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Fat Tomato Pizza will offer glutenfree pizza and vegan cheese.

By ruBeN Diaz Contributing Writer

Fat Tomato Pizza, a restaurant catered to selling pizza and other food items, will have its grand opening on Wednesday, according to co-owner Brian Kim. Located at 2130 E. Broadway, the new spot is taking over Paoli’s Pizza and Piano Bar, and will celebrate with free pizza for local residents.

Kim said Fat Tomato Pizza is unique to many other pizzerias part of the Long Beach locale, such as chain crowd-pleasures Papa John’s or Dominos.

“Our product is gourmet rather than fast food,” Kim said. “Our goal is to deliver quality and fresh food while caring about the customers’ healthy lifestyle. I also want to make our customers feel like they’re very welcomed.”

He added that the food products are made fresh daily from “organic, local produce,” such as the pizza dough and sauces. The restaurant delivers food to those within a certain range of their new location in the East Village Art District.

With exception to the name, Fat Tomato Pizza hopes to offer Long Beach a cut above the average slice by offering customers health-driven options such as gluten-free pizza and vegan cheese.

While this new pizzeria on the block is cleaning up the greasestained game of delivery, Fat Tomato Pizza isn’t the only place offering those products within city limits.

Zpizza also offers gluten-free and vegan cheese options, while other pizza restaurants, such as Dominos and Pizza Hut, offer gluten-free pizza, but lack vegan cheese. Although Fat Tomato Pizza has some competition to deal with, the restaurant has other food items to sway customers from its rivals, Kim said.

Some of the other food items that the flier advertises include Buffalo wings, spaghetti, sandwiches, salads and desserts.

Kim said that the restaurants are family owned, and the Long Beach location was added in order to continue expanding the business.

Others are located in San Pedro, Hermosa Beach and Hollywood, according to the restaurant’s website.

The Fat Tomato Pizza in Long Beach is about 15 minutes and 3.2 miles away from CSULB’s campus, and already has some potential customers like junior Adriana Fonseca, a human development major

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The California State University, Long Beach Grow Beach! Community Garden is still bare after months of anticipation.

Recent terrorist attacks in France should be a time of solidarity, not hate

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NOT SO FRUITFUL Officially opened for the spring 2015 semester, the Grow Beach!

Community Garden, located off of Atherton St. and Earl Warren Drive, lacks equipment for potential gardeners.

The application to rent a plot officially closed on Dec. 19, according to the Beach Synch website.

The application on the website states that there would be “96 5 ft. by 5 ft. raised boxes organized in rows of four” available for rent. As of Sunday, there are 24 rectangular plots outlined by paint in the dirt.

The application also states that there would be equipment and tools provided by Associated

Students, Inc. and storage shed at gardeners’ disposal. As of Sunday, neither are present in the garden.

According to the Old Farmer’s Almanac online, the optimal time to plant and harvest beets, carrots, radishes, cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage, leeks, lettuce and turnips is from January through March.

By William Hernandez Assistant Sports Editor

The Long Beach State women’s basketball team’s 15 game winning streak came to an end on Saturday night with a 67-52 loss to Cal State Northridge in the Walter Pyramid.

The 49ers’ (17-2, 4-1) loss to the defending Big West Conference champion CSUN (14-6, 4-2) ended the program’s longest winning streak since the 1990-91 season.

Matadors head coach Jason Flowers said he talked to his team about the winning streak, but it was nothing to be intimidated about.

“I have a lot of respect for [LBSU],” Flowers said. “But they’re just like any other opponent.

It was just a matter of us doing the things we know how to do.”

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turned, and I feel like they got defensive stops,” LBSU head coach Jody Wynn said. “We had to play too much transition defense in the second half, and they were able to penetrate much easier in the second half because of their defensive rebounding.”

The pressure of CSUN’s defense forced LBSU into taking uncharacteristic and off-target shots. Kim said the loss would be motivation for the team.

