
Beavers Head to #Play4Kay Shootout
December 16, 2016 | Women's Basketball
Oregon State to make trip from Corvegas to Las Vegas
THE GAME: The Oregon State women's basketball team will heads to Las Vegas this week to compete in the #Play4Kay Shootout at T-Mobile Arena. The Beavers will start things off by taking on UNLV at 8 p.m. on Monday, and will follow that up with a Tuesday game vs. either Quinnipiac or New Mexico State.
FOLLOW ALONG: A live stream of the game will be available at OSUBeavers.com, and fans can find live audio online via TuneIn or on the Beaver Radio Network with Ron Callan. Live stats will also be available.
WHAT'S COMING UP: The Beavers will return to Corvallis for a matchup with Arkansas Pine Bluff on Dec. 27. Oregon State is slated to begin Pac-12 play against Washington State on Dec. 30, and will take on Washington in a matchup of Final Four teams on New Year's Day.
TICKETS: Tickets for all Oregon State women's basketball games can be purchased at BeaverTickets.com.
SERIES HISTORY: Oregon State is 6-2 all-time against UNLV, and has won five-straight matchups in the series. The Beavers last took on the Lady Rebels in 2013, taking a 68-60 win in the contest. Then-freshman Sydney Wiese led the Beavers with 17 points and hit four 3-pointers, as Oregon State shot 51 percent from the floor.
Quick Hitters:
- The Beavers were picked to finish fifth in the Pac-12 in both the league's coaches and media poll.
- 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 .804 winning percentage in their three-plus seasons with the team (90-22).
- 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.
- The Beavers' 2016-17 squad has much more balance between classes than the 2015-16 OSU team. Oregon State enters the season with four seniors, two juniors, two sophomores and five freshmen (by eligibility)
- This year's team is the first team to have more freshmen players (by eligibility) than any other class since Scott Rueck took over as head coach in 2010-11.
- The Beavers have held opponents below 35 percent shooting in 34 of their last 46 games
- After holding UC Davis to 31.1 percent from the field on Wednesday, Oregon State now sits third in the nation in defensive field goal percentage at 31.0.
- Marquette is the only team to score more than 56 points against the Beavers this season
- The women's basketball team won the annual Oregon State Athletics "Other Side" Talent Show in October. The team performed a dance and singing routine set to music by Beyonce.
- Oregon State helped decorate the Boys and Girls Club for the holidays two weeks ago.
Flashback: A Look Back at 2015-16
- Oregon State is coming off its first ever appearance in the NCAA Final Four
- The Beavers won a share of the Pac-12 regular season title for the second-consecutive season, and notched their first ever Pac-12 Tournament championship.
- The Beavers are the first team other than Stanford to win back-to-back Pac-12 crowns since Oregon accomplished the feat in 1998-99 and 1999-2000.
- Oregon State set a school record with 32 wins in 2015-16, topping their mark of 27 in 2014-15. The Beavers have gone 16-2 in each of their last two Pac-12 seasons.
- Oregon State ended last season ranked No. 2 in the WBCA Coaches' Poll. The Beavers have been ranked in the Top-25 every week since cracking the rankings in the 2013-14 year-end poll.
DISHIN' AND SWISHIN': Sydney Wiese Quick Hitters
- Wiese is third in Pac-12 history and first in Oregon State history with 289 career 3-pointers. Candice Wiggins (Stanford, 2005-08) holds the Pac-12 mark with 295 career longballs.
- Is second among active players in career 3-pointers, trailing Ohio State's Kelsey Mitchell by one longball
- Is one of 36 players in Pac-12 history to make the All-Pac-12 First Team three times. Should she make the all-conference team again this season, Wiese would become just the 13th player in conference history, and second player in Oregon State history (Tanja Kostic - 1993-96) to earn All-Pac-12 honors all four years.
- Made the Pac-12 All-Tournament and Dallas All-Region Teams last season.
- Ranked No. 16 in ESPNW's Preseason Top-25 Players list.
- Preseason All-Pac-12 honoree for the second-straight season.
- Currently sits eighth in Oregon State history with 1,398 career points, good for 32nd nationally among active players.
