2023–24 Long Beach State Beach women's basketball team

{{Infobox NCAA team season

| sport = women's basketball

| year = 2023–24

| team = Long Beach State Beach

| logo = Long Beach State Athletics logo.svg

| logo_size = 125

| conference = Big West Conference

| short_conf = Big West

| CoachRank =

| APRank =

| record = 15-18

| conf_record = 8–12

| head_coach = Amy Wright

| hc_year = 1st

| asst_coach1 = Brian Rosario

| asst_coach2 = Jashae Lee

| asst_coach3 = Raru Archer

| arena = Walter Pyramid

| champion =

| tourney =

| tourney_result =

}}

The 2023–24 Long Beach State Beach women's basketball team represented California State University, Long Beach during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Beach, led by first-year head coach Amy Wright, played their home games at the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, California as members of the Big West Conference.

Previous season

The Beach finished the 2022–23 season 23–10, 17–3 in Big West play, to finish in second place.{{Cite news |title=2022-23 Women's Basketball Standings |url=https://bigwest.org/standings.aspx?standings=143 |access-date=January 18, 2024 |work=The Big West}} As the #2 seed in the Big West tournament, they defeated #10 seed UC Riverside in the quarterfinals,{{Cite news |date=March 8, 2023 |title=No. 2 Seed Long Beach State Rallies to Defeat No. 10 Seed UC Riverside in The Big West Quarterfinals |url=https://longbeachstate.com/news/2023/3/8/no-2-seed-long-beach-state-rallies-to-defeat-no-10-seed-uc-riverside-in-the-big-west-quarterfinals |access-date=January 18, 2024 |work=Long Beach State University Athletics |language=en}} before falling to #3 seed and eventual tournament champions Hawaii in the semifinals.{{Cite news |last=Shimabuku |first=Christian |date=March 10, 2023 |title=Hawaii women's basketball advances to Big West finals |url=https://www.khon2.com/sports/hawaii-womens-basketball-advances-to-big-west-finals/ |access-date=January 18, 2024 |work=KHON-TV |language=en}} They received an at-large bid into the WNIT, where they lost to San Diego in the first round.{{Cite news |date=March 16, 2023 |title=Neubert's Historic Night Powers Toreros Past Long Beach State in WNIT |url=https://usdtoreros.com/news/2023/3/16/womens-basketball-neuberts-historic-night-powers-toreros-past-long-beach-state-in-wnit.aspx |access-date=January 18, 2024 |work=University of San Diego Athletics |language=en}}

On March 29, 2023, head coach Jeff Cammon announced that he would be stepping down, in order to take the head coaching position at Saint Mary's.{{Cite news |last=Zamora |first=Lindy |date=March 29, 2023 |title=Jeff Cammon Leaving Long Beach State Women’s Basketball For New Position |url=https://longbeachstate.com/news/2023/3/29/womens-basketball-jeff-cammon-leaving-long-beach-state-womens-basketball-for-new-position |access-date=September 14, 2024 |work=longbeachstate.com}} On April 17, Oklahoma associate head coach Amy Wright was named the Beach's next head coach.{{Cite news |date=April 17, 2023 |title=Former A&M assistant Wright hired at Long Beach State |url=https://theeagle.com/sports/college/aggiesports/womens_basketball/former-a-m-assistant-wright-hired-at-long-beach-state/article_cd098ac0-dda2-11ed-9ce6-97fcdfa5bb6d.html |access-date=January 18, 2024 |work=The Eagle |language=en}}

Roster

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{{CBB roster/Player|sex=w|first=Lovely|last=Sonnier|num=1|pos=G|ft=6|in=0|class=jr|rs=|home=San Francisco, CA|high_school=South Carolina State}}

{{CBB roster/Player|sex=w|first=Savannah|last=Tucker|num=2|pos=G|ft=5|in=9|class=jr|rs=|home=Fresno, CA|high_school=Clovis North High School}}

{{CBB roster/Player|sex=w|first=Patricia|last=Chung|num=3|pos=G|ft=5|in=8|class=jr|rs=|home=Monterey Park, CA|high_school=Mark Keppel High School}}

{{CBB roster/Player|sex=w|first=Cheyenne|last=Givens|num=4|pos=G|ft=5|in=7|class=gs|rs=|home=Los Angeles, CA|high_school=Cal State Northridge}}

{{CBB roster/Player|sex=w|first=Kennan|last=Ka|num=5|pos=F|ft=6|in=0|class=so|rs=|home=San Diego, CA|high_school=Mission Hills High School}}

