Sunday, February 26
Corvallis, OR
11:00 AM
Oregon State
vs
California
Beavers Head to Pac-12 Tournament
February 28, 2017 | Women's Basketball
Oregon State will open event with winner of Cal vs. USC
THE GAME: The No. 6/6 Oregon State women's basketball team heads to the Pac-12 Tournament this week looking to defend its 2016 Tourney title. The No. 1 seeded Beavers will have a bye in the first round, and play Friday at 11:30 a.m. vs. the winner of Thursday's matchup between California and USC.
FOLLOW ALONG: Friday's game will air live on Pac-12 Networks, with Anne Marie Anderson, Tammy Blackburn and Jill Savage. The game will also be carried live on the Beaver Radio Network with Ron Callan, and on KBVR student radio with Brenden Slaughter and Keenan Puncocher. Live stats will be available at OSUBeavers.com.
WHAT'S COMING UP: Following the Pac-12 Tournament, the Beavers will return home to await the NCAA Tournament Selection Show on March 13.
TICKETS: First and second round NCAA Tournament all-session ticket requests will be available for women's basketball season ticket holders and Our Beaver Nation donors beginning March 3rd. Women's basketball season ticket holders will have first priority and donor requests will be processed based on the Beaver Point system. The ticket office will be open extended hours on March 13th after the selection show to process orders and the deadline is 8 p.m. PST. All-session passes will go on sale to the public starting Tuesday, March 14th at 2 p.m. PST. Single session tickets go on sale starting at 9 a.m. PST on the day of the 1st round.
QUICK HITTERS:
- The Beavers' clinched the Pac-12 regular season title outright Sunday afternoon with its win over California. The conference championship was the third-straight regular-season title for the Beavers, and their second outright championship.
- At 27-3, Oregon State currently has a better record than it did through the first 30 games of last season (26-4).
- The Beavers' 27 wins is already tied for the second-highest season total in program history. The school record for wins is 32, set last season. Oregon State's three highest win totals have all come over the last three seasons (27 in 2014-15, 32 in 2015-16, 27 in 2016-17)
- Oregon State has notched its fourth-straight 20-win season, and the 12th 20-win campaign in program history.
- Prior to this current run, OSU had not put together back-to-back 20-win years since it ran off five-straight from 1979-1984.
- Sunday's win over Cal gave the Beavers their first ever season sweep of the Bay Area schools.
- Oregon State has not lost back-to-back games since it fell to USC and UCLA on Jan. 17 and 20 of 2014.
- Oregon State's senior class of Sydney Wiese, Gabriella Hanson, Kolbie Orum and Breanna Brown (redshirt junior) has an .821 winning percentage in their three-plus seasons with the team (110-24).
- This year's seniors will become the first class in program history to make the NCAA Tournament all four years of their careers.
- The Beavers are 48-6 in Pac-12 play over the last three seasons, and 57-6 in their last 63 Pac-12 games.
- OSU is 84-12 over the course of the last three regular seasons, and 94-22 overall since the start of the 2014-15 campaign.
- Oregon State sits seventh in the nation in field goal percentage defense at 34.4 percent. That statistic has been a consistent foundation for the Beavers, who have held opponents to 33.9 percent shooting over the last three seasons.
- The Beavers commit the fourth-fewest fouls per game of any team in the nation, averaging 12.8.
- OSU is fourth in the nation in rebounding margin (+11.2).
- Last Friday's game vs. Stanford marked just the second time this season Oregon State has posted a lower shooting percentage than its opponent. The only other team to out-shoot the Beavers from the floor this season is USC.
- The Beavers have held opponents below 35 percent shooting in 45 of their last 68 games
- OSU has out-rebounded 28 of its 30 opponents this season, and has held the advantage on the boards in 26-straight games.
- The Beavers' freshman class is the highest rated in program history, tabbed at No. 12 in the nation.
- Oregon State has one of the tallest teams in the Pac-12, featuring nine players listed at 6-foot or above. UCLA is the only Pac-12 squad to have more 6-footers, checking in with 10.
