Cal Poly Women’s Basketball is gearing up for a new season with several additions under third-year head coach Shanele Stires. The Mustangs offered fans a season preview in their exhibition game against Division II Sonoma State, but they only won by 11 points after trailing at halftime. The game highlighted some areas for improvement, with […]
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Cal Poly Women’s Basketball falls in the first round of the WNIT to Pacific
Cal Poly Women’s Basketball fell to the Pacific Tigers 63-43 on Thursday, March 21, in the first round of the Women’s National Invitational Tournament at the Alex G. Spanos Center. The Mustangs’ (17-13) appearance against Pacific (18-14) in the WNIT was its fourth time receiving an invite in program history. The Mustangs were without senior […]
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Cal Poly Women’s Basketball earns fourth Women’s National Invitational Tournament bid in program history
After 10 years, Cal Poly Women’s Basketball will make their return to the Women’s National Invitational Tournament (WNIT). This appearance is the Mustangs’ fourth in program history. The WNIT announced the field of 48 Division I women’s basketball programs on Sunday, March 17. Subsequently, the tournament announced the first round of games on Monday, March […]
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Offensive Struggles Lead to Mustangs Elimination from Big West Championship
Throughout the season, two things have consistently hurt Cal Poly Women’s Basketball: slow starts and turning the ball over. Unfortunately for the Mustangs, both of these issues showed up once again, but this time in the biggest game of their season. Cal Poly dropped the quarter-final of the Big West tournament against UC Davis on […]
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Women’s Basketball strong 4th quarter against UCSD secures top-four placement in Big West playoffs
With less than three minutes to go in a gridlocked game that would determine Cal Poly’s playoff seeding, junior guard Sidney Richards got a pass on the wing, drove hard to the hoop and scored the go-ahead bucket over the UC San Diego defenders. On the next possession down, senior forward Natalia Ackerman found Richards […]
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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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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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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 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 […]
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Cal Poly Women’s Basketball moves to 3-0 in Big West play following win over Long Beach State
Since taking over the program last season, Cal Poly Women’s Basketball Head Coach Shanele Stires has preached the importance of effort and competitiveness to her team, which has more than exceeded expectations in her second year. Her philosophy once again reared its head in a scrappy game against Long Beach State on Thursday, Jan. 4 […]