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49ers’ streak ends at 15 After shooting 40 percent and leading 29-20 at the half, the 49ers came out flat in the second half with 23.5 percent from the field, going eight of 34.

“We just didn’t move the ball around like we did in the first,” sophomore Point Guard Anna Kim said. “We’re a great shooting team.

I just think we didn’t move the ball around well enough, and that created tougher shots for us.”

Kim, who injured her ankle on Jan. 15 against Cal Poly, dropped 12 points. She said the injury she suffered last week had no effect on her play against CSUN. In the second half, CSUN controlled the glass and outrebounded the 49ers 55-33 for the game. The Matadors shot 46 percent in second half, including an impressive 50 percent from beyond the arc.

Junior Guard Ashlee Guay scored a game-high 18 points while dishing four assists and grabbing six rebounds.

The Matadors took advantage of LBSU’s transition defense, which failed to recover in time and resulted in easy buckets for CSUN. “The momentum definitely

Contributing Writer

wo weeks ago, as I was driving to Las Vegas for the annual Consumer Electronics Show, the radio program I typically listen to reported breaking news that a terrorist attack in Paris had occurred. As the information kept coming through, it turned out that they had killed eleven people in the offices of French Satirical Magazine Charlie Hebdo, which had notoriously published comedic images of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad. Over the next two days, four more attacks occurred within the Île-de-France region, which included holding civilians’ hostage in a kosher supermarket.

In total, 20 people died, and another 22 were injured. It was later announced that Al-Qaeda of the Arabian Peninsula had taken responsibility for the attacks, which were the deadliest terrorist attacks in France since 1961.

These attacks raised many concerns over the fate of free speech in France as well as the safety of the country’s Jewish population.

Like many individuals around the world, I was shocked and could not keep the incident out of my mind during my stay in the city that never sleeps. Still, my trip went as planned until I walked into the bathroom of a bar that Friday night. In the restroom above the urinal was a chalkboard where patrons could write what they please. Beside the usual babble and jokes, right in the center of the board was written, “Fuck all Muslims.” This pales in comparison to the 60 separate antiMuslim incidents that have taken place in France since the attacks, including attacks on 26 places of worship, according to the National Observatory Against Islamophobia in a press report on Jan. 19.

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LBSU guard Lauren Spargo muscles her way to the basket on Saturday in the Walter Pyramid.

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Port protest L.A. and Long Beach port union workers protested recent contract disputes.

By Amy Patton News Editor

Led by the Banning High School orchestra band and a large banner reading, “We support ILWU and they support us,” a flood of people marched across the Vincent Thomas bridge in protest on Thursday night.

Roughly 6,000 International Longshore and Warehouse Union workers and community members marched together on Thursday in response to recent fines on Los Angeles and Long Beach port users, according to a Contra Costa Times article.

The article indicated that the march ran from the Vincent Thomas Bridge

to the Maritime Museum.

Union workers, friends and family marched to support hundreds of Los Angeles and Long Beach dockworkers engaged in arguments about contracts with employers, according to the article.

ILWU wrote a formal complaint to executive director for Port of Los Angeles on Jan. 15, stating that two companies in the ports were unfairly punished for working night shifts, according to an article on the Press Telegram website.

According to the Contra Costa Times article, the complaint said that the two companies were fined about $50,000 and were suspended from their Pacific Maritime Association membership, the article said. ILWU said the ban affected over 800 jobs.

Los Angeles City Councilman Joe Buscaino organized Thursday’s march a little over a week after the suspension of Pasha Stevedoring and Terminals and Metro Ports, according to Contra Costa Times article.

“These companies are being penalized because they did not follow PMA’s directive to halt ordering Longshore labor for loading and unloading vessels on the night shift,” ILWU stated in the complaint, according to the Press Telegram article.

