Saturday, February 17
Long Beach, Calif.
3:00 PM
Long Beach State University
10-14,5-9Big West
86
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CSUN
2-23,0-15Big West
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CSUN
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Long Beach St.
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Woodley Leads The Beach To Convincing Win Over CSUN
2/17/2024 11:12:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Sydney Woodley led four double-figure scorers with a career-high 21 points, while Jada Crawshaw notched her third double-digit rebound game of the season
LONG BEACH, Calif. – Sydney Woodley was on fire as she led Long Beach State to an 86-62 victory over CSUN on Saturday at the Walter Pyramid.
The junior guard had a career night as she poured in 21 points to set a new standard for herself, while adding seven rebounds, six steals, and two assists to lead Long Beach State (10-14, 5-9 Big West). Woodley shot 69.2 percent (9-13) from the field and 75.0 percent (3-4) from long distance en route to recording her 11th double-figure scoring game of the year.
Woodley wasted no time getting the Beach on the board as she started the game with a layup five seconds in to put LBSU on top of CSUN (2-23, 0-15 Big West), 2-0. By the media timeout at 4:59, Long Beach State held a 10-6 edge over the Matadors. Lovely Sonnier's triple at 4:33 capped a 5-0 LBSU run coming out of the break as the Beach led 13-6, before taking a 21-14 advantage into the second quarter.
Long Beach State started the second quarter with five-straight points to extend its lead to 12 (26-14) at 7:49. CSUN chipped away and made it a five-point game (35-30) by 1:40 on the clock. Long Beach State held a nine-point lead (36-37) over the Matadors at halftime.
The Beach regained their double-figure lead in the third quarter after Woodley hit a three at 8:38 putting LBSU up 39-29. Back-to-back three-pointers from Casey Valenti-Paea and Woodley pushed the Beach's lead up to 16 (47-31) at 6:38. LBSU went on its longest run of the game in the third quarter when the Beach strung together 10-straight points to open up a 25-point lead (60-35) at 4:13. Despite the large deficit, CSUN battled back and scored 11 consecutive points to close the gap 60-46 with just 1:13 remaining in the frame. LBSU took a 65-49 lead into the fourth quarter after a layup at the buzzer by Savannah Tucker.
LBSU went on a 12-2 run in the fourth quarter to take its largest lead (79-51) of the game. During that run that put the Beach up by 28, Patricia Chung scored all 12 points on four-straight threes. With the game out of reach for the Matadors, Long Beach State rolled to an 86-62 win.
Coming in behind Woodley for the Beach were Tucker (15 points), Valenti-Paea (14 points), and Chung (12 points). Freshman Jada Crawshaw added six points to go along with a team-high 10 rebounds.
Kayanna Spriggs finished the game with a double-double for the Matadors as she posted 17 rebounds and 11 points, while adding three blocks, and two assists. Erica Adams led CSUN with 15 points, while Kaitlyn Elsholz contributed 14, while adding four steals.
Long Beach State will head to Bakersfield next Thursday, Feb. 22 when the Beach face the Roadrunners at 7 p.m. The game will be broadcast live on ESPN+.
The junior guard had a career night as she poured in 21 points to set a new standard for herself, while adding seven rebounds, six steals, and two assists to lead Long Beach State (10-14, 5-9 Big West). Woodley shot 69.2 percent (9-13) from the field and 75.0 percent (3-4) from long distance en route to recording her 11th double-figure scoring game of the year.
Sydney Woodley is on fire ?? She now has 19 points (and counting) to tie her career-high #GoBeach pic.twitter.com/t4YN8ViUu1
— LBSU W Basketball (@LBSUWBB) February 18, 2024
Woodley wasted no time getting the Beach on the board as she started the game with a layup five seconds in to put LBSU on top of CSUN (2-23, 0-15 Big West), 2-0. By the media timeout at 4:59, Long Beach State held a 10-6 edge over the Matadors. Lovely Sonnier's triple at 4:33 capped a 5-0 LBSU run coming out of the break as the Beach led 13-6, before taking a 21-14 advantage into the second quarter.
Long Beach State started the second quarter with five-straight points to extend its lead to 12 (26-14) at 7:49. CSUN chipped away and made it a five-point game (35-30) by 1:40 on the clock. Long Beach State held a nine-point lead (36-37) over the Matadors at halftime.
The Beach regained their double-figure lead in the third quarter after Woodley hit a three at 8:38 putting LBSU up 39-29. Back-to-back three-pointers from Casey Valenti-Paea and Woodley pushed the Beach's lead up to 16 (47-31) at 6:38. LBSU went on its longest run of the game in the third quarter when the Beach strung together 10-straight points to open up a 25-point lead (60-35) at 4:13. Despite the large deficit, CSUN battled back and scored 11 consecutive points to close the gap 60-46 with just 1:13 remaining in the frame. LBSU took a 65-49 lead into the fourth quarter after a layup at the buzzer by Savannah Tucker.
LBSU went on a 12-2 run in the fourth quarter to take its largest lead (79-51) of the game. During that run that put the Beach up by 28, Patricia Chung scored all 12 points on four-straight threes. With the game out of reach for the Matadors, Long Beach State rolled to an 86-62 win.
That is 4-straight 3s for Patricia Chung! #GoBeach pic.twitter.com/5B7huWSnjy
— LBSU W Basketball (@LBSUWBB) February 18, 2024
Coming in behind Woodley for the Beach were Tucker (15 points), Valenti-Paea (14 points), and Chung (12 points). Freshman Jada Crawshaw added six points to go along with a team-high 10 rebounds.
Kayanna Spriggs finished the game with a double-double for the Matadors as she posted 17 rebounds and 11 points, while adding three blocks, and two assists. Erica Adams led CSUN with 15 points, while Kaitlyn Elsholz contributed 14, while adding four steals.
Long Beach State will head to Bakersfield next Thursday, Feb. 22 when the Beach face the Roadrunners at 7 p.m. The game will be broadcast live on ESPN+.
Team Stats
CSUN
LBSU
FG%
.391
.405
3FG%
.267
.393
FT%
.421
.611
RB
51
44
TO
32
19
STL
10
22
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
21
FGM
9
3FGM
3
FTM
0
Pts
15
FGM
5
3FGM
1
FTM
4
Pts
14
FGM
5
3FGM
2
FTM
2
Pts
12
FGM
4
3FGM
4
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
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