Sunday, February 12
Corvallis, OR
1:00 PM
Oregon State
vs
UCLA
Beavers Set for Ranked Matchup with UCLA Sunday
February 11, 2017 | Women's Basketball
No. 9 Oregon State and No. 15 UCLA will tip off at 1 p.m.
THE GAME: The No. 9/9 Oregon State women's basketball team will take on No. 15/12 UCLA Sunday afternoon, in a matchup of ranked opponents. The game will tip off at 1 p.m. at Gill Coliseum.
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FOLLOW ALONG: Sunday's game will air live on Pac-12 Network, Pac-12 Oregon and Pac-12 Los Angeles, with Cindy Brunson and Maylana Martin Douglas on the call. The game will also be carried live on the Beaver Radio Network with Ron Callan. KBVR student radio will have the game live on FM 88.7 in Corvallis with Brenden Slaughter and Keenan Puncocher. Live stats will be available at OSUBeavers.com.
TICKETS: Tickets for all Oregon State women's basketball games can  be purchased at BeaverTickets.com.
WHAT'S COMING UP: Oregon State will make its final regular-season road trip of the year next week, as it heads to Colorado and Utah. The Beavers will take on the Buffaloes on Friday and the Utes on Sunday.
SERIES HISTORY: Oregon State is 23-46 all-time against UCLA, and 5-7 since Scott Rueck took over as head coach. The Bruins handed the Beavers their first Pac-12 defeat of the year on Jan. 13. Oregon State came away victorious last season when the teams met in the Pac-12 Championship game.
QUICK HITTERS:
- At 22-3, Oregon State currently has the same record it did through the first 25 games of last season. The Beavers best ever start through the first 25 games came in 2014-15, when the team went 23-2. That squad ended the regular season 26-3.
- The Beavers' 22 wins is already tied for the sixth-highest season total in program history. The school record for wins is 32, set last season, and the record for regular-season wins is 26, set in 2014-15.
- Oregon State has notched its fourth-straight 20-win season, and the 12th 20-win campaign in program history.
- Prior to this current run, OSU had not put together back-to-back 20-win years since it ran off five-straight from 1979-1984.
- OSU is currently tied with Stanford and Washington for first place in the Pac-12. The Beavers currently hold the tie-breaker with both the Cardinal and the Huskies for Pac-12 Tournament seeding.
- With a win on Sunday, Oregon State would clinch a first-round bye in the Pac-12 Tournament. The Beavers currently hold a four-game lead on fifth-place Arizona State with five games to play, and have the tie-breaker over the Sun Devils by virtue of OSU's head-to-head victory.
- Oregon State has not lost back-to-back games since it fell to USC and UCLA on Jan. 17 and 20 of 2014.
- Oregon State's senior class of Sydney Wiese, Gabriella Hanson, Kolbie Orum and Breanna Brown (redshirt junior) has an .814 winning percentage in their three-plus seasons with the team (105-24).
- This year's seniors are looking to become the first class in program history to make the NCAA Tournament all four years of their careers.
- The Beavers are 43-6 in Pac-12 play over the last three seasons, and 52-6 in their last 58 Pac-12 games.
- OSU is 79-12 over the course of the last three regular seasons, and 89-22 overall since the start of the 2014-15 campaign.
- Oregon State sits seventh in the nation in field goal percentage defense at 34.4 percent. That statistic has been a consistent foundation for the Beavers, who have held opponents to 33.7 percent shooting over the last three seasons.
- The Beavers commit the third-fewest fouls per game of any team in the nation, averaging 12.7.
- Friday's game marked the first time this season that the Beavers have not posted a better shooting percentage then their opponent this season.
- The Beavers have held opponents below 35 percent shooting in 42 of their last 63 games
- OSU has out-rebounded 23 of its 25 opponents this season, and has held the advantage on the boards in 21-straight games.
- The Beavers' freshman class is the highest rated in program history, tabbed at No. 12 in the nation.
- Oregon State has one of the tallest teams in the Pac-12, featuring nine players listed at 6-foot or above. UCLA is the only Pac-12 squad to have more 6-footers, checking in with 10.
