Beavers Set For Senior Day Sunday
February 25, 2017 | Women's Basketball
Oregon State hosts California at 11 a.m.
THE GAME: The No. 8/10 Oregon State women's basketball team will host its Senior Day on Sunday, as the Beavers take on California. That game is slated to tip off at 11 a.m. at Gill Coliseum. The contest will feature a post-game ceremony, as the Beavers celebrate their Pac-12 regular-season title.
FOLLOW ALONG: Sunday'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. Live stats will be available at OSUBeavers.com.
WHAT'S COMING UP: Oregon State has clinched a bye in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament, and will begin play in Seattle on March 3.
TICKETS: Tickets for Sunday's game can be purchased at BeaverTickets.com. First and second round NCAA Tournament all-session ticket requests will be available for women's basketball season ticket holders and Our Beaver Nation donors beginning March 3rd. Women's basketball season ticket holders will have first priority and donor requests will be processed based on the Beaver Point system. The ticket office will be open extended hours on March 13th after the selection show to process orders and the deadline is 8 p.m. PST. All-session passes will go on sale to the public starting Tuesday, March 14th at 2 p.m. PST. Single session tickets go on sale starting at 9 a.m. PST on the day of the 1st round.
THREE-PEAT:
- Oregon State clinched at least a share of the Pac-12 regular-season title with its win over Stanford on Friday.
- The Beavers notched their third-straight conference title, joining Stanford as the only Pac-12 women's basketball team to accomplish that feat.Â
- Oregon State also clinched the No. 1 seed in the Pac-12 Tournament for the third-straight season. The Beavers hold the head-to-head tiebreaker over both Washington and Stanford.Â
- With a win on Sunday, the Beavers would clinch the Pac-12 Championship outright. Oregon State won the title outright in 2015, before sharing the 2016 Pac-12 Championship with Arizona State.
QUICK HITTERS:
- At 26-3, Oregon State currently has a better record than it did through the first 29 games of last season (25-4). The Beavers' have matched their best ever start through the first 26 games, tying the 2014-15 team that also started 26-3. With a win on Sunday, Oregon State would set a new program record for regular-season wins.
- The Beavers' 26 wins is already the third-highest season total in program history. The school record for wins is 32, set last season. Oregon State's three highest win totals have all come over the last three seasons (27 in 2014-15, 32 in 2015-16, 26 in 2016-17)
- 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.
- Friday's win over Stanford gave the Beavers their first ever season sweep of the Cardinal.
- 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 .820 winning percentage in their three-plus seasons with the team (109-24).
- 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 47-6 in Pac-12 play over the last three seasons, and 56-6 in their last 62 Pac-12 games.
- OSU is 83-12 over the course of the last three regular seasons, and 93-22 overall since the start of the 2014-15 campaign.
- Oregon State sits seventh 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).
QUICK HITTERS (CONTINUED):
- Friday's game vs. Stanford marked just the second time this season Oregon State has posted a lower shooting percentage than its opponent. The only other team to out-shoot the Beavers from the floor this season is USC.
- The Beavers have held opponents below 35 percent shooting in 45 of their last 67 games
- OSU has out-rebounded 27 of its 29 opponents this season, and has held the advantage on the boards in 25-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.
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. 5 in the RPI, as of Saturday.
DISHIN' AND SWISHIN': Â 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 597 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 357 career longballs, tying her for 16th in NCAA history.
- Wiese is first among active players in career longballs, sitting seven 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 1,718 career points, good for 25th nationally among active players.
- Has 507 career rebounds, 469 of which have come on the defensive end.
- Leads all Oregon State players with 141 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 at Stanford. Wiese played 47 minutes in the game. She followed that up with a 22 point game in the teams' second meeting, playing all 40 minutes.
- 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 6-1 vs. ranked opponents this season, with wins over No. 9 Washington, No. 8/10 Stanford (twice), No. 15 UCLA, No. 20 California and No. 23 Arizona State.
- The Beavers have earned six 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 13-3 in its last 16 games vs. ranked opponents.
- The Beavers have won 11 of their last 14 games vs. top-12 teams.
SERIES VS. CALIFORNIA:
- Oregon State has tallied four-straight wins over California, the longest Oregon State winning streak in the series since the Beavers won five-straight from 1993-95.
- The Beavers won this season's prior meeting, beating Cal 66-56 in Berkeley on Jan. 6.
- Oregon State shot 48.4 percent in that game, including 56.3 percent from 2-point range.
- Mikayla Pivec set a career-high in the game, scoirng 19 points on 8-for-13 shooting.
- Breanna Brown put up 14 points on 7-for-10 shooting from the floor.
- The Beavers used a 12-0 run spanning the second and third quarters to take control of the game.