AT THE POLLS:
- The Beavers were projected as a two-seed, coming in at No. 8 in the NCAA Selection Committee's preliminary rankings, which were released on Feb. 20.
- Oregon State moved to No. 6 in both the Coaches' and AP Polls this week, the team's highest ranking of the season.
- OSU has been ranked in every coaches' poll since the end of the 2013-14 season.
- The Beavers were picked to finish fifth in the Pac-12 in both the league's coaches and media poll.
- Oregon State is No. 4 in the RPI, as of Tuesday.
DISHIN' AND SWISHIN': Sydney Wiese Quick Hitters
- Is one of 14 players in conference history to earn All-Pac-12 honors all four years of her career, and joins Tanja Kostic as the only Oregon State players to accomplish the feat.
- Wiese set the Oregon State career record for assists on Feb. 12, passing Leilani Estavan to take over first place. She now sits eighth in Pac-12 history with 603 career helpers.
- Wiese broke the Pac-12 career 3-pointers record on Dec. 20, passing Candice Wiggins to move into first place. Wiese is now up to 361 career longballs, making her 16th in NCAA history.
- Wiese is first among active players in career longballs, sitting eight ahead of Ohio State's Kelsey Mitchell. Wiese and Mitchell have been trading the lead over the course of the 2016-17 season.
- Made the Pac-12 All-Tournament and Dallas All-Region Teams last season.
- Has been named to the Naismith Trophy, Wooden Award, Wade Trophy, Ann Meyer Drysdale Award, Staley Award and Lieberman Award Watch Lists.
- Preseason All-Pac-12 honoree for the second-straight season.
- Currently sits seventh in Oregon State history with 1,737 career points, good for 27th nationally among active players.
- Has 510 career rebounds, 472 of which have come on the defensive end.
- Leads all Oregon State players with 144 defensive rebounds this season, good for ninth in the Pac-12.
- Tallied the fourth triple-double in Oregon State history on Dec. 14, finishing with 27 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists vs. UC Davis
- Scored 26 points, including 13 in overtime, and pulled down five rebounds in the Beavers' win at Stanford. Wiese played 47 minutes in the game. She followed that up with a 22 point game in the teams' second meeting, playing all 40 minutes.
- Has made the Pac-12 All-Academic Team the last two seasons, and hopes to begin a career in broadcasting once her playing career comes to an end.
- Donated her hair in a postgame Haircuts for Cancer ceremony on Feb. 10.
- Wiese earned Academic All-District honors.
VS. THE TOP-25: A look at Oregon State's record vs. ranked teams
- Oregon State is 6-1 vs. ranked opponents this season, with wins over No. 9 Washington, No. 8/10 Stanford (twice), No. 15 UCLA, No. 20 California and No. 23 Arizona State.
- The Beavers have earned six wins over top-10 opponents over the last three seasons, including a victory over No. 4 Baylor in the Elite Eight last season.
- Oregon State is 13-3 in its last 16 games vs. ranked opponents.
- The Beavers have won 11 of their last 14 games vs. top-12 teams.
SERIES VS. CALIFORNIA:
- Oregon State has tallied five-straight wins over California, the longest Oregon State winning streak in the series since the Beavers won five-straight from 1993-95.
- The Beavers won both of this season's prior meeting, beating Cal 66-56 in Berkeley on Jan. 6 and 71-56 on Feb. 26 in Corvallis.
- Oregon State shot 47.8 percent over the course of the two games, including 53.0 percent from 2-point range.
- Mikayla Pivec has averaged 14 points per game over the course of the teams' two meetings, including a 19 point-game on 8-for-13 shooting in their first meeting.
SERIES VS. USC:
- Oregon State split the season series with USC, with each team winning on the other's home court
- USC is one of two teams to shoot a better percentage than Oregon State is a game this season.
GIFT OF GABBY: Gabriella Hanson Quick Hitters
- Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year
- Is known as one of the best defenders in the conference, earning Pac-12 Defensive Honorable Mention last season.