FORTRESS GILL:
- Oregon State has a home record of 41-5 over the last three seasons.
- The Beavers have not lost back-to-back home games since falling to Washington and Washington State on Feb. 15 and 18, 2013.
- Friday's loss snapped a streak of 15-straight Pac-12 home wins for the Beavers.
- Opponents are shooting 32.9 percent at Gill Coliseum since the start of the 2013-14 season
- With an average of 3,729 fans per game, Oregon State currently leads the Pac-12 in attendance for the third-straight season. The Beavers are almost 700 fans per game ahead of second-place Stanford.
AT THE POLLS:
- The Beavers were projected as a two-seed, coming in at No. 7 in the NCAA Selection Committee's preliminary rankings, which were released on Monday.
- Oregon State received its highest ranking of the season in both the AP and Coaches' Polls this week, coming in at No. 9 in both rankings.
- OSU has been ranked in every coaches' poll since the end of the 2013-14 season.
- The Beavers were picked to finish fifth in the Pac-12 in both the league's coaches and media poll.
- Oregon State is No. 10 in the RPI, as of Saturday
SERIES VS. UCLA:
- UCLA topped Oregon State 66-56 on Jan. 13 to hand the Beavers their first Pac-12 loss of the season.
- Marie Gulich led the Beavers with 12 points and 11 rebounds in the teams' January meeting.
- Oregon State defeated UCLA 69-57 in last season's Pac-12 title game, and was ahead 44-17 at halftime of that game.
- Sydney Wiese scored 21 points on 5-for-9 3-point shooting in the Pac-12 title game.
- The Beavers have won five of the last seven meetings between the two teams, including three-straight at Gill Coliseum.
DISHIN' AND SWISHIN': Â Sydney Wiese Quick Hitters
- Will be looking to break the Oregon State record for career assists on Sunday, as she sits just one behind record-holder Leilani Estavan. Wiese currently has 576 career helpers, good for fifth in the nation among active players.
- Wiese broke the Pac-12 career 3-pointers record on Dec. 20, passing Candice Wiggins to move into first place. Wiese is now up to 342 career longballs, making her 22nd in NCAA history.
- Wiese is first among active players in career longballs, sitting one ahead of Ohio State's Kelsey Mitchell. Wiese and Mitchell have been trading the lead over the course of the 2016-17 season.
- Is one of 36 players in Pac-12 history to make the All-Pac-12 First Team three times. Should she make the all-conference team again this season, Wiese would become just the 13th player in conference history, and second player in Oregon State history (Tanja Kostic - 1993-96) to earn All-Pac-12 honors all four years.
- Made the Pac-12 All-Tournament and Dallas All-Region Teams last season.
- Was tabbed to the Naismith Trophy Top-30 and Dawn Staley Midseason Watch List this week.
- Has also been named to the Wade Trophy, Ann Meyer Drysdale Award and Lieberman Award Watch Lists.
- Preseason All-Pac-12 honoree for the second-straight season.
- Currently sits seventh in Oregon State history with 1,658 career points, good for 25th nationally among active players.
- Has 484 career rebounds, 446 of which have come on the defensive end
- Tallied the fourth triple-double in Oregon State history on Dec. 14, finishing with 27 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists vs. UC Davis
- Scored 26 points, including 13 in overtime, and pulled down five rebounds in the Beavers' win over Stanford. Wiese played 47 minutes in the game.
- Has made the Pac-12 All-Academic Team the last two seasons, and hopes to begin a career in broadcasting once her playing career comes to an end.
- Donated her hair in a postgame Haircuts for Cancer ceremony on Feb. 10.
- Wiese earned Academic All-District honors this week.
GIFT OF GABBY: Gabriella Hanson Quick Hitters
- Is known as one of the best defenders in the conference, earning Pac-12 Defensive Honorable Mention last season.
- Has played in 105 Oregon State victories, the most by any player in OSU history
- Has played in 128 total games, closing in on Deven Hunter's Oregon State record of 135 games played
- Is 8-for-13 from the floor over the course of Oregon State's last two games.
- Held Washington standout Kelsey Plum to 8-for-23 shooting from the floor in the Beavers' matchup with Washington.