- Oregon State held Cal scoreless for a stretch of over seven minutes during that 12-0 run.
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 109 Oregon State victories, the most by any player in OSU history
- Has played in 132 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 77-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 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 improved to 148-79 with the Beavers' win over Stanford, 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 43-5 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 17-1 in their last 18 Pac-12 home games, and 33-2 in their last 35.
- Opponents are shooting 33.0 percent at Gill Coliseum since the start of the 2013-14 season
- With an average of 4,204 fans per game, Oregon State currently leads the Pac-12 in attendance for the third-straight season. The Beavers are nearly 900 fans per game ahead of second-place Washington.Â
GERMAN SENSATION: Marie Gulich Quick Hitters
- Hit the game-winning put-back and knocked down a pair of free throws to ice Oregon State's win over Stanford.
- Has tallied five double-doubles this season, after entering the year with one.
- Is tied for fifth in the Pac-12 with 3.24 offensive rebounds per game.
- Is sixth in the Pac-12 with 1.76 blocks per game.
- Is averaging 9.8 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 97 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.
- Scored 14 points on 5-for-6 shooting last Sunday at Utah.
- Hit an important reverse-layup in the second overtime period of the Beavers' win at Stanford on Jan. 8.
- Earned #Play4Kay Shootout All-Tournament honors
- Has started the last 20 games.
- Is among the Beavers' top-5 players in rebounds (133), assists (63) and steals (24).
- 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 scored in double-figures seven times in Oregon State's last 15 games.
- Has at least seven rebounds in four of her last five 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 20-straight games, the first 20 starts of her career.
- Sits seventh in the Pac-12 in field goal percentage at .523
- 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 fifth in the Pac-12 with 1.79 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 55.0 percent from the floor in the Beavers' six games vs. ranked opponents this season.
- Is shooting 51.4 percent from the floor over Oregon State's last four games.
- Has 13 steals this season, after entering the season with seven steals in her first three campaigns combined.
- Has 146 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.
- 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 18 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
REMAIN KALMER: Taylor Kalmer Quick Hitters
- Has played in 10 of Oregon State's last 12 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.Â
GET SOME TUDOR-ING: Kat Tudor Quick Hitters
- Her 3-point percentage of .435 would be good for 15th in the NCAA, if Tudor had reached the NCAA threshold of two made 3-pointers per game (averaging 1.62).
- Went 3-for-4 from long range on Sunday vs. Utah.
- Is shooting a better percentage from 3-point range (.435) than she is from the field overall (.431)
- 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
GETTING MADDIE: Madison Washington Quick Hitters
- Has missed five-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 17-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 eight-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.
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FOLLOW ALONG: Sunday'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. Live stats will be available at OSUBeavers.com.
WHAT'S COMING UP: Oregon State has clinched a bye in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament, and will begin play in Seattle on March 3.
TICKETS: Tickets for Sunday's game can be purchased at BeaverTickets.com. First and second round NCAA Tournament all-session ticket requests will be available for women's basketball season ticket holders and Our Beaver Nation donors beginning March 3rd. Women's basketball season ticket holders will have first priority and donor requests will be processed based on the Beaver Point system. The ticket office will be open extended hours on March 13th after the selection show to process orders and the deadline is 8 p.m. PST. All-session passes will go on sale to the public starting Tuesday, March 14th at 2 p.m. PST. Single session tickets go on sale starting at 9 a.m. PST on the day of the 1st round.
THREE-PEAT:
- Oregon State clinched at least a share of the Pac-12 regular-season title with its win over Stanford on Friday.
- The Beavers notched their third-straight conference title, joining Stanford as the only Pac-12 women's basketball team to accomplish that feat.Â
- Oregon State also clinched the No. 1 seed in the Pac-12 Tournament for the third-straight season. The Beavers hold the head-to-head tiebreaker over both Washington and Stanford.Â
- With a win on Sunday, the Beavers would clinch the Pac-12 Championship outright. Oregon State won the title outright in 2015, before sharing the 2016 Pac-12 Championship with Arizona State.
QUICK HITTERS:
- At 26-3, Oregon State currently has a better record than it did through the first 29 games of last season (25-4). The Beavers' have matched their best ever start through the first 26 games, tying the 2014-15 team that also started 26-3. With a win on Sunday, Oregon State would set a new program record for regular-season wins.
- The Beavers' 26 wins is already the third-highest season total in program history. The school record for wins is 32, set last season. Oregon State's three highest win totals have all come over the last three seasons (27 in 2014-15, 32 in 2015-16, 26 in 2016-17)
- 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.
- Friday's win over Stanford gave the Beavers their first ever season sweep of the Cardinal.
- 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 .820 winning percentage in their three-plus seasons with the team (109-24).