The Press Telegram article also indicated that PMA spokesman Steve Getzug said that the association stands by its decision to shut down night shifts to help with port congestion.

Santa Ana winds leave Los Angeles area Light showers on Monday and Tuesday have been predicted to follow the departure of a brief bout of Santa Ana winds.

By Madison D’Ornellas Assistant News Editor

The United States National Weather Service predicted that the Santa Ana winds would calm down next week throughout Los Angeles county.

The brief routnd of Santa Ana winds did not produce a red flag warning, which informs firefighters throughout state regions of a high risk of a potential wildfire. Compared with previous years, this round of heavy winds has been less extreme.

“This event was not run-of-the-mill,”

said Ryan Kittell, a forecaster for the National Weather Service. “It was one that we might see any other year.

Vegetation is at a point that is not concerning. It is a conserving period for fires.”

Kittell said a quick, dusty patch of wind will blow through Long Beach on Monday morning with gusts peaking to 20 miles an hour.

Kittell also predicted that wind speeds should decrease to the normal 5-10 miles per hour while the Santa Ana winds move into the mountains.

According to the National Weather Service, temperatures should decrease until Tuesday with a 60 percent chance of rain Monday afternoon until Wednesday.

“Low pressure systems will move up from the south,” Kittell said. “We’re looking at a pretty light amount of rain, only a quarter of an inch.”

The National Weather Service anticipates that the hottest day of the week will be on Wednesday, reaching 72 degrees. Tuesday night is likely to be the coldest time of the week with a ballpark 52 degrees.

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More than moderate Long Beach local band sold out Fingerprints and talked success via social media and pitting career against schooling.

By Michelle SieBert Multimedia Assistant

The jittery line of fans wrapped around the corner of Fourth and Elm St. awaiting Long Beach natives The Moderates to perform a sold-out show at Fingerprints on Friday.

It’s been just over a year since the alternative, indie-rock trio debuted their independently released EP “Colour.”

The Moderates performed songs from “Colour” at the popular, local record store and debuted a new track to fans for an exclusive listen to the direction of their next album.

As blue lights f lashed on stage, lead singer and guitarist Josh Taylor sweetly sang emotionallycharged lyrics about relationships and identity. Throughout the show, audience cheered and expressed their enthusiasm by dancing and singing along.

Katie Smithey, an undeclared sophomore at California State University, Long Beach, was waiting first in line outside of the record-store venue. Smithey said she that this would be her first time watching the Moderates live, and she has been a fan since meeting Wes Mathison, the bassist and back-up vocalist.

“It was really exciting … we were all having a lot of fun and screaming,” she said. “My favorite song is “Strange Town” because it’s super catchy and it makes me dance and sing along.”

Saby Ramirez, a CSULB sophomore theater major, was another fan waiting, and said she was excited to come to the show to support her friend Mathison as well as the rest of the band. Ramirez said she plans to be a loyal fan.

“I really like their lyrics,” she said. “I think they carry a lot more meaning than a lot of mainstream songs … it was really fun and they have so many catchy songs.”

Both Mathison and Taylor are students at CSULB. Mathison is

a junior communications major, and Taylor is in his sophomore year studying film.

“I think pursuing [our] dream is always the most important thing,” Taylor said. “If our band comes to the place where we’re forced to be on the road a lot and forced to focus more on music, then I think we would put schooling on hold.”

Drummer Garret Huff majored in music business and graduated from Musicians Institute in Hollywood in 2014. He said the bands’ strategy for success is to continue doing social media and having great content, photos and videos for their fans.

“We’re trying to expand as much as we can and do and be the best that we can possibly be,” Huff said. “We’re going to keep on playing shows and working hard at what we love to do—that’s a promise.”

Since the release of the EP, Taylor said that they have focused on cultivating a fan base in Long Beach and California. With up to 10,400 followers on Instagram, the front man noted that their fan base has exceptionally expanded since the beginning of “Colour.”

