Long Beach State University
Oregon
Women's Basketball Continues Road Trip At No. 3 Oregon
12/1/2018 10:48:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Tipoff is scheduled for 2 p.m. on Sunday.
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Game:....................................... Long Beach State at Oregon
Date:........................................... Sunday, December 2, 2018
Time:....................................................................... 2:00 p.m.
Location:......................................................... Eugene, Ore.
Arena:.................................. Matthew Knight Arena (13,369)
TV:................................................................................. None
TV Talent:..................................................................... None
Radio:.................................... 22 West Radio, HD FM 88.1-3
Radio Talent:............................... Zach Anderson-Yoxsimer
Webcast:........................................................ GoDucks.com
Live Stats:.............................................. beachlivestats.com
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RIGHT AWAY
• Oregon leads the all-time series 6-5, though the momentum is in favor of the Ducks, who have one six straight after Long Beach State won the first five meetings. The Beach and Oregon last played in March, 2016, when the Ducks prevailed in the WNIT despite 22 points from Raven Benton in a 84-76 defeat.
• A unanimous preseason All-Big West selection to start the season, sophomore Shanaijah Davison has picked up where she left off after an outstanding freshman season. Long Beach State's leading scorer, averaging 14.7 points per game, Davison has scored over 20 points three times in 2018-19. The sophomore also passed 500 points scored against Montana State in just her 36th game at the Beach.
• Davison had an incredible game in the opening contest of the season, scoring a career-high 34 points with five rebounds, six assists and three steals, but Long Beach State came up just shy despite that effort in an 85-83 loss to California Baptist. The sophomore also had the first double-double of the season in Long Beach State's win over Idaho, scoring 25 points with a career-high 12 rebounds.
• Sophomore Naomi Hunt led Long Beach State with 21 points on the road at Utah, her third career 20-point game despite the loss. Hunt is now averaging 11.3 points per game, third on the team, and tops in the squad in rebounding and shooting percentage, both from the field and from three-point range.
THE PLAYERS
• The Beach is very young still in 2018-19, with 80% of available minutes going to freshman and sophomores so far this season. Long Beach State's lone senior, Martina McCowan, started the first four games of the season, averaging 3.8 points and 2.8 rebounds. The team's other returning upperclassman is junior Aaryon Green, who started the first two games of the season and is averaging just over two points and two rebounds per game.
 • Long Beach State should be a dangerous team from behind the arc this season with a number of great shooters on the squad. The Beach started the week leading the Big West with 7.7 made threes per game, and has five players shooting 30% or better from behind the arc, led by Naomi Hunt who has made 16 threes while shooting 55.2 percent.
 • Junior Sydney Bordonaro has stepped up in a leadership role in her junior season. A graduate transfer from Pepperdine, Bordonaro has been excellent for the Beach in her first season, averaging 6.8 points per game while shooting 38.1 percent from three.
 • Freshman Justin King came to the Beach fresh off an international appearance with Team Canada at the 2018 FIBA U18 Americas Championship. A Scarborough, Canada native, King has transitioned well into the collegiate game, starting every game so far for Long Beach State and leading the team in assists while averaging 12.3 points per game, including a 29-point performance against Montana State.
 • Jasmine Hardy and assistant coach Bryan Camacho have ties dating back before this season at Long Beach State, as Camacho was her head coach at Bishop Alemany HS where Hardy starred for four seasons. Hardy's made a quick adjustment to college ball, averaging 7.0 points per game while adding 2.3 rebounds per game and making two starts on the season.
 • Two other freshmen have made solid contributions in the early part of the season. Kianna Hamilton-Fisher has averaged 6.3 points per game while making a team-high 19 steals. Lauren Green has played in every game this season, starting three games and averaging 4.1 rebounds per game, including a career-high 12 rebounds against Idaho.
 • Long Beach State welcomed back one of their injured players as Bria Rice returned to action, making her LBSU debut against Montana State. Rice sat out last season as a Division I transfer, coming to the Beach from Arizona.
 • Cydnee Kinslow as a Division I transfer will be required to sit out the 2018-19 campaign but will be ready to contribute for the Beach in two seasons. The Beach is also awaiting the return of Ma'Qhi Berry, McCowan, and Chloe Gaynor.
 THIS AND THAT
• Jeff Cammon returned to the Beach in 2017 after having served as an assistant coach for Long Beach State from 2008-14. He brings a wealth of coaching experience after having spent time at Cal and Colorado before making his return to LBSU.
 • A very young squad in 2017-18 reeled off five straight wins to close the regular season and push up to sixth place in the Big West standings in Jeff Cammon's first year at the helm. Long Beach State had lost four starters and eight letterwinners the 2016-17 NCAA Tournament team, and ultimately started three freshman throughout the season.
 • Long Beach State is excited to have received a commitment from Christina Thames of Las Vegas, a 6-4 forward who will be joining the program in 2018-19. As a junior, Thames averaged 10 points and 12 rebounds per game at Shadow Ridge High School.
 • Long Beach State once again hosted the Beach Classic, and split during their two games as part of the tournament, falling to Northern Iowa before defeating Idaho. Boise State was the Classic champion after winning by one point over the Panthers. Shanaijah Davison was selected for the All-Tournament Team for Long Beach State.
 • The Beach Classic is just part of a tremendous home schedule that sees Long Beach State hosting 17 games in the Walter Pyramid this season. In addition to eight great Big West games, The Beach also welcomes a pair of Pac-12 opponents in USC and Arizona, and also plays Nevada and New Mexico from the Mountain West.Â
 • Long Beach State is continuing its partnership with 22 West Media (formerly KBEACH) to provide online and HD radio broadcasts of every single game this season. Jay Holloway and Zachary Anderson-Yoxsimer will share the call throughout the season.
 • A win over Oregon would snap a 30-year streak in the first Top 10 (and Top 5) win for the Beach. The last Top 10 win for LBSU was during the 1988 season when the Beach defeated Iowa in the Elite Eight. Long Beach State's last ranked win came in 2014, when the Beach defeated No. 18 California.
