Photo by: Dave Nishitani/Oregon State Athletics
Oregon State Opens December Against Hilltoppers at 2pm
December 01, 2023 | Women's Basketball
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State is off to a 5-0 start for the first time in four years and will look to make it six in a row when it squares off with Western Kentucky at 2 p.m.
The Beavers and Hilltoppers will duel for the fourth time and the first in Corvallis. OSU and WKU have met three times: twice in the NCAA Tournament – which they split 1-1 with a loss in 1995 and a win in 2018 – and once in the Vancouver Showcase in 2019, a Beaver victory.
GAME INFO
Time: 2 p.m.
Location: Gill Coliseum
Watch: Oregon State Live Stream
Listen: Beaver Sports Radio Network
Live Stats: oregonstate.statbroadcast.com
Tickets: beavertickets.com
STARTING FIVE
CERTIFIED BUCKET-GETTER
Talia von Oelhoffen joined an exclusive list of Rueck-era Beavers when she scored 31 points against USC as a freshman. Only six other Beavs have scored 30+ over the last 13 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 first Beaver under Rueck to score 30+ multiple times in her career after dropping 32 on Eastern Washington and 41 on Nevada last season. She is the 10th Beaver to score 30+ points 3-or-more times in her career and the first since Kim Butler ('04-'06)
PLANTING SEEDS
Despite missing half of her freshman season - and much of the time most first-year players have to get acclimated to the college game - Timea Gardiner is making an impact early in her sophomore season. The former McDonald's All-American recorded her first double-double against UC Davis with 16 points and 13 rebounds. She's also second on the team in scoring and rebounding with 9.6 points and 7.4 boards per game.
BEAVS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
Oregon State hopes that Martha Pietsch (Germany), Kelsey Rees (Australia), Susana Yepes (Colombia) and Dominika Paurova (Czech Republic) are next in a long line of international Beavers to earn All-Pac-12 honors. Tanja Kostic (Sweden), a four-time all-league selection, was the first international Beav to be named All-Pac-12, followed more recently by players like Marie Gulich (Germany) and Ruth Hamblin (Canada), two centers who were named the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the year during their time in Corvallis.
OUR MISSION
Oregon State Athletics strives to Build Excellent Authentic Visionary Student-Athletes (Go BEAVS).
The Beavers and Hilltoppers will duel for the fourth time and the first in Corvallis. OSU and WKU have met three times: twice in the NCAA Tournament – which they split 1-1 with a loss in 1995 and a win in 2018 – and once in the Vancouver Showcase in 2019, a Beaver victory.
GAME INFO
Time: 2 p.m.
Location: Gill Coliseum
Watch: Oregon State Live Stream
Listen: Beaver Sports Radio Network
Live Stats: oregonstate.statbroadcast.com
Tickets: beavertickets.com
STARTING FIVE
- Oregon State looks to keep stacking wins on Saturday when the Beavs battle WKU after posting a 5-0 month of November to open the year.
- The Beavs' fifth win was historic, pushing Scott Rueck into the all-time lead for an Oregon State women's basketball coach with 275 victories
- OSU shared the ball well in the 79-53 win over Weber State, assisting on 28 of 32 baskets in a game where 11 players had at least one helper and six players had 3+
- Raegan Beers did Raegan Beers things in the win: scoring 24 points with 12 rebounds and 4 blocks. That gave her five straight games with a double-double
- The win came in front of 7,000+ local kids from 52 schools on OSU's field trip day
CERTIFIED BUCKET-GETTER
Talia von Oelhoffen joined an exclusive list of Rueck-era Beavers when she scored 31 points against USC as a freshman. Only six other Beavs have scored 30+ over the last 13 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 first Beaver under Rueck to score 30+ multiple times in her career after dropping 32 on Eastern Washington and 41 on Nevada last season. She is the 10th Beaver to score 30+ points 3-or-more times in her career and the first since Kim Butler ('04-'06)
PLANTING SEEDS
Despite missing half of her freshman season - and much of the time most first-year players have to get acclimated to the college game - Timea Gardiner is making an impact early in her sophomore season. The former McDonald's All-American recorded her first double-double against UC Davis with 16 points and 13 rebounds. She's also second on the team in scoring and rebounding with 9.6 points and 7.4 boards per game.
BEAVS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
Oregon State hopes that Martha Pietsch (Germany), Kelsey Rees (Australia), Susana Yepes (Colombia) and Dominika Paurova (Czech Republic) are next in a long line of international Beavers to earn All-Pac-12 honors. Tanja Kostic (Sweden), a four-time all-league selection, was the first international Beav to be named All-Pac-12, followed more recently by players like Marie Gulich (Germany) and Ruth Hamblin (Canada), two centers who were named the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the year during their time in Corvallis.
OUR MISSION
Oregon State Athletics strives to Build Excellent Authentic Visionary Student-Athletes (Go BEAVS).
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