- Is eighth in Oregon State history with 119 career 3-pointers.
- Has averaged over 20 minutes per game all four years of her career.
- Has played in 73-straight games, dating back to her sophomore campaign. Hanson has only missed one game in her career, with that coming due to injury.
VS. USC: A look at Friday's 70-50 loss to the Trojans
- USC's 48.1 percent shooting performance was by far the highest field goal percentage allowed by the Beavers this season. The prior high against Oregon State was 42.6 percent, set by Arizona and Marquette.
- Sydney Wiese led the Beavers with 17 points.
- The loss snapped a seven-game Oregon State winning streak.
VS. THE TOP-25: A look at Oregon State's record vs. ranked teams
- Oregon State is 4-1 vs. ranked opponents this season, with wins over No. 9 Washington, No. 10 Stanford, No. 20 California and No. 23 Arizona State.
- The Beavers have earned five wins over top-10 opponents over the last three seasons, including a victory over No. 4 Baylor in the Elite Eight last season.
- Oregon State is 11-3 in its last 14 games vs. ranked opponents.
- The Beavers have won 10 of their last 13 games vs. top-12 teams.
GREAT SCOTT: Scott Rueck Quick HittersÂ
- Was one of four finalists for Naismith Coach of the Year last season (Geno Auriemma - UConn, Muffet McGraw - Notre Dame, Dawn Staley - South Carolina).
- Finished second to Auriemma in the AP National Coach of the Year voting.
- Record moved to 144-79 with the Beavers' losst to USC, and is the second-winningest coach in Oregon State history. Aki Hill holds the Oregon State wins record with 274.
- Rueck engineered an accelerated turnaround at Oregon State, bringing the program into national prominence during his six seasons as head coach.
- Prior to joining Oregon State, Rueck served as head coach at George Fox in Newburg, Ore., where he built the program into a Division III national power, winning an NCAA title in 2009.
- Graduated from Oregon State in 1991.
- Rueck's teams have consistently been known for outstanding defense. The Beavers have allowed 56.5 points per game over the course of his tenure. George Fox allowed just 48.3 points per contest in 2009-10, Rueck's final year there, and set a school record with 45.4 points allowed under Rueck in 2007-08.
GERMAN SENSATION: Marie Gulich Quick Hitters
- Has tallied five double-doubles this season, after entering the year with one.
- Is sixth in the Pac-12 with 1.8 blocks per game.
- Is averaging 10.3 points per game, second only to Sydney Wiese on the Beavers.
- Is among the Pac-12's top-10 in rebounds per game (7.9)
- Is the only Oregon State player to play in all 93 games over the last three seasons.
- Has played with both the German U-18 and U-20 National Teams.Â
PIVEC AND ROLL: Mikayla Pivec Quick Hitters
- Has earned Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honors twice this season, tied with Sydney Wiese and Jamie Weisner for the most by an Oregon State player since the award began in 2011.
- Hit an important reverse-layup in the second overtime period of the Beavers' win over Stanford.
- Earned #Play4Kay Shootout All-Tournament honors
- Has started the last 16 games.
- Is among the Beavers top-5 players in rebounds (111), assists (57) and steals (19).
- Rueck has compared her rebounding from the guard position to Beaver great Jamie Weisner
- Highest-rated signee in Oregon State history, coming in as the No. 24 player in the nation according to ESPN.
- Max Preps National Female Athlete of the Year
- Won the Washington state-title for the javelin throw in her senior year
- Averaged 21.7 points, 14.1 rebounds, 4.4 steals and 4.1 assists in high school.Â
WHAT CAN BROWN DO FOR YOU: Breanna Brown Quick Hitters
- Has matched a career-high with 16 points twice in her last four games, including an 8-for-10 shooting performance last Sunday vs. Arizona.
- Has posted the first three double-doubles of her career this season.
- Set a career-high with 34 minutes played on Friday.
- Made the Maui Classic All-Tournament Team
- Has started 16-straight games, the first 16 starts of her career.
- Sits third in the Pac-12 in field goal percentage at .543
- Has scored in double-figures 12 times this season. Entering the year, Brown had only been in double-figures once.
