Tuesday, December 27
Corvallis, OR
6:00 PM
Oregon State
vs
North Carolina Central
Photo by: Grace Johnson/Oregon State Athletics
Oregon State Returns Home for Final Non-Conference Game
December 26, 2022 | Women's Basketball
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State closes out non-conference play on Tuesday when it welcomes North Carolina Central University to Corvallis for a post-holiday game.
The Beavs went into the holiday break at 7-4 with all four losses coming to teams ranked or receiving votes in the Associated Press Top 25. OSU opens Pac-12 play at home on December 30 against USC.
GAME INFO
Time: 6 p.m.
Watch: Oregon State Livestream
Listen: Beaver Sports Radio Network
Live Stats: oregonstate.statbroadcast.com
Social Media: @BeaverWBB
MEET THE VISITORS
NC Central enters Tuesday's game with a 5-8 record and wins over Appalachian State and Western Carolina. The Eagles are led by former MEAC Player of the Week Kimeira Burks (11.1 ppg) and Jerni Kiaku (11.5 ppg). NCCU has seven players averaging at least one steal per game and averages 10.9 takeaways per game as a team.
THE TALIA VON OELHOFFEN GAME®
Talia von Oelhoffen dominated Oregon State's Maui Jim Maui Classic opener against Nevada with a career-high 41 points on 17-of-20 shooting. She made every shot she took inside the arc en route to leading OSU to a 96-84 win, including a personal 16-5 run to open the second half.
Keeping opponents off the scoreboard starts with keeping them off the free throw line. The Beavs have been one of the best teams in the country at that in the Rueck era. Over the last 12 seasons, only 13 power conference teams have averaged under 13 fouls per game over the course of a single season. Oregon State is the only team to do it four times (2016-17, 17-18, 19-20, 21-22). So far in 2022, the Beavs are third in the nation with just 12.2 fouls per game.
FEELING JUST PIETSCH-Y
After early struggles in her transition to the American college game, freshman Martha Pietsch (pronounced Marta Peach) has come into her own over the last five contests. Thru her first five college games, the German averaged 2.4 points and 1 assist per game while over the last five she is averaging 7.4 points with 3.0 assists with a sparkling 2.14 assist-to-turnover ratio and shooting 46.7% from three as a key reserve for the Beavs.
The Beavs went into the holiday break at 7-4 with all four losses coming to teams ranked or receiving votes in the Associated Press Top 25. OSU opens Pac-12 play at home on December 30 against USC.
GAME INFO
Time: 6 p.m.
Watch: Oregon State Livestream
Listen: Beaver Sports Radio Network
Live Stats: oregonstate.statbroadcast.com
Social Media: @BeaverWBB
MEET THE VISITORS
NC Central enters Tuesday's game with a 5-8 record and wins over Appalachian State and Western Carolina. The Eagles are led by former MEAC Player of the Week Kimeira Burks (11.1 ppg) and Jerni Kiaku (11.5 ppg). NCCU has seven players averaging at least one steal per game and averages 10.9 takeaways per game as a team.
THE TALIA VON OELHOFFEN GAME®
Talia von Oelhoffen dominated Oregon State's Maui Jim Maui Classic opener against Nevada with a career-high 41 points on 17-of-20 shooting. She made every shot she took inside the arc en route to leading OSU to a 96-84 win, including a personal 16-5 run to open the second half.
- Most points by a Beaver since Talisa Rhea scored 42 vs. Sacremento State on 11/16/08
- Seventh-most points in a game in OSU history (record: 51 by Carol Menken v. Alaska-Anchorage)
- One of four players since 1999-00 season to record a single-game FG% of 85% or higher on 20+ shots and is the only one of those four to attempt a three-pointer in her 20+ shots
Keeping opponents off the scoreboard starts with keeping them off the free throw line. The Beavs have been one of the best teams in the country at that in the Rueck era. Over the last 12 seasons, only 13 power conference teams have averaged under 13 fouls per game over the course of a single season. Oregon State is the only team to do it four times (2016-17, 17-18, 19-20, 21-22). So far in 2022, the Beavs are third in the nation with just 12.2 fouls per game.
FEELING JUST PIETSCH-Y
After early struggles in her transition to the American college game, freshman Martha Pietsch (pronounced Marta Peach) has come into her own over the last five contests. Thru her first five college games, the German averaged 2.4 points and 1 assist per game while over the last five she is averaging 7.4 points with 3.0 assists with a sparkling 2.14 assist-to-turnover ratio and shooting 46.7% from three as a key reserve for the Beavs.
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