Sunday, January 6
Corvallis, OR
2:00 PM
Oregon State
vs
Washington
Beavers Set to Host Huskies
January 05, 2019 | Women's Basketball
Oregon State vs. Washington - Sunday - 2 p.m. - Gill Coliseum
THE GAME: The No. 11 Oregon State women's basketball team will take on Washington Sunday afternoon. The game is slated to tip off at 2 p.m.
FOLLOW ALONG: Fans can listen to Sunday's game live on 1240 KEJO in Corvallis with Ron Callan, and can find live stats at OSUBeavers.com. Live updates for every Oregon State game can be found on Twitter @BeaverWBB.
WHAT'S COMING UP: Oregon State will hit the road next week to take on UCLA and USC in its first true road games of the season. The Beavers will return home Jan. 18 to take on Arizona.
OSU VS. UW: Oregon State is 37-51 all-time vs. Washington, and 19-22 at home. The Beavers have won their last five meetings with the Huskies, including a 95-57 win in the teams' last meeting.
DAM WORTH IT: Sunday's game will be the Beavers' #DamWorthIt game. #DamWorthIt is a campaign designed by former men's soccer player Nathan Braaten and former gymnast Taylor Ricci for student-athletes in order to decrease the stigma surrounding mental health through education and awareness.
QUICK HITTERS:
- Oregon State is 127-25 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.
- The Beavers lead the nation in 3-point percentage, and have hit at least nine 3-pointers in eight of their last nine games.
- 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 checks in at No. 11 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.
- Oregon State returns four of five starters from last season's Elite Eight team, including three All-Pac-12 Honorable Mentions.
- OSU has led the Pac-12 in defensive field goal percentage for five-straight seasons, and is second the league in the category early in 2018-19
- The Beavers have earned nine wins over top-10 opponents since the start of 2014-15.
- 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 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.
- 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.
- 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.
GILL COLISEUM:
- Oregon State has a home record of 68-7 since the start of the 2014-15 season.
- OSU has won 11-straight home games, the seventh-best such streak in program history and the third-best home winning streak since 1996.
- Oregon State's average scoring margin in home games this season is +35.4.
- The Beavers have drawn over 4,000 fans for every home game this season, and have gone over that mark in 11-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 27-2 in their last 29 Pac-12 home games, and 43-3 in their last 46.
- Opponents are shooting 32.5 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.
PIVEC AND ROLL: Mikayla Pivec Quick Hitters
- All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention last season
- Has scored in double-figures in 11 of the Beavers' 13 games this season
- Converted 13-straight field goal attempts before missing in the second half of Friday's game vs. Washington State
- Is shooting 56.4 percent on the season, the fourth-best percentage by a guard in the nation, and the second-best percentage from a guard in a power-five conference. Her shooting percentage is second in the Pac-12 overall.
- Leads the team with 9.0 rebounds per game this season, the fifth-best mark in the Pac-12, and the highest total among Pac-12 guards.
- Is ninth 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, as well as third blocks.
- Has at least seven rebounds in eight-straight games, and has reached the mark in 19 of her last 21 contests..
- Is closing in on the 850 career point mark, currently sitting at 827. At her current scoring pace this season, Pivec would reach the 1,000 point mark in the Beavers' first game of the Pac-12 Tournament.
- Has converted a 3-pointer in five-straight games, hitting seven of her last 11.
- 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.
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 190-91 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.
FULFILL YOUR DESTINY: Destiny Slocum Quick Hitters
- Redshirted the 2017-18 season due to NCAA transfer rules
- 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 seven of her 13 games this season, including three 20+-point outings.
- Has a total of six 20+ point games in her collegiate career (Oregon State + Maryland), the most by any player on the OSU roster. Kat Tudor has tallied the most 20-point games in a Beaver uniform with five.
- Has made 26 free throws this season, more than seven players on last year's OSU team had in the 2017-18 season.
- Is shooting 47.1 percent from the floor this season.
- Is on pace to finish the regular season with 168 assists, which would tie the ninth-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 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
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
- Played in her 118th career game on Dec. 20, making her 68th career start.
- Has converted 18 of her 37 3-point attempts on the season. McWilliams would be good for 11th in the nation in 3-point percentage if she had converted the two per game needed to be eligible in the category (has 17 in 12 games).
- Is a perfect 14-for-14 from the line this season, and has made 16-straight free throws dating back to last season.
- Is shooting 47.5 percent on the season.
- 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.
- Finished last season 34th in the nation in assist/turnover ratio at 2.36.
- 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.
GETTING MADDIE: Madison Washington Quick Hitters
- Played an outstanding game on Friday, setting career-highs in minutes and rebounds with 29 and 10, respectively.
- Has started seven-straight games, her first starts since Dec. 13, 2017.
