Long Beach State Women’s Basketball Set to Take on UCLA in Thursday Matinee

Thursday, November 14

Los Angeles, Calif.

11:00 AM

Long Beach State University

UCLA

Photo by: John Fajardo

Long Beach State Women’s Basketball Set to Take on UCLA in Thursday Matinee

11/13/2019 3:17:00 PM | Women's Basketball

The Beach and the Bruins square off for the first time since 2002 on Thursday at 11 a.m. at Pauley Pavilion

By: Lindy Zamora, Associate Athletic Communications Director

Game #3
Long Beach State at UCLA
Date: Thursday, Nov. 14
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Arena: Pauley Pavilion
Location: Los Angeles, Calif.
Live Stats: StatBroadcast.com
Listen: 22WestMedia.com
Watch: Pac-12.com/live/ucla
Twitter: @BeachWBB

Complete LBSU Notes (PDF)

Long Beach State Women's Basketball Set to Take on UCLA in Thursday Matinee
The Long Beach State women's basketball team heads to UCLA to take on the Bruins for a mid-week contest on Thursday, Nov. 14 at 11 a.m. The Beach are 1-1 on the year and the Bruins are 2-0 after the first week of the season.

Getting Social
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About The Beach
• Long Beach State opened the 2019-20 season with a 1-1 record after coming up short in the season opener at California Baptist, 79-70, but trouncing Westcliff, 94-47, in the homecoming home opener.
• After just two games, the Beach have five players averaging double-figures led by junior Shanaijah Davison's 17.0 points per game. Behind Davison are Jasmine Hardy (15.0 ppg), Alexis Legan (12.0 ppg), Kianna Hamilton-Fisher (12.0 ppg), and Cydnee Kinslow (10.0 ppg).
• Cydnee Kinslow is the team's leading rebounder with 8.0 rebounds per game. Hot on her heels are teammates Lauren Green and Kristyna Jeskeova who each average 7.0 boards per game.
• The reigning Big West Conference Freshman of the Year, Justina King, has picked up right where she left off. She Beach's leader in assists a year ago paces this squad this season with nine assists, while adding 9.5 points per game.
• Kinslow set a new career-high on the defensive end with seven steals against Westcliff on Saturday as she was a huge contributor to LBSU's 21 steals which forced the Warriors into 34 turnovers.
• Long Beach State was chosen to finish eighth in the Big West Preseason Coaches Poll and sixth in the Media Preseason Poll.
• Shanaijah Davison was selected to the Big West Preseason All-Conference Team.
• Long Beach State has officially changed the nickname for all sports other than baseball to Beach with the NCAA. Please do not refer to LBSU basketball as the 49ers.

Scouting UCLA
UCLA kicked off the 2019-20 season with a pair of wins as the Bruins collected victories over Weber State, 84-45, and Loyola Marymount, 74-52. UCLA is shooting 43.9 percent from the field and averaging 79.5 points per game, while holding their opponents to 48.5 points per game.

The Bruins' leading scorer is Lindsey Corsaro, whose 16.0 points per game leads a quartet of double-figure scorers in Natalie Chou (12.0 ppg), Michaela Onyenwere (12.0 ppg), Charisma Osborne (10.0 ppg). Chou, along with Lauryn Miller, lead the Bruins with 7.5 rebounds per game, while Kayla Owens adds 7.0.

In addition to leading the team in scoring, Corsaro also leads UCLA with right assists, while Chou is the team leader with seven steals.

The Series: The Beach vs. The Bruins
Long Beach State and UCLA will meet for the 50th time in program history and the Bruins lead the all-time series 28-21. Thursday's meeting between the two programs will be the first since 2002 when UCLA defeated LBSU, 77-73. The Bruins have won the last three games against the Beach as Long Beach State looks to earn its first win over UCLA since 1987 when the Beach routed the Bruins, 103-57.

Offensive Output
The Beach opened the 2019-20 season strong offensively as five players are averaging double-figures. Junior Shanaijah Davison came off the bench and turned in a pair of solid performances as she leads the team with 17.0 points per game after notching her 16th 20-plus point effort with a 21-point showing against Westcliff during Homecoming. Sophomore Jasmine Hardy is second on the squad with 15.0 points per game after leading the Beach in scoring at California Baptist in the season opener with 14. Alexis Legan and Kianna Hamilton-Fisher each saw action in a single game last week and scored 12 points, while Cydnee Kinslow rounds out the Beach's top scorers with 10.0 points per game.

Cleaning up the Glass
Cydnee Kinslow led the rebounding charge last week as she grabbed a new career-high (11) at California Baptist in the Beach's season opener. Kinslow came back the next game and registered five boards to average 8.0 rebounds per game. Just behind Kinslow are Kianna Hamilton-Fisher, Lauren Green and Kristyna Jeskeova as the trio each average 7.0 boards per game.

Driving the Defense
A defensively strong team, Long Beach State averages 13.5 steals per game to go along with 4.5 blocks per game, while forcing 22.5 turnovers per game. Leading that charge thus far is senior Cydnee Kinslow as she swiped a career-high seven steals against Westcliff to force the Warriros into 34 turnovers as the Beach picked up 21 steals. In that game, Long Beach State capitalized on Westcliff's mistakes and scored a whopping 54 points off of turnovers to win by 47 points, just two points shy of tying the program record for largest margin of victory.

Up Next
Long Beach State returns to the Walter Pyramid to host Utah State on Monday, November 18 at 7 p.m. The contest pits the Beach against the Aggies for just the eighth time in program history.