- Is third in Oregon State history with 506 career assists, and fifth in the nation among active players
- Has 398 career rebounds, 364 of which have come on the defensive end
- 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.
DISHIN' AND SWISHIN' (AND REBOUNDIN'): Sydney Wiese Triple-Double Quick Hitters
- Sydney Wiese netted the fourth triple-double in Oregon State women's basketball history, going for 27 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists vs. UC Davis on Wednesday.
- Wiese was also incredibly efficient from the floor in the outing, hitting 10 of her 12 shots, and six of her seven 3-point attempts.
- The 27 points was a career-high for Wiese
- Ruth Hamblin had the most recent Oregon State triple-double prior to Wiese (1/13/14). Lisa Channel (2/11/84) and Judy Spoelstra (1/7/83) had the other two.
- After the game, Wiese said she was most proud of her rebounding in the game, because "It will make my dad really happy to see that I pulled down 10 boards."
GIFT OF GABBY: Gabriella Hanson Quick Hitters
- Is known as one of the best defenders in the conference, earning Pac-12 Defensive Honorable Mention last season.
- Is ninth in Oregon State history with 108 career 3-pointers.
- Has at least five rebounds in four-straight games.
- Has averaged over 20 minutes per game all four years of her career.
- Started every game last season after serving as the Beavers' "sixth-player" the prior campaign.
GREAT SCOTT: Scott Rueck Quick Hitters
- 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.
- Has a 129-77 career record at Oregon State, making him the third-winningest coach in program history.
- Rueck needs four more wins to move into a tie with Judy Spoelstra for second on the Oregon State career wins list.
- 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.
- Graduated from Oregon State in 1991.
KT-MAC ATTACK: Katie McWilliams Quick Hitters
- Has tallied at least one assist in nine straight games.
- Has a 11.5 assist/turnover ratio, which would place her first in the nation had she reached the NCAA's minumum requirement for the stat (3.0 assists per game).
- 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.
- 35 of her 63 made baskets have come from 3-point range.
- Has converted 17 2-point baskets this season, already surpassing her total of 13 in 2015-16.
- Her nine 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.
GERMAN SENSATION: Marie Gulich Quick Hitters
- Scored in double-figures on Wednesday, after being held scoreless in the Beavers' previous game.
- Is averaging 10.4 points per game, joining Sydney Wiese as the only Beavers averaging double-figures.
- Is among the Pac-12's top-10 in rebounds per game (6.9) and field goal percentage (53.8)
- Has played in all 80 games Oregon State has played the last three seasons.
- Pac-12 Freshman Honorable Mention two years ago.
- Has played with both the German U-18 and U-20 National Teams.
OPEN ORUM: Kolbie Orum Quick Hitters
- Has made the first eight starts of her collegiate career this season
- Is a 44.6 percent shooter over the course of her career, and hit 49.1 percent of her attempts last season.
- Has six steals this season, after entering the season with seven steals in her first three campaigns combined.
- Has already matched her 2015-16 total for rebounds with 34.
- Has five multi-assist games this season.
- Played for the Canadian National Team at the FIBA U17 and U16 World Championships.
WHAT CAN BROWN DO FOR YOU: Breanna Brown Quick Hitters
- Made the Maui Classic All-Tournament Team
- Tallied her first career double-double in just 16 minutes of playing time in the season-opener vs. Lamar, finishing with 11 points and 10 rebounds before fouling out
- Has scored in double-figures three times this season. Entering the year, Brown had only been in double-figures once.
- Has tallied four blocks in a game three times this season. Her career-high entering the year was two rejections
- Is second in the Pac-12 with 2.38 blocks per game this season
- Is a career 51.8 percent shooter from the floor, and is shooting 57.4 percent so far this season
- Has played at least 20 minutes in five-straight games.
- Won back-to-back California State championships in 2012 and 2013 as a member of Bishop O'Dowd High School (Oakland, Calif.).
REMAIN KALMER: Taylor Kalmer Quick Hitters
- Scored a career-high 15 points on 6-for-8 shooting on vs. BYU in Maui.
- Has played at least 18 minutes in three-straight games.
- Set a career-high with four assists on Wednesday.
