2023–24 Long Beach State Beach women's basketball team

2023–24 Long Beach State Beach women's basketball
ConferenceBig West Conference
Record15-18 (8–12 Big West)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Brian Rosario
  • Jashae Lee
  • Raru Archer
Home arenaWalter Pyramid
Seasons
← 2022–23
2024–25 →
2023–24 Big West women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Hawai'i 17 – 3   .850 20 – 12   .625
UC Irvine † 16 – 4   .800 23 – 9   .719
UC Riverside 13 – 7   .650 18 – 14   .563
Cal Poly 13 – 7   .650 17 – 14   .548
UC Davis 13 – 7   .650 20 – 14   .588
UC Santa Barbara 10 – 10   .500 16 – 15   .516
UC San Diego* 8 – 12   .400 12 – 19   .387
Long Beach State 8 – 12   .400 15 – 18   .455
Cal State Fullerton 6 – 14   .300 10 – 21   .323
Cal State Bakersfield 5 – 15   .250 8 – 21   .276
Cal State Northridge 1 – 19   .050 3 – 27   .100
* ineligible for the 2024 NCAA tournament due to transition period
† 2024 Big West tournament winner

The 2023–24 Long Beach State Beach women's basketball team represented California State University, Long Beach during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Beach, led by first-year head coach Amy Wright, played their home games at the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, California as members of the Big West Conference.

Previous season

The Beach finished the 2022–23 season 23–10, 17–3 in Big West play, to finish in second place.[1] As the #2 seed in the Big West tournament, they defeated #10 seed UC Riverside in the quarterfinals,[2] before falling to #3 seed and eventual tournament champions Hawaii in the semifinals.[3] They received an at-large bid into the WNIT, where they lost to San Diego in the first round.[4]

On March 29, 2023, head coach Jeff Cammon announced that he would be stepping down, in order to take the head coaching position at Saint Mary's.[5] On April 17, Oklahoma associate head coach Amy Wright was named the Beach's next head coach.[6]

Roster

2023–24 Long Beach State Beach women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Lauren Cummings 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Billings Senior High School Billings, MT
G 1 Lovely Sonnier 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr South Carolina State San Francisco, CA
G 2 Savannah Tucker 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Clovis North High School Fresno, CA
G 3 Patricia Chung 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Mark Keppel High School Monterey Park, CA
G 4 Cheyenne Givens 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) GS Cal State Northridge Los Angeles, CA
F 5 Kennan Ka 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Mission Hills High School San Diego, CA
G 10 Casey Valenti Paea 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Jr Buffalo Melbourne, Australia
F 12 Jada Crawshaw 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Sydney Comets Darwin, Australia
F 21 Abby Shoff 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Enterprise High School Redding, CA
G 22 Sydney Woodley 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Cal State Northridge Menifee, CA
G 30 Olivia Moore 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Mead High School Spokane, WA
F 52 Davai Matthews 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Wayne Memorial High School Detroit, MI
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: January 18, 2024

