Photo by: Dave Nishitani/Oregon State Athletics
Beavers Open Pac-12 Play at Oregon
December 10, 2022 | Women's Basketball
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State opens Pac-12 Conference play on Sunday, taking on Oregon at 4 p.m. in Eugene. Â
Â
The game will be the earliest the Beavs and Ducks have ever squared off in a season, with the previous earliest coming December 17, 1981. It is OSU's second game of the year on Pac-12 Networks with Ann Schatz and Mary Murphy calling the action.
Â
GAME INFO
Time: 4 p.m.
Location: Matthew Knight Arena
Watch: Pac-12 Networks
Listen: Beaver Sports Radio Network
Live Stats: oregonstate.statbroadcast.com
Social Media: @BeaverWBB
Â
MEET THE HOSTS
Oregon enters Sunday's contest with a 6-1 record and the No. 17 national ranking in both the AP Top 25 and USA Today Coaches' Poll. Like the Beavers, the Ducks are led by a pair of veteran guards along with multiple strong freshmen. Veterans Te-Hina Paopao and Endyia Rogers were preseason All-Pac-12 selections while freshmen Chance Gray and Grace VanSlooten are among UO's top four scorers.
Â
TOP OF THE PAC
Oregon State has been one of the top teams in the Pac-12 since the 2014-15 season with a 98-37 record in league play. Beaver players have earned 13 All-Pac-12 First-Team nods over the last six seasons and 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.
Â
DEFENSIVE GAMECHANGER
Bendu Yeaney's arrival in Corvallis gives the Beavers a powerful on-ball defender they haven't had since the days of Gabby Hansen. Yeaney, a transfer from Arizona, has racked up 19 three-steal games over the last three seasons with her team going 14-6 in those contests. The senior has also had at least one steal and one block in 39 games in her career. Her team is 31-8 in those games.
Â
CERTIFIED BUCKET-GETTER
Talia von Oelhoffen joined an exclusive list of Rueck-era Beavers when she scored 31 points against USC last season. Only six other Beavs have scored 30+ over the last 12 seasons: Jamie Weisner, Marie Gulich, Aleah Goodman, Ruth Hamblin, Kat Tudor and Destiny Slocum. Even among that highly-touted group, von Oelhoffen now stands alone as the the first Beaver under Rueck to score 30+ twice in her career after dropping 32 on Eastern Washington earlier this year.
Â
OUR MISSION
Oregon State Athletics strives to Build Excellent Authentic Visionary Student-Athletes (Go BEAVS).
Â
Â
The game will be the earliest the Beavs and Ducks have ever squared off in a season, with the previous earliest coming December 17, 1981. It is OSU's second game of the year on Pac-12 Networks with Ann Schatz and Mary Murphy calling the action.
Â
GAME INFO
Time: 4 p.m.
Location: Matthew Knight Arena
Watch: Pac-12 Networks
Listen: Beaver Sports Radio Network
Live Stats: oregonstate.statbroadcast.com
Social Media: @BeaverWBB
Â
MEET THE HOSTS
Oregon enters Sunday's contest with a 6-1 record and the No. 17 national ranking in both the AP Top 25 and USA Today Coaches' Poll. Like the Beavers, the Ducks are led by a pair of veteran guards along with multiple strong freshmen. Veterans Te-Hina Paopao and Endyia Rogers were preseason All-Pac-12 selections while freshmen Chance Gray and Grace VanSlooten are among UO's top four scorers.
Â
TOP OF THE PAC
Oregon State has been one of the top teams in the Pac-12 since the 2014-15 season with a 98-37 record in league play. Beaver players have earned 13 All-Pac-12 First-Team nods over the last six seasons and 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.
Â
DEFENSIVE GAMECHANGER
Bendu Yeaney's arrival in Corvallis gives the Beavers a powerful on-ball defender they haven't had since the days of Gabby Hansen. Yeaney, a transfer from Arizona, has racked up 19 three-steal games over the last three seasons with her team going 14-6 in those contests. The senior has also had at least one steal and one block in 39 games in her career. Her team is 31-8 in those games.
Â
CERTIFIED BUCKET-GETTER
Talia von Oelhoffen joined an exclusive list of Rueck-era Beavers when she scored 31 points against USC last season. Only six other Beavs have scored 30+ over the last 12 seasons: Jamie Weisner, Marie Gulich, Aleah Goodman, Ruth Hamblin, Kat Tudor and Destiny Slocum. Even among that highly-touted group, von Oelhoffen now stands alone as the the first Beaver under Rueck to score 30+ twice in her career after dropping 32 on Eastern Washington earlier this year.
Â
OUR MISSION
Oregon State Athletics strives to Build Excellent Authentic Visionary Student-Athletes (Go BEAVS).
Â
Players Mentioned
G
/ Women's Basketball
G
/ Women's BasketballScott Rueck, Tiara Bolden, Lizzy Williamson | Oregon State WBB Presser vs. LMU
Sunday, March 01
Highlights | Oregon State WBB Crushes San Diego 83-49 On The Road
Friday, February 27
Highlights | Oregon State WBB Knocks Off Washington State 79-51
Sunday, February 22
Scott Rueck, Jenna Villa, Lizzy Williamson | Oregon State WBB Presser vs. Washington State
Sunday, February 22
