Long Beach State Hosts Cal Poly, Travels to UC Santa Barbara

Thursday, January 17

Long Beach, Calif.

7 p.m.

Long Beach State University

Cal Poly

Long Beach State Hosts Cal Poly, Travels to UC Santa Barbara

1/16/2019 10:40:00 AM | Women's Basketball

The Beach play the Mustangs Thursday night, before taking on the Gauchos on Saturday

By: Lindy Zamora, Associate Athletic Communications Director

Game: Long Beach State vs. Cal Poly
Date: Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Long Beach, Calif.
Arena: Walter Pyramid (4,200)
Radio: 22 West Radio
Radio Talent: Jay Holloway
Webcast: Beach Vision
Live Stats: BeachLiveStats.com

Game: Long Beach State at UC Santa Barbara
Date: Friday, Jan. 19, 2019
Time: 4 p.m.
Location: Santa Barbara, Calif.
Arena: The Thunderdome
Radio: 22 West Radio
Radio Talent: Jay Holloway
Webcast: BigWest.TV
Live Stats: UCSBGauchos.com

Complete LBSU Notes (PDF)

Long Beach State Hosts Cal Poly, Travels to UC Santa Barbara
After having won their last three games, the Long Beach State women's basketball team looks to extend that streak this week when the Beach hosts Cal Poly on Thursday, Jan. 17 inside the Walter Pyramid at 7 p.m., before taking on UC Santa Barbara on Saturday, Jan. 19 at 4 p.m. at the Thunderdome.

Right Away
• The Beach kicked off Big West Conference action with a 63-45 road win at UC Riverside. With the win, Long Beach State has now won its last three games.
• Long Beach State hosts Cal Poly on Thursday night. The Beach lead the all-time series against the Mustangs with a 45-22 record. However, Cal Poly has won the last three meetings.
• LBSU travels to UC Santa Barbara for a Saturday contest. In the all-time series, the Gauchos hold a slight edge over the Beach as UCSB owns a 51-50 record after having won the last two match ups.
• In the game at UCR, Long Beach State saw four players score in double figures as Cydnee Kinslow led the way with a career-high 14 points. Joining Kinslow in double-figures were Justina King (13 points), Naomi Hunt (11 points), and Shanaijah Davison (11 points).
• The Beach were solid on the boards as Jasmine Hardy grabbed a career-high 10 rebounds to go along with eight points, narrowly missing a double-double.
• The Beach is a young team, with over 80% of available minutes going to freshman and sophomores this season. Only graduate transfer Sydney Bordonaro has played over 150 minutes among upperclassmen, while Long Beach State's top four scorers are all freshmen and sophomores.
• 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 15.0 points per game, Davison has scored over 20 points four times in 2018-19. The sophomore also passed 500 points scored against Montana State in just her 36th game at the Beach.
• Freshman Justina 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 8.9 points per game, including a 29-point performance against Montana State.

The Players
• Long Beach State continues be a dangerous team from behind the arc this season with a number of great shooters on the squad. The Beach is fourth in the Big West with 6.3 made threes per game, and has five players shooting 30% or better from behind the arc, led by Naomi Hunt who has made 28 threes while shooting 42.4 percent.
• The Beach got a roster boost in the form of Illinois transfer Cydnee Kinslow who was cleared to join the team in late December. Kinslow immediately stepped into the starting lineup, and helped lead Long Beach State to a 63-45 victory over UC Riverside as she led the team with a career-high 14 points.
• Junior Sydney Bordonaro has stepped up to play an important role in her first season at Long Beach State. A graduate transfer from Pepperdine, Bordonaro has been excellent for the Beach off of the bench, averaging 5.7 points per game while shooting 31.7 percent from three.
• Freshman Kianna Hamilton-Fisher has continued to play a larger role as the season progresses. She leads the team in steals (28) and is averaging 5.4 points per game.
• Lauren Green has been an important post presence for the Beach in her first season. Starting 10 games and playing in each game this season, Green leads the team in blocked shots with nine on the year.
• 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 has made a quick adjustment to college ball, averaging 7.4 points per game while adding 3,4 rebounds per game and making three starts on the season. Most recently, she collected a career-high 10 rebounds at UC Riverside in a 63-45 Beach win.
• Shanaijah 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. Davison is leads the team in scoring with 14.5 points per game, while adding 3.5 rebounds per game, 30 assists and 22 steals.

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 2019-20. 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.
• 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.

Next Up
Long Beach State hosts a pair of Big West Conference opponents as the Beach welcome UC Riverside and CSUN to the Pyramid. LBSU and UCR will face off on Thursday, Jan. 24 at 7 p.m., before the Beach and the Matadors go head-to-head on Saturday, Jan. 26 at 4 p.m.