In a tough Black Friday game for the Long Beach State women’s basketball team, the team fought to cut a 19-point deficit against the Northern Iowa Panthers in the annual Beach Classic at the Walter Pyramid. In the last few seconds of the game, the 49ers committed two detrimental fouls,[Read More…]
Women’s Basketball
Long Beach State drops fourth in a row against Nevada.
The crowd became silent as senior Martina McCowan fell to the ground clutching her knee, screaming in pain. She skied for a rebound, came down awkwardly on her left knee, and instantly knew something was wrong. McCowan was carried off by head coach Jeff Cammon and athletic trainer Ashley St.[Read More…]
Long Beach fails to get first win of the season against USC
The Long Beach State women’s basketball team was unable to leave this Veterans Day with a win after dropping its second match of the season 86-50 against USC. “A higher caliber team makes us better. I saw a lot of good things tonight, but obviously there’s a lot of things[Read More…]
Long Beach State women’s basketball drops its home opener
With 10.7 seconds left in the game, the 49ers kept pushing the tempo with Shanaijah Davison handling the ball. The sophomore guard was unable to get a shot attempt as Cal Baptist forced a jump-ball on the baseline drive attempt, giving the Lancers the ball back. With time still remaining,[Read More…]
LBSU ready for bounce back season
Last year, women’s basketball head coach Jeff Cammon walked into the Walter Pyramid with six players available to him. It was a season full of patience for the first-year head coach, who endured a 8-23 year, good for sixth in the Big West. He was a late hire after Jody[Read More…]
Old logos are replaced at the Walter Pyramid
The Walter Pyramid will undergo a small makeover this summer and the iconic “Beach” script logo, with its surrounding palm trees, will not make the cut. Instead, the new “BEΛCH” logo will be painted on both free throw lines with a giant interlocking “LB” logo at center court. The athletics[Read More…]
The dollars and ‘sense’ of Long Beach State head coaching contracts
Long Beach State’s athletic program has seen much success recently with the men’s volleyball team after claiming the No. 1 spot in the nation and winning the NCAA Championship. Other teams, like the 2017-2018 men’s and women’s basketball program, have not been so relevant after disappointing seasons. While talented athletes[Read More…]
A look back at LBSU women’s basketball season
The process of making diamonds is a complicated, yet simple process: a lump of coal (or carbon) faces immense heat and pressure underground and if everything goes well, a diamond is formed. With any luck, the Long Beach State’s women’s basketball team could turn a coal of a season into[Read More…]
The 49ers get buried by the Highlanders
As the adage goes, “when it rains, it pours —” and once UC Riverside got rolling, the team fed off of Long Beach’s mistakes and put the 49ers through a storm. Long beach was put away 79-66, in the first round of the Big West Tournament. The Long Beach State’s[Read More…]
Curry cooks the 49ers in the first round
A hopeful final half of the season ended with a disappointing loss that sent the women’s basketball team home without a win. Long Beach’s (8-22, 6-10 Big West) season came to an end after a 79-66 loss to UC Riverside (9-21, 6-10 Big West) in the first round of the[Read More…]