{{CBB roster/Player|sex=w|first=Casey|last=Valenti Paea|num=10|pos=G|ft=5|in=9|class=jr|rs=y|home=Melbourne, Australia|high_school=Buffalo}}

{{CBB roster/Player|sex=w|first=Jada|last=Crawshaw|num=12|pos=F|ft=6|in=0|class=fr|rs=|home=Darwin, Australia|high_school=Sydney Comets}}

{{CBB roster/Player|sex=w|first=Abby|last=Shoff|num=21|pos=F|ft=6|in=0|class=so|rs=|home=Redding, CA|high_school=Enterprise High School}}

{{CBB roster/Player|sex=w|first=Sydney|last=Woodley|num=22|pos=G|ft=5|in=8|class=jr|rs=|home=Menifee, CA|high_school=Cal State Northridge}}

{{CBB roster/Player|sex=w|first=Olivia|last=Moore|num=30|pos=G|ft=5|in=8|class=so|rs=|home=Spokane, WA|high_school=Mead High School}}

{{CBB roster/Player|sex=w|first=Davai|last=Matthews|num=52|pos=F|ft=6|in=3|class=so|rs=|home=Detroit, MI|high_school=Wayne Memorial High School}}

{{CBB roster/Footer

|head_coach=

Amy Wright ({{college|Arkansas}})

|asst_coach=

Brian Rosario ({{college|San Diego}})
Jashae Lee ({{college|Murray State}})
Raru Archer ({{college|Texas Southern}})

|roster_url=https://longbeachstate.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/2023-24

|accessdate=January 18, 2024

}}

Schedule and results

|-

!colspan=12 style={{NCAA color cell|Long Beach State Beach}}| Non-conference regular season

{{CBB Schedule Entry

| date = November 8, 2023

| time = 6:00 p.m.

| nonconf = yes

| opponent = Biola

| site_stadium = Walter Pyramid

| site_cityst = Long Beach, CA

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 82–62

| attend = 747

| record = 1–0

| highscorer = Tucker

| points = 25

| highrebounder = Shoff

| rebounds = 9

| highassister = Chung

| assists = 8

}}

{{CBB Schedule Entry

| date = November 12, 2023

| time = 1:00 p.m.

| nonconf = yes

| opponent = Nevada

| site_stadium = Walter Pyramid

| site_cityst = Long Beach, CA

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 79–57

| attend = 1,050

| record = 2–0

| highscorer = Shoff

| points = 18

| highrebounder = Shoff

| rebounds = 9

| highassister = {{tooltip|5 tied|Shoff, Crawshaw, Tucker, Chung, Givens}}

| assists = 2

}}

{{CBB Schedule Entry

| date = November 15, 2023

| time = 6:00 p.m.

| nonconf = yes

| away = yes

| opponent = California Baptist

| site_stadium = Fowler Events Center

| site_cityst = Riverside, CA

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 71–82

| attend = 590

| record = 2–1

| highscorer = Givens

| points = 17

| highrebounder = Woodley

| rebounds = 7

| highassister = Valenti Paea

| assists = 6

}}

{{CBB Schedule Entry

| date = November 21, 2023

| time = 6:00 p.m.

| nonconf = yes

| away = yes

| opponent = Fresno State

| site_stadium = Save Mart Center

| site_cityst = Fresno, CA

| tv = MWN

| score = 64–74

| attend = 1,233

| record = 2–2

| highscorer = Givens

| points = 17

| highrebounder = Tucker

| rebounds = 7

| highassister = Chung

| assists = 3

}}

{{CBB Schedule Entry

| date = November 27, 2023

| time = 6:00 p.m.

| nonconf = yes

| away = yes

| opponent = Pepperdine

| site_stadium = Firestone Fieldhouse

| site_cityst = Malibu, CA

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 68–53

| attend = 103

| record = 3–2

| highscorer = Tucker

| points = 14

| highrebounder = Givens

| rebounds = 6

| highassister = Chung

| assists = 4

}}

{{CBB Schedule Entry

| date = December 6, 2023

| time = 5:00 p.m.

| nonconf = yes

| away = yes

| opponent = Texas

| opprank = 5

| site_stadium = Moody Center

| site_cityst = Austin, TX

| tv = LHN

| score = 62–106

| attend = 5,087

| record = 3–3

| highscorer = Tucker

| points = 22

| highrebounder = Sonnier

| rebounds = 5

| highassister = Valenti Paea

| assists = 3

}}

{{CBB Schedule Entry

| date = December 15, 2023

| time = 6:00 p.m.