- Has tallied four blocks in a game five times this season. Her career-high entering the year was two rejections
- Is fourth in the Pac-12 with 1.8 blocks per game this season
- Won back-to-back California State championships in 2012 and 2013 as a member of Bishop O'Dowd High School (Oakland, Calif.).
OPEN ORUM: Kolbie Orum Quick Hitters
- Started the first nine games of the season
- Has 13 steals this season, after entering the season with seven steals in her first three campaigns combined.
- Has 125 rebounds this season is already surpassing her total from her first three college campaigns combined (118).
- Has 10 multi-assist games this season.
- Played for the Canadian National Team at the FIBA U17 and U16 World Championships.Â
KT-MAC ATTACK: Katie McWilliams Quick Hitters
- Pac-12 Freshman Honorable Mention in 2015-16.
- Is one of six Beavers, and the only OSU freshman to play in all 37 games last season.
- Went 3-for-3 from 3-point range against UConn in the Final Four.
- Started the first nine games of the season for Oregon State
- Has converted 32 2-point baskets this season, already doubling her total of 13 in 2015-16.
- Her 13 offensive rebounds this season has already surpassed her total of four in 2015-16.
- Was the highest ranked recruit in Oregon State history, prior to Mikayla Pivec joining the team in the 2016 recruiting class.
- Earned numerous awards in the state of Oregon during her high school career, including: two All-State honors, Oregon Live Girls Basketball Player of the Year, Oregon Sports Award for Best Prep Basketball Player and Gatorade Oregon Player of the Year.Â
GET SOME TUDOR-ING: Kat Tudor Quick Hitters
- Her 3-point percentage of .424 would be good for 28th in the NCAA, if Tudor had reached the NCAA threshold of two made 3-pointers per game (averaging 1.68).
- Is shooting a better percentage from 3-point range (.424) than she is from the field overall (.417)
- Joins Mikayla Pivec as the only Beaver freshmen to play in every game this season.
- Made 371 three-pointers in her high-school career
- Helped St. Mary's High School win the 2015 California state titleÂ
REMAIN KALMER: Taylor Kalmer Quick Hitters
- Has played in eight-straight games, after not seeing the floor for four-straight contests.
- Missed the first four games of the season due to injury
- Named Oregon State's Most Improved Player at the team's 2016 Awards Banquet.
- Was named a Scholar Athlete all four years of high school.Â
GETTING MADDIE: Madison Washington Quick Hitters
- Did not play of Friday, after seeing the floor in four-straight games.
- Set a career-high with five points vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff.
- USA Today First Team All-Nevada selection
- Helped Bishop Gorman High School reach the Nevada state title game three times
- Averaged 12.2 points and 8.0 rebounds per game her senior season
THROPAY AS YOU GO: Janessa Thropay Quick Hitters
- Has not played in 13-straight games.
- Sang the national anthem prior to both the men's and women's basketball games on Friday Dec. 30.
- McDonalds All-America nominee her senior season of high school
- First-Team All-California in high school
- Earned MVP honors at the All-Star Classic
ALWAYS GREENER: Tarea Green Quick Hitters
- Has not played in four-straight games.
- Scored her first career points and pulled down her first career rebound vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff.
- Has seen the floor in five games, after red-shirting the 2015-16 season.
- Holds Hillsboro High School records for points and rebounds in a season.
- Born in Corvallis, Ore.
THE STAFF: Oregon State Assistant Coaches and Support Staff Quick Hitters
- Associate Head Coach Jonas Chatterton enters his third season with the Beavers after spending four seasons at Colorado.
- Associate Head Coach Brian Holsinger served as an assistant coach on the Washington State staff for eight seasons.
