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sports:
women's basketball
49ers set for
Big West Tournament
By Danielle Grossman
On-line Forty-Niner
Long Beach State
women's basketball faces the University of Idaho Wednesday
afternoon as the No. 2 seed in the Big West Tournament at
the Anaheim Convention Center.
The 49ers, (15-12
overall, 10-4 Big West Conference), will attempt to defeat
Idaho, (7-20, 4-10), for the third time this season.
"Idaho has
some outside threats on their team," Head Coach Dallas
Boychuk-Bolla said. "You go from one game in Santa
Barbara that's trying to pound on the inside and then you
go to the other end with Idaho where they're a good three-pointer
team. That's kind of a scary thing because no matter how far
you get ahead sometimes they can get back quick."
The Beach defeated
the Vandals in January with a 75-69 win and won again by 22
points with a final score of 92-70 in February.
"Anybody can
beat anybody in this tournament," Boychuck- Bolla said.
"You've just got to be ready for every game."
The game tentatively
starts at 2:30 p.m., following the Cal Poly-Pacific game.
The 49ers enter the game after losing their last game to No.
1 seed, UC Santa Barbara, Saturday.
"With two
minutes to go, the score was 80-78," Boychuck-Bolla
said. "They got up on us as much as 15, and we made a
good run in the end. Unfortunately, we didn't pull it through
the last couple of minutes. We're good, and we're ready to
go."
LBSU is entering
the conference with a few strong weapons, including Big West
Conference Player of the Year Jackie Moore.
"This was
her year," Boychuck-Bolla said. "She is playing
really well, and she's a tough person to stop."
Idaho also needs
to worry about first-team all-Big West selection Reta Sula,
who is infamous for her strong defense and three-point shooting.
If The Beach wins
its first game, it will be facing the winner of the Cal Poly-University
of Pacific game Friday at noon.
No. 3 seed, Pacific
(17-10, 10-4) was defeated by LBSU in both conference games
with losses of 88-69 and 91-77.
However, the 49ers
may have to face Cal Poly, (11-16, 5-9). The Mustangs beat
the 49ers in their first conference game against each other
with a victory of 76-62. LBSU got its payback with an 80-70
win over Cal Poly in the second match.
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