| nonconf = yes

| opponent = Colorado State

| site_stadium = Walter Pyramid

| site_cityst = Long Beach, CA

| gamename = Beach Classic

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 77–76

| attend = 340

| record = 2–5

| highscorer = {{tooltip|2 tied|Woodley, Givens}}

| points = 19

| highrebounder = Chung

| rebounds = 10

| highassister = {{tooltip|2 tied|Givens, Crawshaw}}

| assists = 3

}}

{{CBB Schedule Entry

| date = December 16, 2023

| time = 5:00 p.m.

| nonconf = yes

| opponent = Pacific

| site_stadium = Walter Pyramid

| site_cityst = Long Beach, CA

| gamename = Beach Classic

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 86–90

| attend =

| record = 4–4

| highscorer = Valenti Paea

| points = 20

| highrebounder = Woodley

| rebounds = 7

| highassister = {{tooltip|2 tied|Woodley, Chung}}

| assists = 5

}}

{{CBB Schedule Entry

| date = December 19, 2023

| time = 4:00 p.m.

| nonconf = yes

| opponent = San Francisco

| site_stadium = Walter Pyramid

| site_cityst = Long Beach, CA

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 81–79

| attend = 547

| record = 5–4

| highscorer = Tucker

| points = 17

| highrebounder = Matthews

| rebounds = 8

| highassister = Matthews

| assists = 5

}}

{{CBB Schedule Entry

| date = December 21, 2023

| time = 2:00 p.m.

| nonconf = yes

| opponent = USC

| opprank = 6

| site_stadium = Walter Pyramid

| site_cityst = Long Beach, CA

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 77–85

| attend = 1,243

| record = 5–5

| highscorer = Tucker

| points = 17

| highrebounder = Crawshaw

| rebounds = 10

| highassister = {{tooltip|4 tied|Chung, Woodley, Givens, Valenti Paea}}

| assists = 2

}}

|-

!colspan=12 style={{NCAA color cell|Long Beach State Beach}}| Big West regular season

{{CBB Schedule Entry

| date = December 28, 2023

| time = 7:00 p.m.

| opponent = Cal State Fullerton

| site_stadium = Walter Pyramid

| site_cityst = Long Beach, CA

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 61–67

| attend = 730

| record = 5–6

| conference = 0–1

| highscorer = Valenti Paea

| points = 17

| highrebounder = {{tooltip|3 tied|Valenti Paea, Sonnier, Chung}}

| rebounds = 6

| highassister = Valenti Paea

| assists = 4

}}

{{CBB Schedule Entry

| date = December 30, 2023

| time = 2:00 p.m.

| away = yes

| opponent = Cal State Northridge

| site_stadium = Premier America Credit Union Arena

| site_cityst = Northridge, CA

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 76–58

| attend = 159

| record = 6–6

| conference = 1–1

| highscorer = Givens

| points = 19

| highrebounder = Woodley

| rebounds = 10

| highassister = Woodley

| assists = 3

}}

{{CBB Schedule Entry

| date = January 4, 2024

| time = 7:00 p.m.

| opponent = Cal Poly

| site_stadium = Walter Pyramid

| site_cityst = Long Beach, CA

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 56–64

| attend = 569

| record = 6–7

| conference = 1–2

| highscorer = Tucker

| points = 13

| highrebounder = Matthews

| rebounds = 8

| highassister = Valenti Paea

| assists = 5

}}

{{CBB Schedule Entry

| date = January 6, 2024

| time = 6:00 p.m.

| away = yes

| opponent = UC Riverside

| site_stadium = SRC Arena

| site_cityst = Riverside, CA

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 43–49

| attend = 121

| record = 6–8

| conference = 1–3

| highscorer = Valenti Paea

| points = 11

| highrebounder = Valenti Paea

| rebounds = 10

| highassister = Valenti Paea

| assists = 5

}}

{{CBB Schedule Entry

| date = January 11, 2024

| time = 7:00 p.m.

| opponent = UC San Diego

| site_stadium = Walter Pyramid

| site_cityst = Long Beach, CA

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 30–45

| attend = 535

| record = 6–9

| conference = 1–4

| highscorer = Sonnier

| points = 8

| highrebounder = Crawshaw

| rebounds = 8

| highassister = {{tooltip|3 tied|Valenti Paea, Givens, Chung}}

| assists = 1

}}

{{CBB Schedule Entry

| date = January 13, 2024

| time = 3:00 p.m.

