Beavers Ready to Open Pac-12 Tournament Friday

THE GAME: The No. 11 Oregon State women's basketball team heads to the Pac-12 Tournament this weekend. The Beavers will open the tournament Friday evening at 8:30 p.m. against the winner of Thursday's matchup between Utah and Washington.

FOLLOW ALONG: Friday's game will air live on Pac-12 Networks with Krista Blunk and Mary Murphy on the call. Fans can listen on KEJO 1240 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.

OSU vs. UTAH: The Beavers are 17-7 all-time against Utah and Oregon State has won the last 10 meetings. OSU won the lone meeting between the two sides this season, notching a 71-63 victory at Gill Coliseum. Destiny Slocum scored 20 points vs. Utah, while Mikayla Pivec and Aleah Goodman put up 12 points apiece. Oregon State won the only previous meeting in the Pac-12 Tournament, a 50-35 decision in 2014.

OSU VS. UW: Oregon State is 39-51 all-time against Washington and has won the last seven meetings, including a pair of wins this season. The last meeting was a dominant performance by the Beavers, as the team shot 55.4 percent from the field in an 86-39 win. Mikayla Pivec put up 12 points and 19 rebounds in the game, while Destiny Slocum scored 28 points.

QUICK HITTERS:
- Oregon State is 140-29 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.
- OSU will be the No. 3 seed in the Pac-12 Tournament, and will have a first round bye.
- This is the sixth-straight season the Beavers have locked down a first-round bye in the Pac-12 Tournament.
- The Beavers' 24-6 mark through the first 30 games of the season is tied for the fourth-best start through 30 games in program history.
- Last season's OSU squad also head a record of 24-6 through 30 games.
- Oregon State has notched the 14th 20-win season in program history, and its sixth-straight 20-victory campaign. The Beavers have reached the 20-win mark for the seventh time in Scott Rueck's nine seasons as head coach.
- 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).
- Oregon State has already tallied 24 wins this season, matching the fifth-highest win total in program history.
- The Beavers are fourth in the nation in 3-point percentage.
- The Beavers currently sit alongside Baylor, UConn and Rice 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 this season. 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 have been ranked in every USA Today/WBCA Coaches' poll, dating back to the 2013-14 postseason rankings. Oregon State is one of five teams in the nation to be ranked every week over that period, joining UConn, Notre Dame, Baylor, and Maryland.
- Oregon State is currently ranked No. 9 in the WBCA Coaches Poll, and is No. 11 in the AP Poll.
- OSU's highest ever ranking came at the end of the 2015-16 campaign, when the Beavers came in at No. 2 in the WBCA Coaches Poll.
- 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.
- 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 earned 10 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.

FULFILL YOUR DESTINY: Destiny Slocum Quick Hitters
- All-Pac-12 honoree
- Redshirted the 2017-18 season due to NCAA transfer rules
- Was named to the Wooden Award Late-Season Top-20, the Naismith Trophy Midseason Team, the mid-season Wade Watch and the Lieberman Award Top-10.
- Played 36 minutes Sunday at Arizona, her highest total this season.
- 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 18 of her 30 games this season, including 12 20+ point outings.
- Has a total of 15 20+ point games in her collegiate career (Oregon State + Maryland), the most by any player on the OSU roster.
- Is shooting 46.2 percent from the floor this season, the fourth-best shooting percentage by a guard in the Pac-12.
- Finished the regular season with 142 assists, leaving her 15 away from cracking the top-10 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
- 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

PIVEC AND ROLL: Mikayla Pivec Quick Hitters
- All-Pac-12 Selection this season.
- All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention last season
- Has three double-doubles in her last five games, and narrowly missed the feat in the other two, going for 18 points and eight rebounds vs. USC, and 18 points and seven rebounds vs. Arizona State.
- Has played 40+ minutes in three-straight games.
- Has at least 18 points in four-straight games, and is averaging 18.8 points and 10.0 rebounds per game over that stretch.
- Has scored in double-figures in 27 of the Beavers' 30 games this season
- Has 11 or more points in 17 of her last 19 games.
- Needs 28 more rebounds to move into a tie for ninth in Oregon State history for career rebounds, currently sitting at 691.
- Is averaging 15.3 points per game during Pac-12 play, and shooting 52.9 percent from the floor.
- Is shooting 54.3 percent on the season, the fifth-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 and 34th in the nation.
- Leads the team with 9.0 rebounds per game this season, the third-best mark in the Pac-12, and the highest total among Pac-12 guards.
- Is seventh 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 22 of her last 24 games.
- Has at least five rebounds in every game this season.
- Became the 22nd player in Oregon State history with 1,000 career points.
- 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.