- Has played in 110 Oregon State victories, the most by any player in OSU history
- Has played in 133 total games, closing in on Deven Hunter's Oregon State record of 135 games played
- Held Washington standout Kelsey Plum to 8-for-23 shooting from the floor in the Beavers' matchup with Washington.
- Is sixth in Oregon State history with 123 career 3-pointers.
- Has averaged over 20 minutes per game all four years of her career.
- Has played in 78-straight games, dating back to her sophomore campaign. Hanson has only missed one game in her career, with that coming due to injury.
GREAT SCOTT: Scott Rueck Quick Hitters
- Pac-12 Coach of the Year
- Was one of four finalists for Naismith Coach of the Year last season (Geno Auriemma - UConn, Muffet McGraw - Notre Dame, Dawn Staley - South Carolina).
- Finished second to Auriemma in the AP National Coach of the Year voting.
- Record improved to 149-79 with the Beavers' win over California, and is the second-winningest coach in Oregon State history. Aki Hill holds the Oregon State wins record with 274.
- Rueck engineered an accelerated turnaround at Oregon State, bringing the program into national prominence during his six seasons as head coach.
- Prior to joining Oregon State, Rueck served as head coach at George Fox in Newburg, Ore., where he built the program into a Division III national power, winning an NCAA title in 2009.
- Rueck's teams have consistently been known for outstanding defense. The Beavers have allowed 56.6 points per game over the course of his tenure. George Fox allowed just 48.3 points per contest in 2009-10, Rueck's final year there, and set a school record with 45.4 points allowed under Rueck in 2007-08.
PIVEC AND ROLL: Mikayla Pivec Quick Hitters
- Pac-12 All-Freshman Team.
- Has earned Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honors twice this season, tied with Sydney Wiese and Jamie Weisner for the most by an Oregon State player since the award began in 2011.
- Hit an important reverse-layup in the second overtime period of the Beavers' win at Stanford on Jan. 8.
- Earned #Play4Kay Shootout All-Tournament honors
- Is among the Beavers' top-5 players in rebounds (141), assists (66) and steals (24).
- Rueck has compared her rebounding from the guard position to Beaver great Jamie Weisner
- Highest-rated signee in Oregon State history, coming in as the No. 24 player in the nation according to ESPN.
- Max Preps National Female Athlete of the Year
- Won the Washington state-title for the javelin throw in her senior year
- Averaged 21.7 points, 14.1 rebounds, 4.4 steals and 4.1 assists in high school.
GERMAN SENSATION: Marie Gulich Quick Hitters
- All-Pac-12 Selection
- Hit the game-winning put-back and knocked down a pair of free throws to ice Oregon State's win over Stanford.
- Has tallied five double-doubles this season, after entering the year with one.
- Is tied for seventh in the Pac-12 with 3.17 offensive rebounds per game.
- Is seventh in the Pac-12 with 1.70 blocks per game.
- Is averaging 9.9 points per game, second only to Sydney Wiese on the Beavers.
- Is among the Pac-12's top-10 in rebounds per game (7.9)
- Is the only Oregon State player to play in all 98 games over the last three seasons.
- Has played with both the German U-18 and U-20 National Teams.
WHAT CAN BROWN DO FOR YOU: Breanna Brown Quick Hitters
- Pac-12 Defensive Honorable Mention
- Has scored in double-figures seven times in Oregon State's last 16 games.
- Has posted the first three double-doubles of her career this season, including one against Stanford in January.
- Made the Maui Classic All-Tournament Team
- Has started 21-straight games, the first 21 starts of her career.
- Sits seventh in the Pac-12 in field goal percentage at .520
- Has scored in double-figures 12 times this season. Entering the year, Brown had only been in double-figures once.
- Has tallied four blocks in a game five times this season. Her career-high entering the year was two rejections
- Is sixth in the Pac-12 with 1.73 blocks per game this season
- Won back-to-back California State championships in 2012 and 2013 as a member of Bishop O'Dowd High School (Oakland, Calif.).
