Friday, January 25
Seattle, WA
8:00 PM
Oregon State
at
Washington
Photo by: Karl Maasdam
Beavers Head North For Matchup With Huskies
January 22, 2019 | Women's Basketball
Oregon State vs. Washington - Friday - 8 p.m. - Seattle, Wash. - Pac-12 Networks
THE GAME: The No. 9 Oregon State women's basketball team will hit the road this week, as it heads north for a matchup with Washington in Seattle. The game is slated to tip Friday at 8 p.m.
FOLLOW ALONG: Friday's game will air live on Pac-12 National and Pac-12 Washington with Ann Schatz and Elise Woodward on the call. Fans can listen on 1240 KEJO in Corvallis with Ron Callan, and live stats will be available at OSUBeavers.com. Live updates for all Oregon State women's basketball games can be found on twitter @BeaverWBB.
WHAT'S COMING UP: Oregon State will hit head east on Sunday for a matchup with Washington State in Pullman. That game will tip at noon. The Beavers will return home Feb. 1 to take on Colorado.
OSU VS. UW: Oregon State is 38-51 all-time vs. Washington, and 14-48 on the road. The Beavers have won their last six meetings with the Huskies, including a 78-67 win three weeks ago.
QUICK HITTERS:
- Oregon State is 131-26 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.
- Sunday's loss to Arizona State snapped a streak of 12-straight Pac-12 wins for the Beavers.
- Oregon State has won eight-straight conference road games.
- This marks the seventh time in program history the Beavers have started conference play 5-1 or better, and the third time in the Pac-10/12 era.
- The Beavers lead the nation in 3-point percentage, and have hit at least eight 3-pointers in 12 of their last 14 games.
- Oregon State has won nine-straight true road games, including their seven road wins to end the 2017-18 season.
- The Beavers have held opponents to 25.2 percent shooting from 3-point range over their last eight games.
- Oregon State has only lost back-to-back games once since the start of the 2014-15 season, with those defeats coming to USC and UCLA on Jan. 5 and 7 of 2018.
- The Beavers currently sit alongside Baylor and UConn as the only teams in the top-20 nationally in both field goal percentage and field goal percentage defense.
- OSU went 25-8 in calendar year 2018.
- Oregon State set the Pac-12 record for rebounding margin in consecutive games last month. The Beavers posted a +47 showing Dec. 9 vs. Santa Clara, a little over a week after winning the rebounding battle vs. La Salle by 46.
- 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.
- The Beavers' four highest win totals have all come over the last four seasons (27 in 2014-15, 32 in 2015-16, 31 in 2016-17, 26 in 2017-18).
- The Beavers have been ranked in every USA Today/WBCA Coaches' poll, dating back to the 2013-14 postseason rankings. Oregon State is one of six teams in the nation to be ranked every week over that period, joining UConn, Notre Dame, Baylor, Maryland and South Carolina.
- Oregon State moved up a spot to No. 9 in the AP Poll this week
- OSU's highest ever ranking came at the end of the 2015-16 campaign, when the Beavers came in at No. 2.
- OSU has led the Pac-12 in defensive field goal percentage for five-straight seasons, and is first the league in the category so far this season
- The Beavers have earned nine wins over top-10 opponents since the start of 2014-15.
- The Beavers have not lost three-straight games since falling to Notre Dame, California and Stanford from Dec. 29 2013 to Jan. 5, 2014.
- Oregon State is one of seven teams to have four players selected over the course of the last three WNBA Drafts, and is one of two programs to have players picked in the first round of the last two drafts.
- Oregon State posted a perfect Academic Progress Rate of 1,000 over the last ratings period. The Beavers have had a perfect APR over the last three years, joining Stanford as the only teams in the conference to accomplish that feat.
- The Beavers open the 2018-19 season selected to finish third in the Pac-12 in both the conference's coaches poll, and media poll.
PIVEC AND ROLL: Mikayla Pivec Quick Hitters
- All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention last season
- Put up 17 points in Oregon State's earlier meeting with Washington, going 4-for-8 from the floor and 7-for-8 from the free throw line.
