
Oregon State Opens 2024-25 Season in Fort Collins
November 06, 2024 | Women's Basketball
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State hits the road for its first season-opener away from home in nearly 20 years, taking on Colorado State on Friday.
The Beavers and Rams will play for the first time since 1999 when Sissel Pierce – Sela Heide's mom – put up 10 points, 11 rebounds and two blocks. The Beavs dropped that game and the all-time series is tied at two wins apiece.
Oregon State comes into the game having won 27 consecutive season-opening games including all 14 under Scott Rueck. Overall, OSU is 42-7 in its first game of a season, including a 5-4 mark as the visitors.
GAME INFO
Time: 4:30 p.m. PT
Location: Fort Collins, Colo.
Watch: MW Network
Listen: Beaver Sports Radio Network
Live Stats: oregonstate.statbroadcast.com
MR. WORLDWIDE
Scott Rueck went around the globe to put together the 2024-25 Beavs. The team represents six countries and four continents including the 15th-year head coach's first Beavs from Spain (Lucia Navarro, Cloe Vecina) , Brazil (Cat Ferreira) and Colombia (Susana Yepes). Oregon State's success with international players dates back to two-time All-American and Pac-10 Player of the Year Tanja Kostic (Sweden) and includes 2024 Olympian Marie Gulich, who led Germany to its first win in the tournament this summer.
CLEAN DEFENSE
Oregon State plays clean, fundamentally sound defense under coach Rueck. The Beavers rank third in the nation in fewest fouls per game over the last ten seasons, and the lack of fouls means fewer opportunities for opponents at the charity stripe. The Beavs are tied for fourth nationally in fewest free throws allowed per game over the same time frame.
KELSEY (TH)REES
Kelsey Rees showed off massive year-over-year development in her first season as a Beaver, most notably as a floor-spacer at the 4 and 5. The senior improved her three-point percentage by almost seven points over her best year at Utah, making 37.7 percent from deep. According to StatsPass, Rees was one of just three players who are 6-foot-5 or taller to shoot 37.5 percent or better from deep and did so on a higher volume (61 attempts) than the other two combined.
OUR MISSION
Oregon State Athletics strives to Build Excellent Authentic Visionary Student-Athletes (Go BEAVS).
The Beavers and Rams will play for the first time since 1999 when Sissel Pierce – Sela Heide's mom – put up 10 points, 11 rebounds and two blocks. The Beavs dropped that game and the all-time series is tied at two wins apiece.
Oregon State comes into the game having won 27 consecutive season-opening games including all 14 under Scott Rueck. Overall, OSU is 42-7 in its first game of a season, including a 5-4 mark as the visitors.
GAME INFO
Time: 4:30 p.m. PT
Location: Fort Collins, Colo.
Watch: MW Network
Listen: Beaver Sports Radio Network
Live Stats: oregonstate.statbroadcast.com
MR. WORLDWIDE
Scott Rueck went around the globe to put together the 2024-25 Beavs. The team represents six countries and four continents including the 15th-year head coach's first Beavs from Spain (Lucia Navarro, Cloe Vecina) , Brazil (Cat Ferreira) and Colombia (Susana Yepes). Oregon State's success with international players dates back to two-time All-American and Pac-10 Player of the Year Tanja Kostic (Sweden) and includes 2024 Olympian Marie Gulich, who led Germany to its first win in the tournament this summer.
CLEAN DEFENSE
Oregon State plays clean, fundamentally sound defense under coach Rueck. The Beavers rank third in the nation in fewest fouls per game over the last ten seasons, and the lack of fouls means fewer opportunities for opponents at the charity stripe. The Beavs are tied for fourth nationally in fewest free throws allowed per game over the same time frame.
KELSEY (TH)REES
Kelsey Rees showed off massive year-over-year development in her first season as a Beaver, most notably as a floor-spacer at the 4 and 5. The senior improved her three-point percentage by almost seven points over her best year at Utah, making 37.7 percent from deep. According to StatsPass, Rees was one of just three players who are 6-foot-5 or taller to shoot 37.5 percent or better from deep and did so on a higher volume (61 attempts) than the other two combined.
OUR MISSION
Oregon State Athletics strives to Build Excellent Authentic Visionary Student-Athletes (Go BEAVS).
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