OPEN ORUM: Kolbie Orum Quick Hitters
- Started the first nine games of the season.
- Is shooting 55.0 percent from the floor in the Beavers' six games vs. ranked opponents this season.
- Is shooting 60.7 percent from the floor over Oregon State's last four games.
- Has 13 steals this season, after entering the season with seven steals in her first three campaigns combined.
- Has 149 rebounds this season is already surpassing her total from her first three college campaigns combined (118).
- Has 12 multi-assist games this season.
- Played for the Canadian National Team at the FIBA U17 and U16 World Championships.
KT-MAC ATTACK: Katie McWilliams Quick Hitters
- Pac-12 Freshman Honorable Mention in 2015-16.
- Is one of six Beavers, and the only OSU freshman to play in all 37 games last season.
- Went 3-for-3 from 3-point range against UConn in the Final Four.
- Started the first nine games of the season for Oregon State
- Has converted 34 2-point baskets this season, already doubling her total of 13 in 2015-16.
- Her 18 offensive rebounds this season has already surpassed her total of four in 2015-16.
- Was the highest ranked recruit in Oregon State history, prior to Mikayla Pivec joining the team in the 2016 recruiting class.
- Earned numerous awards in the state of Oregon during her high school career, including: two All-State honors, Oregon Live Girls Basketball Player of the Year, Oregon Sports Award for Best Prep Basketball Player and Gatorade Oregon Player of the Year.
GET SOME TUDOR-ING: Kat Tudor Quick Hitters
- Her 3-point percentage of .434 would be good for 15th in the NCAA, if Tudor had reached the NCAA threshold of two made 3-pointers per game (averaging 1.63).
- Is shooting a better percentage from 3-point range (.434) than she is from the field overall (.430)
- Joins Mikayla Pivec as the only Beaver freshmen to play in every game this season.
- Made 371 three-pointers in her high-school career
- Helped St. Mary's High School win the 2015 California state title
REMAIN KALMER: Taylor Kalmer Quick Hitters
- Has played in 10 of Oregon State's last 13 games.
- Missed the first four games of the season due to injury
- Named Oregon State's Most Improved Player at the team's 2016 Awards Banquet.
- Was named a Scholar Athlete all four years of high school.
GETTING MADDIE: Madison Washington Quick Hitters
- Made her first appearance in the last five games on Sunday.
- Set a career-high with five points vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff.
- USA Today First Team All-Nevada selection
- Helped Bishop Gorman High School reach the Nevada state title game three times
- Averaged 12.2 points and 8.0 rebounds per game her senior season
THROPAY AS YOU GO: Janessa Thropay Quick Hitters
- Has not played in 18-straight games.
- Sang the national anthem prior to both the men's and women's basketball games on Friday Dec. 30.
- McDonalds All-America nominee her senior season of high school
- First-Team All-California in high school
- Earned MVP honors at the All-Star Classic
ALWAYS GREENER: Tarea Green Quick Hitters
- Has not played in nine-straight games.
- Scored her first career points and pulled down her first career rebound vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff.
- Has seen the floor in five games, after red-shirting the 2015-16 season.
- Holds Hillsboro High School records for points and rebounds in a season.
- Born in Corvallis, Ore.
THE STAFF: Oregon State Assistant Coaches and Support Staff Quick Hitters
- Associate Head Coach Jonas Chatterton enters his third season with the Beavers after spending four seasons at Colorado.
- Associate Head Coach Brian Holsinger served as an assistant coach on the Washington State staff for eight seasons.
