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FULL 2002-03 SCHEDULE RECORD: 6-8 BIG WEST: 3-0 HOME: 3-4, AWAY: 3-3, NEUTRAL: 0-1
BEACH HOST TWO THIS WEEK, BEFORE HEADING OUT ON FOUR-GAME ROADTRIP
The first place 49ers (6-8, 3-0 BWC) will host two games this week, CS Northridge (1-15, 1-4 BWC) on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. and Pacific (5-10, 2-2 BWC) on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. The Beach will then head out on the road for a four-game roadtrip beginning in the Central Coast on January 30. LBSU is looking for their best conference start in over a decade, if they can improve to 4-0 and 5-0 in conference, they will match the 1991-92 team's start. Senior forward Glory Johnson and sophomore guard Candice Wilson are averaging 20.0 points and 15.0 points, respectively, in conference. Defending Big West Champion UCSB is now in the rearview mirror after losing to UOP last week. That matchup with LBSU will be in four games, on February 1.
JANUARY 23 | CS NORTHRIDGE (1-15, 1-4)
NOTES: The Matadors picked up their first win of the year at home against Pacific two weeks ago (57-50), UOP then went on to defeat UCSB... Ofa Tulikihihifo is coming off a triple double in a loss to Cal Poly and leads the club with 14.2 points per game and 7.9 rebounds per game... Long Beach native junior Kim Gildersleeve (Wilson HS) is the team's starting guard averaging 7.3 points and a team-best 2.9 assists per game... every player is new to the squad (now nine) for first year Head Coach Tammy Holder.
JANUARY 25 | PACIFIC (5-10, 2-2 BWC)
NOTES: The Tigers play at Irvine on Thursday... UOP won their first ever game over a nationally-ranked opponent when they upset No. 19-ranked UCSB in their last time out at home (74-65)...Pacific has defeated Cal Poly and lost at CSUN and at Idaho... 6-3 forward Gillian d'Hondt is the BWC Player of the Week after a moster week averaging 25.0 points and 15.0 rebounds per game... d'Hondt leads the club with 14.7 points and 7.5 rebounds per game... guard Nancy Dinges is averaging 11.6 points and 5.0 rebounds... Craig Jackson is in his first year at UOP. RUNNING THE SHOW
Dallas Bolla enters her eighth season as the head coach of LBSU basketball. The Beach have gone 112-105 in her seven-plus years, winning at least 16 games in each of the last four. The 49ers have won 10 Big West games in five of Bolla's seven seasons.
STARTING TO FIND THE GROOVE
Since The Beach lost starting center Jayme Connors (ankle) for the season in mid-December, the 49ers have been looking for that second and third scoring option to compliment Big West leading scorer Glory Johnson. Candice Wilson (15.0 ppg) and Jinga Gosschalk (10.7 ppg) are doing just that, in part with an outside game which is a combined 10-for-26 (39%). In the previous six games, without Connors, the team was 1-4, with no player, besides Johnson, averaging over seven points per game.
WHAT A DIFFERENCE LEAGUE MAKES
Since starting league play, LBSU is averaging 72.0 points and shooting 46%. The Beach are outrebounding their opponents 41 to 33. From the time Connors was injured until the last non-conference game with USF, The Beach were 1-4, averaging 58.8 points per game, shooting 37% and being out rebounded 44.0 to 38.0.
SLOW START, BIG FINISHES
Its not how you start, but how you finish. Traditionally slow starters, in each of Dallas Bolla's eight seasons, the team has never started its first 10 games with a winning record, BUT, they have finished with a winning record in five of her first seven seasons, including the last four.
1998-99: Start: 5-5, Finish: 13-6, Overall: 18-11
1999-00: Start: 5-5, Finish: 17-6, Overall: 22-11
2000-01: Start: 3-7, Finish: 14-6, Overall: 17-13
2001-02: Start: 3-7, Finish: 13-6, Overall: 16-13
2002-03: Start: 3-7, So Far: 3-1
JANUARY 15 | LBSU 73, @IDAHO 61
LBSU 30-43--73 (Johnson 24 pts, Team: 48%)
ID 27-34--61 (Thoelke 16 pts, Team: 38%)
Glory Johnson and Candice Wilson combined for 42 points on 18-of-23 shooting in leading LBSU to a 3-0 start in conference. Wilson added a career-tying nine assists to go along with her 18 points and four steals. The game was not without a downside as freshman reserve forward Deja Blevins was lost for the season after landing awkwardly on her left knee near the end of the first half and tearing her ACL. Lauren Bull's three with 1:40 left was the final nail, giving LBSU a 64-57 lead after Idaho went on a 5-0 run to close the gap.
