Beavers Beyond the Classroom to Welcome Over 7,500 Area Students

Tuesday, November 18

Corvallis, Ore.

11 AM

Oregon State

Utah State

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Beavers Beyond the Classroom to Welcome Over 7,500 Area Students

November 15, 2025 | Women's Basketball

By: Athletic Communications

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State's Beavers Beyond the Classroom game will welcome area schools to Gill Coliseum on Tuesday to watch a future Pac-12 matchup against Utah State

The annual field trip game is open only to season ticket holders and students, with 1,000 spots made available to join more than 7,500 participants from local schools. Season ticket holders can enter through Gate 1 at the SE Gill door off the main lobby. Sections B and C will be filled first.

GAME INFO
Day: Tuesday, November 18
Time: 11 a.m.
Location: Gill Coliseum
Watch: ESPN+
Listen: Beaver Sports Radio Network
Live Stats: oregonstate.statbroadcast.com
Game Notes: Click Here

STARTING FIVE

Oregon State hosts more than 7,500 local students and teachers for Tuesday's annual Beavers Beyond the Classroom game against Utah State
The future Pac-12 foes will square off for the sixth time and first since Mikayla Pivec scored 18 points in a 75-46 OSU win inside Gill Coliseum in 2019
The Beavers picked up its first of five possible power conference wins on Friday, outlasting Illinois 64-59 inside Legendary Gill Coliseum
Defense keyed the victory for Oregon State as they held Illinois to just 33.9% shooting and second-leading scorer Gretchen Dolan to 11 points on 4/19 FG
As one would expect for an early-season game, the Beavs still have room to grow. OSU won just the 24th game while being outrebounded in Scott Rueck's tenure.

IMPROVED ON OFFENSE
Adding shooting - internally and externally - was a priority during Oregon State's offseason. So far, so good. The Beavs shot better than 50% from the floor in back-to-back games against Air Force and Illinois. OSU shot over 50% four times in 2024-25 and just once in back-to-back games. Among internal improvements Kennedie Shuler and Tiara Bolden are each shooting at least 7% better and the additions of Lizzy Williamson and Lara Alonso-Basurto each aided the team's offense as well.

MAKE 'EM MISS
Oregon State's elite defense is predicated on making opponents take the shots they don't want to take. In a survey of anonymous coaches done by The Athletic, one said of Rueck's defense: "Whatever you're really good at, they're gonna take away. If you're good at ABC, you better come with DEF because they're not gonna give you ABC." Notable Oregon State defensive performances the last two seasons include:

Held Illinois to 33.9% shooting, a season-low and third-lowest in the last two seasons
Held Air Force to 27.7% shooting and 17.4% from three
On one weekend, held both St. Mary's and Pepperdine to a six-point quarter in two wins
Held two teams (USF & Santa Clara) scoreless for 10 straight minutes of game time
In the first game against Portland, held the Pilots to their fourth-lowest scoring (72) of the year - despite going to OT -and second-lowest FG% (35)of the season
Limited Boston College to its season-low in scoring (49)

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