LB Inks Three for 07-08

49ers Ink Three for 07-08

November 14, 2006

LONG BEACH, CA -- Long Beach State head coach, Mary Hegarty announced that three players -- LaTorya Barbee (Moreno Valley/Canyon Springs HS), Brittany Brumfield (Long Beach/Long Beach Poly HS), and Ashley Bookman (Redondo Beach/Redondo Union HS), have all signed National Letters-of-Intent to enroll at LBSU for the 2007-08 season.

“All three players come from excellent high school programs,” commented Hegarty. “We (coaching staff/Long Beach State women’s basketball) continue to recruit the best local players.”

Barbee averaged 7.9 points per game and dished out 75 assists and registered 43 steals as a junior last season. In her sophomore season, Canyon Springs went 31-4, and won the CIF Championship, before falling in the State Championship game. “LaTorya is a poised point guard with great quickness and the ability to defend the ball,” said Hegarty.

Brumfield averaged nearly four points per game, while registering 40 steals for Long Beach Poly as a sophomore during the 2004-05 season. Brumfield missed the majority of her junior season after suffering a knee injury during practice. “Brittany is an exciting playmaker who uses her speed extremely well, offensively and defensively.”

Bookman’s Redondo team defeated Brea Olinda, 56-53 in the Southern Section Division II-A Championship game in March – its third section title in the last six years. In the semifinals, Bookman scored nine points to lead Redondo to a 71-63 win over Cajon. “Ashley’s a versatile ‘four’ player,” said Hegarty. “She has the ability to play on the perimeter and run the floor.”

Long Beach State is currently 0-2 this season and hosts Montana State on Friday at 5 pm.

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