Schedule and results

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 8, 2023*
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Biola W 82–62  1–0
  25 – Tucker   9 – Shoff   8 – Chung  Walter Pyramid (747)
Long Beach, CA
November 12, 2023*
1:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Nevada W 79–57  2–0
  18 – Shoff   9 – Shoff   2 – 5 tied  Walter Pyramid (1,050)
Long Beach, CA
November 15, 2023*
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at California Baptist L 71–82  2–1
  17 – Givens   7 – Woodley   6 – Valenti Paea  Fowler Events Center (590)
Riverside, CA
November 21, 2023*
6:00 p.m., MWN 		at Fresno State L 64–74  2–2
  17 – Givens   7 – Tucker   3 – Chung  Save Mart Center (1,233)
Fresno, CA
November 27, 2023*
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Pepperdine W 68–53  3–2
  14 – Tucker   6 – Givens   4 – Chung  Firestone Fieldhouse (103)
Malibu, CA
December 6, 2023*
5:00 p.m., LHN 		at No. 5 Texas L 62–106  3–3
  22 – Tucker   5 – Sonnier   3 – Valenti Paea  Moody Center (5,087)
Austin, TX
December 15, 2023*
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Colorado State
Beach Classic 		W 77–76  2–5
  19 – 2 tied   10 – Chung   3 – 2 tied  Walter Pyramid (340)
Long Beach, CA
December 16, 2023*
5:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Pacific
Beach Classic 		L 86–90  4–4
  20 – Valenti Paea   7 – Woodley   5 – 2 tied  Walter Pyramid 
Long Beach, CA
December 19, 2023*
4:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		San Francisco W 81–79  5–4
  17 – Tucker   8 – Matthews   5 – Matthews  Walter Pyramid (547)
Long Beach, CA
December 21, 2023*
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 6 USC L 77–85  5–5
  17 – Tucker   10 – Crawshaw   2 – 4 tied  Walter Pyramid (1,243)
Long Beach, CA
Big West regular season
December 28, 2023
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Cal State Fullerton L 61–67  5–6
(0–1) 		 17 – Valenti Paea   6 – 3 tied   4 – Valenti Paea  Walter Pyramid (730)
Long Beach, CA
December 30, 2023
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Cal State Northridge W 76–58  6–6
(1–1) 		 19 – Givens   10 – Woodley   3 – Woodley  Premier America Credit Union Arena (159)
Northridge, CA
January 4, 2024
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Cal Poly L 56–64  6–7
(1–2) 		 13 – Tucker   8 – Matthews   5 – Valenti Paea  Walter Pyramid (569)
Long Beach, CA
January 6, 2024
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at UC Riverside L 43–49  6–8
(1–3) 		 11 – Valenti Paea   10 – Valenti Paea   5 – Valenti Paea  SRC Arena (121)
Riverside, CA
January 11, 2024
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		UC San Diego L 30–45  6–9
(1–4) 		 8 – Sonnier   8 – Crawshaw   1 – 3 tied  Walter Pyramid (535)
Long Beach, CA
January 13, 2024
3:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		UC Santa Barbara L 56–69  6–10
(1–5) 		 14 – Valenti Paea   7 – Chung   4 – Givens  Walter Pyramid (853)
Long Beach, CA
January 18, 2024
9:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Hawaii L 55-68  6–11
(1–6) 		 16 – Tucker   7 – Chung   3 – Woodley  Stan Sheriff Center (1,567)
Honolulu, HI
January 25, 2024
11:00 a.m., ESPN+ 		at UC Irvine L 59–74  6–12
(1–7) 		 16 – Valenti Paea   9 – Chung   4 – Chung  Bren Events Center (2,294)
Irvine, CA
January 27, 2024
3:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		UC Riverside W 54–52  7–12
(2–7) 		 18 – Woodley   7 – Woodley   3 – 2 tied  Walter Pyramid 
Long Beach, CA
February 1, 2024
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Cal State Bakersfield W 70–57  8–12
(3–7) 		 24 – Chung   12 – Crawshaw   5 – Chung  Walter Pyramid (517)
Long Beach, CA
February 3, 2024
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at UC San Diego L 45–78  8–13
(3–8) 		 14 – Valenti Paea   6 – Valenti Paea   3 – Chung  LionTree Arena (568)
La Jolla, CA
February 10, 2024
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Cal Poly L 76–84  8–14
(3–9) 		 17 – Crawshaw   7 – Tucker   3 – 2 tied  Mott Athletics Center (1,294)
San Luis Obispo, CA
February 15, 2024
7:00 p.m., SPECTSN/ESPN+ 		UC Davis W 78–52  9–14
(4–9) 		 17 – Valenti Paea   8 – 2 tied   3 – 2 tied  Walter Pyramid (661)
Long Beach, CA
February 17, 2024
3:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Cal State Northridge W 86–62  10–14
(5–9) 		 21 – Woodley   10 – Crawshaw   4 – 2 tied  Walter Pyramid (1,002)
Long Beach, CA
February 22, 2024
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Cal State Bakersfield W 69–67  11–14
(6–9) 		 20 – Tucker   10 – Matthews   4 – Tucker  Icardo Center (515)
Bakersfield, CA
February 24, 2024
3:00 p.m., SPECTSN/ESPN+ 		Hawaii L 68–80  11–15
(6–10) 		 14 – Givens   8 – Woodley   4 – Chung  Walter Pyramid (1,504)
Long Beach, CA
February 29, 2024
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Cal State Fullerton W 74–59  12–15
(7–10) 		 16 – Valenti Paea   8 – Crawshaw   4 – Valenti Paea  Titan Gym 
Fullerton, CA
March 2, 2024
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		UC Irvine L 76–86 OT 12–16
(7–11) 		 21 – Woodley   9 – 2 tied   11 – Valenti Paea  Walter Pyramid (819)
Long Beach, CA
March 7, 2024
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at UC Santa Barbara W 75–69  13–16
(8–11) 		 17 – Tucker   6 – Woodley   5 – Chung  The Thunderdome (678)
Santa Barbara, CA
March 9, 2024
1:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at UC Davis L 58–70  13–17
(8–12) 		 11 – Tucker   6 – Crawshaw   2 – Tucker  University Credit Union Center (917)
Davis, CA
Big West tournament
March 13, 2024
2:30 p.m., ESPN+ 		(7) vs. (6) UC Santa Barbara
First round 		W 90–75  14–17
  17 – Tucker   10 – Chung   6 – Woodley  Dollar Loan Center (557)
Henderson, NV
March 14, 2024
12:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		(7) vs. (3) UC Riverside
Quarterfinals 		W 83–75 OT 15–17
  20 – Chung   10 – Woodley   4 – 2 tied  Dollar Loan Center (580)
Henderson, NV
March 15, 2024
2:30 p.m., ESPN+ 		(7) vs. (2) UC Irvine
Semifinals 		L 57–69  15–18
  13 – Valenti Paea   7 – Sonnier   3 – Sonnier  Dollar Loan Center (1,239)
Henderson, NV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific.

Sources:[7][8]

References

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  2. ^ "No. 2 Seed Long Beach State Rallies to Defeat No. 10 Seed UC Riverside in The Big West Quarterfinals". Long Beach State University Athletics. March 8, 2023. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
  3. ^ Shimabuku, Christian (March 10, 2023). "Hawaii women's basketball advances to Big West finals". KHON-TV. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
  4. ^ "Neubert's Historic Night Powers Toreros Past Long Beach State in WNIT". University of San Diego Athletics. March 16, 2023. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
  5. ^ Zamora, Lindy (March 29, 2023). "Jeff Cammon Leaving Long Beach State Women's Basketball For New Position". longbeachstate.com. Retrieved September 14, 2024.
  6. ^ "Former A&M assistant Wright hired at Long Beach State". The Eagle. April 17, 2023. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
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  8. ^ "Long Beach State Beach 2023-24". ESPN. Retrieved January 18, 2024.