Women’s Basketball

Losses, season-ending injuries mount for LBSU women

Head coach Mary Hegarty may have lost more than the Big West Conference opener Friday night. Long Beach State was routed, 66-48, by host UC Santa Barbara at The Thunderdome. Junior transfer Whitney Fields notched her third double-double of the season with 11 points and 10 rebounds, in addition to[Read More…]

Slow start plagues women’s hoops against BYU

The Long Beach State women’s basketball team showed the gritty potential they have as a team in the second half of the game. One problem though: they continue to not show up in the first half. LBSU (2-7) was defeated Saturday night by Brigham Young University (8-2) at the Walter[Read More…]

‘Niners burned in the desert

Free throws were the difference in the Long Beach State women’s basketball team’s loss at Arizona on Sunday. The 49ers closed out a four-game road trip with a 56-47 loss to the host Wildcats at the McKale Center. LBSU (2-6) outshot the Wildcats (32.2 to 29.6 percent) but Arizona hit[Read More…]

49ers dropped by 32 at Nebraska

A slow start plagued the Long Beach State women’s basketball team Friday night as it dropped a 76-44 decision to Nebraska at Bob Devaney Sports Center in Lincoln, Neb. Whitney Fields scored a team-high 12 points, with 10 coming in the second half, to pace the 49ers. Lindsey Beckner, meanwhile,[Read More…]

Women’s hoops gets back on winning track

The 49er women’s basketball team snapped its three-game losing streak with a nail-biting 55-54 win over Idaho, Sunday afternoon at Cowan Spectrum in Moscow, Idaho. The game saw seven ties and nine lead changes. The ‘Niners were up, 55-54, with 16 seconds remaining in regulation when the Vandals had possession.[Read More…]

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