- 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 47-6 in Pac-12 play over the last three seasons, and 56-6 in their last 62 Pac-12 games.
- OSU is 83-12 over the course of the last three regular seasons, and 93-22 overall since the start of the 2014-15 campaign.
- Oregon State sits seventh 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).
QUICK HITTERS (CONTINUED):
- Friday's game vs. Stanford marked just the second time this season Oregon State has posted a lower shooting percentage than its opponent. The only other team to out-shoot the Beavers from the floor this season is USC.
- The Beavers have held opponents below 35 percent shooting in 45 of their last 67 games
- OSU has out-rebounded 27 of its 29 opponents this season, and has held the advantage on the boards in 25-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.
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. 5 in the RPI, as of Saturday.
DISHIN' AND SWISHIN': Â 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 597 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 357 career longballs, tying her for 16th in NCAA history.
- Wiese is first among active players in career longballs, sitting seven 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 1,718 career points, good for 25th nationally among active players.
- Has 507 career rebounds, 469 of which have come on the defensive end.
- Leads all Oregon State players with 141 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 at Stanford. Wiese played 47 minutes in the game. She followed that up with a 22 point game in the teams' second meeting, playing all 40 minutes.
- 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 6-1 vs. ranked opponents this season, with wins over No. 9 Washington, No. 8/10 Stanford (twice), No. 15 UCLA, No. 20 California and No. 23 Arizona State.
- The Beavers have earned six 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 13-3 in its last 16 games vs. ranked opponents.
- The Beavers have won 11 of their last 14 games vs. top-12 teams.
SERIES VS. CALIFORNIA:
- Oregon State has tallied four-straight wins over California, the longest Oregon State winning streak in the series since the Beavers won five-straight from 1993-95.
- The Beavers won this season's prior meeting, beating Cal 66-56 in Berkeley on Jan. 6.
- Oregon State shot 48.4 percent in that game, including 56.3 percent from 2-point range.
- Mikayla Pivec set a career-high in the game, scoirng 19 points on 8-for-13 shooting.
- Breanna Brown put up 14 points on 7-for-10 shooting from the floor.
- The Beavers used a 12-0 run spanning the second and third quarters to take control of the game.
- Oregon State held Cal scoreless for a stretch of over seven minutes during that 12-0 run.
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 109 Oregon State victories, the most by any player in OSU history
- Has played in 132 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 77-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 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 improved to 148-79 with the Beavers' win over Stanford, 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 43-5 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 17-1 in their last 18 Pac-12 home games, and 33-2 in their last 35.
- Opponents are shooting 33.0 percent at Gill Coliseum since the start of the 2013-14 season
- With an average of 4,204 fans per game, Oregon State currently leads the Pac-12 in attendance for the third-straight season. The Beavers are nearly 900 fans per game ahead of second-place Washington.Â
GERMAN SENSATION: Marie Gulich Quick Hitters
- Hit the game-winning put-back and knocked down a pair of free throws to ice Oregon State's win over Stanford.
- Has tallied five double-doubles this season, after entering the year with one.
- Is tied for fifth in the Pac-12 with 3.24 offensive rebounds per game.
- Is sixth in the Pac-12 with 1.76 blocks per game.
- Is averaging 9.8 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 97 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.
- Scored 14 points on 5-for-6 shooting last Sunday at Utah.
- Hit an important reverse-layup in the second overtime period of the Beavers' win at Stanford on Jan. 8.
- Earned #Play4Kay Shootout All-Tournament honors
- Has started the last 20 games.
- Is among the Beavers' top-5 players in rebounds (133), assists (63) and steals (24).
- 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 scored in double-figures seven times in Oregon State's last 15 games.
- Has at least seven rebounds in four of her last five 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 20-straight games, the first 20 starts of her career.
- Sits seventh in the Pac-12 in field goal percentage at .523
- 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 fifth in the Pac-12 with 1.79 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 55.0 percent from the floor in the Beavers' six games vs. ranked opponents this season.
- Is shooting 51.4 percent from the floor over Oregon State's last four games.
- Has 13 steals this season, after entering the season with seven steals in her first three campaigns combined.
- Has 146 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.
- 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 18 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
REMAIN KALMER: Taylor Kalmer Quick Hitters
- Has played in 10 of Oregon State's last 12 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.Â
GET SOME TUDOR-ING: Kat Tudor Quick Hitters
- Her 3-point percentage of .435 would be good for 15th in the NCAA, if Tudor had reached the NCAA threshold of two made 3-pointers per game (averaging 1.62).
- Went 3-for-4 from long range on Sunday vs. Utah.
- Is shooting a better percentage from 3-point range (.435) than she is from the field overall (.431)
- 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
GETTING MADDIE: Madison Washington Quick Hitters
- Has missed five-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 17-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 eight-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.
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