- Assistant Coach Katie Baker was an All-Big Sky honoree at Montana
- Eric Ely takes over a new role this season as Assistant Athletic Director for Women's Basketball. Ely has been with the team since Rueck took over as head coach, spending the last six seasons as an assistant coach
- Director of Operations Sharon Rissmiller is in her second season with the Beavers. She has served as the head coach at Pacific (Ore.) and played basketball at Portland
- Assistant to the Head Coach Kendall Knotz served as a manger for Oregon State for four seasons before taking on her new role this year
Athletic Trainer Jason Lieuw is the longest serving member of the Oregon State staff, currently in his eighth year with the team
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FOLLOW ALONG: Sunday's game will air live on Pac-12 Network, Pac-12 Oregon and Pac-12 Los Angeles, with Cindy Brunson and Maylana Martin Douglas on the call. The game will also be carried live on the Beaver Radio Network with Ron Callan. KBVR student radio will have the game live on FM 88.7 in Corvallis with Brenden Slaughter and Keenan Puncocher. Live stats will be available at OSUBeavers.com.
TICKETS: Tickets for all Oregon State women's basketball games can  be purchased at BeaverTickets.com.
WHAT'S COMING UP: Oregon State will make its final regular-season road trip of the year next week, as it heads to Colorado and Utah. The Beavers will take on the Buffaloes on Friday and the Utes on Sunday.
SERIES HISTORY: Oregon State is 23-46 all-time against UCLA, and 5-7 since Scott Rueck took over as head coach. The Bruins handed the Beavers their first Pac-12 defeat of the year on Jan. 13. Oregon State came away victorious last season when the teams met in the Pac-12 Championship game.
QUICK HITTERS:
- At 22-3, Oregon State currently has the same record it did through the first 25 games of last season. The Beavers best ever start through the first 25 games came in 2014-15, when the team went 23-2. That squad ended the regular season 26-3.
- The Beavers' 22 wins is already tied for the sixth-highest season total in program history. The school record for wins is 32, set last season, and the record for regular-season wins is 26, set in 2014-15.
- Oregon State has notched its fourth-straight 20-win season, and the 12th 20-win campaign in program history.
- Prior to this current run, OSU had not put together back-to-back 20-win years since it ran off five-straight from 1979-1984.
- OSU is currently tied with Stanford and Washington for first place in the Pac-12. The Beavers currently hold the tie-breaker with both the Cardinal and the Huskies for Pac-12 Tournament seeding.
- With a win on Sunday, Oregon State would clinch a first-round bye in the Pac-12 Tournament. The Beavers currently hold a four-game lead on fifth-place Arizona State with five games to play, and have the tie-breaker over the Sun Devils by virtue of OSU's head-to-head victory.
- Oregon State has not lost back-to-back games since it fell to USC and UCLA on Jan. 17 and 20 of 2014.
- Oregon State's senior class of Sydney Wiese, Gabriella Hanson, Kolbie Orum and Breanna Brown (redshirt junior) has an .814 winning percentage in their three-plus seasons with the team (105-24).
- This year's seniors are looking to become the first class in program history to make the NCAA Tournament all four years of their careers.
- The Beavers are 43-6 in Pac-12 play over the last three seasons, and 52-6 in their last 58 Pac-12 games.
- OSU is 79-12 over the course of the last three regular seasons, and 89-22 overall since the start of the 2014-15 campaign.
- Oregon State sits seventh in the nation in field goal percentage defense at 34.4 percent. That statistic has been a consistent foundation for the Beavers, who have held opponents to 33.7 percent shooting over the last three seasons.
- The Beavers commit the third-fewest fouls per game of any team in the nation, averaging 12.7.
- Friday's game marked the first time this season that the Beavers have not posted a better shooting percentage then their opponent this season.
- The Beavers have held opponents below 35 percent shooting in 42 of their last 63 games
- OSU has out-rebounded 23 of its 25 opponents this season, and has held the advantage on the boards in 21-straight games.
- The Beavers' freshman class is the highest rated in program history, tabbed at No. 12 in the nation.
- Oregon State has one of the tallest teams in the Pac-12, featuring nine players listed at 6-foot or above. UCLA is the only Pac-12 squad to have more 6-footers, checking in with 10.
FORTRESS GILL:
- Oregon State has a home record of 41-5 over the last three seasons.
- The Beavers have not lost back-to-back home games since falling to Washington and Washington State on Feb. 15 and 18, 2013.
- Friday's loss snapped a streak of 15-straight Pac-12 home wins for the Beavers.