- Assistant Coach Katie Baker was an All-Big Sky honoree at Montana
- Eric Ely takes over a new role this season as Assistant Athletic Director for Women's Basketball. Ely has been with the team since Rueck took over as head coach, spending the last six seasons as an assistant coach
- Director of Operations Sharon Rissmiller is in her second season with the Beavers. She has served as the head coach at Pacific (Ore.) and played basketball at Portland
- Assistant to the Head Coach Kendall Knotz served as a manger for Oregon State for four seasons before taking on her new role this year
- Athletic Trainer Jason Lieuw is the longest serving member of the Oregon State staff, currently in his eighth year with the team
FOLLOW ALONG: Friday's game will air live on Pac-12 Networks, with Anne Marie Anderson, Tammy Blackburn and Jill Savage. The game will also be carried live on the Beaver Radio Network with Ron Callan, and on KBVR student radio with Brenden Slaughter and Keenan Puncocher. Live stats will be available at OSUBeavers.com.
WHAT'S COMING UP: Following the Pac-12 Tournament, the Beavers will return home to await the NCAA Tournament Selection Show on March 13.
TICKETS: First and second round NCAA Tournament all-session ticket requests will be available for women's basketball season ticket holders and Our Beaver Nation donors beginning March 3rd. Women's basketball season ticket holders will have first priority and donor requests will be processed based on the Beaver Point system. The ticket office will be open extended hours on March 13th after the selection show to process orders and the deadline is 8 p.m. PST. All-session passes will go on sale to the public starting Tuesday, March 14th at 2 p.m. PST. Single session tickets go on sale starting at 9 a.m. PST on the day of the 1st round.
QUICK HITTERS:
- The Beavers' clinched the Pac-12 regular season title outright Sunday afternoon with its win over California. The conference championship was the third-straight regular-season title for the Beavers, and their second outright championship.
- At 27-3, Oregon State currently has a better record than it did through the first 30 games of last season (26-4).
- The Beavers' 27 wins is already tied for the second-highest season total in program history. The school record for wins is 32, set last season. Oregon State's three highest win totals have all come over the last three seasons (27 in 2014-15, 32 in 2015-16, 27 in 2016-17)
- Oregon State has notched its fourth-straight 20-win season, and the 12th 20-win campaign in program history.
- Prior to this current run, OSU had not put together back-to-back 20-win years since it ran off five-straight from 1979-1984.
- Sunday's win over Cal gave the Beavers their first ever season sweep of the Bay Area schools.
- Oregon State has not lost back-to-back games since it fell to USC and UCLA on Jan. 17 and 20 of 2014.
- Oregon State's senior class of Sydney Wiese, Gabriella Hanson, Kolbie Orum and Breanna Brown (redshirt junior) has an .821 winning percentage in their three-plus seasons with the team (110-24).
- This year's seniors will become the first class in program history to make the NCAA Tournament all four years of their careers.
- The Beavers are 48-6 in Pac-12 play over the last three seasons, and 57-6 in their last 63 Pac-12 games.
- OSU is 84-12 over the course of the last three regular seasons, and 94-22 overall since the start of the 2014-15 campaign.
- Oregon State sits seventh in the nation in field goal percentage defense at 34.4 percent. That statistic has been a consistent foundation for the Beavers, who have held opponents to 33.9 percent shooting over the last three seasons.
- The Beavers commit the fourth-fewest fouls per game of any team in the nation, averaging 12.8.
- OSU is fourth in the nation in rebounding margin (+11.2).
- Last Friday's game vs. Stanford marked just the second time this season Oregon State has posted a lower shooting percentage than its opponent. The only other team to out-shoot the Beavers from the floor this season is USC.
- The Beavers have held opponents below 35 percent shooting in 45 of their last 68 games
- OSU has out-rebounded 28 of its 30 opponents this season, and has held the advantage on the boards in 26-straight games.
- The Beavers' freshman class is the highest rated in program history, tabbed at No. 12 in the nation.
- Oregon State has one of the tallest teams in the Pac-12, featuring nine players listed at 6-foot or above. UCLA is the only Pac-12 squad to have more 6-footers, checking in with 10.
AT THE POLLS:
- The Beavers were projected as a two-seed, coming in at No. 8 in the NCAA Selection Committee's preliminary rankings, which were released on Feb. 20.
