2023–24 Long Beach State Beach women's basketball team

The 2023–24 Long Beach State Beach women's basketball team represents California State University, Long Beach during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Beach, led by first-year head coach Amy Wright, play their home games at the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, California as members of the Big West Conference.

2023–24 Long Beach State Beach women's basketball
Conference	Big West Conference
Record	15-18 (8–12 Big West)
Head coach	Amy Wright (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Brian Rosario Jashae Lee Raru Archer
Home arena	Walter Pyramid
Seasons ← 2022–23 2024–25 →

2023–24 Big West women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Hawai'i	17	–	3		.850			20	–	12		.625
UC Irvine †	16	–	4		.800			23	–	9		.719
UC Riverside	13	–	7		.650			18	–	14		.563
Cal Poly	13	–	7		.650			17	–	14		.548
UC Davis	13	–	7		.650			20	–	14		.588
UC Santa Barbara	10	–	10		.500			16	–	15		.516
UC San Diego*	8	–	12		.400			12	–	19		.387
Long Beach State	8	–	12		.400			15	–	18		.455
Cal State Fullerton	6	–	14		.300			10	–	21		.323
Cal State Bakersfield	5	–	15		.250			8	–	21		.276
Cal State Northridge	1	–	19		.050			3	–	27		.100
* ineligible for the 2024 NCAA tournament due to transition period
† 2024 Big West tournament winner

Previous season

The Beach finished the 2022–23 season 23–10, 17–3 in Big West play to finish in second place.^[1] As the #2 seed in the Big West tournament, they defeated #10 seed UC Riverside in the quarterfinals,^[2] before falling to #3 seed and eventual tournament champions Hawaii in the semifinals.^[3] They received an at-large bid into the WNIT, where they would lose to San Diego in the first round.^[4]

On March 29, 2023, head coach Jeff Cammon announced that he would be stepping down, in order to take the head coaching position at Saint Mary's.^[5] On April 17, Oklahoma associate head coach Amy Wright was named the Beach's next head coach.^[6]

Roster

2023–24 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) Fr Billings Senior High School Billings, Montana G 1 Lovely Sonnier 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr South Carolina State San Francisco, California G 2 Savannah Tucker 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Clovis North High School Fresno, California G 3 Patricia Chung 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Mark Keppel High School Monterey Park, California G 4 Cheyenne Givens 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) GS Cal State Northridge Los Angeles, California F 5 Kennan Ka 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Mission Hills High School San Diego, California G 10 Casey Valenti Paea 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Jr Buffalo Melbourne, Australia F 12 Jada Crawshaw 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Sydney Comets Darwin, Australia F 21 Abby Shoff 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Enterprise High School Redding, California G 22 Sydney Woodley 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Cal State Northridge Menifee, California G 30 Olivia Moore 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Mead High School Spokane, Washington F 52 Davai Matthews 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Wayne Memorial High School Detroit, Michigan	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 18, 2024

