{"id":49624,"date":"2025-11-12T14:45:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T14:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/49624\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T14:45:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T14:45:15","slug":"womens-basketball-set-for-home-opener-against-california-baptist-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/49624\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s Basketball Set For Home Opener Against California Baptist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Long Beach State <a href=\"https:\/\/bvmsports.com\/ncaa\/california-baptist-lancers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Women&#8217;s Basketball<\/a> is set to kick off their home season against California Baptist on November 12, 2025, after facing two tough losses on the road. This match will be their fifth meeting with California Baptist, who won their last encounter in 2023. Sophomore JaQuoia Jones-Brown, a key player, is coming off a double-double performance and currently ranks 13th in the Big West for scoring.<\/p>\n<p> By the NumbersLong Beach State is 1-2 to start the season, with losses against Wyoming and Colorado State.JaQuoia Jones-Brown averages 13.0 points and 7.0 rebounds per game.Judit Oliva Fernandez and Kennan Ka are tied for fifth in the Big West with an average of one block per game. Yes, But<\/p>\n<p>Despite their strong returning players, the team faces challenges with Mykelle Richards expected to miss significant time due to injury, which puts pressure on the squad\u2019s frontcourt depth.<\/p>\n<p> State of PlayThe team has experienced a rocky start with two consecutive road losses.Jones-Brown&#8217;s performance remains a highlight as she leads the team during this transition phase.Two young players are stepping into larger roles to compensate for Richards&#8217; absence. What&#8217;s Next<\/p>\n<p>Moving forward, the Beach will rely heavily on the contributions of their returning players and newcomers to navigate the rest of the season, particularly in the upcoming game against California Baptist.<\/p>\n<p> Bottom Line<\/p>\n<p>With a focus on unity and adaptability, Long Beach State aims to leverage their home-court advantage in the season opener against California Baptist to turn their fortunes around.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Long Beach State Women&#8217;s Basketball is set to kick off their home season against California Baptist on November&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49091,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-49624","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\/49624","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=49624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49624\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}