2025–26 Long Beach State Beach women's basketball team

2025–26 Long Beach State Beach women's basketball
2025–26 Long Beach State Beach women's basketball
Conference	Big West Conference
Record	5–25 (4–16 Big West)
Head coach	Amy Wright (3rd season);
Assistant coaches	Jesse Clark; Jashae Lee; Raru Archer;
Home arena	LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid

2025–26 Big West women's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
UC Irvine	17	–	3	.850	26	–	7	.788
UC San Diego †	17	–	3	.850	24	–	9	.727
UC Davis	15	–	5	.750	23	–	11	.676
Hawai'i	14	–	6	.700	22	–	11	.667
Cal State Fullerton	13	–	7	.650	18	–	14	.563
UC Santa Barbara	12	–	8	.600	20	–	10	.667
UC Riverside	8	–	12	.400	11	–	21	.344
Cal State Northridge	6	–	14	.300	10	–	20	.333
Long Beach State	4	–	16	.200	5	–	25	.167
Cal State Bakersfield	2	–	18	.100	7	–	23	.233
Cal Poly	2	–	18	.100	4	–	26	.133

† 2026 Big West tournament winner

The 2025–26 Long Beach State Beach women's basketball team represented California State University, Long Beach during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Beach, led by third-year head coach Amy Wright, played their home games at the LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid in Long Beach, California as members of the Big West Conference.

Previous season

The Beach finished the 2024–25 season 16–14, 12–8 in Big West play, to finish in a tie for sixth place.^[1] They were eliminated by UC Riverside in the first round of the Big West tournament.^[2]

Offseason

On October 16, 2025, the Big West released their preseason poll. Long Beach State was picked to finish sixth in the conference.^[3]

Preseason rankings

2025 Big West Preseason Poll^[3]
Place	Team	Votes
1	Hawai'i	91 (4)
2	UC Irvine	90 (4)
3	UC Davis	83 (1)
4	UC San Diego	77 (2)
5	UC Santa Barbara	61
6	Long Beach State	57
7	UC Riverside	51
8	Cal Poly Mustangs	34
9	Cal State Northridge	27
10	Cal State Fullerton	20
11	Cal State Bakersfield	14
(#) first-place votes

Preseason All-Big West Team

No players were named to the Preseason All-Big West Team.^[3]

Roster

2025–26 Long Beach State Beach women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Lauren Cummings	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Billings Senior High School	Billings, MT
F	2	Rosie Akot	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Sacred Heart College	North Adelaide, Australia
G	3	Tairat Samuel-Afolabi	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	RS Fr	Fryshuset Gymnasium	Stockholm, Sweden
F	5	Kennan Ka	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Mission Hills High School	San Diego, CA
G	10	Christy Reynoso	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)	So	Sierra Canyon School	Los Angeles, CA
G	13	Khylee Pepe	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Sr	Bishop Montgomery High School	Long Beach, CA
F	20	Brelynn Brice	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Lincoln High School	Stockton, CA
F	22	Mykelle Richards	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Etiwanda High School	San Bernardino, CA
G	25	Morgan Mack	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	William S. Hart High School	Lancaster, CA
G	30	JaQuoia Jones-Brown	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	So	Westlake High School	Atlanta, GA
G	32	Brynna Pukis	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Fr	Glacier Peak High School	Snohomish, WA
C	33	Haley Wright	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	So	Valencia Basket	Valencia, Spain
F	42	Judit Oliva Fernandez	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	South Florida	El Prat de Llobregat, Spain

Head coach

Amy Wright (Arkansas)

Assistant coach(es)

Jesse Clark (Pacific Union)
Jashae Lee (Murray State)
Raru Archer (Texas Southern)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: November 8, 2025