- Is shooting 52.4 percent from the floor this season.
- Matched a career-high with two blocks vs. Duke.
- Has scored at least four points in seven-straight games.
- Notched a career-high with 12 points vs. Santa Clara on Dec. 9, going 6-for-7 from the floor.
- USA Today First Team All-Nevada selection
- Helped Bishop Gorman High School reach the Nevada state title game three times
SAY TAY KID: Taya Corosdale Quick Hitters
- Pac-12 All-Freshman Honorable Mention last season.
- Has started the last 12 games for the Beavers.
- Has 59 rebounds over her last seven games.
- Hit an important 3-pointer with just over two minutes remaining in Friday's game vs. Washington State.
- The Beavers are 24-4 in games where Corosdale hits a 3-pointer.
- Posted her first career double-double vs. La Salle, going for 11 points and 10 rebounds.
- Matched a career-high with 10 rebounds vs. Duke.
- Matched a career-high with three 3-pointers vs. Eastern Washington
- Is averaging 6.9 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.
#AL3AH: Aleah Goodman Quick Hitters
- Pac-12 All-Freshman Honorable Mention last season
- Has scored at least eight points in eight-straight games.
- Tallied her first career 20+ point game vs. Eastern Washington, going for 22 on 8-for-11 shooting.
- Has hit multiple 3-pointers in seven-straight games.
- Is 18-for-37 from long range over that span.
- 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
- Has scored at least five points in 10 of Oregon State's 13 games.
- Played a career-high 26 minutes vs. Texas A&M.
- Has three games this season with seven or more rebounds.
- Is 18-for-30 from the floor in her last six games.
- 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
GET SOME TUDOR-ING: Kat Tudor Quick Hitters
- 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.
- Has converted one two-point field goal in her last four games, compared to 12 3-pointers.
- Is closing in on the 750 point mark, currently sitting at 740
- Is second in the Pac-12 with 3.1 3-pointers per game.
- Has at least three triples in nine of 13 games this season.
- 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
TRISH 'N' SWISH: Patricia Morris Quick Hitters
- Set a career-high with seven points last Saturday vs. CSU Bakersfield
- 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
- Did not play Friday 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 games.
- 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
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.
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.
IN THE PAC:
- The Beavers are 63-10 in Pac-12 play since the start of the 2014-15 season, and 71-11 in their last 82 conference games.
- OSU has 76 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.
FOLLOW ALONG: Fans can listen to Sunday's game live on 1240 KEJO in Corvallis with Ron Callan, and can find live stats at OSUBeavers.com. Live updates for every Oregon State game can be found on Twitter @BeaverWBB.
WHAT'S COMING UP: Oregon State will hit the road next week to take on UCLA and USC in its first true road games of the season. The Beavers will return home Jan. 18 to take on Arizona.
OSU VS. UW: Oregon State is 37-51 all-time vs. Washington, and 19-22 at home. The Beavers have won their last five meetings with the Huskies, including a 95-57 win in the teams' last meeting.
DAM WORTH IT: Sunday's game will be the Beavers' #DamWorthIt game. #DamWorthIt is a campaign designed by former men's soccer player Nathan Braaten and former gymnast Taylor Ricci for student-athletes in order to decrease the stigma surrounding mental health through education and awareness.
QUICK HITTERS:
- Oregon State is 127-25 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.
- The Beavers lead the nation in 3-point percentage, and have hit at least nine 3-pointers in eight of their last nine games.
- 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 checks in at No. 11 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.
- Oregon State returns four of five starters from last season's Elite Eight team, including three All-Pac-12 Honorable Mentions.
- OSU has led the Pac-12 in defensive field goal percentage for five-straight seasons, and is second the league in the category early in 2018-19
- The Beavers have earned nine wins over top-10 opponents since the start of 2014-15.
- 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 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.
- 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.
- 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.
GILL COLISEUM:
- Oregon State has a home record of 68-7 since the start of the 2014-15 season.
- OSU has won 11-straight home games, the seventh-best such streak in program history and the third-best home winning streak since 1996.
- Oregon State's average scoring margin in home games this season is +35.4.
- The Beavers have drawn over 4,000 fans for every home game this season, and have gone over that mark in 11-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 27-2 in their last 29 Pac-12 home games, and 43-3 in their last 46.
- Opponents are shooting 32.5 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.
PIVEC AND ROLL: Mikayla Pivec Quick Hitters
- All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention last season
- Has scored in double-figures in 11 of the Beavers' 13 games this season
- Converted 13-straight field goal attempts before missing in the second half of Friday's game vs. Washington State
- Is shooting 56.4 percent on the season, the fourth-best percentage by a guard in the nation, and the second-best percentage from a guard in a power-five conference. Her shooting percentage is second in the Pac-12 overall.