- Has scored in double-figures in 16 of the Beavers' 18 games this season
- Has at least 14 points in seven-straight games.
- Is averaging 17.7 points per game during Pac-12 play, and shooting 55.0 percent from the floor.
- Is shooting 55.9 percent on the season, the third-best percentage by a guard in the nation, and the best percentage from a guard in a power-five conference. Her shooting percentage is third in the Pac-12 overall.
- Leads the team with 8.7 rebounds per game this season, the sixth-best mark in the Pac-12, and the highest total among Pac-12 guards.
- Is 11th in the nation in terms for rebounds per game from the guard position.
- Leads the team in rebounds and steals, and is second in points and assists.
- Has pulled down seven or more rebounds in 12 of her last 13 games.
- Has at least five rebounds in every game this season.
- Is currently at 919 career points. At her current scoring pace this season, Pivec would reach the 1,000 point mark Feb. 10 at California.
- Sunday's game snapped a streak of nine-straight games with a made 3-pointer for Pivec.
- Earned CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team honors and Pac-12 All-Academic First Team honors in her sophomore year.
- Shot 45.0 percent from the floor last season.
- Shot 48.2 percent from two-point range on 2017-18 the season.
- Served as Oregon State's starting point guard last season, playing the position for the first time since 7th grade.
- Pac-12 All-Freshman Team in 2016-17.
- Also threw javelin for the Oregon State track team in the spring of 2017, posting the fourth-best mark in OSU history in the event with a throw of 142-4 at the Oregon Twilight Meet.
- Highest-rated signee in Oregon State history prior to Andrea Aquino signing, coming in as the No. 24 player in the nation according to ESPN.
- 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.
FULFILL YOUR DESTINY: Destiny Slocum Quick Hitters
- Redshirted the 2017-18 season due to NCAA transfer rules
- Was named to the Wooden Award Mid-Season Top-25.
- Scored 30 points on 11-for-17 shooting in the Beavers' last meeting with Washington.
- Has three 20+ games in Oregon State's last five contests.
- Slocum is the sixth player in Oregon State history with multiple point-assist double-doubles in her career.
- Has scored at least 15 points in 10 of her 18 games this season, including six 20+ point outings.
- Has a total of nine 20+ point games in her collegiate career (Oregon State + Maryland), the most by any player on the OSU roster.
- Has made 42 free throws this season, more than seven players on last year's OSU team had in the 2017-18 season.
- Is shooting 46.6 percent from the floor this season, the fourth-best shooting percentage by a guard in the Pac-12.
- Is on pace to finish the regular season with 168 assists, which would be the seventh-best single-season total in program history.
- Slocum's 15-point, 11 assist performance on Nov. 14 marked the third time in OSU history that a player has had at least 15 points and 11 assists in a game.
- Was named to the Naismith Trophy Early Season Watch List
- Is on the Lieberman Award Watch list, which honors the top-20 point guards in the nation, as well as the Wooden Award Watch List as one of the top 30 players in the nation.
- Pac-12 All-Preseason selection
- 2017 WBCA National Freshman of the Year during her debut campaign at Maryland.
- Averaged 11.5 points, and 6.0 assists per game at Maryland.
- Scored 23 points, including 19 in the second half of the Terrapins' matchup with UConn on Dec. 29, 2016.
- Big Ten Freshman of the Year
- Second-Team All-Big Ten last season.
- 2016 McDonalds All-American at Mountain View High School
GETTING MADDIE: Madison Washington Quick Hitters
- Set a career-high with 19 points on 8-for-10 shooting at USC.
- Has scored over eight points in three-straight games, including a pair of double-figure outings.
- Has started 12-straight games, her first starts since Dec. 13, 2017.
- Is shooting 53.8 percent from the floor this season.
- Played a career-high 38 minutes Sunday vs. Arizona State.
- All nine of her blocksthis season have come in multi-block games.