| opponent = UC Santa Barbara

| site_stadium = Walter Pyramid

| site_cityst = Long Beach, CA

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 56–69

| attend = 853

| record = 6–10

| conference = 1–5

| highscorer = Valenti Paea

| points = 14

| highrebounder = Chung

| rebounds = 7

| highassister = Givens

| assists = 4

}}

{{CBB Schedule Entry

| date = January 18, 2024

| time = 9:00 p.m.

| away = yes

| opponent = Hawaii

| site_stadium = Stan Sheriff Center

| site_cityst = Honolulu, HI

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 55-68

| attend = 1,567

| record = 6–11

| conference = 1–6

| highscorer = Tucker

| points = 16

| highrebounder = Chung

| rebounds = 7

| highassister = Woodley

| assists = 3

}}

{{CBB Schedule Entry

| date = January 25, 2024

| time = 11:00 a.m.

| away = yes

| opponent = UC Irvine

| site_stadium = Bren Events Center

| site_cityst = Irvine, CA

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 59–74

| attend = 2,294

| record = 6–12

| conference = 1–7

| highscorer = Valenti Paea

| points = 16

| highrebounder = Chung

| rebounds = 9

| highassister = Chung

| assists = 4

}}

{{CBB Schedule Entry

| date = January 27, 2024

| time = 3:00 p.m.

| opponent = UC Riverside

| site_stadium = Walter Pyramid

| site_cityst = Long Beach, CA

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 54–52

| attend =

| record = 7–12

| conference = 2–7

| highscorer = Woodley

| points = 18

| highrebounder = Woodley

| rebounds = 7

| highassister = {{tooltip|2 tied|Givens, Woodley}}

| assists = 3

}}

{{CBB Schedule Entry

| date = February 1, 2024

| time = 7:00 p.m.

| opponent = Cal State Bakersfield

| site_stadium = Walter Pyramid

| site_cityst = Long Beach, CA

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 70–57

| attend = 517

| record = 8–12

| conference = 3–7

| highscorer = Chung

| points = 24

| highrebounder = Crawshaw

| rebounds = 12

| highassister = Chung

| assists = 5

}}

{{CBB Schedule Entry

| date = February 3, 2024

| time = 2:00 p.m.

| away = yes

| opponent = UC San Diego

| site_stadium = LionTree Arena

| site_cityst = La Jolla, CA

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 45–78

| attend = 568

| record = 8–13

| conference = 3–8

| highscorer = Valenti Paea

| points = 14

| highrebounder = Valenti Paea

| rebounds = 6

| highassister = Chung

| assists = 3

}}

{{CBB Schedule Entry

| date = February 10, 2024

| time = 2:00 p.m.

| away = yes

| opponent = Cal Poly

| site_stadium = Mott Athletics Center

| site_cityst = San Luis Obispo, CA

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 76–84

| attend = 1,294

| record = 8–14

| conference = 3–9

| highscorer = Crawshaw

| points = 17

| highrebounder = Tucker

| rebounds = 7

| highassister = {{tooltip|2 tied|Chung, Valenti Paea}}

| assists = 3

}}

{{CBB Schedule Entry

| date = February 15, 2024

| time = 7:00 p.m.

| opponent = UC Davis

| site_stadium = Walter Pyramid

| site_cityst = Long Beach, CA

| tv = SPECTSN/ESPN+

| score = 78–52

| attend = 661

| record = 9–14

| conference = 4–9

| highscorer = Valenti Paea

| points = 17

| highrebounder = {{tooltip|2 tied|Crawshaw, Valenti Paea}}

| rebounds = 8

| highassister = {{tooltip|2 tied|Valenti Paea, Woodley}}

| assists = 3

}}

{{CBB Schedule Entry

| date = February 17, 2024

| time = 3:00 p.m.

| opponent = Cal State Northridge

| site_stadium = Walter Pyramid

| site_cityst = Long Beach, CA

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 86–62

| attend = 1,002

| record = 10–14

| conference = 5–9

| highscorer = Woodley

| points = 21

| highrebounder = Crawshaw

| rebounds = 10

| highassister = {{tooltip|2 tied|Tucker, Valenti Paea}}

| assists = 4

}}

{{CBB Schedule Entry

| date = February 22, 2024

| time = 7:00 p.m.

| away = yes

| opponent = Cal State Bakersfield

| site_stadium = Icardo Center

| site_cityst = Bakersfield, CA

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 69–67

| attend = 515

| record = 11–14

| conference = 6–9

| highscorer = Tucker

| points = 20

| highrebounder = Matthews

| rebounds = 10

| highassister = Tucker

| assists = 4

}}

{{CBB Schedule Entry

| date = February 24, 2024

| time = 3:00 p.m.

