2024–25 Long Beach State Beach women's basketball team

2024–25 Long Beach State Beach women's basketball
2024–25 Long Beach State Beach women's basketball
Conference	Big West Conference
Record	16–14 (12–8 Big West)
Head coach	Amy Wright (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Brian Rosario; Jashae Lee; Raru Archer;
Home arena	Walter Pyramid

2024–25 Big West women's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Hawai'i	16	–	4	.800	22	–	10	.688
UC Irvine	15	–	5	.750	21	–	10	.677
UC Davis	13	–	7	.650	21	–	12	.636
UC San Diego †	13	–	7	.650	20	–	16	.556
UC Santa Barbara	12	–	8	.600	18	–	13	.581
	12	–	8	.600	16	–	14	.533
UC Riverside	12	–	8	.600	17	–	15	.531
Cal Poly	8	–	12	.400	14	–	18	.438
Cal State Fullerton	5	–	15	.250	7	–	23	.233
Cal State Bakersfield	2	–	18	.100	2	–	28	.067
Cal State Northridge	2	–	18	.100	4	–	25	.138

† 2025 Big West tournament winner

The 2024–25 Long Beach State Beach women's basketball team represented California State University, Long Beach during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Beach, led by second-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 2023–24 season 15–18, 8–12 in Big West play, to finish in a tie for seventh place.^[1] They defeated UC Santa Barbara^[2] and upset UC Riverside,^[3] before falling to eventual tournament champions UC Irvine in the semifinals of the Big West tournament.^[4]

Roster

2024–25 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)	So	Billings Senior High School	Billings, MT
G	1	Lovely Sonnier	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	South Carolina State	San Francisco, CA
G	2	Savannah Tucker	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	Clovis North High School	Fresno, CA
G	3	Patricia Chung	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Sr	Mark Keppel High School	Monterey Park, CA
G	4	Tairat Samuel-Afolabi	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Fr	Fryshuset Gymnasium	Stockholm, Sweden
F	5	Kennan Ka	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS So	Mission Hills High School	San Diego, CA
G	10	Christy Reynoso	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)	Fr	Sierra Canyon School	Los Angeles, CA
F	11	Rachel Loobie	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	GS	Wright State	Indianapolis, IN
F	12	Jada Crawshaw	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Sydney Comets	Darwin, Australia
F	21	Brelynn Brice	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Lincoln High School	Stockton, CA
F	22	Mykelle Richards	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Etiwanda High School	San Bernardino, CA
G	30	JaQuoia Jones-Brown	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Fr	Westlake High School	Atlanta, GA
C	33	Haley Wright	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Valencia Basket	Valencia, Spain
F	42	Judit Oliva Fernandez	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS Fr	South Florida	El Prat de Llobregat, Spain

Head coach

Amy Wright (Arkansas)

Assistant coach(es)

Brian Rosario (San Diego)
Jashae Lee (Murray State)
Raru Archer (Texas Southern)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: January 20, 2025

