Beavers Set For Sunday Exhibition
November 04, 2015 | Women's Basketball
The Game: The Oregon State women's basketball team will return to the floor at Gill Coliseum on Sunday for an exhibition contest against Corban. The game is scheduled to tip-off at 3 p.m.
Radio: Ron Callan will have the call for Sunday's game. The contest will air live on the Beaver Radio Network, and can be found online here.
Live Stats: Live stats for all of this seasons' games can be found at this link.
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Tickets: Tickets for Sunday's exhibition are available for $5 and can be purchased through the Beaver Ticket Office at BeaverTickets.com or by calling 800-GOBEAVS.
More reserved seat season tickets for the 2015-16 Oregon State women's basketball season have been released, and general admission season tickets are still available for a low as $68. Get yours today by clicking this link or by calling 800-GO-BEAVS. The Beavers' 2015-16 schedule features 15 home games, including marquee matchups against Tennessee, Stanford and Arizona State.
The Schedule: Oregon State will face an exciting 2015-16 schedule this season, including a home game against Tennessee on Dec. 19 (tickets here). The Beavers will follow that up with a trip to Notre Dame on Dec. 28. Pac-12 play opens on Jan. 2 with a trip to Los Angeles, before Oregon State plays in back-to-back Civil War games on Jan. 8 (Corvallis) and Jan. 10 (Eugene).
The Rankings: Oregon State enters the 2015-16 season with the highest season-opening rankings in school history. The Beavers will begin the year at No. 9 in the USA Today/WBCA Coaches' Poll and at No. 10 in the AP Rankings. OSU has also been selected by both the Pac-12 coaches and media to repeat as conference champions.
Individual Recognition: Sydney Wiese and Ruth Hamblin both earned spots on the Pac-12 Preseason First Team, which was voted on by the conferences' media earlier this week. Hamblin was also selected as the No. 13 player in the nation by ESPNW, while Wiese was tabbed as the No. 23 player. Jamie Weisner joined Wiese and Hamblin as All-Pac-12 selections last season.
What's New: The Beavers bring a trio of freshmen into the upcoming season. Katie McWilliams hails from Salem, Ore., where she was a two-time all-state honoree, and won the Oregon Sports Award for Best Prep Basketball Player. Taylor Kalmer makes her way up to Corvallis from Chandler, Ariz., where she attended Corona Del Sol High School. Kalmer averaged 18.7 points per game in her senior year, and started all four years at point guard. Tarea Green went to Hillsboro High School in Hillsboro, Ore. She holds Hillsboro High records for points and rebounds in a season.
Italian Summer: Oregon State took part in an international tour this summer, heading to Italy to take in the culture and play some basketball. The 10-day trip featured stops in Rome, Florence, Venice and Como, as well of four basketball games against professional Italian squads (all four won by the Beavers).
So International: Several Beavers got experience with their national teams this summer. Ruth Hamblin (Canada) and Sydney Wiese (USA) both traveled to South Korea in June to take part in the World University Games, an Olympic-style event aimed at college athletes. Hamblin and Wiese found themseleves on opposite ends of the floor in the Gold Medal Game, as Wiese and Team USA defeated Canada to take the event's top prize. Meanwhile, Scott Rueck was busy serving as an assistant coach for the US Pan-American Games squad, helping the team earn a silver medal. Rueck also found himself in an unfamiliar position when Team USA faced former Beaver Ali Gibson and Puerto Rico.
Notable Rules Changes:
- Games will be played in four 10-minute quarters, rather than two 20-minute halves
- Teams will be in the bonus after their opponent reaches five personal fouls in a quarter. From that point on, the team will shoot two free throws for every defensive or loose-ball foul. There is no longer a “1-and-1” bonus.
- If a team calls a timeout after a made basket in the final minute of the second half or overtime, that team may inbound the ball from the frontcourt rather than the baseline.
Oregon State Quick Hitters:
- Oregon State is coming off its first ever Pac-12 Conference Championship, having won the regular-season title last season.
- The Beavers were selected as a No. 3 seed in last year's NCAA Tournament and hosted the first two rounds of the tournament at Gill Coliseum. The tournament appearance was the second in as many years for Oregon State.
- Oregon State set a school record with 27 wins in 2014-15, shattering the previous record of 24. The Beavers also notched a 16-2 mark in Pac-12 play.
- Oregon State ended the 2014-15 season ranked No. 13 in the WBCA Coaches' Poll and No. 10 in the AP Poll. The Beavers were ranked as high as No. 7 during the course of the season, the highest ranking in school history.
- The Beavers went 14-2 at Gill Coliseum in 2014-15, and their success at home was met with impressive attendance figures. Oregon State led the Pac-12 in attendance with an average of 4,167 fans per game on the season, 4,785 in conference play. Oregon State drew over 5,000 fans to Gill Coliseum five times, over 6,000 four times and broke the 7,000 fans mark against Idaho and Oregon. Noise levels on the floor were measured at 110 decibels during OSU's game against California, roughly the same level as a loud rock concert.
- Oregon State notched three wins over top-15 programs last season going 3-1 in such games. The Beavers marquee win was a road victory over then No. 6/6 North Carolina. OSU would then proceed sweep the season series against No. 12/12 Arizona State.
- Oregon State returns 88.1 percent of its scoring and 93.1 of rebounds from 2014-15.
- The Beavers placed three players on the All-Pac-12 team last season, Ruth Hamblin, Sydney Wiese and Jamie Weisner, the most of any team in the conference.
- Oregon State recorded four Pac-12 Player of the Week honors last year (Hamblin twice, Wiese, Weisner), the highest total of any team in the conference.
- The Beavers notched numerous firsts in 2014-15, including: their first road sweep of USC and UCLA since 2000-01, their first ever road sweep of Colorado and Utah, their first season sweep of the Arizona schools since 1994-95 and thier first win over Cal since 2005.
- After taking on North Carolina and Tennessee in nonconference play last season, Oregon State will again face a challenging slate in 2015-16, with a schedule that features a home game against Tennessee on Dec. 19 and a road matchup with Notre Dame on Dec. 28.
- Oregon State will be in the national spotlight when it takes on Arizona State on Feb. 1, as it makes an appearance on ESPN2 as part of ESPN's Big Monday coverage. The Beavers will be one of 15 women's teams in the nation to make a Big Monday appearance this season.
- The Beavers finished last season fifth in the nation with 18.6 assists per game and eighth in the nation in assist/turnover ratio (2.33).
- Oregon State also ended the year second in the country with 30 defensive rebounds per contest, ninth in the nation in field goal percentage (45.4), 11th in scoring margin (+15.7) and 13th in field goal percentage (35.2).
