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Gottlieb leaves UCSB for head coaching job at Cal

Monday, April 25, 2011 By 2 Comments
Lindsay Gottlieb led the Gauchos to a Big West Championship in her first year with the Gauchos. The sophomore head coach was named Big West Conference Coach of the Year for her success.

UCSB women's basketball coach Lindsay Gottlieb is going back from where she came.Gottlieb is returning to Cal to take over as its new women's basketball coach. She served three years as an assistant and later as the Associate Head Coach at Berkeley under Joanne Boyle before coming the Santa Barbara. Boyle was recently named the head coach at Virginia."I am both excited and humbled to return to Cal as the head women's basketball coach," Gottlieb said. "When I set foot on campus six years … [Read more...]

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Gaucho women to play at USC in WNIT

Monday, March 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The co-Big West champion UCSB women’s basketball team will play in its 14th postseason in the last 15 years after receiving a bid into the postseason Women’s National Invitation Tournament on Monday.The Gauchos, 19-11 overall, will play at USC on Thursday. Game times will be announced by the WNIT on Tuesday. USC finished its regular season 19-12 and fell to Arizona in the Pac-10 Tournament quarterfinals.“We are thrilled to have been invited to play in the WNIT and we’re looking … [Read more...]

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Gauchos think pink, run win streak to four games

Sunday, February 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The Thunderdome was a sea of pink on Sunday afternoon as UCSB spectators, players, coaches and staff all wore the color for its annual Pink Zone game, held to raise breast cancer awareness. The Gauchos did not disappoint their rose-clad fans, as they topped visiting Seattle University, 67-57, in the non-conference match-up.“We are really excited to get a win on Pink Zone day,” head coach Lindsay Gottlieb said. “It is just a really special thing for our team and our coaching … [Read more...]

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Adrian’s clutch 3s key huge UCSB comeback

Tuesday, December 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment

BAKERSFIELD – Kelsey Adrian hit two huge three-pointers in the waning moments of regulation and the UCSB women’s basketball team completed a comeback from 18 points down in the second half to stun Cal State Bakersfield, 86-83, in overtime on Tuesday night.The Gauchos watched as Bakersfield scored the first 11 points of the second half and pushed its lead to 53-35 with 16:24 remaining. However, UCSB head coach Lindsay Gottlieb employed her team into a full-court press the rest of … [Read more...]

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Portland shakes UCSB in OT

Thursday, November 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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The UCSB  women’s basketball team got a double-double from Mekia Valentine and saw sophomore forward Sweets Underwood pour in a career-high in points, but it was not enough as the Gauchos lost in overtime to Portland State, 69-66, on Thursday afternoon at the Thunderdome.Emilie Johnson had an open look at a potential game-winning three-pointer as regulation expired, but the shot bounced off the back of the rim and sent the game to overtime.That’s when Portland State (1-1 overall) … [Read more...]

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UCSB recruits possess shooting skills, size

Wednesday, November 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment

The UCSB women’s basketball team signed two top prep players to National Letters of Intent during the fall signing period.The Gauchos added a sharp-shooting guard as well as a powerful forward, both of whom will join the 13-time Big West champs for the 2011-12 season. UCSB will be adding 5-foot-11 guard Madeline Campbell from Loomis, Calif. as well as 6-foot-4 forward/center Keiana Vines from nearby Oxnard.“Keiana and Maddie are talented athletes, dedicated students and special young … [Read more...]

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UCSB women like the chemistry in new season

Monday, November 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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As they prepare for the Thursday night's season opener, the UCSB women’s basketball team has a much different aura surrounding it than it had at the beginning of the season last year.A year ago at this time, the Gauchos were coping with the loss of five graduating seniors - four of whom started - from the previous season's NCAA Tournament team. Now, after experiencing a season filled with more lows than highs, they look to move past their growing pains and to reclaim the Big West title … [Read more...]

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Gottlieb brings in Canadian recruit

Thursday, May 13, 2010 By Leave a Comment

The UCSB women’s basketball team has added another highly-touted player to its team for the upcoming 2010 season, the team announced on Thursday.Already with its top two guard prospects signed to National Letters of Intent for the 2010-11 season, the Gauchos added a post player to complement their roster. Adaeze Okolie, who hails from Ontario, Canada, has signed an NLI to wear the blue and gold next year.Okolie is currently a senior at Dennis O’Connor High in Ajax, Ontario and … [Read more...]

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Mekia and Meagan manhandle Pacific in Gaucho romp

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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ANAHEIM - The Pacific Tigers were billed as the run-and-gun team, but the Gauchos were the team that ran away with the game.Meagan Williams led the way with 24 points and Mekia Valentine had a near triple-double with 20 points, 13 rebounds, and 8 blocks as UCSB defeated the Tigers 82-54 in this Big West Tournament first-round match up.  The lead was never less than 19 in the second half, and grew to as much as 30 as the Santa Barbara-heavy crowd cheered its Gauchos on to … [Read more...]

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Johnson, Franey provide a buzzer-beating bonanza

Saturday, January 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment

FULLERTON – There were more twists and turns on Saturday at Titan Gym than an Agatha Christie novel. But in the end, the whodunit was Emilie Johnson, who nailed the game-winner in the second overtime to give UCSB a thrilling 60-59 double overtime victory over Cal State Fullerton.It’s so hard to pick a place to begin in this one, so the end is appropriate.BOX SCORETrailing by a point with 53.4 seconds to play, the Gauchos ran their offense to perfection in the closing … [Read more...]

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Gauchos bent by Bruins late run

Wednesday, December 16, 2009 By Leave a Comment
UCSB's Mekia Valentine goes up for a layup against the Bruins.

UCLA's Doreena Campbell came to a boil for two minutes on Tuesday night, just in time to cook the Gauchos in a 61-49 victory for the Bruins at the Thunderdome.The quick point guard bubbled over to score 8 of her 12 points in a two-minute stretch late in the fourth quarter, giving the Bruins their first double-digit lead at 55-45 and effectively puttin the dagger in the Gauchos with 2:01 remaining.Before that, UCSB was down on only three points at 46-43 after holding the lead … [Read more...]

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UCSB takes out Pac 10′s Oregon State

Saturday, December 5, 2009 By Leave a Comment

CORVALLIS, Ore. - UCSB (2-5) captured its second win of the season on Saturday defeating Oregon State, 59-53, at the Beavers' Gill Coliseum.The Gauchos shot 43.4 percent from the field while holding the Beavers to 31.9 percent, a season-low for UCSB opposition. UCSB also tallied a season-low 13 turnovers with just four in the second half.For the Beavers, Talisa Rhea led the charge, scoring 20 points for Oregon State while also posting four assists.The game was a seesaw battle … [Read more...]

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