The Moderates just finished up another local tour. One of Taylor’s favorite shows was at the Del Mar Fairgrounds in San Diego where the band opened for REO Speedwagon.

For Mathison, being able to sell out Fingerprints, in his hometown, is a success.

Huff said the band definitely wants to make this a career. “We love doing it,” he said, referencing the creative process and his excitement on writing fresh material to share with the world.

“It’s our passion.”

As a part of taking things to the next level, The Moderates have been making moves to improve live shows by incorporating a light show, which consists of bright LED boxes.

“We’ve definitely improved as a band instrumentally and collectively,” Huff said. “Together, we’re a lot tighter … everything has improved.”

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The Moderates bassist and backup vocalist Wes Mathison (Left) drummer Garret Huff (Center) and lead singer and guitarist Josh Taylor pose for a photo on stage after their set at the Fingerprints in Long Beach on Friday.

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“I think it’s a good thing [that the restaurant is opening] because not all pizza places have vegan options,” Fonseca said. “Also, gluten free pizza isn’t really available.”

CSULB graduate student Sophia Graham said she is a “huge fan of pizza” and wants to try the vegan cheese, but she cautions other people about its lurking deception.

“People might think all vegan food is healthy and that it satisfies all nutrient requirements,” Graham said. “But that isn’t always the case.”

Some examples of what may be tasty vegan treats to some, but are lacking in nutrition would be Oreo cookies or a roll of Fruit By the Foot. Graham added that people should supplement their diet with other foods and to not expect the vegan option to satisfy all nutrient requirements of a balanced diet.

Vin Shan, a CSULB graduate student, said he wants to try the pizza place as well since it’s not that far from campus.

“People are moving more towards healthier foods, so it’s good that [Fat Tomato Pizza] is [making the restaurant more health oriented],” Shan said.

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A local dive bar just 10 minutes from campus hosts a comedy show featuring CSULB talent.

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Paul “Smokey” Deese headlines The Cochino Comedy Show at The Starting Gate on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015.

The Cochino Comedy Show filled up The Starting Gate, a dive bar in Los Alamitos, on Tuesday, and like the alcohol-stenched stains living on the floor, the laughter in the crowd was abundant and established itself under the neon lights.

The dance floor to the far left was modified with enough tables and chairs to accommodate a hundred or more, which still wasn’t enough for the billowing crowd.

A little man with a big smile walked out on stage. Host of the night, Cochino Rojas, cracked a fast joke about Latinos and Asians in college that bubbled up the audience, then chatted up a couple of people in the seats who became part of the show; there was the off-duty cop, the tough Cholo on a date, the Texan in the bull pen and even the

giggly birthday girl, to whom he offered a free drink, then generously got her a cup of water.

Jokes and good-natured teasing shot out like bullets, keeping the audience warm with laughter. With his last joke still bouncing in the crowd, he roared out an intro for the next comedian on his way to the stage, a statement that was answered with loud hollers and slurred cheers.

The Cochino Comedy Show is a no-cover-charge, weekly stand-up act with a kind of lineup you would expect to get from an uptown comedy club. It’s just ten minutes away from campus, and it changes from salsa night to a chili cook-off contest in the same week. “[Performing] was exhilarating, but I was a little frantic,” said Mimi Nguyen, senior journalism major

at CSULB, after the show. “There’s also a lot of pressure to set the stage or mood … if I’m not able to make anyone laugh, it makes it even more difficult for the next person to make the audience laugh.”

Despite her worries, Nguyen opened the show with success.

She started with a crude number that originated on campus from unfortunate personal experience involving a cheating ex-boyfriend and his tastes.

“I thought the show was really funny,” said CSULB senior political science major Nicolas Rodriguez who attended the show. “The comedians that went on stage were of a wide variety … I thought that was a pretty unique find from such an unexpected comedy club.”

Of course, not everything was

peachy keen. The drinks and food were as overpriced as any bar in town, and the surroundings look as suspicious as a penguin in the Bahamas.