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 1, 2025* 1:00 p.m.	Point Loma	L 71–74	–	16 – Pepe	9 – Pepe	6 – Jones-Brown	Gold Mine (452) Long Beach, CA
Regular season
November 7, 2025* 5:30 p.m., MWN	at Wyoming	L 39–72	0–1	13 – Jones-Brown	9 – Cummings	3 – Jones-Brown	Arena-Auditorium (1,974) Laramie, WY
November 9, 2025* 12:00 p.m., MWN	at Colorado State	L 34–73	0–2	13 – Jones-Brown	10 – Jones-Brown	2 – Tied	Moby Arena Fort Collins, CO
November 12, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	California Baptist	L 60–83	0–3	19 – Jones-Brown	11 – Oliva Fernandez	5 – Pepe	LBS FCU Pyramid (628) Long Beach, CA
November 15, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Sacramento State	L 54–57	0–4	29 – Jones-Brown	10 – Pepe	4 – Oliva Fernandez	LBS FCU Pyramid (612) Long Beach, CA
November 20, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	San Francisco	L 55–68	0–5	20 – Jones-Brown	12 – Jones-Brown	4 – Jones-Brown	LBS FCU Pyramid (511) Long Beach, CA
November 23, 2025* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Oregon State	L 55–71	0–6	16 – Jones-Brown	13 – Akot	4 – Jones-Brown	Gill Coliseum (3,190) Corvallis, OR
December 4, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	UC Santa Barbara	L 52–67	0–7 (0–1)	15 – Jones-Brown	7 – Ka	3 – Oliva Fernandez	LBS FCU Pyramid (607) Long Beach, CA
December 6, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	at UC San Diego	L 45–75	0–8 (0–2)	12 – Pukis	4 – Ka	3 – Ka	LionTree Arena (245) La Jolla, CA
December 11, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Portland	L 58–94	0–9	25 – Jones-Brown	9 – Jones-Brown	6 – Ka	LBS FCU Pyramid (620) Long Beach, CA
December 20, 2025* 2:00 p.m., B1G+	at No. 4 UCLA	L 44–106	0–10	10 – Jones-Brown	7 – Team	2 – Reynoso	Pauley Pavilion (3,428) Los Angeles, CA
December 22, 2025* 12:00 p.m., ESPN+	Toledo	L 43–64	0–11	21 – Jones-Brown	6 – Akot	3 – Ka	LBS FCU Pyramid Long Beach, CA
December 29, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Hope International	W 68–62	1–11	23 – Jones-Brown	17 – Jones-Brown	8 – Oliva Fernandez	LBS FCU Pyramid (185) Long Beach, CA
January 3, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Cal Poly	L 49–63	1–12 (0–3)	13 – Jones-Brown	11 – Jones-Brown	2 – Reynoso	Mott Athletics Center (496) San Luis Obispo, CA
January 8, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	UC Irvine	L 59–78	1–13 (0–4)	18 – Akot	8 – Akot	6 – Ka	LBS FCU Pyramid (639) Long Beach, CA
January 10, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Cal State Bakersfield	L 48–75	1–14 (0–5)	15 – Jones-Brown	8 – Ka	3 – Pepe	Icardo Center (62) Bakersfield, CA
January 15, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at UC Riverside	L 59–77	1–15 (0–6)	15 – Jones-Brown	10 – Akot	4 – Ka	SRC Arena (157) Riverside, CA
January 17, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Cal State Northridge	W 62–61	2–15 (1–6)	16 – Pepe	11 – Akot	3 – Akot	LBS FCU Pyramid (612) Long Beach, CA
January 22, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Cal State Fullerton	L 66–84	2–16 (1–7)	16 – Akot	9 – Akot	4 – Ka	LBS FCU Pyramid (618) Long Beach, CA
January 24, 2026 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	at UC Santa Barbara	L 56–72	2–17 (1–8)	19 – Jones-Brown	14 – Jones-Brown	4 – Ka	The Thunderdome (628) Santa Barbara, CA
January 29, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	UC Riverside	W 75–72	3–17 (2–8)	29 – Jones-Brown	6 – Ka	4 – Ka	LBS FCU Pyramid (654) Long Beach, CA
January 31, 2026 9:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Hawaii	L 44–67	3–18 (2–9)	18 – Jones-Brown	9 – Pepe	1 – Ka	Stan Sheriff Center (4,671) Honolulu, HI
February 5, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	UC San Diego	L 53–64	3–19 (2–10)	14 – Pukis	7 – Mack	4 – Ka	LBS FCU Pyramid (571) Long Beach, CA
February 12, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Cal State Fullerton	L 62–70	3–20 (2–11)	18 – Pepe	8 – Pepe	5 – Jones-Brown	Titan Gym (432) Fullerton, CA
February 14, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	UC Davis	L 66–77	3–21 (2–12)	21 – Jones-Brown	7 – Pepe	7 – Jones-Brown	LBS FCU Pyramid (655) Long Beach, CA
February 19, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at UC Irvine	L 62–77	3–22 (2–13)	24 – Jones-Brown	14 – Akot	4 – Pepe	Bren Events Center (741) Irvine, CA
February 21, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Cal State Northridge	L 75–85	3–23 (2–14)	24 – Pepe	8 – Akot	4 – Ka	PACU Arena (197) Northridge, CA
February 26, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Cal Poly	W 67–57	4–23 (3–14)	28 – Jones-Brown	8 – Pepe	4 – Ka	LBS FCU Pyramid (532) Long Beach, CA
February 28, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Cal State Bakersfield	W 72–62 ^OT	5–23 (4–14)	25 – Jones-Brown	12 – Pepe	5 – Pukis	LBS FCU Pyramid (1,043) Long Beach, CA
March 5, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at UC Davis	L 56–59	5–24 (4–15)	23 – Jones-Brown	10 – Pepe	3 – Pukis	University Credit Union Center (518) Davis, CA
March 7, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Hawaii	L 39–74	5–25 (4–16)	10 – Ka	7 – Pepe	3 – Pepe	LBS FCU Pyramid (991) Long Beach, CA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific.

References

^ "2024-25 Women's Basketball Standings". The Big West. Retrieved November 8, 2025.
^ Arritt, Dan (March 13, 2025). "UC Riverside women outlast Long Beach State in Big West Tournament opener". The Press-Enterprise. Retrieved November 8, 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Hawai'i Selected as Preseason Favorites for 2025–26 Women's Basketball Title". The Big West. Retrieved January 4, 2026.

[1] "2024-25 Women's Basketball Standings". The Big West. Retrieved November 8, 2025.

[2] Arritt, Dan (March 13, 2025). "UC Riverside women outlast Long Beach State in Big West Tournament opener". The Press-Enterprise. Retrieved November 8, 2025.

[poll-3] "Hawai'i Selected as Preseason Favorites for 2025–26 Women's Basketball Title". The Big West. Retrieved January 4, 2026.

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