Box score NORTHRIDGE — After surrendering just over 75 points per game through 15 contests, the Long Beach State women’s basketball team displayed something it’s lacked all season on Wednesday: true defensive grit. The 49ers finished with a season-high 13 steals and forced 24 turnovers en route to its first[Read More…]
Women’s Sports
Extra possessions haunt ‘Niners
Box score After opening Big West Conference play with what head coach Jody Wynn called a “lifeless” effort, the Long Beach State women’s basketball team started Sunday’s game with a little more fight. However, the 49ers could not capitalize on an early 14-point lead and lost, 83-72, to visiting Cal[Read More…]
LBSU overwhelmed in conference opener
Box score Throughout the entire season, Long Beach State women’s basketball head coach Jody Wynn has been adamant about her team combining effort with performance during games. Unfortunately for Wynn, the 49ers failed to answer their coach’s desperate plea as they suffered a 70-43 drubbing against UC Santa Barbara to[Read More…]
Wynn remains ‘optimistic’ heading into conference play
After a tumultuous 2-11 start to the season, the Long Beach State women’s basketball team may have finally found what it’s been missing all year: it’s identity. Indeed, the 49ers have been searching for a legitimate starting lineup because of injuries to four of their players, including two of their[Read More…]
The Beach fades down the stretch
Box score If you’ve been around sports long enough, then you’re probably familiar with the phrase, “It’s not a matter of how you start, but a matter of how you finish.” This couldn’t be more true for the Long Beach State women’s basketball team Tuesday as it wrapped up the[Read More…]
49ers take advantage of trips to free-throw line
Box score Christmas may be six days away, but the Long Beach State women’s basketball team received an early present Sunday to open up the Beach Classic at the Walter Pyramid. The 49ers (2-10) pulled away with a 72-62 victory over Florida A&M (3-4) in a game that saw three[Read More…]
Freshman center quits women’s hoops team
For the second time in as many seasons, Long Beach State women’s basketball head coach Jody Wynn has lost a post player midway through the season. Janae Coffee, a 6-foot-3 freshman center, was first suspended for violating team rules for a second time this season. Then, she talked to the[Read More…]
Shooting for A’s – and wins
Imagine waking up around 5 a.m. for a weight training session an hour later, or practice two hours later. Now, imagine doing that every day while traveling — sometimes across country — to play against some of the nation’s top basketball teams. Oh, by the way, good luck finding the[Read More…]
LBSU continues rough stretch
Box score The Pac-10 Conference hasn’t been too kind to the Long Beach State women’s basketball team this season and it only got worse in front of 1,189 fans at the Haas Pavilion on Saturday. The 49ers found themselves on the receiving end of an 82-56 beat down to California[Read More…]
‘Niners falter in second half against Toreros
The Long Beach State women’s basketball team’s long awaited return to the Walter Pyramid was anything but climactic as it found itself in an all too familiar position. The 49ers — who played their last six games on the road — suffered their ninth double-digit loss of the season after[Read More…]