{"id":307427,"date":"2026-05-09T08:08:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T08:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/307427\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T08:08:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T08:08:25","slug":"mykelle-richards-womens-basketball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/307427\/","title":{"rendered":"Mykelle Richards – Women’s Basketball"},"content":{"rendered":"

Long Beach State (2024-25): Had a breakout first season for Long Beach State \u2026 Named to the Big West All-Freshman Team \u2026 Played in 27 games, starting 20 as a true freshman \u2026 Averaged 7.7 points and 4.2 rebounds per game \u2026 Shot 48.3 percent from the field \u2026 Led the team with 48 steals on the season while making 14 blocks \u2026 Scored double figures in her first game, putting up 12 points and 5 rebounds against William and Mary \u2026 Scored 13 points at Sacramento State \u2026 Made her first start at Toledo, scoring five points \u2026 Scored 15 points with four rebounds against Pepperdine \u2026 Had a monster game against Bethesda, nearing a triple-double with 21 points, 9 rebounds and 7 steals, all career highs \u2026 Scored 17 points on the road at UC San Diego \u2026 Hit double-figures in back-to-back conference games against Hawai\u2019i and UC Riverside \u2026 Finished the season fourth in the Big West steals per game in league play.

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\nHigh School: Played two years at Etiwanda High School and two years at Cajon High School \u2026 At EHS, played under LBSU alum Stan Delus \u2026 Helped the Eagles capture the 2023 Baseline League Championship \u2026 A major contributor to EHS\u2019 2023 Section 7 Championship and CIF Open Division State Championship \u2026 2023 CIF Southern Section Open Division Runner Up \u2026 Selected All-Baseline League Second Team \u2026 Member of the 2023 Cal-Hi Girls Basketball State Team of the Year \u2026 Part of the Etiwanda High School team that was ranked No. 3 in the nation by SB Live \u2026 As a junior, helped the Eagles capture three tournament titles as they won the 2022 West Coast Jamboree, Troy Classic Tournament, and the Battle at the Beach Tournament \u2026 Finished the 2022 season averaging 15.8 points and 9.8 rebounds per game \u2026 Was named 2021 Female Athlete of the Year as a sophomore at Cajon High School \u2026 A two-time All-Citrus Belt League First Team selection \u2026 Helped the Cowboys capture the 2021 CBL Championship \u2026 In 2021, the Cowboys were CIF 2AA Runners Up \u2026 Named to the All-CIF 2AA First Team \u2026 A Cal-Hi All-State selection after averaging 13.7 points, 9.8 rebounds, 2.3 steals, and 0.5 blocks per game \u2026 Played club for FBC \u2026 Helped her club team advance to the 2022 Why Not Nike Nationals 16U Semifinals \u2026 Named the USJN California Classic Top Standout \u2026 Named to the Big Dance All-Tournament Team 17U Super Division \u2026 Ballislife All-American Camp Class of 2024 tabbed her as the sixth-ranked player (89.6).

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\nMajor: Criminology\/Criminal Justice

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\nCAREER HIGHS

\nPoints: 21, vs. Bethesda, 12\/30\/24

\nRebounds: 9, vs. Bethesda, 12\/30\/24

\nAssists: 2, 2x, last at Cal Poly, 3\/8\/25

\nSteals: 7, vs. Bethesda, 12\/30\/24

\nBlocks: 2, vs. Elon, 12\/19\/24

\n3-FG Made: 1, 5x, last vs. UC Riverside, 1\/2\/25

\nFG Made: 10, vs. Bethesda, 12\/30\/24

\nFT Made: 3, 3x, last vs. Cal State Bakersfield, 1\/4\/25

\nMinutes: 34, at Michigan, 11\/24\/24<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Long Beach State (2024-25): Had a breakout first season for Long Beach State \u2026 Named to the Big…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3372,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-307427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}