- USA Today First Team All-Nevada selection
- Helped Bishop Gorman High School reach the Nevada state title game three times
KT McBUCKETS: Katie McWilliams Quick Hitters
- All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention and Defensive Honorable Mention last season
- Named to the Maui Jim Maui Classic All-Tournament Team Dec. 15
- Has scored in double-figures in back-to-back games.
- Played in her 123rd career game on Sunday, making her 73rd career start.
- McWilliams would be 36th in the nation in 3-point percentage if she had converted the two per game needed to be eligible in the category (has 23 in 18 games).
- Cheryl Miller Award watch list, which recognizes the top-20 small forwards in the nation.
- Led the Beavers with an average of 32.7 minutes per game last season.
- Scored in double-figures in 10 of Oregon State's final 14 games of last season.
- Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team honoree last season, and All-Academic Honorable Mention as a sophomore.
- Shot 45.5 percent from the floor last season, the best percentage for an Oregon State guard on the year.
- Pac-12 Freshman Honorable Mention in 2015-16.
- Went 3-for-3 from 3-point range against UConn in the 2016 Final Four.
- 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.
SAY TAY KID: Taya Corosdale Quick Hitters
- Pac-12 All-Freshman Honorable Mention last season.
- Has started the last 17 games for the Beavers.
- Pulled down a career-best 14 rebounds the last time the Beavers faced the Huskies.
- Has 108 rebounds over her last 12 games, and at least eight boards in eight-straight.
- Is averaging 9.7 rebounds per game during Pac-12 play
- Knocked down a career-high four 3-pointers last Friday, going 4-for-4 from long range, and is 6-for-8 from beyond the arc in her last two games.
- The Beavers are 27-5 in games where Corosdale hits a 3-pointer, and 16-2 when she hits two or more.
- Posted her first career double-double vs. La Salle, going for 11 points and 10 rebounds.
- Is averaging 7.7 rebounds per game, ahead of her average od 4.2 last season.
- Started the final 25 games of her freshman season
- Jordan Brand Classic All-American in high school.
- Two-time King County League MVP
- Earned a five-star rating from ESPN, and was ranked the No. 6 forward in her signing class.
- Two-time All-State selection in Washington.
GREAT SCOTT: Scott Rueck Quick Hitters
- Inked a contract extension last offseason that runs through the 2026-27 season.
- 2017 John R. Wooden Pac-12 Coach of the Year, becoming one of five coaches in conference history to win the honor multiple times.
- Record at Oregon State is 194-92 making him 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 eight 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.
- Rueck's teams have consistently been known for outstanding defense. The Beavers have allowed 57.1 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.
- Graduated from Oregon State in 1991.
GILL COLISEUM:
- Oregon State has a home record of 70-8 since the start of the 2014-15 season.
- The Beavers have drawn over 4,000 fans for every home game this season, and have gone over that mark in 12-straight home games.
- The Beavers have not lost back-to-back home games since falling to Washington and Washington State on Feb. 15 and 18, 2013.
- Oregon State averaged 4,985 fans per game last season, by far the best attendance in the Pac-12.
- The Beavers are 29-3 in their last 32 Pac-12 home games, and 45-4 in their last 49.
- Opponents are shooting 32.9 percent at Gill Coliseum since the start of the 2013-14 season.
- Seven of the top-10 crowds in Oregon State history have come over the last three seasons, including a record-setting attendance of 9,604 vs. Stanford.
IN THE PAC:
- The Beavers are 67-11 in Pac-12 play since the start of the 2014-15 season, and 75-12 in their last 87 conference games.
- OSU has 80 Pac-12 wins over the last five+ seasons.
- Oregon State has led the Pac-12 in attendance in each of the last four seasons.
- Beaver players have earned nine All-Pac-12 First-Team nods over the last four seasons.
- Head coach Scott Rueck is one of five coaches in Pac-12 history to win the John R. Wooden Coach of the Year Award multiple times.
#AL3AH: Aleah Goodman Quick Hitters
- Pac-12 All-Freshman Honorable Mention last season
- Matched a career-high with five 3-pointers on Sunday at USC, scoring 17 points.
- Has 10 3-pointers over her last three games.
