Beach Drop Home Opener Against Santa Clara - Long Beach State University Athletics

Monday, November 9

Long Beach, Calif.

6 p.m.

Long Beach State University

0-2,0-0Big West

Santa Clara

3-0,0-0WCC

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Santa Clara	27	24	21	17	89
Long Beach St.	22	17	18	13	70

11/9/2026 8:23:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

Redshirt sophomore Noemi Arvai tallied a career-high 22 points.

By: James Hanson, Assistant Director, Athletic Communications

LONG BEACH, Calif. – Despite Noemi Arvai's career-high 22 points, the Long Beach State women's basketball team fell 89-70 to Santa Clara at the LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid on Monday night.

Santa Clara (3-0) jumped out to a quick 15-4 lead and forced a Long Beach State (0-2) timeout four minutes into the game. Coming out of the break, the Beach went on a 7-0 spurt before another 8-0 run as Ebony Taylor-Smith and Amber Furch connected on back-to-back triples to give the Beach a 22-21 lead late in the opening quarter. Santa Clara hit a pair of triples to close the period, and the Broncos took a 27-22 lead into the second stanza.

As the teams settled in, Long Beach State and Santa Clara traded buckets until the second quarter media timeout as the Broncos continued to hold a five-point advantage, 37-32. After Santa Clara took a 43-32 edge, Noemi Arvai went on a personal 5-0 burst as she scored 18 first half points and got the Beach right back into the game. The Broncos then closed the half on an 8-2 run as they took a 51-39 advantage into the break.

Though Long Beach State hit four triples in the third period, Santa Clara won the quarter, and the Broncos took a 72-57 lead into the final 10 minutes. Furch added four points and three assists in the third period.

Santa Clara extended its lead to 16 at the fourth quarter media break and went on to win the contest 89-70 on Monday night at the LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid.

OF NOTE

Noemi Arvai set career-highs with 22 points and 9 rebounds against Santa Clara. Arvai went 8-for-13 from the field on her career night.
Amber Furch tallied 13 points and a career-best eight assists.
Kailyn Berry scored 14 points, grabbed eight boards and dished out three assists.
Long Beach State recorded 20 assists as a team.
The Beach made 11 triples and shot 40.7% from beyond the arc.
Long Beach State shot 42.7% from the field.
Long Beach State is now 2-5 in the all-time series against Santa Clara, and 2-3 at home.

UP NEXT

Long Beach State heads to Portland for a contest against the Pilots at the Chiles Center on Friday, November 14.
Tip-off is set for 5 p.m., and the game with be streamed on ESPN+.