With Jody Wynn leaving the Long Beach State women’s basketball program, newly-appointed head coach Jeff Cammon has culminated a family culture for his players and staff. Junior guard Martina McCowan immediately noticed the different coaching styles that Wynn and Cammon implement. “With Jody [Wynn], it was like intense, kind of[Read More…]
Women’s Basketball
A troubling season has a bright future ahead of it
Nobody knew how the Long Beach State’s women’s basketball season was going to look after a catastrophic offseason that saw head coach Jody Wynn leave. Things only got harder when replacement head coach Jeff Cammon was issued the responsibility to pick up recruits at the very last second. With only[Read More…]
LBSU women’s basketball drops 13 straight games
Although two players put up double-doubles for Long Beach State, the 49ers lost their 13th straight game 100-81 to UC Irvine behind Morgan Green’s 28 points. Long Beach’s (2-20, 0-8 Big West) inexperience showed as the suffocating full-court pressure defense of the Anteaters (2-20, 0-8 Big West) prevented the 49ers[Read More…]
Struggling women’s basketball drops another against UC Davis
The Long Beach State’s women’s basketball tried to keep it as close against UC Davis but the Aggies pulled away in the fourth quarter at the Walter Pyramid. LBSU (2-19, 0-7 Big West) team fell, 83-71, to the UC Davis Aggies (18-3, 8-0 Big West) behind junior forward Morgan Bertsch’s[Read More…]
Women’s basketball will host UC Davis
After a disappointing loss to the Cal Poly Mustangs Jan. 25, the 49ers’ women’s basketball team is looking to rebound against the UC Davis Aggies Thursday. “UC Davis isn’t great with a lot of ball pressure,” senior guard Cecily Wilson said. “We’re going to try to pressure them as much[Read More…]
LBSU drops its eleventh in a row against Cal Poly
The 49ers’ woes this season continue as they find themselves winless since Dec. 7. The Long Beach State women’s basketball team (2-17, 0-6 Big West) fell to the Cal Poly Mustangs (10-8, 4-2 Big West), 75-64, behind senior guard Dynn Leaupepe’s 23 points while Davidson paced the 49ers with 18[Read More…]
LBSU struggles in Big West Conference home opener against UC Santa Barbara
The Long Beach State women’s basketball team played its first Big West Conference home game at the Walter Pyramid against UC Santa Barbara, but fell 90-74 Saturday. “It was probably our worst defensive game of the year,” head coach Jeff Cammon said. “I’m really disappointed in the way we came[Read More…]
No. 7 Tennessee too much for LBSU
It was never a close match, but the Long Beach State women’s basketball team showed signs of improvement in its 90-61 loss against No.7 Tennessee. LBSU (2-9) was led by freshman guard Ma’Qhi Berry who had a solid all around game contributing 19 points, nine assists and seven rebounds. Tennessee[Read More…]
Five takeaways from 49ers’ 65-63 victory over Grand Canyon
After Long Beach State (2-7) defeated Grand Canyon (2-7) Thursday, a contributing writer compiled a breakdown of the team’s performance. 1. Key Contributors: Senior guard Cecily Wilson and freshman center Emma Merriweather both came up huge with big performances, notching up double- doubles. Merriweather had a career-high 23 points and 12 rebounds,[Read More…]
Emma Merriweather’s career-high performance propels LBSU women’s basketball over the Lopes’
Long Beach State’s women’s basketball guard Cecily Wilson bounced the ball three times, took a deep breath and buried the game-winning free throw against Grand Canyon to clinch the 49ers’ second win of the season. Freshmen center Emma Merriweather had a career-high 23 points and 12 rebounds, while Wilson contributed[Read More…]