{"id":63589,"date":"2025-11-21T11:45:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T11:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/63589\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T11:45:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T11:45:18","slug":"fatigued-beach-fall-short-of-comeback-victory-drop-to-0-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/63589\/","title":{"rendered":"Fatigued Beach fall short of comeback victory, drop to 0-5"},"content":{"rendered":"

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LBSU junior forward Kennan Ka sizes up a defender in The Beach’s 68-55 loss to the University of San Francisco at the Gold Mine on Thursday, Nov. 20. Charlotte LoCicero | Long Beach Current <\/p>\n

Long Beach State women\u2019s basketball shot 11% in the fourth quarter, falling short of a comeback in a 68-55 loss against the University of San Francisco, as The Beach fell to 0-5, their worst start to the season since 2018-19, at the Gold Mine on Thursday, Nov. 20.<\/p>\n

An offensive duel broke out early between LBSU freshman guard Brynna Pukis<\/a> and Dons sophomore guard Candy Edokpaigbe<\/a>, as they combined for 15 points in the first quarter.<\/p>\n

LBSU opened up the game with its first seven points all courtesy of Pukis, as she knocked down a three to break her career-high in points in the first as The Beach trailed 8-7.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s what she\u2019s supposed to be doing. She\u2019s just had a rough start, she\u2019s had a typical freshman start,\u201d LBSU head coach Amy Wright said. \u201cBut we need her to hit those threes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Edokpaigbe\u2019s eight first quarter points on an efficient 75% from the field had the Dons (3-2) up six before four-straight points from LBSU sophomore forward Judit Oliva Fernandez<\/a> brought The Beach just behind at 17-16 at the end of the first.<\/p>\n

After scoring a career-high of 29 in her previous game, sophomore guard JaQuoia Jones-Brown<\/a> finished with just one point in the first, but changed the tide quickly with nine straight points early in the second.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Costly giveaways by LBSU contributed to 12 points off turnovers in the second quarter, as a layup from USF freshman forward Nata\u0161a Tau\u0161ov\u00e1<\/a> gave the Dons a 14 point lead before a Jones-Brown quarter-ending three sent The Beach into the break down 41-30.<\/p>\n

The Beach came out the break connecting on all cylinders, as they went on a 11-2 run to claw back within two.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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LBSU sophomore guard Judit Oliva Fernanadez attempts a layup over a defender in The Beach\u2019s fifth straight loss to open the season at the Gold Mine on Thursday, Nov. 20. Charlotte LoCicero | Long Beach Current<\/p>\n

The offensive duel between Edokpaigbe and Pukis continued throughout the third quarter as they combined for 13 points, as double digit points from Tau\u0161ov\u00e1 contributed to the Dons six-point lead entering the fourth.<\/p>\n

After outscoring USF in the third, LBSU\u2019s offense disappeared completely, shooting 11% from the field, scoring just six points in the quarter.<\/p>\n

Wright saw fatigue in her team that led to the lack of offensive success in the fourth.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cFatigue set in\u2026we ran one play, I think it took us 26 seconds to run and it\u2019s literally a 12 second play because we\u2019re tired,\u201d Wright said.<\/p>\n

Points in the paint was the path to a 68-55 victory for the Dons, as they outscored The Beach 40-18 inside the paint, allowing Edokpaigbe to finish with 22 points to lead all scorers ahead of 20 points from Jones-Brown.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Beach dropped to 0-5 as they travel up to Oregon to take on the Oregon State Beavers on Sunday, Nov. 23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LBSU junior forward Kennan Ka sizes up a defender in The Beach’s 68-55 loss to the University of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63590,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-63589","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\/63589","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=63589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}