- Opponents are shooting 32.9 percent at Gill Coliseum since the start of the 2013-14 season
- With an average of 3,729 fans per game, Oregon State currently leads the Pac-12 in attendance for the third-straight season. The Beavers are almost 700 fans per game ahead of second-place Stanford.
AT THE POLLS:
- The Beavers were projected as a two-seed, coming in at No. 7 in the NCAA Selection Committee's preliminary rankings, which were released on Monday.
- Oregon State received its highest ranking of the season in both the AP and Coaches' Polls this week, coming in at No. 9 in both rankings.
- OSU has been ranked in every coaches' poll since the end of the 2013-14 season.
- The Beavers were picked to finish fifth in the Pac-12 in both the league's coaches and media poll.
- Oregon State is No. 10 in the RPI, as of Saturday
SERIES VS. UCLA:
- UCLA topped Oregon State 66-56 on Jan. 13 to hand the Beavers their first Pac-12 loss of the season.
- Marie Gulich led the Beavers with 12 points and 11 rebounds in the teams' January meeting.
- Oregon State defeated UCLA 69-57 in last season's Pac-12 title game, and was ahead 44-17 at halftime of that game.
- Sydney Wiese scored 21 points on 5-for-9 3-point shooting in the Pac-12 title game.
- The Beavers have won five of the last seven meetings between the two teams, including three-straight at Gill Coliseum.
DISHIN' AND SWISHIN': Â Sydney Wiese Quick Hitters
- Will be looking to break the Oregon State record for career assists on Sunday, as she sits just one behind record-holder Leilani Estavan. Wiese currently has 576 career helpers, good for fifth in the nation among active players.
- Wiese broke the Pac-12 career 3-pointers record on Dec. 20, passing Candice Wiggins to move into first place. Wiese is now up to 342 career longballs, making her 22nd in NCAA history.
- Wiese is first among active players in career longballs, sitting one ahead of Ohio State's Kelsey Mitchell. Wiese and Mitchell have been trading the lead over the course of the 2016-17 season.
- Is one of 36 players in Pac-12 history to make the All-Pac-12 First Team three times. Should she make the all-conference team again this season, Wiese would become just the 13th player in conference history, and second player in Oregon State history (Tanja Kostic - 1993-96) to earn All-Pac-12 honors all four years.
- Made the Pac-12 All-Tournament and Dallas All-Region Teams last season.
- Was tabbed to the Naismith Trophy Top-30 and Dawn Staley Midseason Watch List this week.
- Has also been named to the Wade Trophy, Ann Meyer Drysdale Award and Lieberman Award Watch Lists.
- Preseason All-Pac-12 honoree for the second-straight season.
- Currently sits seventh in Oregon State history with 1,658 career points, good for 25th nationally among active players.
- Has 484 career rebounds, 446 of which have come on the defensive end
- Tallied the fourth triple-double in Oregon State history on Dec. 14, finishing with 27 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists vs. UC Davis
- Scored 26 points, including 13 in overtime, and pulled down five rebounds in the Beavers' win over Stanford. Wiese played 47 minutes in the game.
- Has made the Pac-12 All-Academic Team the last two seasons, and hopes to begin a career in broadcasting once her playing career comes to an end.
- Donated her hair in a postgame Haircuts for Cancer ceremony on Feb. 10.
- Wiese earned Academic All-District honors this week.
GIFT OF GABBY: Gabriella Hanson Quick Hitters
- Is known as one of the best defenders in the conference, earning Pac-12 Defensive Honorable Mention last season.
- Has played in 105 Oregon State victories, the most by any player in OSU history
- Has played in 128 total games, closing in on Deven Hunter's Oregon State record of 135 games played
- Is 8-for-13 from the floor over the course of Oregon State's last two games.
- Held Washington standout Kelsey Plum to 8-for-23 shooting from the floor in the Beavers' matchup with Washington.
- Is eighth in Oregon State history with 119 career 3-pointers.
- Has averaged over 20 minutes per game all four years of her career.
- Has played in 73-straight games, dating back to her sophomore campaign. Hanson has only missed one game in her career, with that coming due to injury.
