Long Beach State Sports : Dad is Big Boy

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I had heard of him but didn't know that much. If Jayden indeed signs with us, we might get some free pub on his show. When this news first hit months ago, I looked into Jayden he seemed like the do it all glue guy type of player, a team player.

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https://www.instagram.com/p/DJXr3B3SgHv/?hl=en

Maybe its a paperwork thing, committed but not yet signed. Its been the way lately I've noticed.

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Please post as I do not get Instagram. Thank you!

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Jayden Alexander shows committed to Long Beach state May 7 in uniform on his Instagram account

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Since when is Alexander on our roster.

I can find nothing that indicates so.

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Big Forwards
DERRICK MICHAEL XZAVIERRO 6-10 220 Junior
DEMARSHAY JOHNSON, JR. 6-9 210 Senior
DALLAS WASHINGTON 6-9 195 Freshman
PETAR MAJSTOROVIĆ 6-8 215 Sophomore

Small Forwards / Wings
COLE FARRELL 6-5 205 Junior
CHRISTIAN JONES 6-4 180 Sophomore

Shooting Guards / Combo Guards
GAVIN SYKES, 6-4 205 Freshman
ROB DIAZ III 6-2 175 Junior
SHAQUIL BENDER, 6-2 170 Senior
GRANT GONDREZICK II 6-1 175 Sophomore

Point Guards
ISAIAH LEWIS 6-3 165 Junior
JASON HART, JR 6-2 175 Junior
JAYDEN ALEXANDER 6-1 175 Freshman

*CHANCE DASTRUP 5-11 Freshman signed but goes on 2 yr mission first

Projected Starters
DMX
Majstorovic
Farrell
Bender
Lewis

Projected Bench w Significant Minutes
Frontcourt
Johnson and Washington
Backcourt
Diaz and Sykes

Could Break Through and Get Minutes
Gondrezick: Offense
Jones: Defense

Hart and Alexander may both get spot minutes as defenders mostly

Assessment
1. 11 new guys and it seems most fit the character needs of coach Acker which seems to be extremely important

2. Guard heavy will play 2 bigs and 3 guards/wings usually and sometimes 1 big and 4 guards/wings

3. Defensive depth: most everyone seems to be a rugged defender type. Expect a big uptick in defensive intensity

4. Shooters: decent enough but won't be a trademark of the team. I think more points will be scored off defensive transition with all the ballhandlers in the rotation.

5. Majstorovic might be a huge addition, maybe a 10 ppg 7 rpg and be a high post passer allowing DMX to develop more offensively

6. Sykes and Washington have potential and will get the minutes to be all BW freshman

7. Wildcard is Farrell, he could be our glue guy

8. True Wings and pure shooting guards, we don't have. All the guards seem to be at least guys who can bring the ball up, and the bigger guards all seem rugged enough to play the wing decently.

What I hope is that having guys who don't screw around at all will temper coach Acker who seems to have a short fuse and needs high character teams. I assume this is why these guys were signed and reading through the press releases it is a common theme.

Hopefully this gets us all talking about basketball during the slow part of the season.

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Or more precisely, the last DI transfer.

I don't know if we have any remaining slots, but if we do, we always could sign a DII or lower or late HS signing and still keep this statement true.

Or we are done. Either way, Welcome to the Beach Petar you will get a ton of minutes most likely.

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https://longbeachstate.com/news/2025/6/12/mens-basketball-mens-basketball-adds-syracuse-forward-petar-majstorovic

of note, this will be our last transfer signing according to the press release.

Majstorovic is expected to be the final Division I transfer for the program , joining Demarshay Johnson Jr. in the frontcourt, both coming from elite programs and supplementing returning starter Derrick Michael Xzavierro and highly touted recruit Dallas Washington. Other Division I transfers for the Beach include guards Shaquil Bender from Manhattan, Grant Gondrezick II from Detroit Mercy, Isaiah Lewis from Little Rock, and Cole Farrell from Portland State.