- Is 15th in the nation in 3-point percentage.
- Has 16 assists over her last six games, compared to just four turnovers.
- Has scored at least six points in 13-straight games.
- Tallied her first career 20+ point game vs. Eastern Washington, going for 22 on 8-for-11 shooting.
- 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).
- Played the final game of her high school career at Gill Coliseum, leading La Salle to a state title.
- Two-time Oregon state 5A champion.
- Three-time Oregon 5A Player of the Year
- 2017 McDonalds All-America nominee
YO JO: Joanna Grymek Quick Hitters
- Had her best game of the season at UCLA, scoring 12 points on 6-for-9 shooting and blocking a pair of shots.
- Has scored at least five points in 13 of Oregon State's 18 games.
- Is 32-for-51 from the floor in her last 10 games.
- Played a career-high 26 minutes vs. Texas A&M.
- Has three games this season with seven or more rebounds.
- Had a breakout performance vs. North Carolina Central last season, going 7-for-7 from the floor to finish with 16 points. She also tallied three blocks in the contest.
- Played two seasons at Seward County Community College
- NJCAA All-American in 2016-17
- Averaged 15.4 points, 8.6 rebounds and 3.1 blocks per game in her sophomore season at Seward, shooting 62.9 percent from the floor.
- Made the Athletic Director's Honor Roll in both of her seasons at Seward.
- Represented Poland in the FIBA U20 European Championships in Spain's Canary Island
AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE: Jasmine Simmons Quick Hitters
- Set a career-high with 11 points vs. La Salle.
- Led Australia to a FIBA U-17 World Championship, serving as team captain. She made the All-Star Starting Five at the event.
- Earned a silver medal representing Australia at the 3x3 Championships.
- Was the No. 7 rated international recruit in her signing class.
- Enjoys playing guitar.
TRISH 'N' SWISH: Patricia Morris Quick Hitters
- Set a career-high with seven points vs. CSU Bakersfield
- Is 5-for-8 from the floor this season.
- Is the only Oregon State player with more free throw attempts than field goal attempts this season.
- Scored her first career points on Nov. 14
- Comes to Oregon State with a four-star rating from Prospects Nation
- Earned All-California honors twice.
- Speaks Mandarin Chinese
THROPAY AS YOU GO: Janessa Thropay Quick Hitters
- Has missed five-straight games due to injury.
- Set a career-high with 10 points vs. La Salle.
- Is 16-for-24 from the floor on the season, but has only attempted two field goals in her last four appearances.
- Tallied eight steals on Nov. 14, the highest total by an Oregon State player since Earlysia Marchbanks had eight vs. Colorado in 2012.
- Has performed the National Anthem at a number of Oregon State sporting events, including prior to the Beavers' Civil War game on Jan. 19.
- McDonalds All-America nominee her senior season of high school
GET SOME TUDOR-ING: Kat Tudor Quick Hitters
- Will miss the remainder of the season due to an injury suffered Jan. 4 vs. Washington State.
- At the time of her injury, Tudor was 21st in the nation in 3-point percentage and 30th in 3-pointers per game.
- All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention last season.
- Is tied with Felicia Ragland and Ali Gibson for third in Oregon State history with 178 career 3-pointers. Sydney Wiese holds the program record with 373.
- Currently has 740 career points
- Has scored in double-figures in six of her last eight games.
- Had 44 3-pointers in Pac-12 play in 2017-18, with 32 of them coming in five games (5 vs. Washington, 7 vs Washington State, 6 vs. Arizona, 7 vs. Oregon, 7 at Washington).
- Was 33rd in the nation and sixth in the Pac-12 in 3-point percentage during her sophomore year
- Hit at least five 3-pointers in a game eight times last season.
- Hit seven 3-pointers in a game three times last season, joining Talisa Rhea as the only Oregon State players to hit seven triples in a game three times in their career.
- Made 371 three-pointers in her high-school career
- Helped St. Mary's High School win the 2015 California state title
STILL AnDREa: Andrea Aquino Quick Hitters
- Is redshirting the 2018-19 season.