KEEPING THE STREAK ALIVE
This is the second time in Dallas Bolla's eight seasons that the team has started the conference schedule 3-0. The last time The Beach went unblemished after four and five games was back in 1991-92, under Glenn McDonald. McDonald's team went 5-0 before falling to UCSB. If they can go to 6-0, the 49ers will be starting the conference slate just as strong as the Joan Bonvicini-led teams of 1988-89 and 1987-88, who both went 18-0. The 1987-88 squad reached their second straight Final Four.
NOT THE ROARING 20s, BUT GLORY-OUS
Senior Glory Johnson (Phoenix, AZ) has had three 20-point games this season, including 24 in her last tour stop in Idaho. Johnson has had at least 15 points in each of her last seven games, leading the Big West with a 16.6 point per game clip. Johnson ranks amongst BWC leaders in scoring, rebounding, blocks, and shooting (field goal and free throw).
WILSON DISHES THEM UP
Sophomore guard Candice Wilson (Sacramento) tied her career-high with nine assists at Idaho last week, after dishing out another eight the week before against UC Riverside. Wilson has also hit for 18 and 19 points, respectively, over her last two games after not reaching double digits in her previous five. Wilson is averaging 10.6 points and 5.0 assists per game on the year.
BAKING THE BOARDS
Junior Jennifer Baker (Riverdale, MD) has grabbed at least five rebounds in each of her last seven games, moving herself onto the league leaderboard with 5.7 rebounds per game. Baker is averaging 9.5 points per game over her last two games, and 6.5 points per game on the year.
BULL MARKET FROM THREE
The sharpshooter in Lauren Bull (Rockford, IL) has awkakened, tallying two three's in the last game at Idaho. Bull scored nine points that night and has had at least five in her previous four games. Bull had scored just 18 points from November 25 to December 28.
WELCOME TO M*A*S*H 4077
The 49ers have three players out for the season, due to injury, setting available players at 10. The setback was to freshman reserve forward Deja Blevins (Atlanta, GA) at Idaho, when she tore the ACL in her left knee. Starting center Jayme Connors (Las Vegas, NV), was lost for the season after six games, after fracturing a bone in her left ankle. Freshman Liz Sun (Chatsworth, CA) suffered an ACL injury to her knee in a spring tournament game and is currently in rehabilitation.
49ERS PICKED TO FINISH THIRD
The Beach were picked to finish third in both the Big West Coaches and Media polls. UC Santa Barbara, winners of the last seven conference titles, was picked to win it, again, followed by Pacific and LBSU. The next tier features Idaho, Cal Poly, UC Irvine and UC Riverside, while CS Fullerton and CS Northridge make up the rest.
REACHING THE PRO'S
Jackie Moore (1998-2001), the former Big West Conference Player of the Year (2001) was a reserve for the Indiana Fever of the WNBA in 2002. Moore played in 18 games, starting two, scoring 42 points and adding 29 rebounds.
ON THE TUBE
The 49ers will be featured twice on television this season. The Sunshine Network broadcast the game from The Pyramid on December 1, while KDOC-LA, as part of the Big West television package, will broadcast the heated UCSB-49er home matchup on February 26.
TRANSFERS WILL REDSHIRT
Six-foot-six German National Team member junior Petra Glaeser (UNLV) and sophomore guard Crystal McCutcheon (Pepperdine) will both redshirt after transferring from Division-I institutions, as per NCAA guidelines.
SANTOS COMPLETES RECRUITING CLASS
Brazilian National Teamer Fernanda Santos (Sao Paulo, Brazil) has signed a National Letter of Intent for the 2003-04 season. Santos is the second National Teamer to commit to play for The Beach for the 2003-04 season. Santos, a 6-3 guard, will play her sophomore season at Grayson Junior College (TX) after playing at Lee University (TN) as a freshman. |
