Top-25 Showdowns on Tap for Women’s Basketball

CORVALLIS, Ore. – A big weekend is in store for Oregon State women's basketball with top-25 showdowns coming against no. 3 Colorado and no. 16 Utah on Friday and Sunday, respectively.

The Beavers, newly-ranked as the no. 25 team in the land by the Associated Press, are in the midst of an eight-game stretch where seven opponents are ranked 16th or better.

Home wins will prove crucial for Oregon State throughout the stretch. The Beavers will need a strong home court advantage from Beaver Nation. Fans can purchase tickets for this weekend's games here.

GAME 17 (COLORADO) INFO
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Gill Coliseum
Watch: Pac-12 Network / Pac-12 Now App
Listen: Beaver Sports Radio Network
Live Stats: oregonstate.statbroadcast.com

GAME 18 (UTAH) INFO
Time: 12 p.m.
Location: Gill Coliseum
Watch: Pac-12 Mountain / Pac-12 Now App
Listen: Beaver Sports Radio Network
Live Stats: oregonstate.statbroadcast.com

STARTING FIVE

It's a big weekend in Gill Coliseum with two Top-25 showdowns on tap
Freshly-ranked Oregon State will look for its first ranked win of the 2023-24 season with third-ranked Colorado and no 16 Utah in town after their own top-10 wins
The games continue a stretch where OSU could face 7 ranked foes in 8 games between last Sunday (#8 Stanford) and Feb. 18 (#11 USC). All 7 are in the top-16.
The Beavers knocked off Cal in a 14-point comeback last Friday behind 16 second half points from Dominika Paurova and 10 fourth quarter points from Timea Gardiner
OSU also fell to no. 6 Stanford on the road, the team's third loss with all three coming to teams ranked in the AP Top 10 at the time of the game

DAM WORTH IT
Friday is Oregon State's Dam Worth It game. Oregon State works to end the stigma around mental health in athletics on and beyond our campus through story sharing and advocacy. The committee is a completely student and student-athlete volunteer-run branch of the Dam Worth It Company non-profit that relies on donations to support our work. You can donate directly to our branch at this link https://donorbox.org/dam-worth-it-oregon-state-university, thank you for your support and for being a part of the mission. You are Dam Worth It!

DOUBLE DOUBLE QUEEN
Raegan Beers closed the 2022-23 regular season leading the nation in double-doubles by a freshman. The former no. 10 overall recruit in the country is racking up points and rebounds even more expeditiously in her sophomore campaign with 12 in 18 games.

Tied for the Pac-12 lead with 12 double-doubles this season (t-6th nationally)
One of 21 players nationally averaging a double-double (19.4 ppg, 11.6 rpg)
Locked down the #5 spot at OSU in career double-doubles with her 26th against Stanford. Beers is now chasing down Mikayla Pivic (27) for fourth-most all-time.
The 6th player in Oregon State history to record 5 straight double-doubles (NCCU-ASU) and third to do so twice (UAPB-WKU) (Tanja Kostic 2x, Carol Menken 5x)
Tied for sixth in a single-season in school history with Mikayla Pivec (2019-20) and Tanja Kostic (1993-94) with 14 double-doubles as a freshman.

TOO REES-Y
Kelsey Rees joined Oregon State as a grad transfer with two years remaining. The Australian brought 60 games of experience, including last season's Pac-12 Championship year, to Corvallis. She has been an impact player with her floor spacing (39.5% 3PT) and shot-blocking (1.1 blocks/game), filling two crucial needs for the Beavers and pairing well with Timea Gardiner (while playing the five) and Raegan Beers (while playing the four).

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Players Mentioned

Raegan Beers

Timea Gardiner

Kelsey Rees