Box score The Long Beach State women’s basketball team did its best Jekyll and Hyde impersonation Thursday night at the Walter Pyramid. After arguably its best offensive half of the season, the 49ers (5-17, 3-6 Big West Conference) overcame a shaky second half and won consecutive games for the first[Read More…]
Women’s Basketball
LBSU looking to build on latest Big West victory
If the Long Beach State women’s basketball team is looking to turn its season around, then it can start by doing something it hasn’t done all year: win consecutive games. Stringing together victories hasn’t been easy for the 49ers, who have lost 17 of their 21 contests — including six[Read More…]
49ers stop 4-game skid in thriller
Box score If the Long Beach State women’s basketball team was looking to make a statement Saturday, then it couldn’t have picked a better game to do it. Just 13 days ago, the 49ers walked off the Bren Events Center floor feeling embarrassed and dejected after giving up a season-high[Read More…]
Poor shooting plagues ‘Niners
Box score After returning from a four-game road stretch, you would think the Long Beach State women’s basketball team would be confident in playing in front of its home crowd at the Walter Pyramid. Unfortunately for the 49ers (3-17, 1-6 Big West Conference), it didn’t appear that way Wednesday as[Read More…]
49er women drop third straight
Box score When the Long Beach State women’s basketball team began its four-game road trip 10 days ago with a decisive 14-point victory, it probably didn’t envision losing its next three contests. Nonetheless, reality sank in when Pacific used a 9-0 run with just under five minutes to play to[Read More…]
The Beach suffers consecutive 18-point losses
Box score If the Long Beach State women’s basketball team was looking for a confidence boost after dropping its last game by 18 points, then a road victory against UC Davis on Thursday would have been a step in the right direction. However, the Aggies used a 15-0 run in[Read More…]
Poor start dooms women’s basketball
Box score IRVINE — If the Long Beach State women’s basketball team could change one thing about Saturday’s game against UC Irvine, it would probably be the way it played during the opening five minutes. The 49ers found themselves on the receiving end of a 13-0 deficit they could not[Read More…]
49er women pick up first Big West victory
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…]
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…]