- Oregon State moved to No. 6 in both the Coaches' and AP Polls this week, the team's highest ranking of the season.
- OSU has been ranked in every coaches' poll since the end of the 2013-14 season.
- The Beavers were picked to finish fifth in the Pac-12 in both the league's coaches and media poll.
- Oregon State is No. 4 in the RPI, as of Tuesday.
DISHIN' AND SWISHIN': Sydney Wiese Quick Hitters
- Is one of 14 players in conference history to earn All-Pac-12 honors all four years of her career, and joins Tanja Kostic as the only Oregon State players to accomplish the feat.
- Wiese set the Oregon State career record for assists on Feb. 12, passing Leilani Estavan to take over first place. She now sits eighth in Pac-12 history with 603 career helpers.
- Wiese broke the Pac-12 career 3-pointers record on Dec. 20, passing Candice Wiggins to move into first place. Wiese is now up to 361 career longballs, making her 16th in NCAA history.
- Wiese is first among active players in career longballs, sitting eight ahead of Ohio State's Kelsey Mitchell. Wiese and Mitchell have been trading the lead over the course of the 2016-17 season.
- Made the Pac-12 All-Tournament and Dallas All-Region Teams last season.
- Has been named to the Naismith Trophy, Wooden Award, Wade Trophy, Ann Meyer Drysdale Award, Staley Award and Lieberman Award Watch Lists.
- Preseason All-Pac-12 honoree for the second-straight season.
- Currently sits seventh in Oregon State history with 1,737 career points, good for 27th nationally among active players.
- Has 510 career rebounds, 472 of which have come on the defensive end.
- Leads all Oregon State players with 144 defensive rebounds this season, good for ninth in the Pac-12.
- Tallied the fourth triple-double in Oregon State history on Dec. 14, finishing with 27 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists vs. UC Davis
- Scored 26 points, including 13 in overtime, and pulled down five rebounds in the Beavers' win at Stanford. Wiese played 47 minutes in the game. She followed that up with a 22 point game in the teams' second meeting, playing all 40 minutes.
- Has made the Pac-12 All-Academic Team the last two seasons, and hopes to begin a career in broadcasting once her playing career comes to an end.
- Donated her hair in a postgame Haircuts for Cancer ceremony on Feb. 10.
- Wiese earned Academic All-District honors.
VS. THE TOP-25: A look at Oregon State's record vs. ranked teams
- Oregon State is 6-1 vs. ranked opponents this season, with wins over No. 9 Washington, No. 8/10 Stanford (twice), No. 15 UCLA, No. 20 California and No. 23 Arizona State.
- The Beavers have earned six wins over top-10 opponents over the last three seasons, including a victory over No. 4 Baylor in the Elite Eight last season.
- Oregon State is 13-3 in its last 16 games vs. ranked opponents.
- The Beavers have won 11 of their last 14 games vs. top-12 teams.
SERIES VS. CALIFORNIA:
- Oregon State has tallied five-straight wins over California, the longest Oregon State winning streak in the series since the Beavers won five-straight from 1993-95.
- The Beavers won both of this season's prior meeting, beating Cal 66-56 in Berkeley on Jan. 6 and 71-56 on Feb. 26 in Corvallis.
- Oregon State shot 47.8 percent over the course of the two games, including 53.0 percent from 2-point range.
- Mikayla Pivec has averaged 14 points per game over the course of the teams' two meetings, including a 19 point-game on 8-for-13 shooting in their first meeting.
SERIES VS. USC:
- Oregon State split the season series with USC, with each team winning on the other's home court
- USC is one of two teams to shoot a better percentage than Oregon State is a game this season.
GIFT OF GABBY: Gabriella Hanson Quick Hitters
- Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year
- Is known as one of the best defenders in the conference, earning Pac-12 Defensive Honorable Mention last season.
- Has played in 110 Oregon State victories, the most by any player in OSU history
- Has played in 133 total games, closing in on Deven Hunter's Oregon State record of 135 games played
- Held Washington standout Kelsey Plum to 8-for-23 shooting from the floor in the Beavers' matchup with Washington.