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 8, 2023* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Biola	W 82–62	1–0	25 – Tucker	9 – Shoff	8 – Chung	Walter Pyramid (747) Long Beach, CA
November 12, 2023* 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Nevada	W 79–57	2–0	18 – Shoff	9 – Shoff	2 – 5 Tied	Walter Pyramid (1,050) Long Beach, CA
November 15, 2023* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at California Baptist	L 71–82	2–1	17 – Givens	7 – Woodley	6 – Valenti Paea	Fowler Events Center (590) Riverside, CA
November 21, 2023* 6:00 pm, MWN		at Fresno State	L 64–74	2–2	17 – Givens	7 – Tucker	3 – Chung	Save Mart Center (1,233) Fresno, CA
November 27, 2023* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Pepperdine	W 68–53	3–2	14 – Tucker	6 – Givens	4 – Chung	Firestone Fieldhouse (103) Malibu, CA
December 6, 2023* 5:00 pm, LHN		at No. 5 Texas	L 62–106	3–3	22 – Tucker	5 – Sonnier	3 – Valenti Paea	Moody Center (5,087) Austin, TX
December 15, 2023* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Colorado State Beach Classic	W 77–76	2–5	19 – 2 Tied	10 – Chung	3 – 2 Tied	Walter Pyramid (340) Long Beach, CA
December 16, 2023* 5:00 pm, ESPN+		Pacific Beach Classic	L 86–90	4–4	20 – Valenti Paea	7 – Woodley	5 – 2 Tied	Walter Pyramid  Long Beach, CA
December 19, 2023* 4:00 pm, ESPN+		San Francisco	W 81–79	5–4	17 – Tucker	8 – Matthews	5 – Matthews	Walter Pyramid (547) Long Beach, CA
December 21, 2023* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		No. 6 USC	L 77–85	5–5	17 – Tucker	10 – Crawshaw	2 – 4 Tied	Walter Pyramid (1,243) Long Beach, CA
Big West regular season
December 28, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Cal State Fullerton	L 61–67	5–6 (0–1)	17 – Valenti Paea	6 – 3 Tied	4 – Valenti Paea	Walter Pyramid (730) Long Beach, CA
December 30, 2023 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Cal State Northridge	W 76–58	6–6 (1–1)	19 – Givens	10 – Woodley	3 – Woodley	Premier America Credit Union Arena (159) Northridge, CA
January 4, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Cal Poly	L 56–64	6–7 (1–2)	13 – Tucker	8 – Matthews	5 – Valenti Paea	Walter Pyramid (569) Long Beach, CA
January 6, 2024 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at UC Riverside	L 43–49	6–8 (1–3)	11 – Valenti Paea	10 – Valenti Paea	5 – Valenti Paea	SRC Arena (121) Riverside, CA
January 11, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+		UC San Diego	L 30–45	6–9 (1–4)	8 – Sonnier	8 – Crawshaw	1 – 3 Tied	Walter Pyramid (535) Long Beach, CA
January 13, 2024 3:00 pm, ESPN+		UC Santa Barbara	L 56–69	6–10 (1–5)	14 – Valenti Paea	7 – Chung	4 – Givens	Walter Pyramid (853) Long Beach, CA
January 18, 2024 9:00 pm, ESPN+		at Hawaii	L 55-68	6-11 (1-6)	16 – Tucker	7 – Chung	3 – Woodley	Stan Sheriff Center (1,567) Honolulu, HI
January 25, 2024 11:00 am, ESPN+		at UC Irvine	L 59-74	6-12 (1-7)	16 – Valenti-Paea	9 – Chung	4 – Chung	Bren Events Center (2,294) Irvine, CA
January 27, 2024 3:00 pm, ESPN+		UC Riverside	W 54-52	7-12 (2-7)	18 – Woodley	7 – Woodley	3 – 2 Tied	Walter Pyramid  Long Beach, CA
February 1, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Cal State Bakersfield	W 70-57	8-12 (3-7)	24 – Chung	12 – Crawshaw	5 – Chung	Walter Pyramid (517) Long Beach, CA
February 3, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at UC San Diego	L 45-78	8-13 (3-8)	14 – Valenti Paea	6 – Valenti Paea	3 – Chung	LionTree Arena (568) La Jolla, CA
February 10, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Cal Poly	L 76-84	8-14 (3-9)	17 – Crawshaw	7 – Tucker	3 – 2 Tied	Mott Athletics Center (1,294) San Luis Obispo, CA
February 15, 2024 7:00 pm, SPECTSN/ESPN+		UC Davis	W 78-52	9-14 (4-9)	17 – Valenti-Paea	8 – 2 Tied	3 – 2 Tied	Walter Pyramid (661) Long Beach, CA
February 17, 2024 3:00 pm, ESPN+		Cal State Northridge	W 86-62	10-14 (5-9)	21 – Woodley	10 – Crawshaw	4 – 2 Tied	Walter Pyramid (1,002) Long Beach, CA
February 22, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Cal State Bakersfield	W 69-67	11-14 (6-9)	20 – Tucker	10 – Matthews	4 – Tucker	Icardo Center (515) Bakersfield, CA
February 24, 2024 3:00 pm, SPECTSN/ESPN+		Hawaii	L 68-80	11-15 (6-10)	14 – Givens	8 – Woodley	4 – Chung	Walter Pyramid (1,504) Long Beach, CA
February 29, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Cal State Fullerton	W 74-59	12-15 (7-10)	16 – Valenti-Paea	8 – Crawshaw	4 – Valenti-Paea	Titan Gym  Fullerton, CA
March 2, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+		UC Irvine	L 76-86 ^OT	12-16 (7-11)	21 – Woodley	9 – 2 Tied	11 – Valenti Paea	Walter Pyramid (819) Long Beach, CA
March 7, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at UC Santa Barbara	W 75-69	13-16 (8-11)	17 – Tucker	6 – Woodley	5 – Chung	The Thunderdome (678) Santa Barbara, CA
March 9, 2024 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at UC Davis	L 58-70	13-17 (8-12)	11 – Tucker	6 – Crawshaw	2 – Tucker	University Credit Union Center (917) Davis, CA
Big West tournament
March 13, 2024 2:30 pm, ESPN+	(7)	vs. (6) UC Santa Barbara First Round	W 90-75	14-17	17 – Tucker	10 – Chung	6 – Woodley	Dollar Loan Center (557) Henderson, NV
March 14, 2024 12:00 pm, ESPN+	(7)	vs. (3) UC Riverside Quarterfinals	W 83-75 ^OT	15-17	20 – Chung	10 – Woodley	4 – 2 Tied	Dollar Loan Center (580) Henderson, NV
March 15, 2024 2:30 pm, ESPN+	(7)	vs. (2) UC Irvine Semifinals	L 57-69	15-18	13 – Valenti-Paea	7 – Sonnier	3 – Sonnier	Dollar Loan Center (1,239) Henderson, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific.

Sources:^[7][8]

References

1. "2022-23 Women's Basketball Standings". The Big West. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
2. "No. 2 Seed Long Beach State Rallies to Defeat No. 10 Seed UC Riverside in The Big West Quarterfinals". Long Beach State University Athletics. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
3. "Hawaii women's basketball advances to Big West finals". KHON-TV. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
4. "Neubert's Historic Night Powers Toreros Past Long Beach State in WNIT". University of San Diego Athletics. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
5. "Women's Basketball: Jeff Cammon Leaving Long Beach State for St. Mary's". BVM Sports. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
6. "Former A&M assistant Wright hired at Long Beach State". The Eagle. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
7. "2023-24 Women's Basketball Schedule". Long Beach State University Athletics. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
8. "Long Beach State Beach 2023-24 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved January 18, 2024.