In a crucial game for Big West Tournament seeding, Cal Poly Women’s Basketball overcame Cal State Bakersfield 74-56 and are now positioned in third place in the conference. The top four teams in the Big West receive a first-round bye in the Big West Tournament. Coming into Saturday’s game, the Mustangs (16-11, 12-6 Big West) […]
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Richards’ career-high 17 points lead Mustangs past UCSB, into fourth in the Big West
Down six points midway through the second quarter, junior guard Sidney Richards got a kick-out pass from junior guard Annika Shah, and knocked down the first Cal Poly three-pointer of the game from the left wing. Just seconds later, Richards found herself with the ball behind the arc again, and proceeded to drain her second […]
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Cal Poly Women’s Basketball loses in overtime in crucial matchup against UC Riverside
Cal Poly’s Women’s Basketball (14-11, 10-6 in Big West) lost a heartbreaking overtime matchup, 62-60, against UC Riverside (16-11, 11-6 in Big West) at the SRC arena on Saturday, Feb. 24. The Mustangs are coming off an 11-point home win against Cal State Fullerton and were looking to extend that winning streak against the Highlanders. […]
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Shah’s 10 assists propels Mustangs past Cal State Fullerton
Junior guard Annika Shah crossed the ball over from left to right on a fast break. With four defenders surrounding her, the 5 foot 3 guard drove into a forest of bodies. Before she came to a complete stop, Shah jumped into the air looking for a teammate to dish it off to. But then […]
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Without Stires once again, Cal Poly Women’s Basketball drops key Big West game to Hawaii
Cal Poly Women’s Basketball (13-10, 9-5 in Big West) traveled to the Stan Sheriff Center in Hawaii this Thursday, Feb. 15 to take on the Rainbow Wahine (14-9, 11-3 in Big West), looking to do something the program hasn’t been able to do since 2018 – beat Hawaii on the road. The Mustangs streak would […]
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With no Stires, Cal Poly Women’s Basketball mounts 21-point comeback against Long Beach State
Back when Cal Poly Women’s Basketball head coach Shanele Stires and assistant coach Samba Johnson worked together on the Ohio University basketball staff, they made a pact that whoever got a head coaching job first would hire the other. When Stires was named the head coach of Cal Poly in 2022, she brought Johnson with […]
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Shah’s 25 points, Bourland’s seven steals help Cal Poly Women’s Basketball sneak past Cal State Northridge
Throughout the course of this season, Cal Poly Women’s Basketball head coach Shanele Stires has relied on her returning players in crucial moments of games, and Thursday was no different. Each of the four returners, Annika Shah, Sierra Lichtie, Natalia Ackerman, and Sydney Bourland, played crucial roles in Cal Poly (12-9, 8-4 in Big West) […]
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Following forfeit on Thursday, Cal Poly Women’s Basketball sweeps season series with UC Davis
Cal Poly Women’s Basketball came into Saturday’s road matchup against the UC Davis Aggies a tired team. The team was forced to forfeit Thursday’s road contest against first-place UC Irvine due to an illness within the team. Per Big West rules, that game is now a loss on their record. Looking at the season as […]
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Cal Poly Women’s Basketball road game against UC Irvine canceled due to illness among team
Cal Poly Women’s Basketball’s scheduled road game against Big West rival UC Irvine on Thursday, Feb. 1 has been canceled as a result of illness among the team. The illness in question is not clarified, but games were canceled during the 2021-22 season due to a breakout of COVID-19 among the team. The canceled game […]
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Cal Poly’s Women’s Basketball comeback falls short against Hawai’i
The moment redshirt freshman Sierra Litchie made a free throw late in the fourth quarter to pull Cal Poly within two points of the University of Hawaii, Cal Poly seemed to have built momentum toward a hard-fought victory. Despite cutting a six-point deficit entering the fourth quarter to two points with just under one minute […]
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Cal Poly Women’s Basketball pick up third game in a row versus Cal State Fullerton
Cal Poly Women’s Basketball won a hard-fought victory with a 68-55 win against California State Fullerton at the Titan Gym on Thursday, Jan. 25. The Mustangs (10-8, 6-2 BW) did not carry off the momentum from their previous two games. They opened up at the start of the game with back-to-back turnovers. The Mustangs were […]