 3.2 2.9 1.3 0.2 1.9
Jadon Jones 33 30.3 12.2 3.3 1.7 1.8 1.0 1.2
Lassina Traore 34 30.5 12.1 10.4 1.2 0.9 0.5 1.9
Aboubacar Traore 35 30.7 12.0 8.3 4.5 1.6 1.4 2.6
A.J. George 35 27.9 10.5 4.1 1.4 0.7 0.5 1.5
Messiah Thompson 34 18.4 5.9 0.9 1.9 0.7 0.0 1.2
Amari Stroud 31 14.2 3.9 2.7 0.3 0.5 0.3 1.0
Isa Silva 35 12.7 2.5 1.1 1.2 0.5 0.1 0.7
Varick Lewis 30 5.9 2.3 0.5 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.3
Jason Hart, Jr. 22 7.1 1.7 1.0 0.7 0.1 0.0 0.5
Chayce Polynice 28 6.1 1.7 1.0 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.2
Jeffrey Yan 9 2.6 0.8 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
Maddox Monson 11 2.6 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1
Eli Djordjevic 5 4.8 0.4 2.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0

2023-2024 Long Beach State Beach Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Dan Monson Head Coach 2007-2008 N/A
Myke Scholl Associate Head Coach 2018-2019 Assistant Coach (Long Beach State, 2014 to 2018)
Senque Carey Assistant Coach 2016-2017 Assistant Coach (Florida Gulf Coast, 2015 to 2016)
Larry Anderson Assistant Coach 2023-2024 Assistant Coach (Cerritos, 2022 to 2023)
Bobby Smitheran Athletic Director 2023-2024 N/A
Frank Ramirez Director of Sports Performance 2023-2024 Director of Sports Performance (Biola, 2020 to 2023)
Alex Manfredi Director of Basketball Operations 2021-2022 N/A
Jarrod Spanjer Head Athletic Trainer 2014-2015 N/A