- Joined Oregon State as the No. 7 rated recruit in the nation, the highest rated signee in program history.
- Averaged 17.1 points, 12.2 rebounds and 7.0 blocks per game during her 2016-17 high school season
- Didn't start playing basketball until the age of 15.
FOLLOW ALONG: Friday's game will air live on Pac-12 National and Pac-12 Washington with Ann Schatz and Elise Woodward on the call. Fans can listen on 1240 KEJO in Corvallis with Ron Callan, and live stats will be available at OSUBeavers.com. Live updates for all Oregon State women's basketball games can be found on twitter @BeaverWBB.
WHAT'S COMING UP: Oregon State will hit head east on Sunday for a matchup with Washington State in Pullman. That game will tip at noon. The Beavers will return home Feb. 1 to take on Colorado.
OSU VS. UW: Oregon State is 38-51 all-time vs. Washington, and 14-48 on the road. The Beavers have won their last six meetings with the Huskies, including a 78-67 win three weeks ago.
QUICK HITTERS:
- Oregon State is 131-26 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.
- Sunday's loss to Arizona State snapped a streak of 12-straight Pac-12 wins for the Beavers.
- Oregon State has won eight-straight conference road games.
- This marks the seventh time in program history the Beavers have started conference play 5-1 or better, and the third time in the Pac-10/12 era.
- The Beavers lead the nation in 3-point percentage, and have hit at least eight 3-pointers in 12 of their last 14 games.
- Oregon State has won nine-straight true road games, including their seven road wins to end the 2017-18 season.
- The Beavers have held opponents to 25.2 percent shooting from 3-point range over their last eight games.
- Oregon State has only lost back-to-back games once since the start of the 2014-15 season, with those defeats coming to USC and UCLA on Jan. 5 and 7 of 2018.
- The Beavers currently sit alongside Baylor and UConn as the only teams in the top-20 nationally in both field goal percentage and field goal percentage defense.
- OSU went 25-8 in calendar year 2018.
- Oregon State set the Pac-12 record for rebounding margin in consecutive games last month. The Beavers posted a +47 showing Dec. 9 vs. Santa Clara, a little over a week after winning the rebounding battle vs. La Salle by 46.
- 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.
- The Beavers' four highest win totals have all come over the last four seasons (27 in 2014-15, 32 in 2015-16, 31 in 2016-17, 26 in 2017-18).
- The Beavers have been ranked in every USA Today/WBCA Coaches' poll, dating back to the 2013-14 postseason rankings. Oregon State is one of six teams in the nation to be ranked every week over that period, joining UConn, Notre Dame, Baylor, Maryland and South Carolina.
- Oregon State moved up a spot to No. 9 in the AP Poll this week
- OSU's highest ever ranking came at the end of the 2015-16 campaign, when the Beavers came in at No. 2.
- OSU has led the Pac-12 in defensive field goal percentage for five-straight seasons, and is first the league in the category so far this season
- The Beavers have earned nine wins over top-10 opponents since the start of 2014-15.
- The Beavers have not lost three-straight games since falling to Notre Dame, California and Stanford from Dec. 29 2013 to Jan. 5, 2014.
- Oregon State is one of seven teams to have four players selected over the course of the last three WNBA Drafts, and is one of two programs to have players picked in the first round of the last two drafts.
- Oregon State posted a perfect Academic Progress Rate of 1,000 over the last ratings period. The Beavers have had a perfect APR over the last three years, joining Stanford as the only teams in the conference to accomplish that feat.
- The Beavers open the 2018-19 season selected to finish third in the Pac-12 in both the conference's coaches poll, and media poll.
PIVEC AND ROLL: Mikayla Pivec Quick Hitters
- All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention last season
- Put up 17 points in Oregon State's earlier meeting with Washington, going 4-for-8 from the floor and 7-for-8 from the free throw line.
- Has scored in double-figures in 16 of the Beavers' 18 games this season
- Has at least 14 points in seven-straight games.
- Is averaging 17.7 points per game during Pac-12 play, and shooting 55.0 percent from the floor.
