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

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. As the #2 seed in the Big West tournament, they defeated #10 seed UC Riverside in the quarterfinals, before falling to #3 seed and eventual tournament champions Hawaii in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid into the WNIT, where they lost to San Diego in the first round.
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. On April 17, Oklahoma associate head coach Amy Wright was named the Beach's next head coach.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season |||||||||
| November 8, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Biola | W 82–62 | 1–0 | 25 – Tucker | 9 – Shoff | 8 – Chung | Walter Pyramid (747) Long Beach, CA |
| November 12, 2023* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Nevada | W 79–57 | 2–0 | 18 – Shoff | 9 – Shoff | 2 – 5 tied | Walter Pyramid (1,050) Long Beach, CA |
| November 15, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at California Baptist | L 71–82 | 2–1 | 17 – Givens | 7 – Woodley | 6 – Valenti Paea | Fowler Events Center (590) Riverside, CA |
| November 21, 2023* 6:00 p.m., MWN | | at Fresno State | L 64–74 | 2–2 | 17 – Givens | 7 – Tucker | 3 – Chung | Save Mart Center (1,233) Fresno, CA |
| November 27, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Pepperdine | W 68–53 | 3–2 | 14 – Tucker | 6 – Givens | 4 – Chung | Firestone Fieldhouse (103) Malibu, CA |
| December 6, 2023* 5:00 p.m., LHN | | at No. 5 Texas | L 62–106 | 3–3 | 22 – Tucker | 5 – Sonnier | 3 – Valenti Paea | Moody Center (5,087) Austin, TX |
| December 15, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Colorado State Beach Classic | W 77–76 | 2–5 | 19 – 2 tied | 10 – Chung | 3 – 2 tied | Walter Pyramid (340) Long Beach, CA |
| December 16, 2023* 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Pacific Beach Classic | L 86–90 | 4–4 | 20 – Valenti Paea | 7 – Woodley | 5 – 2 tied | Walter Pyramid Long Beach, CA |
| December 19, 2023* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | San Francisco | W 81–79 | 5–4 | 17 – Tucker | 8 – Matthews | 5 – Matthews | Walter Pyramid (547) Long Beach, CA |
| December 21, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | No. 6 USC | L 77–85 | 5–5 | 17 – Tucker | 10 – Crawshaw | 2 – 4 tied | Walter Pyramid (1,243) Long Beach, CA |
| Big West regular season |||||||||
| December 28, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Cal State Fullerton | L 61–67 | 5–6 (0–1) | 17 – Valenti Paea | 6 – 3 tied | 4 – Valenti Paea | Walter Pyramid (730) Long Beach, CA |
| December 30, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Cal State Northridge | W 76–58 | 6–6 (1–1) | 19 – Givens | 10 – Woodley | 3 – Woodley | Premier America Credit Union Arena (159) Northridge, CA |
| January 4, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Cal Poly | L 56–64 | 6–7 (1–2) | 13 – Tucker | 8 – Matthews | 5 – Valenti Paea | Walter Pyramid (569) Long Beach, CA |
| January 6, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at UC Riverside | L 43–49 | 6–8 (1–3) | 11 – Valenti Paea | 10 – Valenti Paea | 5 – Valenti Paea | SRC Arena (121) Riverside, CA |
| January 11, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | UC San Diego | L 30–45 | 6–9 (1–4) | 8 – Sonnier | 8 – Crawshaw | 1 – 3 tied | Walter Pyramid (535) Long Beach, CA |
