Gläser's 27 lifts Beach to win

Hoops • Senior Petra Gläser scored 27 points to lead the 49ers over Stony Brook in New York Sunday.

 

By Michael Bower
Online Forty-Niner
Sports Editor

Long Beach State women's basketball player Petra Gläser had an exciting summer as she played for the German National team averaging 2.8 points and 2.7 rebounds per game off the bench for the team, which advanced to the European Championships to be held in September.

The 6-foot-6 senior brought her game to a new level with the experience and is now a force in the middle for the 49ers as she scored a career-high 27 points against Stony Brook on Sunday to lead the 49ers to a 88-82 win, earning the final Nugget in the Rough honor for the fall semester.

Gläser, from Amtsberg, Germany, hit 12-of-15 shots while going 3-for-3 at the free throw line during Sunday's win. She also grabbed seven rebounds – four on the offensive end.
In the early season Gläser is shooting 50 percent from the field and an astounding 90 percent from the free throw line. She is averaging seven rebounds and 15 points per game – second on the team to Crystal McCutcheon.

Last season Gläser was an All-Big West selection and led the team in scoring with an average of 13.4 points per game. She also averaged 5.4 rebounds per game.

Gläser played two years for the UNLV Rebels where she was named the teams Defensive Player of the Year and was the Mountain West Rookie of the Year averaging 10.9 points per game. In her two seasons with the Rebels she averaged 10.1 points per game and 4.5 rebounds while shooting 45 percent fromthe field.

She then transferred to Long Beach State in the 2002-2003 seasons and redshirted for the 49ers. She was named to the fall and spring athletics director all-star list.