The Cal Poly women’s basketball team (16-10, 12-3 Big West) remains optimistic about its chances in the upcoming Big West tournament, despite two recent losses to Cal State Northridge and UC Riverside.
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Women’s basketball earns share of Big West title
The Cal Poly women’s basketball team embraced history Saturday night, but the Mustangs are not satisfied yet. They (16-10, 12-3 Big West) defeated Long Beach State (8-21, 6-9) 61-48 to clinch a share of the Big West regular season title — for the first time in program history.
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Women’s basketball remains perfect at home
A lot was on the line for the Cal Poly women’s basketball team Thursday night. For the first time this season, the Mustangs almost saw their first place spot in the Big West slip away after back-to-back losses to UC Riverside and last-place Cal State Northridge. A loss to seventh place Cal State Fullerton would […]
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Women’s basketball drops second straight
This is all too familiar territory for the Cal Poly women’s basketball team.
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Women’s basketball fends off UC Irvine
The Cal Poly women’s basketball team watched a nine-point lead dwindle to nothing when UC Irvine’s Tayler Champion nailed a 3-pointer as the shot clock expired. The shot put the Anteaters up 17-16 with seven minutes remaining in the first half. Yet, the Mustangs went on to outscore UC Irvine 20-10 the rest of the […]
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Women’s basketball thrives in the face of adversity
No one said winning was easy. The task only got harder for the Cal Poly women’s basketball team (11-7, 7-0 Big West), which didn’t play more than eight players in its first five conference games as a result of injuries and suspensions.
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Women’s basketball stays undefeated in conference play
The Cal Poly women’s basketball team (10-7, 6-0 Big West) preserved its undefeated conference record after beating second-place UC Riverside (9-8, 3-2 Big West) Wednesday night. The Mustangs, who never trailed at any point of the game, earned a 57-48 victory against the Highlanders to remain atop the Big West Conference standings. Sophomore guard Kayla […]
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Women’s Basketball defeats conference-leading UC Davis
Overcoming administrative errors and a one-player bench, the Cal Poly women’s basketball team stunned rival UC Davis, 74-65, in Mott Gym on Saturday night. The Mustangs (7-7, 3-0 Big West) outpaced the Aggies (12-4, 2-2) on a 16-3 run over five minutes of the second half, turning a 35-39 deficit with 17:27 remaining into a […]
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Short-handed Mustangs down Pacific
Things looked grim for the Cal Poly women’s basketball team (6-7, 2-0 Big West) in the early minutes of its game against Pacific Thursday. The Mustangs were undermanned, only dressing eight players, and after Pacific connected on its first seven shots, Cal Poly was staring at an 11-point deficit just four minutes into the first […]
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Santiago out for season with ACL tear
An MRI showed a complete tear of the ACL in Santiago’s left knee, Santiago said the scan revealed Wednesday. That means the player who averaged a conference-high 19.6 points per game will watch the rest of the season from the bench.
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Women’s basketball looks to build off last season’s success
The Mustangs will be looking to grab a hold of the one thing which has eluded them so many times — a Big West championship.