The Beach (0-4) faces off against the University of San Francisco (2-2) this Thursday in their eighth meeting, with Long Beach leading the all-time series 4-3. After struggling through a tough season start, the team demonstrated improvement in their recent matches. Young talent JaQuoia Jones-Brown has shined, earning the first Big West Player of the Week honor with a scoring average of 18.5 points per game. The team continues to build momentum as they establish defensive consistency and late-game execution.<\/p>\n
By the NumbersLong Beach State is averaging 18.5 points per game, ranking second in the Big West.Judit Oliva Fernandez recorded her first career double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds during the home opener. State of PlayThe Beach returned to the Walter Pyramid after a challenging two-game road swing.Long Beach has improved rebounding, defensive play, and late-game strategies through their tough non-conference slate. What’s Next<\/p>\n
As the season progresses, Long Beach aims to build on their recent performances against San Francisco, potentially leading to a shift in momentum for the remainder of the season.<\/p>\n
Bottom Line<\/p>\n
Continued growth from their young roster and strong individual performances are crucial for Long Beach to turn around their early season struggles and enhance their competitive edge moving forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Beach (0-4) faces off against the University of San Francisco (2-2) this Thursday in their eighth meeting,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":60853,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-61689","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\/61689","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=61689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61689\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}