While the food’s price left much to be desired, it’s actually the variety of dishes that was deeply impressive. Instead of the usual peanuts or chips, The Starting Gate has a fully stocked kitchen that allowed patrons to feast on hearty meals like spaghetti, country fried steak and even fancy crab-cake benedict.

Together, The Starting Gate and the Cochino Comedy show go together as beautifully as salt and lime. The bar’s crowd is happy and willing to cheer on growing comedians while the act is happy and willing to lend them the stage every Tuesday night.

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Opinion editorials have been published extensively, giving a wide range of opinions and explanations for the attacks. What is clear is that innocent people— Muslims, Jews, Christians, Atheists, etc. – were victims of extremist, bigoted views regardless of their religious and nationalistic preoccupations with these horrible attacks. Such incidents only create a circle of violence in the midst of fear and confusion. While there is no justification for such violent atrocities, one must understand the underlying issues allowing them to occur in order to avoid them.

The assailants were born and raised in France. The country has a sizable Muslim minority that numbers at roughly 4.7 million adherents, according to a 2011 Pew Forum study. While they are diverse in national and cultural origins, an overwhelming majority are—or descended from— immigrants who arrived from the former North African French colonies that are presentday Morocco, Tunisia and Libya.

While it is easy to assume that Islam itself is to blame for the incidents, one must look at other factors to understand what prompted the three attackers to join a radical Islam group and commit such an extreme act. As French sociologist Ali Saad wrote in an Op-Ed for Al Jazeer, “Failing to take into account the catastrophic socioeconomic factor would be tantamount to promoting the very context that contributes to the development of fundamentalist ideologies.” According to the Brooking Institution, over 40 percent of French Muslims 15-29 are unemployed. Many of these youth feel

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like outsiders in French society, growing up in impoverished neighborhoods where access to social services is subpar compared to the rest of the country. Despite only making up six percent of the French population, 35 percent of prison inmates within the French prison system belong to ethnic groups that come from Muslim-majority countries. Much like the United States, poverty correlates highly with crime, and as such, youth are more likely to become criminals and be alienated from the rest of national society. Like prison gangs in the U.S., radical Islamist groups take advantage of these youths’ situation and recruit them into their movements.

Within the American Muslim community, reactions over the attacks in France have been met with much condemnation. The Center for American-Islamic Relations, one of the leading American-Muslim advocacy groups in the country put out a press release the day of the shootings at the Charlie Hebdo office that stated, “We strongly condemn this brutal and cowardly attack and reiterate our repudiation of any such assault on freedom of speech, even speech that mocks faiths and religious figures.”

Sadly, such a statement did not reach the person who scribbled the hate speech on that bathroom chalkboard in Vegas.

Our diverse community at California State University, Long Beach serves as a model for the world. 49ers who are Muslim, Christian, Jewish, Buddhist, Atheist, Arab, white, black, Latino, etc. study and socialize together on a daily basis regardless of whether they disagree with each other. Thus, hate only creates more hate, but understanding creates peace.

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Students want the University Bookstore to match prices again The bookstore has stopped matching their competitors’ prices, leaving students to choose between spending more or waiting for online orders to arrive.

Every semester the same desperate search begins again. Where are the cheapest books? Students spend hours looking at prices on their computers and more time trying to think of clever ways to get books for free. If they try to buy their textbooks used or to rent them, they can often look forward to marked-up pages and distracting, overly highlighted paragraphs.

If they end up ordering them online, the book often arrives late for classes.

If students buy textbooks from the store, they often walk out feeling disheartened, taken advantage of and sometimes, broke.

There was once a solution to this madness, or at least a soothing balm. It was called price match, and it was one of the main reasons why the University Bookstore was named top collegiate retailer in the nation in February 2013, according to an article by Shayne

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“The store employees are very active citizens within their campus community. They offer many programs, options and initiatives—such as the Information Exchange Luncheon and a price-match guarantee . . .” said the committee when it gave the Campus Bookstore the award.