IN THE PAC:
- The Beavers are 76-14 in Pac-12 play since the start of the 2014-15 season, and 84-15 in their last 99 conference games.
- OSU has 89 Pac-12 wins over the last five+ seasons.
- Beaver players have earned 11 All-Pac-12 First-Team nods over the last five 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
- Is Pac-12 Sixth Player of the Year, the first one in conference history.
- Also earned All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention
- ESPNW National Player of the Week on Feb. 25
- Pac-12 All-Freshman Honorable Mention last season
- Has seven double-digit scoring games in her last nine games.
- Moved down to 23rd in the nation in 3-point percentage
- Is averaging 14.9 points per game over her last seven games.
- Has converted 28 of her last 29 free throws.
- Has played at least 24 minutes in 10 consecutive 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
- Has started five-straight games, her first starts since Nov. 14.
- Has played at least 20 minutes in seven-straight games, and a combined 128 minutes over her last four games.
- Tallied six of her 14 points and three of her five blocks in the overtime periods Sunday at Arizona.
- Has 12 blocks over her last three games
- Has gone 48-for-68 from the floor over the Beavers' last nine games.
- Has scored at least five points in 23 of Oregon State's 30 games.
- Is 81-for-119 from the floor in her last 19 games.
- Has a total of 1,298 total points in her collegiate career, with 963 of them coming in her time at Seward County Community College.
- Has six 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

GREAT SCOTT: Scott Rueck Quick Hitters
- Candidate for the Naismith Coach of the Year.
- Inked a contract extension last offseason that runs through the 2027-28 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 203-95 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 Newberg, 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.

SAY TAY KID: Taya Corosdale Quick Hitters
- Pac-12 All-Freshman Honorable Mention last season.
- Has started the last 29 games for the Beavers.
- Is averaging 7.8 rebounds per game during Pac-12 play.
- Has 27 rebounds over her last three games.
- Knocked down a career-high four 3-pointers vs. Arizona, going 4-for-4 from long range.
- The Beavers are 32-6 in games where Corosdale hits a 3-pointer, and 17-2 when she hits two or more.
- Posted her first career double-double vs. La Salle, going for 11 points and 10 rebounds.
- Is averaging 7.8 rebounds per game, well ahead of her average of 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.

KT McBUCKETS: Katie McWilliams Quick Hitters
- Pac-12 Defensive Honorable Mention this season.
- All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention and Defensive Honorable Mention last season
- Named to the Maui Jim Maui Classic All-Tournament Team Dec. 15
- Has played at least 38 minutes in four of her last six games.
- Is currently fifth in Oregon State history for career 3-point percentage.
- Played in her 134th career game on Sunday, making her 84th career start. Marie Gulich holds the Oregon State record for most games played with 139.
- Cheryl Miller Award Preseason 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.

GETTING MADDIE: Madison Washington Quick Hitters
- Played 18 minutes on Sunday, after not seeing action in her last appearance.
- Has made 16 starts this season.
- Has played less than 20 minutes in each of her last 10 appearances.
- Pulled down a team-best eight rebounds in just 14 minutes of action four weeks ago vs. Utah.
- Set a career-high with 19 points on 8-for-10 shooting at USC.
- Is shooting 49.5 percent from the floor this season.
- Played a career-high 38 minutes vs. Arizona State.
- All 11 of her blocks this 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

GILL COLISEUM:
- Oregon State has a home record of 75-8 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 18-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 34-3 in their last 37 Pac-12 home games, and 50-4 in their last 54.
- Opponents are shooting 33.4 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 four seasons, including a record-setting attendance of 9,604 vs. Stanford and a sell out crowd of 9,301 last Monday vs. Oregon.

AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE: Jasmine Simmons Quick Hitters
- Knocked down a 3-pointer in 11 minutes of action at Arizona State on Friday, the most playing time she has had since Jan. 25.
- 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
- Matched a career-high with seven points at California.
- Has played in nine of Oregon State's last 12 games.
- Is 12-for-18 from the floor this season.
- 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
- Returned to action Friday for the first time since Dec. 29.
- 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.

Players Mentioned

Andrea Aquino

Taya Corosdale

Aleah Goodman

Joanna Grymek

Katie McWilliams

Patricia Morris

Mikayla Pivec

Jasmine Simmons

Destiny Slocum

Janessa Thropay

Kat Tudor

Madison Washington

Sydney Wiese

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