| January 13, 2024 3:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | UC Santa Barbara | L 56–69 | 6–10 (1–5) | 14 – Valenti Paea | 7 – Chung | 4 – Givens | Walter Pyramid (853) Long Beach, CA |
| January 18, 2024 9:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Hawaii | L 55-68 | 6–11 (1–6) | 16 – Tucker | 7 – Chung | 3 – Woodley | Stan Sheriff Center (1,567) Honolulu, HI |
| January 25, 2024 11:00 a.m., ESPN+ | | at UC Irvine | L 59–74 | 6–12 (1–7) | 16 – Valenti Paea | 9 – Chung | 4 – Chung | Bren Events Center (2,294) Irvine, CA |
| January 27, 2024 3:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | UC Riverside | W 54–52 | 7–12 (2–7) | 18 – Woodley | 7 – Woodley | 3 – 2 tied | Walter Pyramid Long Beach, CA |
| February 1, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Cal State Bakersfield | W 70–57 | 8–12 (3–7) | 24 – Chung | 12 – Crawshaw | 5 – Chung | Walter Pyramid (517) Long Beach, CA |
| February 3, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at UC San Diego | L 45–78 | 8–13 (3–8) | 14 – Valenti Paea | 6 – Valenti Paea | 3 – Chung | LionTree Arena (568) La Jolla, CA |
| February 10, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Cal Poly | L 76–84 | 8–14 (3–9) | 17 – Crawshaw | 7 – Tucker | 3 – 2 tied | Mott Athletics Center (1,294) San Luis Obispo, CA |
| February 15, 2024 7:00 p.m., SPECTSN/ESPN+ | | UC Davis | W 78–52 | 9–14 (4–9) | 17 – Valenti Paea | 8 – 2 tied | 3 – 2 tied | Walter Pyramid (661) Long Beach, CA |
| February 17, 2024 3:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Cal State Northridge | W 86–62 | 10–14 (5–9) | 21 – Woodley | 10 – Crawshaw | 4 – 2 tied | Walter Pyramid (1,002) Long Beach, CA |
| February 22, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Cal State Bakersfield | W 69–67 | 11–14 (6–9) | 20 – Tucker | 10 – Matthews | 4 – Tucker | Icardo Center (515) Bakersfield, CA |
| February 24, 2024 3:00 p.m., SPECTSN/ESPN+ | | Hawaii | L 68–80 | 11–15 (6–10) | 14 – Givens | 8 – Woodley | 4 – Chung | Walter Pyramid (1,504) Long Beach, CA |
| February 29, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Cal State Fullerton | W 74–59 | 12–15 (7–10) | 16 – Valenti Paea | 8 – Crawshaw | 4 – Valenti Paea | Titan Gym Fullerton, CA |
| March 2, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | UC Irvine | L 76–86 $^{OT}$ | 12–16 (7–11) | 21 – Woodley | 9 – 2 tied | 11 – Valenti Paea | Walter Pyramid (819) Long Beach, CA |
| March 7, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at UC Santa Barbara | W 75–69 | 13–16 (8–11) | 17 – Tucker | 6 – Woodley | 5 – Chung | The Thunderdome (678) Santa Barbara, CA |
| March 9, 2024 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at UC Davis | L 58–70 | 13–17 (8–12) | 11 – Tucker | 6 – Crawshaw | 2 – Tucker | University Credit Union Center (917) Davis, CA |
| Big West tournament |||||||||
| March 13, 2024 2:30 p.m., ESPN+ | (7) | vs. (6) UC Santa Barbara First round | W 90–75 | 14–17 | 17 – Tucker | 10 – Chung | 6 – Woodley | Dollar Loan Center (557) Henderson, NV |
| March 14, 2024 12:00 p.m., ESPN+ | (7) | vs. (3) UC Riverside Quarterfinals | W 83–75 $^{OT}$ | 15–17 | 20 – Chung | 10 – Woodley | 4 – 2 tied | Dollar Loan Center (580) Henderson, NV |
| March 15, 2024 2:30 p.m., ESPN+ | (7) | vs. (2) UC Irvine Semifinals | L 57–69 | 15–18 | 13 – Valenti Paea | 7 – Sonnier | 3 – Sonnier | Dollar Loan Center (1,239) Henderson, NV |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific. |||||||||
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