Kc Schaper, bookstore employee and public relations major, said several students have been ready to check out using price match, only to be disappointed upon finding out that the bookstore is no longer offering this program.

Price match is not the same thing as price comparison, which is what the bookstore still continues to do.

The price match policy meant that if a student could find a new book offered at a different retailer (including those online) for a lower price than the same book at the bookstore, the bookstore would then match that price. This was an excellent program because it allowed students to save money and to

feel confident that they were getting the best deal. With the bookstore being as expensive as it is, finding cheaper books isn’t difficult.

As of last semester, the year after the store received its award, the bookstore stopped allowing students to use the price-match guarantee without making any announcements that it would do so.

“If they had price match, I wouldn’t have to wait for the book to get here,” said Danny Martinez, a criminal justice major. It is his first semester at CSULB. He said he would appreciate the ability to shop at just one place.

As it is, buying books is chaotic and stressful; it only adds to the difficulties that the first couple weeks of school pose. If students were able to shop confidently in one place, the experience would certainly improve.

The University Bookstore should bring back price match and stay true to its supposed commitment to being “one of the most student success-oriented organizations on campus.”

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LBSU guard Raven Benton keeps up with CSUN guard Ashlee Guay. Benton scored 14 points in the team’s 67-52 loss to the Matadors on Saturday at the Walter Pyramid.

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Continued from page 1 “We’ll be ready to play against Hawaii, which is another good team,” Kim said.

“Now we understand that everyone is coming after us, and we can’t play like we did in the second half.”

Sophomore guard Raven Benton led LBSU in scoring, securing four of 12 attempts including a shot from the three point line.

Senior Guard Alex Sanchez, closing in on her record career 1000th point, was held to zero field goals and just two points.

Although The Beach struggled in the second half of Saturday’s contest, Wynn said she wasn’t concerned about her team having a repeat performance in the 49ers’ next contest

in Hawaii.

“This is one loss in league,” Wynn said.

“Our goal of winning the conference hasn’t been shattered, and on any given night in our conference, I feel like anyone can beat anybody. We have to get better and be ready to play a full 40 minutes.”

LBSU will travel to Honolulu to face Hawaii on Thursday night.

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49ers go Hammonds Sophomore guard Travis Hammonds scored a season-high 16 points that led LBSU to victory.

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The Long Beach State men’s basketball team survived a late charge from Cal State Northridge to avenge last season’s Big West Tournament loss and secure a 64-58 road win.

The 49ers (10-11, 4-1) won their third consecutive game on the strength of their versatility, with three different players scoring double digits. Sophomore Guard Travis Hammonds scored a season-high and team-leading 16 points off the bench.

“I was just trying to play hard and finish the game,” Hammonds told the Grunion Gazette. “I wasn’t trying to be spetctacular. I just wanted to play hard and grind it out.”

This was the first meeting between the schools since CSUN eliminated the 49ers in the Big West Conference Tournament last March.

Senior Forward David Samuels fell a point shy of another double-double while grabbing a career-high 16 rebounds. Samuels told the Grunion Gazette that the team had a chip on its shoulder.

“We talked about that all week,” Samuels said. “We were going to make sure to come in and get this win.”

The time off between games was also a recent topic of discussion for the 49ers. Head coach Dan Monson said early in the week that he tried to give the team a little bit of a break, but that it was important for the team to not lose its rhythm after a win.

“We’re kind of pushing now,” Monson said, “and grinding a little bit to get that edge back a little bit. It’s a just a process when you have when you have time like that off. There are some advantages to it, but also there’s some disadvantages. When you’re playing well you want to keep it in that rhythm.”

One of the keys to the game was how LBSU was going to slow down Northridge’s explosive senior scorers, Stephan Hicks and

I wasn’t trying to be spetctacular. I just wanted to play hard and grind it out.