- Is sixth in Oregon State history with 123 career 3-pointers.
- Has averaged over 20 minutes per game all four years of her career.
- Has played in 78-straight games, dating back to her sophomore campaign. Hanson has only missed one game in her career, with that coming due to injury.
GREAT SCOTT: Scott Rueck Quick Hitters
- Pac-12 Coach of the Year
- Was one of four finalists for Naismith Coach of the Year last season (Geno Auriemma - UConn, Muffet McGraw - Notre Dame, Dawn Staley - South Carolina).
- Finished second to Auriemma in the AP National Coach of the Year voting.
- Record improved to 149-79 with the Beavers' win over California, and is the second-winningest coach in Oregon State history. Aki Hill holds the Oregon State wins record with 274.
- Rueck engineered an accelerated turnaround at Oregon State, bringing the program into national prominence during his six seasons as head coach.
- Prior to joining Oregon State, Rueck served as head coach at George Fox in Newburg, Ore., where he built the program into a Division III national power, winning an NCAA title in 2009.
- Rueck's teams have consistently been known for outstanding defense. The Beavers have allowed 56.6 points per game over the course of his tenure. George Fox allowed just 48.3 points per contest in 2009-10, Rueck's final year there, and set a school record with 45.4 points allowed under Rueck in 2007-08.
PIVEC AND ROLL: Mikayla Pivec Quick Hitters
- Pac-12 All-Freshman Team.
- Has earned Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honors twice this season, tied with Sydney Wiese and Jamie Weisner for the most by an Oregon State player since the award began in 2011.
- Hit an important reverse-layup in the second overtime period of the Beavers' win at Stanford on Jan. 8.
- Earned #Play4Kay Shootout All-Tournament honors
- Is among the Beavers' top-5 players in rebounds (141), assists (66) and steals (24).
- Rueck has compared her rebounding from the guard position to Beaver great Jamie Weisner
- Highest-rated signee in Oregon State history, coming in as the No. 24 player in the nation according to ESPN.
- Max Preps National Female Athlete of the Year
- Won the Washington state-title for the javelin throw in her senior year
- Averaged 21.7 points, 14.1 rebounds, 4.4 steals and 4.1 assists in high school.
GERMAN SENSATION: Marie Gulich Quick Hitters
- All-Pac-12 Selection
- Hit the game-winning put-back and knocked down a pair of free throws to ice Oregon State's win over Stanford.
- Has tallied five double-doubles this season, after entering the year with one.
- Is tied for seventh in the Pac-12 with 3.17 offensive rebounds per game.
- Is seventh in the Pac-12 with 1.70 blocks per game.
- Is averaging 9.9 points per game, second only to Sydney Wiese on the Beavers.
- Is among the Pac-12's top-10 in rebounds per game (7.9)
- Is the only Oregon State player to play in all 98 games over the last three seasons.
- Has played with both the German U-18 and U-20 National Teams.
WHAT CAN BROWN DO FOR YOU: Breanna Brown Quick Hitters
- Pac-12 Defensive Honorable Mention
- Has scored in double-figures seven times in Oregon State's last 16 games.
- Has posted the first three double-doubles of her career this season, including one against Stanford in January.
- Made the Maui Classic All-Tournament Team
- Has started 21-straight games, the first 21 starts of her career.
- Sits seventh in the Pac-12 in field goal percentage at .520
- Has scored in double-figures 12 times this season. Entering the year, Brown had only been in double-figures once.
- Has tallied four blocks in a game five times this season. Her career-high entering the year was two rejections
- Is sixth in the Pac-12 with 1.73 blocks per game this season
- Won back-to-back California State championships in 2012 and 2013 as a member of Bishop O'Dowd High School (Oakland, Calif.).
OPEN ORUM: Kolbie Orum Quick Hitters
- Started the first nine games of the season.
- Is shooting 55.0 percent from the floor in the Beavers' six games vs. ranked opponents this season.
