The leading scorer from last year’s women’s basketball team was released for a “violation of team rules,” Long Beach State head coach Jody Wynn confirmed on Tuesday. Senior forward Whitney Fields, a preseason All-Big West Conference selection by the media this year, averaged 10.5 points and four rebounds per game[Read More…]
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‘Niner Notes: Nov. 30
Men’s Basketball: Robinson earns conference weekly honor Sophomore forward T.J. Robinson added a Big West Conference Player of the Week award to go with his 76 Classic All-Tournament Team recognition on Monday. Robinson bucketed 60 points and snared 37 rebounds in three games at the Anaheim Convention Center, dropping 25[Read More…]
Upset ‘Bruin’ in Anaheim
Box score ANAHEIM — The 12th time was a charm as the Long Beach State men’s basketball team earned head coach Dan Monson his signature win at The Beach. LBSU (4-3) was 0-11 all-time against UCLA (2-4) heading into Sunday’s seventh-place game at the 76 Classic, but the unbeaten streak[Read More…]
LBSU draws UCLA to open NCAAs
Head coach Brian Gimmillaro’s prediction came to fruition Sunday afternoon at Legends Sports Bar and Grill. He then made a few more bold predictions. The Long Beach State women’s volleyball team will travel to Pauley Pavilion and face the No. 8-seeded UCLA Bruins in the first round of the NCAA[Read More…]
Washington reaches milestone in 5-set victory
Box score Fifth-year senior Naomi Washington capped off what might be her Walter Pyramid finale in fitting fashion and left with a milestone Saturday night. Washington hammered a match-high 22 kills — including the 1,000th of her career — to guide the Long Beach State women’s volleyball team to a[Read More…]
Herzog leads balanced 49er attack in sweep
Box score Long Beach State head coach Brian Gimmillaro kept his team in the locker room for about an hour and a half following Friday afternoon’s loss to Texas Christian University — it took the 49ers only one hour, 18 minutes to finish off Loyola Marymount. The Beach (21-8) swept[Read More…]
‘Niner Notes: Nov. 27-28
Women’s Basketball: 49ers hold off Rice Box score Karina Figueroa notched 17 points to lead four Long Beach State players in double-figures as the 49ers edged the Rice Owls, 68-64, on Saturday at the University of Miami Thanksgiving Tournament in Coral Gables, Fla. Figueroa, who also dished out five assists[Read More…]
LBSU slowly puts away UNLV, 3-1
Box score After dropping a four-set decision to Texas Christian University earlier in the day, Long Beach State women’s volleyball head coach Brian Gimmillaro spent an hour and a half talking to his team in the locker room. He emerged with the decision to rest four of his starters for[Read More…]
49ers foiled by hot-hitting TCU
Box score Call it a Thanksgiving hangover, or complacency from having already secured a Big West Conference title and an NCAA bid, but the 49er women’s volleyball team looked out of it Friday afternoon at the Walter Pyramid. Long Beach State (19-8) dropped a four-set decision to Texas Christian University,[Read More…]
Thin bench dooms LBSU in loss
Box score ANAHEIM — A night of rest apparently helped as the Long Beach State men’s basketball team’s second-round game with No. 18 Clemson was the antithesis of its 76 Classic opener on Thursday. Three 49ers had double-doubles, but it wasn’t enough as the Tigers (5-1) had an answer for[Read More…]