Beavers Head to the Evergreen State

Friday, February 23

Pullman, WA

7:00 PM

Oregon State

Washington State

Photo by: Karl Maasdam/Oregon State Athletics

February 22, 2024 | Women's Basketball

Game Notes

By: Athletic Communications

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State travels to Washington this weekend to play their last conference games away from Gill Coliseum.

The Washington schools make up the first weekend against two unranked teams in Oregon State's schedule since hosting the Arizona schools in the second weekend of league play. The Huskies and Cougars both sport losing records in conference play, but both have come away with huge wins over the LA schools on the road in addition to being feisty squads at home.

FRIDAY vs. WSU GAME INFO
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Beasley Coliseum (Pullman, Wash.)
Watch: Pac-12 Oregon
Listen: Beaver Sports Radio Network
Live Stats: oregonstate.statbroadcast.com

SUNDAY vs. UW GAME INFO
Time: 12 p.m.
Location: Alaska Airlines Arena (Seattle, Wash.)
Watch: Pac-12 Oregon
Listen: Beaver Sports Radio Network
Live Stats: oregonstate.statbroadcast.com

STARTING FIVE

Looking to bounce back from their first loss in nearly a month, Oregon State hits the road for its first full weekend without a ranked foe since January 12-14
Though unranked, both the Cougars and Huskies both have big wins and present a variety of challenges to the Beavers. Both teams swept the Beavs a season ago
Oregon State split its last weekend against then-no. 9 UCLA and no. 10 USC despite losing leading scorer Raegan Beers for 7-of-8 quarters on the weekend
Timea Gardiner and Talia von Oelhoffen stepped up in Beers absence with Gardiner scoring 43 points on the weekend and von Oelhoffen totaling 5 steals and 5 blocks
The junior also hit the iconic game-winner in the game of the year vs. the Bruins

THE PAC-12'S BEST OFF THE BENCH
Timea Gardiner's impact is easily the highest among Pac-12 bench players, leading the league's non-starters in scoring and rebounding with 10.1 points and 6.3 boards per game. The sophomore is also shooting an efficient 45.1% from the field and 42% from downtown. Her 89.5% free-throw percentage makes her a strong option to close games. Over her last six games Gardiner has broken out, consistently hitting double figures while shooting 51.6% from the floor and 57.7% for three. Gardiner has been instrumental for the Beavers, leading the team with an average of 15.6 points per game in the last six outings

T 'N T, THEY'RE DYNAMITE
In front of a record-breaking student crowd in Gill Coliseum, Talia von Oelhoffen and Timea Gardiner did not disappoint. The two were responsible for 43 of the Beaver's 79 points against UCLA. Gardiner posted a then-career-high of 21 points and led the Beavers on two 8-0 runs. Von Oelhoffen claimed 22 and sank a triple at the buzzer to make Oregon State 15-0 at home. Against USC, Gardiner scored 22 of the Beavers' 30 second-half points, earning a new career high and grabbed nine boards. Von Oelhoffen dished 10 assists, grabbed seven rebounds, blocked three shots and added two steals.

CZECH HER OUT
Against UCLA, Dominika Paurova tied for the team lead in rebounds with five and added 12 points for the win, propelling the freshman to over 100 career points. Paurova was a second-half spark off the bench with seven points in the final 20 minutes, shooting 57.1% from the field and assisting on TG's game-tying three to close the third quarter.

BEAVER FEVER
Amidst a raucous crowd of over 16,000 fans at Gill Coliseum last weekend, were a record number of Oregon State students: 2,369. Thanks to the incredible support of Beaver Nation, OSU won Friday's game without having Raegan Beers for nearly three quarters and holds a 15-1 home record. The Beavs had not lost at home in 360 days before Sunday's defeat against no. 10 USC.

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