Top-10 Showdown on Tap for Friday Night as Beavers Take on Stanford

THE GAME: The No. 8/10 Oregon State women's basketball team will host a battle between the top-two teams in the Pac-12 Friday evening, as No. 6/8 Stanford makes a visit to Gill Coliseum for an 8 p.m. tip.

FOLLOW ALONG: Friday's game will air live on Pac-12 National, Pac-12 Oregon and Pac-12 Bay Area, with Ann Schatz and Mary Murphy on the call. The game will also be carried live on the Beaver Radio Network with Ron Callan. KBVR 88.7 FM will also air the game live in Corvallis, with Brenden Slaughter and Keenan Puncocher on the call. Live stats will be available at OSUBeavers.com.

WHAT'S COMING UP: The Beavers will remain at home on Sunday, as they host Senior Day vs. California. That game will tip off at 11 a.m. Oregon State has clinched a bye in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament, and will begin play in Seattle on March 3.

POWER UP: The first 250 students at Friday's game will receive a free BeaverDam portable phone charger.

TICKETS: Reserved tickets for Friday's game are sold out, but general admission seats are still available. To purchase tickets, visit BeaverTickets.com.

TARA 1,000: Oregon State will honor legendary Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer for her 1,000th career win in a pregame ceremony on Friday. VanDerveer earned her 1,000th career win on Feb. 3.

QUICK HITTERS:
- At 25-3, Oregon State currently has a better record than it did through the first 28 games of last season (24-4). The Beavers' have matched their best ever start through the first 28 games, tying the 2014-15 team that also started 25-3. That squad ended the regular season 26-3.
- The Beavers' 25 wins is already the third-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 for first place in the Pac-12. The Beavers currently hold the tie-breaker with the Cardinal for Pac-12 Tournament seeding.
- The Beavers have already clinched a top-three seed in the Pac-12 Tournament, and a first-round bye.
- 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 .818 winning percentage in their three-plus seasons with the team (108-24).
- 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 46-6 in Pac-12 play over the last three seasons, and 55-6 in their last 61 Pac-12 games.
- OSU is 82-12 over the course of the last three regular seasons, and 92-22 overall since the start of the 2014-15 campaign.
- Oregon State sits sixth in the nation in field goal percentage defense at 34.3 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 fourth-fewest fouls per game of any team in the nation, averaging 12.8.
OSU is fourth in the nation in rebounding margin (+11.0).
- The Beavers have posted a better shooting percentage than all but one of their opponents (vs. USC, 2/10/17)
- The Beavers have held opponents below 35 percent shooting in 44 of their last 66 games
- OSU has out-rebounded 26 of its 28 opponents this season, and has held the advantage on the boards in 24-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.

WITH A WIN:
- Oregon State would clinch a share of the Pac-12 regular season title
- The Beavers would join Stanford as the only Pac-12 women's basketball teams
to ever win three-straight conference championships.
- Oregon State would become the only school in the Pac-12 to win the conference three-straight times on both the men's and women's side (OSU men 1980, 81, 82). UCLA and Arizona join the Beavers as the only teams to win three-straight men's basketball titles.
- The Beavers would clinch the No. 1 seed in the Pac-12 Tournament for the third-straight year.

AT THE POLLS:
- The Beavers were projected as a two-seed, coming in at No. 8 in the NCAA Selection Committee's preliminary rankings, which were released on Monday.
- Oregon State moved to No. 8 in both the Coaches' Polls this week, the team's highest ranking of the season. The Beavers were tabbed at No. 10 in the AP 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. 6 in the RPI, as of Tuesday.

DISHIN' AND SWISHIN': Sydney Wiese Quick Hitters
- Wiese set the Oregon State career record for assists on Feb. 12, passing Leilani Estavan to take over first place. She now sits ninth in Pac-12 history with 592 career helpers.
- 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 352 career longballs, making her 18th in NCAA history.
- Wiese is first among active players in career longballs, sitting two 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 last 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 1,696 career points, good for 26th nationally among active players.
- Has 505 career rebounds, 467 of which have come on the defensive end.
- Leads all Oregon State players with 139 defensive rebounds this season, good for ninth in the Pac-12.
- 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.

VS. THE TOP-25: A look at Oregon State's record vs. ranked teams
- Oregon State is 5-1 vs. ranked opponents this season, with wins over No. 9 Washington, No. 10 Stanford, No. 15 UCLA, 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 12-3 in its last 15 games vs. ranked opponents.
- The Beavers have won 10 of their last 13 games vs. top-12 teams.

SERIES VS. STANFORD:
- Oregon State earned a 72-69 win over Stanford in a double-overtime classic at Maples Pavilion on Jan. 8. The win was the Beavers' first ever road victory over the Cardinal.
- Sydney Wiese scored 26 points in that game, including 13 in the fourth quarter and overtime.
- Breanna Brown tallied a double-double with 13 points, 10 rebounds and four blocks before fouling out.
- Oregon State held Stanford to 32.9 percent shooting in the game.
- Last season, Oregon State defeated Stanford 58-50 at Gill Coliseum to snap a streak of 29-straight Stanford wins in the series. Sydney Wiese was injured and did not play in the contest. The Beavers ended the contest on a 23-4 run to earn the comeback win.