-Travis Hammonds, LBSU Guard

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On the road in a hostile environment, the team desperately needs a basket. The crowd is losing its mind, the raucous noise of the students shaking the arena while giving the defense razor sharp focus.

The shot-clock is winding down as the ball is aimlessly passed around with no sense of a game plan.

With five seconds left to get a shot off, the ball is poked and fumbled around before a threepointer is launched as the shot clock expires. A perfect swish.

That was the scenario that played out for the Long Beach State men’s basketball team in a Dec. 10 loss at San Diego State. Senior Point Guard Mike Caffey bailed the team out with a rainbow three just over the outstretched arm of a defender.

There often comes a point when a team starts becoming too reliant on its best player to everything every night. Head coach Dan Monson and the 49ers are trying to avoid reaching that point.

Caffey is the unquestioned leader of the team.

He has started all 21 games so far this season while playing a team-high 31.5 minutes per game. That’s five more than Senior Guard Tyler Lamb, who is second on the team in minutes per game with 25.2. During the team’s brutal six-game road trip in December, Caffey played at least 30 minutes in five of the contests.

Monson has said the minutes load is a concern, and his experience as a coach has taught him it’s better to get ahead of it and find extra rest for Caffey whenever he can. Still, he scoffed at the notion that the team is too reliant on Caffey.

“When great teams like the [Miami] Heat or [Los Angeles] Lakers were winning championships,” Monson said. “Were they too reliant on Kobe or LeBron? When you have the best player, you need to rely on him.”

Then there’s Caffey’s scoring responsibilities. His 17.6 points per game are a career high, but there’s so much more he’s in charge of. He initiates the offense, making sure everyone is in their proper spot. He has to dribble and push the ball in transition to create better scoring opportunities, or reset and find open shots for his teammates.

The load has gotten a little lighter in the last weeks for Caffey. A recent stretch of strong performances from Seniors David Samuels and Tyler Lamb and Sophomore Guard Travis Hammonds have allowed LBSU to alleviate some of the pressure that is typically placed upon Caffey, a leading contender for Big West Conference Player of the year.

With an easier schedule ahead of them and veteran players starting to perform to their capabilities, it’s reasonable to expect a decreased reliance on Caffey moving forward.

Even younger players such as Sophomore Guard Travis Hammonds and Freshmen Forwards Temidayo Yussuf and Jack Williams have come off the bench and given the team spark.

It’s common for teams to rely heavily on their best players to win games, and more often than not, they do. It’s what sets those players apart from others. It would be a failure on the coaching staff’s part if it didn’t find a way to maximize a players’ skillset and talent.

With tournament season fast approaching, the 49ers will need more consistency from the guys around Caffey if they want to accomplish what they have failed to do the last three years: reach the NCAA Tournament.

Stephen Maxwell. Both are averaging over 15 points per game, and Monson said his players can’t be too concerned about one Matador because the other will burn them.

“That’s what makes them so good,” Monson said. “They have a presence on the wing and a presence on the interior. You can’t just take one away. If you take Hicks away, that doesn’t necessarily change them because Maxwell can go get 30 at any time.”

Neither Maxwell nor Hicks came close to scoring 30. Maxwell scored a game-high 18 points on six of 10 shooting from the f loor while also grabbing eight rebounds. The 49ers had a tough nigh containing Maxwell as he went to the free throw line seven times while two LBSU players fouled out.

The 49ers held Hicks in check for most of the game, limiting him to just eight points— all from the free-throw line. It was another strong defensive performance from LBSU, as it held Northridge to just 28 percent shooting for the game.

The win marked a new season-high in wins for the 49ers at three. They have won five of their last six games, a 5-1 mark.

The LBSU men’s basketball team will continue its road trip on Thursday at Cal State Fullerton starting at 7:30 p.m.