With the 2013-14 season set to kick off, Long Beach State women’s basketball freshman guard Anna Kim is focused on one thing: winning the Big West Championship. “I have a lot of goals, but I want to achieve having a championship here within my four years,” she said. Head coach[Read More…]
Women’s Basketball
BASKETBALL GUIDE: Hallie Meneses is back in action
What was supposed to be a routine practice in preparation for the 2012-13 basketball season turned grave for redshirt junior point guard Hallie Meneses. On Oct. 8, 2012, Meneses was practicing jump-stop drills when she heard her right knee pop. “I just knew I was done,” Meneses said. “You don’t[Read More…]
BASKETBALL COUNTDOWN: Jade Wilson is 49ers’ lone senior
When Jade Wilson came to Long Beach State before the start of the 2012-13 season, the team had an introductory assignment: write down a couple of words that describe yourself on paper. Wilson wrote “outgoing and energetic.” Head coach Jody Wynn disagreed. “I would have described her as reserved and[Read More…]
Men’s, women’s basketball teams picked to finish fourth in Big West
For the first time in years, the Long Beach State men’s basketball team won’t be going into the season with the pressure of high expectations. The 49ers were picked to finish fourth in the Big West Conference in the preseason media poll, the conference announced last week. LBSU received 164[Read More…]
LBSU’s offense falls flat in first round of WNIT
The Long Beach State women’s basketball team had to settle for a cameo appearance at the Women’s National Invitational Tournament after 56-49 to Utah in the opening round last night at the Walter Pryamid. After a disappointing first-round exit from the Big West tournament last week, the 49ers earned their[Read More…]
49er women to face Utah at Pyramid in first round of WNIT
An at-large berth into the Women’s National Invitational Tournament will give the Long Beach State women’s basketball team a chance to salvage its disappointing early exit from the Big West tournament. LBSU (9-9 Big West, 16-15 overall) will host Utah (8-10 Pac-12, 18-13 overall) in the first round of the[Read More…]
Long Beach State heading home early after loss to Titans
IRVINE – Last year’s Cinderella run wasn’t meant to be repeated after all. The Long Beach State women’s basketball team struggled down the stretch and suffered a season-ending 54-48 loss to Cal State Fullerton on Tuesday in the opening round of the Big West tournament at Bren Events Center. Expectations[Read More…]
49ers end regular season in fifth place
The Long Beach State women’s basketball team will head into the Big West Conference tournament as the fifth seed after splitting the final two games of its regular season. The 49ers (16-14, 9-9 Big West) fell 59-50 at UC Santa Barbara before ending the season on a high note with[Read More…]
49er women grab first conference road wins
After losing four straight road games to start Big West Conference play, the Long Beach State women’s basketball team finally notched a pair of road wins at Cal State Fullerton and UC Riverside. LBSU (14-11, 7-6 Big West) started its three-game road swing on the right foot by prevailing with[Read More…]
WBB: 49ers defeat CSUN, fall to Hawaii at home
The Long Beach State women’s basketball team got a split in its two-game homestand after bouncing back with a 70-63 win over Cal State Northridge on Saturday at the Walter Pyramid. Before facing CSUN (11-12, 6-5 Big West Conference), LBSU was on a three-game losing streak and had lost six[Read More…]