VS. USC: A look at Friday's 70-50 loss to the Trojans
- USC's 48.1 percent shooting performance was by far the highest field goal percentage allowed by the Beavers this season. The prior high against Oregon State was 42.6 percent, set by Arizona and Marquette.
- Sydney Wiese led the Beavers with 17 points.
- The loss snapped a seven-game Oregon State winning streak.
VS. THE TOP-25: A look at Oregon State's record vs. ranked teams
- Oregon State is 4-1 vs. ranked opponents this season, with wins over No. 9 Washington, No. 10 Stanford, No. 20 California and No. 23 Arizona State.
- The Beavers have earned five wins over top-10 opponents over the last three seasons, including a victory over No. 4 Baylor in the Elite Eight last season.
- Oregon State is 11-3 in its last 14 games vs. ranked opponents.
- The Beavers have won 10 of their last 13 games vs. top-12 teams.
GREAT SCOTT: Scott Rueck Quick HittersÂ
- Was one of four finalists for Naismith Coach of the Year last season (Geno Auriemma - UConn, Muffet McGraw - Notre Dame, Dawn Staley - South Carolina).
- Finished second to Auriemma in the AP National Coach of the Year voting.
- Record moved to 144-79 with the Beavers' losst to USC, and is the second-winningest coach in Oregon State history. Aki Hill holds the Oregon State wins record with 274.
- Rueck engineered an accelerated turnaround at Oregon State, bringing the program into national prominence during his six seasons as head coach.
- Prior to joining Oregon State, Rueck served as head coach at George Fox in Newburg, Ore., where he built the program into a Division III national power, winning an NCAA title in 2009.
- Graduated from Oregon State in 1991.
- Rueck's teams have consistently been known for outstanding defense. The Beavers have allowed 56.5 points per game over the course of his tenure. George Fox allowed just 48.3 points per contest in 2009-10, Rueck's final year there, and set a school record with 45.4 points allowed under Rueck in 2007-08.
GERMAN SENSATION: Marie Gulich Quick Hitters
- Has tallied five double-doubles this season, after entering the year with one.
- Is sixth in the Pac-12 with 1.8 blocks per game.
- Is averaging 10.3 points per game, second only to Sydney Wiese on the Beavers.
- Is among the Pac-12's top-10 in rebounds per game (7.9)
- Is the only Oregon State player to play in all 93 games over the last three seasons.
- Has played with both the German U-18 and U-20 National Teams.Â
PIVEC AND ROLL: Mikayla Pivec Quick Hitters
- Has earned Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honors twice this season, tied with Sydney Wiese and Jamie Weisner for the most by an Oregon State player since the award began in 2011.
- Hit an important reverse-layup in the second overtime period of the Beavers' win over Stanford.
- Earned #Play4Kay Shootout All-Tournament honors
- Has started the last 16 games.
- Is among the Beavers top-5 players in rebounds (111), assists (57) and steals (19).
- Rueck has compared her rebounding from the guard position to Beaver great Jamie Weisner
- Highest-rated signee in Oregon State history, coming in as the No. 24 player in the nation according to ESPN.
- Max Preps National Female Athlete of the Year
- Won the Washington state-title for the javelin throw in her senior year
- Averaged 21.7 points, 14.1 rebounds, 4.4 steals and 4.1 assists in high school.Â
WHAT CAN BROWN DO FOR YOU: Breanna Brown Quick Hitters
- Has matched a career-high with 16 points twice in her last four games, including an 8-for-10 shooting performance last Sunday vs. Arizona.
- Has posted the first three double-doubles of her career this season.
- Set a career-high with 34 minutes played on Friday.
- Made the Maui Classic All-Tournament Team
- Has started 16-straight games, the first 16 starts of her career.
- Sits third in the Pac-12 in field goal percentage at .543
- Has scored in double-figures 12 times this season. Entering the year, Brown had only been in double-figures once.
- Has tallied four blocks in a game five times this season. Her career-high entering the year was two rejections
- Is fourth in the Pac-12 with 1.8 blocks per game this season
- Won back-to-back California State championships in 2012 and 2013 as a member of Bishop O'Dowd High School (Oakland, Calif.).
