Beavers Up to No. 7 in AP Poll
November 23, 2015 | Women's Basketball
CORVALLIS – The Oregon State women's basketball team moved up two spots in this week's Associate Press poll, coming in at No. 7 the AP announced Monday. The ranking is tied for the highest in school history, matching the Beavers' best position in the AP poll last season.
The USA Today/WBCA Coaches' Poll, which had the Beavers ranked seventh last week, will be released tomorrow.
Oregon State has opened the season 3-0 for the third consecutive year, most recently earning a win over UC Riverside Sunday afternoon. All three of the Beavers' victories this year have come by 20 points or more, including a 65-point win over Longwood in the season-opener.
The Beavers lead the nation in field goal percentage (57.1 percent) and rebound margin (+27.0), and are second in the nation in 3-point percentage (50.9).
Individually, senior Jamie Weisner leads the way for the Beavers, averaging 20 points per game, tied for third in the Pac-12, and leads the conference in field goal percentage at 66.7 percent. Junior Sydney Wiese is averaging 14.0 points per contest, and is coming off a 22-point performance against the Highlanders. The Tempe, Ariz., native is also tied for the team lead with 20 rebounds this season, and is tops on the team with 18 assists.
Oregon State will head to Puerto Rico this week, as it begins a stretch of three games away from Corvallis. The Beavers will take on Hofstra Friday and Arkansas Saturday in San Juan. Live streams for both games will be available on osubeavers.com.
Tickets for every game this season are available at BeaverTickets.com or by calling 800-GOBEAVS. Thirteen home games remain on this year's schedule, including marquee matchups against Tennessee, Stanford and Arizona State.
