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	Vol.7, No 49, November 23, 1999
	LBSU dumps San Diego By Kristopher Hanson Daily Forty-Niner The deeper you are, the longer you will last. The Long Beach State women's basketball team displayed this advantage  by cruising to  an easy second half on its way to a 73-60 win at The Pyramid. WOMEN'S BASKETBALL In the season's opener against the University of San Diego, senior guard Kesha Wade set a milestone when she scored her 1,000th career point as a 49er with a spin-around lay-up about ten minutes into the game. Rhonda Smith, the 49ers' 6-foot-8 center, set the pace with 21 points and four blocks in 28 minutes of play. She was joined on the court by 13 of her teammates, who played at least a few minutes. "Our depth was an advantage out there today," Head Coach Dallas Boychuck-Bolla said. "You always want to come out strong and win the first game (of the season)," she said. "It was a good game because last year we were 11-1 at home and we want to keep that home-court advantage." The women got off to a slow start against the Toreros, as both sides traded leads before LBSU took a 33-31 lead going into halftime. After that, it was all 49ers. Defense and depth "was the key for us today," Boychuck-Bolla said. "We took them out of their offensive game and covered the outside shooters, which is (the Torero's strong point)." The 49ers will travel to Hawaii this weekend, facing Texas on Friday at 11 a.m. for the Asahi Rainbow Wahine Classic.		Urgent signals may be blocked   Road construction near CSULB creates hassels   Legacy lecturer speaks of research   African, Cuban cultural history depicted in film   Engineering, business colleges get grant for labs Gaming debts erased   Apathy creates crime at CSULB Snoop stop Pepperdine ekes out hoops opener   LBSU dumps San Diego   Pepperdine nets 49ers   49ers upend Eastern foe Fall 99 ISSUES DAILY 49ER HOMEPAGE
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