- Is shooting 55.9 percent on the season, the third-best percentage by a guard in the nation, and the best percentage from a guard in a power-five conference. Her shooting percentage is third in the Pac-12 overall.
- Leads the team with 8.7 rebounds per game this season, the sixth-best mark in the Pac-12, and the highest total among Pac-12 guards.
- Is 11th in the nation in terms for rebounds per game from the guard position.
- Leads the team in rebounds and steals, and is second in points and assists.
- Has pulled down seven or more rebounds in 12 of her last 13 games.
- Has at least five rebounds in every game this season.
- Is currently at 919 career points. At her current scoring pace this season, Pivec would reach the 1,000 point mark Feb. 10 at California.
- Sunday's game snapped a streak of nine-straight games with a made 3-pointer for Pivec.
- Earned CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team honors and Pac-12 All-Academic First Team honors in her sophomore year.
- Shot 45.0 percent from the floor last season.
- Shot 48.2 percent from two-point range on 2017-18 the season.
- Served as Oregon State's starting point guard last season, playing the position for the first time since 7th grade.
- Pac-12 All-Freshman Team in 2016-17.
- Also threw javelin for the Oregon State track team in the spring of 2017, posting the fourth-best mark in OSU history in the event with a throw of 142-4 at the Oregon Twilight Meet.
- Highest-rated signee in Oregon State history prior to Andrea Aquino signing, coming in as the No. 24 player in the nation according to ESPN.
- 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.
FULFILL YOUR DESTINY: Destiny Slocum Quick Hitters
- Redshirted the 2017-18 season due to NCAA transfer rules
- Was named to the Wooden Award Mid-Season Top-25.
- Scored 30 points on 11-for-17 shooting in the Beavers' last meeting with Washington.
- Has three 20+ games in Oregon State's last five contests.
- Slocum is the sixth player in Oregon State history with multiple point-assist double-doubles in her career.
- Has scored at least 15 points in 10 of her 18 games this season, including six 20+ point outings.
- Has a total of nine 20+ point games in her collegiate career (Oregon State + Maryland), the most by any player on the OSU roster.
- Has made 42 free throws this season, more than seven players on last year's OSU team had in the 2017-18 season.
- Is shooting 46.6 percent from the floor this season, the fourth-best shooting percentage by a guard in the Pac-12.
- Is on pace to finish the regular season with 168 assists, which would be the seventh-best single-season total in program history.
- Slocum's 15-point, 11 assist performance on Nov. 14 marked the third time in OSU history that a player has had at least 15 points and 11 assists in a game.
- Was named to the Naismith Trophy Early Season Watch List
- Is on the Lieberman Award Watch list, which honors the top-20 point guards in the nation, as well as the Wooden Award Watch List as one of the top 30 players in the nation.
- Pac-12 All-Preseason selection
- 2017 WBCA National Freshman of the Year during her debut campaign at Maryland.
- Averaged 11.5 points, and 6.0 assists per game at Maryland.
- Scored 23 points, including 19 in the second half of the Terrapins' matchup with UConn on Dec. 29, 2016.
- Big Ten Freshman of the Year
- Second-Team All-Big Ten last season.
- 2016 McDonalds All-American at Mountain View High School
GETTING MADDIE: Madison Washington Quick Hitters
- Set a career-high with 19 points on 8-for-10 shooting at USC.
- Has scored over eight points in three-straight games, including a pair of double-figure outings.
- Has started 12-straight games, her first starts since Dec. 13, 2017.
- Is shooting 53.8 percent from the floor this season.
- Played a career-high 38 minutes Sunday vs. Arizona State.
- All nine of her blocksthis season have come in multi-block games.
- USA Today First Team All-Nevada selection
- Helped Bishop Gorman High School reach the Nevada state title game three times
KT McBUCKETS: Katie McWilliams Quick Hitters
- All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention and Defensive Honorable Mention last season
- Named to the Maui Jim Maui Classic All-Tournament Team Dec. 15
- Has scored in double-figures in back-to-back games.
- Played in her 123rd career game on Sunday, making her 73rd career start.