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 6, 2024* 6:00 p.m.		Cal State Los Angeles	W 77–67	–	15 – Crawshaw	12 – Chung	4 – Chung	Walter Pyramid (645) Long Beach, CA
Regular season
November 9, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		William & Mary	W 67–65	1–0	13 – Sonnier	8 – 2 tied	3 – 3 tied	Walter Pyramid (1,093) Long Beach, CA
November 15, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Pacific	L 65–81	1–1	16 – Tucker	8 – Jones-Brown	5 – Tucker	Alex G. Spanos Center (553) Stockton, CA
November 17, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Sacramento State	W 69–68	2–1	29 – Tucker	9 – Oliva Fernandez	5 – Tucker	Hornets Nest (411) Sacramento, CA
November 22, 2024* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Toledo	L 72–79	2–2	17 – Chung	7 – Jones-Brown	3 – 2 tied	Savage Arena (4,046) Toledo, OH
November 24, 2024* 11:00 a.m., B1G+		at Michigan	L 56–111	2–3	12 – Sonnier	6 – Chung	3 – Chung	Crisler Center (2,753) Ann Arbor, MI
December 1, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Pepperdine	W 68–61	3–3	15 – 2 tied	14 – Loobie	3 – 3 tied	Walter Pyramid (620) Long Beach, CA
December 5, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		Cal State Fullerton	W 67–56	4–3 (1–0)	16 – Tucker	12 – Crawshaw	4 – 2 tied	Walter Pyramid (779) Long Beach, CA
December 7, 2024 9:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Hawaii	W 73–69 ^OT	5–3 (2–0)	23 – Tucker	12 – Loobie	5 – Chung	Stan Sheriff Center (1,762) Honolulu, HI
December 14, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		No. 1 UCLA	L 51–102	5–4	19 – Crawshaw	4 – 3 tied	6 – Tucker	Walter Pyramid (2,463) Long Beach, CA
December 19, 2024* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		Elon	L 67–68	5–5	17 – Jones-Brown	7 – 2 tied	6 – Chung	Walter Pyramid (718) Long Beach, CA
December 30, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Bethesda	W 122–49	6–5	21 – Richards	12 – 2 tied	6 – Chung	Walter Pyramid (500) Long Beach, CA
January 2, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at UC Riverside	W 63–48	7–5 (3–0)	22 – Tucker	9 – Loobie	3 – 2 tied	SRC Arena (136) Riverside, CA
January 4, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Cal State Bakersfield	W 58–43	8–5 (4–0)	16 – Crawshaw	10 – Jones-Brown	1 – 7 tied	Walter Pyramid (579) Long Beach, CA
January 11, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		UC Davis	W 73–60	9–5 (5–0)	22 – Tucker	7 – 2 tied	4 – Sonnier	Walter Pyramid (754) Long Beach, CA
January 16, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at UC San Diego	L 68–79	9–6 (5–1)	26 – Tucker	8 – Loobie	4 – Crawshaw	LionTree Arena (1,982) La Jolla, CA
January 18, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Cal State Fullerton	W 72–60	10–6 (6–1)	20 – Crawshaw	12 – Loobie	4 – 2 tied	Titan Gym (193) Fullerton, CA
January 23, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		Cal State Northridge	W 88–75	11–6 (7–1)	24 – Tucker	12 – Crawshaw	3 – 2 tied	The Gold Mine (620) Long Beach, CA
January 25, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN+/SSN		Cal Poly	L 71–78	11–7 (7–2)	13 – Loobie	9 – Loobie	6 – Jones-Brown	The Gold Mine (606) Long Beach, CA
January 30, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at UC Irvine	L 47–61	11–8 (7–3)	13 – Crawshaw	11 – Crawshaw	5 – Crawshaw	Bren Events Center (672) Irvine, CA
February 1, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		UC Santa Barbara	L 68–77	11–9 (7–4)	27 – Tucker	14 – Lobbie	6 – Chung	Walter Pyramid (1,112) Long Beach, CA
February 6, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at UC Davis	L 57–71	11–10 (7–5)	26 – Tucker	15 – Loobie	3 – Chung	University Credit Union Center (433) Davis, CA
February 8, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Cal State Northridge	W 88–65	12–10 (8–5)	33 – Tucker	12 – Loobie	4 – Chung	Premier America Credit Union Arena (200) Northridge, CA
February 13, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		Hawaii	L 65–72	12–11 (8–6)	19 – Tucker	6 – Crawshaw	4 – Crawshaw	Walter Pyramid (591) Long Beach, CA
February 20, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		UC Riverside	W 75–69	13–11 (9–6)	19 – Tucker	8 – Loobie	4 – Crawshaw	Walter Pyramid (629) Long Beach, CA
February 22, 2025 4:00 p.m., ESPN+		at UC Santa Barbara	L 58–73	13–12 (9–7)	17 – Tucker	11 – Loobie	3 – Jones-Brown	The Thunderdome (965) Santa Barbara, CA
February 27, 2025 6:30 p.m., ESPN+		at Cal State Bakersfield	W 82–70	14–12 (10–7)	19 – Tucker	10 – Loobie	5 – Chung	Icardo Center (304) Bakersfield, CA
March 1, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN+/SSN		UC Irvine	W 73–52	15–12 (11–7)	21 – Chung	18 – Loobie	5 – Chung	Walter Pyramid (958) Long Beach, CA
March 6, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		UC San Diego	L 51–82	15–13 (11–8)	16 – Crawshaw	8 – Jones-Brown	7 – Chung	Walter Pyramid (623) Long Beach, CA
March 8, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Cal Poly	W 72–64	16–13 (12–8)	18 – 2 tied	10 – Loobie	3 – 2 tied	Mott Athletics Center (773) San Luis Obispo, CA
Big West tournament
March 12, 2025 2:30 p.m., ESPN+	(6)	vs. (7) UC Riverside First round	L 40–54	16–14	8 – Loobie	12 – Loobie	2 – Tucker	Lee's Family Forum (882) Henderson, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific.

Sources:^[5]^[6]

References

^ "2023-24 Women's Basketball Standings". The Big West. Retrieved January 20, 2025.
^ Bryant, Victor (March 13, 2024). "UC Santa Barbara Women's Basketball Eliminated From Big West Tournament by Long Beach State". Santa Barbara Independent. Retrieved January 20, 2025.
^ Guardabascio, Mike (March 14, 2024). "Long Beach State Women Win Overtime Tournament Thriller, Advance to Semis". The562.org. Retrieved January 20, 2025.
^ Carr, Janis (March 15, 2024). "UC Irvine women beat Long Beach State to reach Big West Tournament title game". Daily Breeze. Retrieved January 20, 2025.
^ "2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". Long Beach State University Athletics. Retrieved January 20, 2025.
^ "Long Beach State Beach Schedule 2024-25". ESPN. Retrieved January 20, 2025.

[1] "2023-24 Women's Basketball Standings". The Big West. Retrieved January 20, 2025.

[2] Bryant, Victor (March 13, 2024). "UC Santa Barbara Women's Basketball Eliminated From Big West Tournament by Long Beach State". Santa Barbara Independent. Retrieved January 20, 2025.

[3] Guardabascio, Mike (March 14, 2024). "Long Beach State Women Win Overtime Tournament Thriller, Advance to Semis". The562.org. Retrieved January 20, 2025.

[4] Carr, Janis (March 15, 2024). "UC Irvine women beat Long Beach State to reach Big West Tournament title game". Daily Breeze. Retrieved January 20, 2025.

[5] "2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". Long Beach State University Athletics. Retrieved January 20, 2025.

[6] "Long Beach State Beach Schedule 2024-25". ESPN. Retrieved January 20, 2025.

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