Beavs Battle Broncos in Gill Thursday; Then Hit the Road

Thursday, February 12

Corvallis, Ore.

6 PM

Oregon State

Santa Clara

Photo by: Karl Maasdam/Oregon State Athletics

Beavs Battle Broncos in Gill Thursday; Then Hit the Road

February 09, 2026 | Women's Basketball

By: Athletic Communications

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State will look to rebound from a challenging road trip on Thursday when the Beavers host Santa Clara before traveling to Stockton for a rematch with Pacific (Calif.) on Saturday.

The Beavs are one game ahead of both the Broncos and Portland and tied with LMU at 9-3 in the conference standings with all three teams set to visit Gill Coliseum over the season's final weeks.

GAME INFO – Santa Clara
Day: Thursday, February 12
Time: 6 p.m.
Location: Gill Coliseum
Watch: ESPN+
Listen: Beaver Sports Radio Network
Live Stats: oregonstate.statbroadcast.com
Game Notes: Click Here

GAME INFO – Pacific
Day: Saturday, February 14
Time: 2 p.m.
Location: Spanos Center (Stockton, Ore.)
Watch: ESPN+
Listen: Beaver Sports Radio Network
Live Stats: oregonstate.statbroadcast.com
Game Notes: Click Here (Will be updated on Friday)

SHOOTIN' SCHIMEL
Ally Schimel joined Oregon State as a walk-on after dominating 3A Oregon high schools at Corbett on the way to two state runner-ups and a title as a senior. She quickly proved herself as a Beav, leading the team in season plus-minus, and earned a scholarship. Schimel is a threat from downtown, making 45.7% of her triples which ranks 15th nationally.

DOMINATING DEFENSE
Oregon State's defensive scheme is simple: Make other teams take shots they don't like taking. 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." The Beavers lead the WCC in FG% Defense (37.1%) and are only allowing teams to make 40.2% of their shots inside the arc (also ranks 25th nationally). Don't count on getting to the line either, as the Beavs are third nationally in opponent free throw rate at 10.7%.

VAMOS ESPAÑA
Lara Alonso-Basurto, Cloe Vecina and Lucia Navarro make up the Spanish trio on Oregon State's roster. The latter duo were the first Spanish players at OSU under Scott Rueck, Navarro and Alonso played together during tryouts for the U20 Spanish EuroBasket team this summer.

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