OPEN ORUM: Kolbie Orum Quick Hitters
- Started the first nine games of the season
- Has 13 steals this season, after entering the season with seven steals in her first three campaigns combined.
- Has 125 rebounds this season is already surpassing her total from her first three college campaigns combined (118).
- Has 10 multi-assist games this season.
- Played for the Canadian National Team at the FIBA U17 and U16 World Championships.Â
KT-MAC ATTACK: Katie McWilliams Quick Hitters
- Pac-12 Freshman Honorable Mention in 2015-16.
- Is one of six Beavers, and the only OSU freshman to play in all 37 games last season.
- Went 3-for-3 from 3-point range against UConn in the Final Four.
- Started the first nine games of the season for Oregon State
- Has converted 32 2-point baskets this season, already doubling her total of 13 in 2015-16.
- Her 13 offensive rebounds this season has already surpassed her total of four in 2015-16.
- Was the highest ranked recruit in Oregon State history, prior to Mikayla Pivec joining the team in the 2016 recruiting class.
- Earned numerous awards in the state of Oregon during her high school career, including: two All-State honors, Oregon Live Girls Basketball Player of the Year, Oregon Sports Award for Best Prep Basketball Player and Gatorade Oregon Player of the Year.Â
GET SOME TUDOR-ING: Kat Tudor Quick Hitters
- Her 3-point percentage of .424 would be good for 28th in the NCAA, if Tudor had reached the NCAA threshold of two made 3-pointers per game (averaging 1.68).
- Is shooting a better percentage from 3-point range (.424) than she is from the field overall (.417)
- Joins Mikayla Pivec as the only Beaver freshmen to play in every game this season.
- Made 371 three-pointers in her high-school career
- Helped St. Mary's High School win the 2015 California state titleÂ
REMAIN KALMER: Taylor Kalmer Quick Hitters
- Has played in eight-straight games, after not seeing the floor for four-straight contests.
- Missed the first four games of the season due to injury
- Named Oregon State's Most Improved Player at the team's 2016 Awards Banquet.
- Was named a Scholar Athlete all four years of high school.Â
GETTING MADDIE: Madison Washington Quick Hitters
- Did not play of Friday, after seeing the floor in four-straight games.
- Set a career-high with five points vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff.
- USA Today First Team All-Nevada selection
- Helped Bishop Gorman High School reach the Nevada state title game three times
- Averaged 12.2 points and 8.0 rebounds per game her senior season
THROPAY AS YOU GO: Janessa Thropay Quick Hitters
- Has not played in 13-straight games.
- Sang the national anthem prior to both the men's and women's basketball games on Friday Dec. 30.
- McDonalds All-America nominee her senior season of high school
- First-Team All-California in high school
- Earned MVP honors at the All-Star Classic
ALWAYS GREENER: Tarea Green Quick Hitters
- Has not played in four-straight games.
- Scored her first career points and pulled down her first career rebound vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff.
- Has seen the floor in five games, after red-shirting the 2015-16 season.
- Holds Hillsboro High School records for points and rebounds in a season.
- Born in Corvallis, Ore.
THE STAFF: Oregon State Assistant Coaches and Support Staff Quick Hitters
- Associate Head Coach Jonas Chatterton enters his third season with the Beavers after spending four seasons at Colorado.
- Associate Head Coach Brian Holsinger served as an assistant coach on the Washington State staff for eight seasons.
- Assistant Coach Katie Baker was an All-Big Sky honoree at Montana
- Eric Ely takes over a new role this season as Assistant Athletic Director for Women's Basketball. Ely has been with the team since Rueck took over as head coach, spending the last six seasons as an assistant coach
- Director of Operations Sharon Rissmiller is in her second season with the Beavers. She has served as the head coach at Pacific (Ore.) and played basketball at Portland
- Assistant to the Head Coach Kendall Knotz served as a manger for Oregon State for four seasons before taking on her new role this year
Athletic Trainer Jason Lieuw is the longest serving member of the Oregon State staff, currently in his eighth year with the team
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