| opponent = Hawaii

| site_stadium = Walter Pyramid

| site_cityst = Long Beach, CA

| tv = SPECTSN/ESPN+

| score = 68–80

| attend = 1,504

| record = 11–15

| conference = 6–10

| highscorer = Givens

| points = 14

| highrebounder = Woodley

| rebounds = 8

| highassister = Chung

| assists = 4

}}

{{CBB Schedule Entry

| date = February 29, 2024

| time = 7:00 p.m.

| away = yes

| opponent = Cal State Fullerton

| site_stadium = Titan Gym

| site_cityst = Fullerton, CA

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 74–59

| attend =

| record = 12–15

| conference = 7–10

| highscorer = Valenti Paea

| points = 16

| highrebounder = Crawshaw

| rebounds = 8

| highassister = Valenti Paea

| assists = 4

}}

{{CBB Schedule Entry

| date = March 2, 2024

| time = 2:00 p.m.

| opponent = UC Irvine

| site_stadium = Walter Pyramid

| site_cityst = Long Beach, CA

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 76–86

| overtime = OT

| attend = 819

| record = 12–16

| conference = 7–11

| highscorer = Woodley

| points = 21

| highrebounder = {{tooltip|2 tied|Matthews, Woodley}}

| rebounds = 9

| highassister = Valenti Paea

| assists = 11

}}

{{CBB Schedule Entry

| date = March 7, 2024

| time = 7:00 p.m.

| away = yes

| opponent = UC Santa Barbara

| site_stadium = The Thunderdome

| site_cityst = Santa Barbara, CA

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 75–69

| attend = 678

| record = 13–16

| conference = 8–11

| highscorer = Tucker

| points = 17

| highrebounder = Woodley

| rebounds = 6

| highassister = Chung

| assists = 5

}}

{{CBB Schedule Entry

| date = March 9, 2024

| time = 1:00 p.m.

| away = yes

| opponent = UC Davis

| site_stadium = University Credit Union Center

| site_cityst = Davis, CA

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 58–70

| attend = 917

| record = 13–17

| conference = 8–12

| highscorer = Tucker

| points = 11

| highrebounder = Crawshaw

| rebounds = 6

| highassister = Tucker

| assists = 2

}}

|-

!colspan=12 style={{NCAA color cell|Long Beach State Beach}}|2024 Big West Conference women's basketball tournament

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = March 13, 2024

| time = 2:30 p.m.

| neutral = yes

| rank =

| seed = 7

| opponent = UC Santa Barbara

| oppseed = 6

| opprank =

| score = 90–75

| site_stadium = Dollar Loan Center

| site_cityst = Henderson, NV

| gamename = First round

| tv = ESPN+

| highscorer = Tucker

| points = 17

| highrebounder = Chung

| rebounds = 10

| highassister = Woodley

| assists = 6

| record = 14–17

| overtime =

| attend = 557

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = March 14, 2024

| time = 12:00 p.m.

| neutral = yes

| rank =

| seed = 7

| opponent = UC Riverside

| oppseed = 3

| opprank =

| score = 83–75

| site_stadium = Dollar Loan Center

| site_cityst = Henderson, NV

| gamename = Quarterfinals

| tv = ESPN+

| highscorer = Chung

| points = 20

| highrebounder = Woodley

| rebounds = 10

| highassister = {{tooltip|2 tied|Chung, Valenti Paea}}

| assists = 4

| record = 15–17

| overtime = OT

| attend = 580

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = March 15, 2024

| time = 2:30 p.m.

| neutral = yes

| rank =

| seed = 7

| opponent = UC Irvine

| oppseed = 2

| opprank =

| score = 57–69

| site_stadium = Dollar Loan Center

| site_cityst = Henderson, NV

| gamename = Semifinals

| tv = ESPN+

| highscorer = Valenti Paea

| points = 13

| highrebounder = Sonnier

| rebounds = 7

| highassister = Sonnier

| assists = 3

| record = 15–18

| overtime =

| attend = 1,239

}}

|-

{{CBB Schedule End

|timezone=Pacific

|poll=AP poll}}

Sources:{{Cite news |title=2023-24 Women's Basketball Schedule |url=https://longbeachstate.com/sports/womens-basketball/schedule/2023-24 |access-date=January 18, 2024 |work=Long Beach State University Athletics}}{{Cite news |title=Long Beach State Beach 2023-24 |url=https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/team/schedule/_/id/299/season/2024 |access-date=January 18, 2024 |work=ESPN}}

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