- Is shooting 60.7 percent from the floor over Oregon State's last four games.
- Has 13 steals this season, after entering the season with seven steals in her first three campaigns combined.
- Has 149 rebounds this season is already surpassing her total from her first three college campaigns combined (118).
- Has 12 multi-assist games this season.
- Played for the Canadian National Team at the FIBA U17 and U16 World Championships.
KT-MAC ATTACK: Katie McWilliams Quick Hitters
- Pac-12 Freshman Honorable Mention in 2015-16.
- Is one of six Beavers, and the only OSU freshman to play in all 37 games last season.
- Went 3-for-3 from 3-point range against UConn in the Final Four.
- Started the first nine games of the season for Oregon State
- Has converted 34 2-point baskets this season, already doubling her total of 13 in 2015-16.
- Her 18 offensive rebounds this season has already surpassed her total of four in 2015-16.
- Was the highest ranked recruit in Oregon State history, prior to Mikayla Pivec joining the team in the 2016 recruiting class.
- Earned numerous awards in the state of Oregon during her high school career, including: two All-State honors, Oregon Live Girls Basketball Player of the Year, Oregon Sports Award for Best Prep Basketball Player and Gatorade Oregon Player of the Year.
GET SOME TUDOR-ING: Kat Tudor Quick Hitters
- Her 3-point percentage of .434 would be good for 15th in the NCAA, if Tudor had reached the NCAA threshold of two made 3-pointers per game (averaging 1.63).
- Is shooting a better percentage from 3-point range (.434) than she is from the field overall (.430)
- Joins Mikayla Pivec as the only Beaver freshmen to play in every game this season.
- Made 371 three-pointers in her high-school career
- Helped St. Mary's High School win the 2015 California state title
REMAIN KALMER: Taylor Kalmer Quick Hitters
- Has played in 10 of Oregon State's last 13 games.
- Missed the first four games of the season due to injury
- Named Oregon State's Most Improved Player at the team's 2016 Awards Banquet.
- Was named a Scholar Athlete all four years of high school.
GETTING MADDIE: Madison Washington Quick Hitters
- Made her first appearance in the last five games on Sunday.
- Set a career-high with five points vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff.
- USA Today First Team All-Nevada selection
- Helped Bishop Gorman High School reach the Nevada state title game three times
- Averaged 12.2 points and 8.0 rebounds per game her senior season
THROPAY AS YOU GO: Janessa Thropay Quick Hitters
- Has not played in 18-straight games.
- Sang the national anthem prior to both the men's and women's basketball games on Friday Dec. 30.
- McDonalds All-America nominee her senior season of high school
- First-Team All-California in high school
- Earned MVP honors at the All-Star Classic
ALWAYS GREENER: Tarea Green Quick Hitters
- Has not played in nine-straight games.
- Scored her first career points and pulled down her first career rebound vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff.
- Has seen the floor in five games, after red-shirting the 2015-16 season.
- Holds Hillsboro High School records for points and rebounds in a season.
- Born in Corvallis, Ore.
THE STAFF: Oregon State Assistant Coaches and Support Staff Quick Hitters
- Associate Head Coach Jonas Chatterton enters his third season with the Beavers after spending four seasons at Colorado.
- Associate Head Coach Brian Holsinger served as an assistant coach on the Washington State staff for eight seasons.
- Assistant Coach Katie Baker was an All-Big Sky honoree at Montana
- Eric Ely takes over a new role this season as Assistant Athletic Director for Women's Basketball. Ely has been with the team since Rueck took over as head coach, spending the last six seasons as an assistant coach
- Director of Operations Sharon Rissmiller is in her second season with the Beavers. She has served as the head coach at Pacific (Ore.) and played basketball at Portland
- Assistant to the Head Coach Kendall Knotz served as a manger for Oregon State for four seasons before taking on her new role this year
- Athletic Trainer Jason Lieuw is the longest serving member of the Oregon State staff, currently in his eighth year with the team
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