- McWilliams would be 36th in the nation in 3-point percentage if she had converted the two per game needed to be eligible in the category (has 23 in 18 games).
- Cheryl Miller Award watch list, which recognizes the top-20 small forwards in the nation.
- Led the Beavers with an average of 32.7 minutes per game last season.
- Scored in double-figures in 10 of Oregon State's final 14 games of last season.
- Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team honoree last season, and All-Academic Honorable Mention as a sophomore.
- Shot 45.5 percent from the floor last season, the best percentage for an Oregon State guard on the year.
- Pac-12 Freshman Honorable Mention in 2015-16.
- Went 3-for-3 from 3-point range against UConn in the 2016 Final Four.
- 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.
SAY TAY KID: Taya Corosdale Quick Hitters
- Pac-12 All-Freshman Honorable Mention last season.
- Has started the last 17 games for the Beavers.
- Pulled down a career-best 14 rebounds the last time the Beavers faced the Huskies.
- Has 108 rebounds over her last 12 games, and at least eight boards in eight-straight.
- Is averaging 9.7 rebounds per game during Pac-12 play
- Knocked down a career-high four 3-pointers last Friday, going 4-for-4 from long range, and is 6-for-8 from beyond the arc in her last two games.
- The Beavers are 27-5 in games where Corosdale hits a 3-pointer, and 16-2 when she hits two or more.
- Posted her first career double-double vs. La Salle, going for 11 points and 10 rebounds.
- Is averaging 7.7 rebounds per game, ahead of her average od 4.2 last season.
- Started the final 25 games of her freshman season
- Jordan Brand Classic All-American in high school.
- Two-time King County League MVP
- Earned a five-star rating from ESPN, and was ranked the No. 6 forward in her signing class.
- Two-time All-State selection in Washington.
GREAT SCOTT: Scott Rueck Quick Hitters
- Inked a contract extension last offseason that runs through the 2026-27 season.
- 2017 John R. Wooden Pac-12 Coach of the Year, becoming one of five coaches in conference history to win the honor multiple times.
- Record at Oregon State is 194-92 making him 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 eight 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.
- Rueck's teams have consistently been known for outstanding defense. The Beavers have allowed 57.1 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.
- Graduated from Oregon State in 1991.
GILL COLISEUM:
- Oregon State has a home record of 70-8 since the start of the 2014-15 season.
- The Beavers have drawn over 4,000 fans for every home game this season, and have gone over that mark in 12-straight home games.
- The Beavers have not lost back-to-back home games since falling to Washington and Washington State on Feb. 15 and 18, 2013.
- Oregon State averaged 4,985 fans per game last season, by far the best attendance in the Pac-12.
- The Beavers are 29-3 in their last 32 Pac-12 home games, and 45-4 in their last 49.
- Opponents are shooting 32.9 percent at Gill Coliseum since the start of the 2013-14 season.
- Seven of the top-10 crowds in Oregon State history have come over the last three seasons, including a record-setting attendance of 9,604 vs. Stanford.
IN THE PAC:
- The Beavers are 67-11 in Pac-12 play since the start of the 2014-15 season, and 75-12 in their last 87 conference games.
- OSU has 80 Pac-12 wins over the last five+ seasons.
- Oregon State has led the Pac-12 in attendance in each of the last four seasons.
- Beaver players have earned nine All-Pac-12 First-Team nods over the last four seasons.
- Head coach Scott Rueck is one of five coaches in Pac-12 history to win the John R. Wooden Coach of the Year Award multiple times.
#AL3AH: Aleah Goodman Quick Hitters
- Pac-12 All-Freshman Honorable Mention last season
- Matched a career-high with five 3-pointers on Sunday at USC, scoring 17 points.
- Has 10 3-pointers over her last three games.
- Is 15th in the nation in 3-point percentage.
- Has 16 assists over her last six games, compared to just four turnovers.
- Has scored at least six points in 13-straight games.
- Tallied her first career 20+ point game vs. Eastern Washington, going for 22 on 8-for-11 shooting.