- 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.
GET SOME TUDOR-ING: Kat Tudor Quick Hitters
- Hit four 3-pointers against Idaho State, the most by an OSU freshman since Wiese knocked down six in the 2014 NCAA Tournament
- Has scored in double-figures in back-to-back games.
- Is fourth in the nation with a 3-point percentage of 56.8
- Leads the Beavers with 21 3-point makes, just one behind Sydney Wiese's total for the first eight games of her career.
- Made 371 three-pointers in her high-school career
- Helped St. Mary's High School win the 2015 California state title
PIVEC AND ROLL: Mikayla Pivec Quick Hitters
- Rueck has compared her rebounding from the guard position to Beaver great Jamie Weisner
- Set a career-high with nine points on Wednesday.
- Highest-rated signee in Oregon State history, coming in as the No. 24 player in the nation according to ESPN.
- Max Preps National Female Athlere of the Year
- Averaged 21.7 points, 14.1 rebounds, 4.4 steals and 4.1 assists in high school.
THROPAY AS YOU GO: Janessa Thropay Quick Hitters
- 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
GETTING MADDIE: Madison Washington Quick Hitters
- Has scored four points in back-to-back games.
- 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
ALWAYS GREENER: Tarea Green Quick Hitters
- Has seen the floor in three 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
FOLLOW ALONG: A live stream of the game will be available at OSUBeavers.com, and fans can find live audio online via TuneIn or on the Beaver Radio Network with Ron Callan. Live stats will also be available.
WHAT'S COMING UP: The Beavers will return to Corvallis for a matchup with Arkansas Pine Bluff on Dec. 27. Oregon State is slated to begin Pac-12 play against Washington State on Dec. 30, and will take on Washington in a matchup of Final Four teams on New Year's Day.
TICKETS: Tickets for all Oregon State women's basketball games can be purchased at BeaverTickets.com.
SERIES HISTORY: Oregon State is 6-2 all-time against UNLV, and has won five-straight matchups in the series. The Beavers last took on the Lady Rebels in 2013, taking a 68-60 win in the contest. Then-freshman Sydney Wiese led the Beavers with 17 points and hit four 3-pointers, as Oregon State shot 51 percent from the floor.
Quick Hitters:
- The Beavers were picked to finish fifth in the Pac-12 in both the league's coaches and media poll.
- 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 .804 winning percentage in their three-plus seasons with the team (90-22).
- 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.
- The Beavers' 2016-17 squad has much more balance between classes than the 2015-16 OSU team. Oregon State enters the season with four seniors, two juniors, two sophomores and five freshmen (by eligibility)
- This year's team is the first team to have more freshmen players (by eligibility) than any other class since Scott Rueck took over as head coach in 2010-11.
- The Beavers have held opponents below 35 percent shooting in 34 of their last 46 games
- After holding UC Davis to 31.1 percent from the field on Wednesday, Oregon State now sits third in the nation in defensive field goal percentage at 31.0.
- Marquette is the only team to score more than 56 points against the Beavers this season
- The women's basketball team won the annual Oregon State Athletics "Other Side" Talent Show in October. The team performed a dance and singing routine set to music by Beyonce.
- Oregon State helped decorate the Boys and Girls Club for the holidays two weeks ago.
Flashback: A Look Back at 2015-16
- Oregon State is coming off its first ever appearance in the NCAA Final Four
- The Beavers won a share of the Pac-12 regular season title for the second-consecutive season, and notched their first ever Pac-12 Tournament championship.
- The Beavers are the first team other than Stanford to win back-to-back Pac-12 crowns since Oregon accomplished the feat in 1998-99 and 1999-2000.
- Oregon State set a school record with 32 wins in 2015-16, topping their mark of 27 in 2014-15. The Beavers have gone 16-2 in each of their last two Pac-12 seasons.
- Oregon State ended last season ranked No. 2 in the WBCA Coaches' Poll. The Beavers have been ranked in the Top-25 every week since cracking the rankings in the 2013-14 year-end poll.