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 108 Oregon State victories, the most by any player in OSU history
- Has played in 131 total games, closing in on Deven Hunter's Oregon State record of 135 games played
- Held Washington standout Kelsey Plum to 8-for-23 shooting from the floor in the Beavers' matchup with Washington.
- Is tied for seventh in Oregon State history with 121 career 3-pointers.
- Has averaged over 20 minutes per game all four years of her career.
- Has played in 76-straight games, dating back to her sophomore campaign. Hanson has only missed one game in her career, with that coming due to injury.

GREAT SCOTT: Scott Rueck Quick Hitters
- 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 improved to 147-79 with the Beavers' win over Utah, 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 56.6 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.

FORTRESS GILL:
- Oregon State has a home record of 42-5 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.
- The Beavers are 16-1 in their last 17 Pac-12 home games, and 32-2 in their last 34.
- Opponents are shooting 32.9 percent at Gill Coliseum since the start of the 2013-14 season
- With an average of 3,819 fans per game, Oregon State currently leads the Pac-12 in attendance for the third-straight season. The Beavers are more than 500 fans per game ahead of second-place Washington.

GERMAN SENSATION: Marie Gulich Quick Hitters
- Has tallied five double-doubles this season, after entering the year with one.
- Has tallied three blocks in back-to-back games.
- Is sixth in the Pac-12 with 3.21 offensive rebounds per game.
- Is sixth in the Pac-12 with 1.79 blocks per game.
- Is averaging 9.9 points per game, second only to Sydney Wiese on the Beavers.
- Is among the Pac-12's top-10 in rebounds per game (8.0)
- Is the only Oregon State player to play in all 96 games over the last three seasons.
- Has played with both the German U-18 and U-20 National Teams.

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.
- Scored 14 points on 5-for-6 shooting Sunday at Utah.
- 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 19 games.
- Is among the Beavers' top-5 players in rebounds (127), assists (63) and steals (24).
- Is averaging 9.7 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.3 assists in the Beavers' six games against ranked opponents this season, and is shooting 45.2 percent from the floor in Oregon State's five wins over ranked teams.
- 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.

WHAT CAN BROWN DO FOR YOU: Breanna Brown Quick Hitters
- Has scored in double-figures seven times in Oregon State's last 14 games.
- Has posted the first three double-doubles of her career this season, including one against Stanford in January.
- Made the Maui Classic All-Tournament Team
- Has started 19-straight games, the first 19 starts of her career.
- Sits sixth in the Pac-12 in field goal percentage at .529
- 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 tied for fourth in the Pac-12 with 1.82 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.
- Is shooting 55.9 percent from the floor in the Beavers' six games vs. ranked opponents this season.
- Is shooting 59.1 percent from the floor over Oregon State's last three games.
- Has 13 steals this season, after entering the season with seven steals in her first three campaigns combined.
- Has 140 rebounds this season is already surpassing her total from her first three college campaigns combined (118).
- Has 11 multi-assist games this season.
- Played for the Canadian National Team at the FIBA U17 and U16 World Championships.

KT-MAC ATTACK: Katie McWilliams Quick Hitters
- Pac-12 Freshman Honorable Mention in 2015-16.
- Sunday's game marked the first time McWilliams has hit three 3-pointers in a contest since she score 29 points vs. Lamar in the season-opener.
- 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 34 2-point baskets this season, already doubling her total of 13 in 2015-16.
- Her 16 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.

REMAIN KALMER: Taylor Kalmer Quick Hitters
- Has played in 10 of Oregon State's last 11 games.
- 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.

GET SOME TUDOR-ING: Kat Tudor Quick Hitters
- Her 3-point percentage of .438 would be good for 16th in the NCAA, if Tudor had reached the NCAA threshold of two made 3-pointers per game (averaging 1.64).
- Went 3-for-4 from long range on Sunday vs. Utah.
- Is shooting a better percentage from 3-point range (.438) than she is from the field overall (.433)
- 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 title

GETTING MADDIE: Madison Washington Quick Hitters
- Has missed four-straight games, after playing in four consecutive contests.
- 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 16-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 seven-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.

INCOMING!: A Look At Oregon State's Signing Class
- Oregon State's 2016 signing class is ranked No. 17 in the nation by Prospects Nation
- Taya Corosdale (6-foot-3 - forward - Bothel, Wash.) is the No. 8 ranked forward in the nation (ESPN), and is a McDonalds All-America Nominee.
- Aleah Goodman (5-foot-9 - guard - Milwaukie, Ore.) is the No. 11 ranked point guard in the country (ESPN) and is the two-time Oregon 5A Player of the Year.
- Joanna Grymek (6-foot-8 - center - Krakow, Poland) is the No. 2 rated junior college player in the nation (Collegiate Girls Basketball Report), and is a 60 percent shooter from the floor at Seward County Community College (Liberal, Kansas).

Top-10 Showdown on Tap for Friday Night as Beavers Take on Stanford

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Players Mentioned

Breanna Brown

Tarea Green

Gabriella Hanson

Deven Hunter

Taylor Kalmer

Katie McWilliams

Kolbie Orum

Mikayla Pivec

Janessa Thropay

Kat Tudor

Madison Washington

Jamie Weisner

Sydney Wiese