- Leads the team with 9.0 rebounds per game this season, the fifth-best mark in the Pac-12, and the highest total among Pac-12 guards.
- Is ninth 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, as well as third blocks.
- Has at least seven rebounds in eight-straight games, and has reached the mark in 19 of her last 21 contests..
- Is closing in on the 850 career point mark, currently sitting at 827. At her current scoring pace this season, Pivec would reach the 1,000 point mark in the Beavers' first game of the Pac-12 Tournament.
- Has converted a 3-pointer in five-straight games, hitting seven of her last 11.
- 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.
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 190-91 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.
FULFILL YOUR DESTINY: Destiny Slocum Quick Hitters
- Redshirted the 2017-18 season due to NCAA transfer rules
- 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 seven of her 13 games this season, including three 20+-point outings.
- Has a total of six 20+ point games in her collegiate career (Oregon State + Maryland), the most by any player on the OSU roster. Kat Tudor has tallied the most 20-point games in a Beaver uniform with five.
- Has made 26 free throws this season, more than seven players on last year's OSU team had in the 2017-18 season.
- Is shooting 47.1 percent from the floor this season.
- Is on pace to finish the regular season with 168 assists, which would tie the ninth-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 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
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
- Played in her 118th career game on Dec. 20, making her 68th career start.
- Has converted 18 of her 37 3-point attempts on the season. McWilliams would be good for 11th in the nation in 3-point percentage if she had converted the two per game needed to be eligible in the category (has 17 in 12 games).
- Is a perfect 14-for-14 from the line this season, and has made 16-straight free throws dating back to last season.
- Is shooting 47.5 percent on the season.
- 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.
- Finished last season 34th in the nation in assist/turnover ratio at 2.36.
- 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.
GETTING MADDIE: Madison Washington Quick Hitters
- Played an outstanding game on Friday, setting career-highs in minutes and rebounds with 29 and 10, respectively.
- Has started seven-straight games, her first starts since Dec. 13, 2017.
- Is shooting 52.4 percent from the floor this season.
- Matched a career-high with two blocks vs. Duke.
- Has scored at least four points in seven-straight games.
- Notched a career-high with 12 points vs. Santa Clara on Dec. 9, going 6-for-7 from the floor.
- USA Today First Team All-Nevada selection
- Helped Bishop Gorman High School reach the Nevada state title game three times
SAY TAY KID: Taya Corosdale Quick Hitters
- Pac-12 All-Freshman Honorable Mention last season.
- Has started the last 12 games for the Beavers.
- Has 59 rebounds over her last seven games.
- Hit an important 3-pointer with just over two minutes remaining in Friday's game vs. Washington State.
- The Beavers are 24-4 in games where Corosdale hits a 3-pointer.
- Posted her first career double-double vs. La Salle, going for 11 points and 10 rebounds.
- Matched a career-high with 10 rebounds vs. Duke.
- Matched a career-high with three 3-pointers vs. Eastern Washington
- Is averaging 6.9 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.
#AL3AH: Aleah Goodman Quick Hitters
- Pac-12 All-Freshman Honorable Mention last season
- Has scored at least eight points in eight-straight games.
- Tallied her first career 20+ point game vs. Eastern Washington, going for 22 on 8-for-11 shooting.
- Has hit multiple 3-pointers in seven-straight games.
- Is 18-for-37 from long range over that span.
- 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
- Has scored at least five points in 10 of Oregon State's 13 games.
- Played a career-high 26 minutes vs. Texas A&M.
- Has three games this season with seven or more rebounds.
- Is 18-for-30 from the floor in her last six games.
- 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
GET SOME TUDOR-ING: Kat Tudor Quick Hitters
- 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.
- Has converted one two-point field goal in her last four games, compared to 12 3-pointers.
- Is closing in on the 750 point mark, currently sitting at 740
- Is second in the Pac-12 with 3.1 3-pointers per game.
- Has at least three triples in nine of 13 games this season.
- 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
TRISH 'N' SWISH: Patricia Morris Quick Hitters
- Set a career-high with seven points last Saturday vs. CSU Bakersfield
- 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
- Did not play Friday 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 games.
- 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
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.
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.
IN THE PAC:
- The Beavers are 63-10 in Pac-12 play since the start of the 2014-15 season, and 71-11 in their last 82 conference games.
- OSU has 76 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.
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/ Women's Basketball2025 Maui Classic Day 2
Friday, December 12
2025 Maui Classic Day 1
Friday, December 12
Oregon State Women's Basketball Press Conference | Scott Rueck, Kennedie Shuler, Ally Schimel
Thursday, December 11
Scott Rueck, Katie Field, Tiara Bolden | WBB Postgame Press Conference vs. Alaska-Anchorage
Monday, December 08