- 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).
- Played the final game of her high school career at Gill Coliseum, leading La Salle to a state title.
- Two-time Oregon state 5A champion.
- Three-time Oregon 5A Player of the Year
- 2017 McDonalds All-America nominee
YO JO: Joanna Grymek Quick Hitters
- Had her best game of the season at UCLA, scoring 12 points on 6-for-9 shooting and blocking a pair of shots.
- Has scored at least five points in 13 of Oregon State's 18 games.
- Is 32-for-51 from the floor in her last 10 games.
- Played a career-high 26 minutes vs. Texas A&M.
- Has three games this season with seven or more rebounds.
- Had a breakout performance vs. North Carolina Central last season, going 7-for-7 from the floor to finish with 16 points. She also tallied three blocks in the contest.
- Played two seasons at Seward County Community College
- NJCAA All-American in 2016-17
- Averaged 15.4 points, 8.6 rebounds and 3.1 blocks per game in her sophomore season at Seward, shooting 62.9 percent from the floor.
- Made the Athletic Director's Honor Roll in both of her seasons at Seward.
- Represented Poland in the FIBA U20 European Championships in Spain's Canary Island
AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE: Jasmine Simmons Quick Hitters
- Set a career-high with 11 points vs. La Salle.
- Led Australia to a FIBA U-17 World Championship, serving as team captain. She made the All-Star Starting Five at the event.
- Earned a silver medal representing Australia at the 3x3 Championships.
- Was the No. 7 rated international recruit in her signing class.
- Enjoys playing guitar.
TRISH 'N' SWISH: Patricia Morris Quick Hitters
- Set a career-high with seven points vs. CSU Bakersfield
- Is 5-for-8 from the floor this season.
- Is the only Oregon State player with more free throw attempts than field goal attempts this season.
- Scored her first career points on Nov. 14
- Comes to Oregon State with a four-star rating from Prospects Nation
- Earned All-California honors twice.
- Speaks Mandarin Chinese
THROPAY AS YOU GO: Janessa Thropay Quick Hitters
- Has missed five-straight games due to injury.
- Set a career-high with 10 points vs. La Salle.
- Is 16-for-24 from the floor on the season, but has only attempted two field goals in her last four appearances.
- Tallied eight steals on Nov. 14, the highest total by an Oregon State player since Earlysia Marchbanks had eight vs. Colorado in 2012.
- Has performed the National Anthem at a number of Oregon State sporting events, including prior to the Beavers' Civil War game on Jan. 19.
- McDonalds All-America nominee her senior season of high school
GET SOME TUDOR-ING: Kat Tudor Quick Hitters
- Will miss the remainder of the season due to an injury suffered Jan. 4 vs. Washington State.
- At the time of her injury, Tudor was 21st in the nation in 3-point percentage and 30th in 3-pointers per game.
- All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention last season.
- Is tied with Felicia Ragland and Ali Gibson for third in Oregon State history with 178 career 3-pointers. Sydney Wiese holds the program record with 373.
- Currently has 740 career points
- Has scored in double-figures in six of her last eight games.
- Had 44 3-pointers in Pac-12 play in 2017-18, with 32 of them coming in five games (5 vs. Washington, 7 vs Washington State, 6 vs. Arizona, 7 vs. Oregon, 7 at Washington).
- Was 33rd in the nation and sixth in the Pac-12 in 3-point percentage during her sophomore year
- Hit at least five 3-pointers in a game eight times last season.
- Hit seven 3-pointers in a game three times last season, joining Talisa Rhea as the only Oregon State players to hit seven triples in a game three times in their career.
- Made 371 three-pointers in her high-school career
- Helped St. Mary's High School win the 2015 California state title
STILL AnDREa: Andrea Aquino Quick Hitters
- Is redshirting the 2018-19 season.
- Joined Oregon State as the No. 7 rated recruit in the nation, the highest rated signee in program history.
- Averaged 17.1 points, 12.2 rebounds and 7.0 blocks per game during her 2016-17 high school season
- Didn't start playing basketball until the age of 15.
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