Wilson
scores 19 in 49ers’ victory
By Alexis Kindig
On-line Forty-Niner
Sunday’s
exhibition game at The Pyramid deserved
a larger crowd.
The 49ers came from behind to beat traveling
exhibition team Love and Basketball in the
second half, 77-68.
The crowd was small and subdued, but the
Long Beach State women’s basketball team
played enthusiastically.
 Candice
Wilson, a sophomore guard, and Jinga Gosschalk,
a senior forward, both scored three-pointer
shots in the first half, but it was not
enough to keep Love and Basketball from
leading at halftime, 32-40.
Wilson led the team in scoring, with 19
points. Sophomore center Jayme Connors and
Lauren Bull, a junior forward, were second
and third with 12 and 11 points, respectively.
Also, senior forward Glory Johnson grabbed
seven rebounds.
Early in the second half, the 49ers started
closing in on Love and Basketball after
Gosschalk, who was playing with a black
eye sustained in practice, made a free throw
to narrow The Beach’s deficit to 46-42.
A short while later, another free throw
by Connors and a subsequent basket by Lauren
Bull finally put LBSU ahead, 48-46.
From that point, the 49ers never looked
back.
Although Love and Basketball managed to
score three three-pointers in the second
half, the team was unable to get within
less than two points of the 49ers. Love
and Basketball is a semi-pro team made up
of ex-college players.
With the score at 74-68, Wilson manged to
elicit an enthusiatic response from the
spectators as she threw yet another three-pointer
that barely beat the buzzer to finish off
the game.
The women’s team will play the University
of San Diego next. The game will be at The
Pyramid at 1 p.m. on Saturday.
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