Beavers Set for Clash with No. 1 Notre Dame

THE GAME:
- No. 9 Oregon State will face No. 1 Notre Dame Saturday at 5 p.m. in the Championship Game of the Vancouver Showcase.
- A live stream will be available via the Vancouver Showcase for a fee. A link can be found at OSUBeavers.com
- Saturday's game will air live on 1240 KEJO in Corvallis with Jon Warren on the call.

QUICK HITTERS:
- Oregon State is 121-23 since the start of the 2014-15 season, the seventh-best record in the nation over that span, trailing only UConn, Notre Dame, Baylor, Maryland, South Carolina and Louisville.
- Overall, the Beavers and Gamecocks have combined for a record of 263-35 since the start of 2014-15, a winning percentage of .883.
- Thursday marked the first time Oregon State has played a regular season game outside of the United States since it played in Puerta Vallarta, Mexico in 2012.
- This week marks the first ever games in Canada in program history.
- The Beavers are one of nine teams in the nation to make the Sweet 16 in each of the last three seasons, joining UConn, South Carolina, Notre Dame, Baylor, Stanford, Texas, UCLA and Mississippi State.
- Oregon State has made the NCAA Tournament five-straight seasons, and has 11 NCAA Tournament wins over that span.
- Saturday's game will mark the first time in program history the Beavers have played the No. 1 team in the nation during the regular season. Oregon State battled No. 1 UConn in the 2016 Final Four.

SERIES VS. NOTRE DAME:
- Oregon State is 0-3 all-time vs. Notre Dame, with all three meetings coming within the last six years.
- The Beavers faced the Irish last season at Gill Coliseum, with Notre Dame taking a 72-67 win.
- OSU led for much of that contest, with Notre Dame out-scoring the Beavers 21-15 in the fourth quarter to earn the win.
- Mikayla Pivec had a big game vs. the Irish, going for 19 points, eight rebounds and six assists.
- Katie McWilliams is the only current Beaver to face the Irish multiple times, having started at point guard as a freshman when Oregon State took on Notre Dame in South Bend in 2015.

LAST TIME OUT:
- Oregon State defeated No. 13 South Carolina 70-68 Friday evening.
- The Beavers never trailed in the contest.
- Oregon State limited South Carolina to 34.2 percent shooting in the game.
- Taya Corosdale, Katie McWilliams and Mikayla Pivec all scored in double-figures

FULFILL YOUR DESTINY: Destiny Slocum Quick Hitters
- Redshirted the 2017-18 season due to NCAA transfer rules
- Failed to score in double-figures on Friday for the first time this season.
- Is on the Watch Lists for the Naismith Trophy, Wooden Award and Lieberman Award, and is an All-Pac-12 Preseason selection.
- 2017 WBCA National Freshman of the Year during her debut campaign at Maryland.

PIVEC AND ROLL: Mikayla Pivec Quick Hitters
- All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention last season
- Leads the team with 9.0 rebounds per game this season.
- Has at least 11 points, five rebounds, three assists in every game this season.

KT McBUCKETS: Katie McWilliams Quick Hitters
- All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention and Defensive Honorable Mention last season
- Played in her 109th career game on Thursday, making her 59th career start.
- Is shooting 59.0 percent from the floor on the season, and 66.7 percent from 3-point range.
- Cheryl Miller Award watch list, which recognizes the top-20 small forwards in the nation.

THROPAY AS YOU GO: Janessa Thropay Quick Hitters
- Has made the first three starts of her career in the Beavers' last three games.
- Set a career-high with six points on 3-for-3 shooting on Thursday.
- Tallied eight steals last Wednesday, the highest total by an Oregon State player since Earlysia Marchbanks had eight vs. Colorado in 2012.

GET SOME TUDOR-ING: Kat Tudor Quick Hitters
- All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention last season.
- Moved into sixth in Oregon State history Friday with 152 career 3-pointers.

SAY TAY KID: Taya Corosdale Quick Hitters
- Pac-12 All-Freshman Honorable Mention last season.
- Has started the last four games for the Beavers.
- Started the final 25 games of her freshman season

#AL3AH: Aleah Goodman Quick Hitters
- Pac-12 All-Freshman Honorable Mention last season
- Her 3-point percentage of 46.2 would have been good for third in the nation last season, if Goodman had reached the NCAA minumum for 3-pointers made (Requirement is two 3-pointers per game played, Goodman had 49 triples in 31 games).

YO JO: Joanna Grymek Quick Hitters
- Tallied six points and eight rebounds on Friday.
- Went 4-for-5 last Wednesday to put up eight points in just 14 minutes.

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Players Mentioned

Taya Corosdale

Aleah Goodman

Joanna Grymek

Katie McWilliams

Mikayla Pivec

Destiny Slocum

Janessa Thropay

Kat Tudor