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If Loyola Marymount didn't know about Brandon Campbell's leaping ability before Saturday's game against Cal State Fullerton, it does now. Campbell, the Big West Conference champion in the high jump and long jump last spring, got the Titan men's basketball team off the ground with six offensive rebounds and 18 points during an 84-70 victory at Cal State Fullerton.

Valparaiso defeated Cal State Fullerton, 65-52, in front of 2,712 Friday night at Valparaiso, Ind. Raitis Grafs had 17 points and eight rebounds, Jason Jenkins scored 14 points and Lubos Barton added 13 for the Crusaders (8-3), whose four-game winning streak ended last week in a loss to Purdue. "They have five guys back from last year's NCAA [tournament] team and are one of the finest teams we'll play this year," Titan Coach Donny Daniels said.

Brad Smith's three-point basket with 3:15 left gave Long Beach State its first lead of the game and the 49ers held on to defeat Texas A&M, 86-73, Friday at the Pyramid for their fourth consecutive victory. The Aggies led, 57-41, with 14:51 left. Smith's basket gave the 49ers a 61-60 edge. Smith finished with nine points on three-of-five shooting and Ramel Lloyd had 23 points. Travis Reed added 20 points and 10 rebounds as Long Beach State (7-4) shot 46% from the field.

Utah State's hangover from Wednesday night's five-point loss at UC Irvine lasted almost a half. But once the Aggies realized they were playing Cal State Fullerton--one of the worst teams in the Big West Conference--they began playing like a team that still had hopes of winning the conference title. Utah State broke open a tie game with an 11-0 run just before halftime and went on to a 76-52 victory Friday night before 825 at Titan Gym.

Cal State Fullerton has been fighting a war of attrition all season, but it didn't keep the Titans from winning a hard-nosed battle against Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Thursday night. The battered Titans ended a streak of six consecutive losses to the Mustangs with an 85-77 victory in front of 2,252 in Mott Gymnasium. It was the second Big West Conference victory on the road for Fullerton (3-13, 2-4) and left the Titans ahead of Idaho and Cal Poly (6-10, 0-5) in the standings.

Jerry Green didn't need any last-minute heroics for his latest achievement. All he needed was one basket. Green became UC Irvine's all-time leading scorer in the opening minutes and finished with 19 points Saturday in the Anteaters' 72-46 Big West Conference victory over Cal State Fullerton before 1,102 at Titan Gym. Green, a senior guard and All-America candidate, has 1,797 points in his career.

The game carried the look of a mismatch before it began: West Coast Conference preseason favorite Pepperdine against Cal State Fullerton, a team that won only eight games last season. Then Brandon Armstrong connected for a three-point shot just seconds after the opening tipoff, and Pepperdine quickly turned it into exactly that. The Waves built a 17-point lead 12 minutes into the first half and went on to an 82-61 victory Tuesday night in front of 1,053 at Titan Gym.