Beavers Head to Arizona For First Road Weekend

TUCSON, Ariz. – Oregon State will hit the road for the Copper State this weekend with matchups coming up against No. 15 Arizona and Arizona State.

The Beavs will have an opportunity to knock off back-to-back top-15 teams for the first time since the 2018 NCAA Tournament (No. 12 Tennessee and No. 2 Baylor) and the first time in the regular season since beating No. 20 California and No. 10 Stanford in 2016-17.

GAME INFO - #15 Arizona
Time: 5 p.m. PT
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GAME INFO – Arizona State
Time: 10 a.m. PT
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MEET THE HOSTS
Arizona enters the weekend with a No. 15 ranking in the Associated Press poll an a 12-2 record. The Wildcats rank eighth in the country and first in the Pac-12 with 12.6 steals per game. Four players score in double figures: Shaina Pellington (12.8), Jade Loville (12.4), Cate Reese (11.6) and Esmery Martinez (11.6). UA is coming off just its second loss of the season, a 73-57 defeat to No. 2 Stanford.

The Sun Devils sport a 7-7 mark coming into the weekend after dropping a Monday matinee at California. ASU is led by Tyi Skinner, the conference's second-leading scorer at 20.4 points per game. Skinner is a three-point threat with a 37.4 shooting percentage on 98 attempts already this season.

DOUBLE DOUBLES ON TAP
Raegan Beers wasted little time making her mark on the floor, racking up double-doubles in her second, third and fourth college games. Beers is the only freshman in the nation with eight double-doubles this season, double that of the next-closest first-year player. She is also the only true freshman in the country to score 20 points in a double-double four times this season.

One of 13 players in the country (and two in the Pac-12) with eight double-doubles
Four double-doubles away from entering the OSU single-season top-ten
Sixth Beaver to earn multiple P12 Freshman of the Week Awards since 2013-14

SHE'S THE MANNEN
Noelle Mannen transferred to OSU four years ago and walked on after not playing basketball for a year at San Francisco. Since then, she's become an important on and off-court leader for the Beavs, earning a scholarship before last season and getting her first start against Hawai'i. Mannen is second on the team in plus-minus (+122).

MAKING THEM EARN IT
Keeping opponents off the scoreboard starts with keeping them off the free throw line. The Beavs have been one of the best teams in the country at that in the Rueck era. Over the last 12 seasons, only 13 power conference teams have averaged under 13 fouls per game over the course of a single season. Oregon State is the only team to do it four times (2016-17, 17-18, 19-20, 21-22). So far in 2022, the Beavs are fourth in the nation with just 12.4 fouls per game. and first in foul rate with fouls on just 14.9% of possessions. (HHS)

OUR MISSION
Oregon State Athletics strives to Build Excellent Authentic Visionary Student-Athletes (Go BEAVS).

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