DISHIN' AND SWISHIN': Sydney Wiese Quick Hitters
- Wiese is third in Pac-12 history and first in Oregon State history with 289 career 3-pointers. Candice Wiggins (Stanford, 2005-08) holds the Pac-12 mark with 295 career longballs.
- Is second among active players in career 3-pointers, trailing Ohio State's Kelsey Mitchell by one longball
- Is one of 36 players in Pac-12 history to make the All-Pac-12 First Team three times. Should she make the all-conference team again this season, Wiese would become just the 13th player in conference history, and second player in Oregon State history (Tanja Kostic - 1993-96) to earn All-Pac-12 honors all four years.
- Made the Pac-12 All-Tournament and Dallas All-Region Teams last season.
- Ranked No. 16 in ESPNW's Preseason Top-25 Players list.
- Preseason All-Pac-12 honoree for the second-straight season.
- Currently sits eighth in Oregon State history with 1,398 career points, good for 32nd nationally among active players.
- Is third in Oregon State history with 506 career assists, and fifth in the nation among active players
- Has 398 career rebounds, 364 of which have come on the defensive end
- 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.
DISHIN' AND SWISHIN' (AND REBOUNDIN'): Sydney Wiese Triple-Double Quick Hitters
- Sydney Wiese netted the fourth triple-double in Oregon State women's basketball history, going for 27 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists vs. UC Davis on Wednesday.
- Wiese was also incredibly efficient from the floor in the outing, hitting 10 of her 12 shots, and six of her seven 3-point attempts.
- The 27 points was a career-high for Wiese
- Ruth Hamblin had the most recent Oregon State triple-double prior to Wiese (1/13/14). Lisa Channel (2/11/84) and Judy Spoelstra (1/7/83) had the other two.
- After the game, Wiese said she was most proud of her rebounding in the game, because "It will make my dad really happy to see that I pulled down 10 boards."
GIFT OF GABBY: Gabriella Hanson Quick Hitters
- Is known as one of the best defenders in the conference, earning Pac-12 Defensive Honorable Mention last season.
- Is ninth in Oregon State history with 108 career 3-pointers.
- Has at least five rebounds in four-straight games.
- Has averaged over 20 minutes per game all four years of her career.
- Started every game last season after serving as the Beavers' "sixth-player" the prior campaign.
GREAT SCOTT: Scott Rueck Quick Hitters
- 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.
- Has a 129-77 career record at Oregon State, making him the third-winningest coach in program history.
- Rueck needs four more wins to move into a tie with Judy Spoelstra for second on the Oregon State career wins list.
- 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.
- Graduated from Oregon State in 1991.
KT-MAC ATTACK: Katie McWilliams Quick Hitters
- Has tallied at least one assist in nine straight games.
- Has a 11.5 assist/turnover ratio, which would place her first in the nation had she reached the NCAA's minumum requirement for the stat (3.0 assists per game).
- 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.
- 35 of her 63 made baskets have come from 3-point range.
- Has converted 17 2-point baskets this season, already surpassing her total of 13 in 2015-16.
- Her nine 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.
GERMAN SENSATION: Marie Gulich Quick Hitters
- Scored in double-figures on Wednesday, after being held scoreless in the Beavers' previous game.
- Is averaging 10.4 points per game, joining Sydney Wiese as the only Beavers averaging double-figures.
- Is among the Pac-12's top-10 in rebounds per game (6.9) and field goal percentage (53.8)
- Has played in all 80 games Oregon State has played the last three seasons.
- Pac-12 Freshman Honorable Mention two years ago.
- Has played with both the German U-18 and U-20 National Teams.
OPEN ORUM: Kolbie Orum Quick Hitters
- Has made the first eight starts of her collegiate career this season
- Is a 44.6 percent shooter over the course of her career, and hit 49.1 percent of her attempts last season.
- Has six steals this season, after entering the season with seven steals in her first three campaigns combined.
- Has already matched her 2015-16 total for rebounds with 34.
- Has five multi-assist games this season.
- Played for the Canadian National Team at the FIBA U17 and U16 World Championships.
WHAT CAN BROWN DO FOR YOU: Breanna Brown Quick Hitters
- Made the Maui Classic All-Tournament Team
- Tallied her first career double-double in just 16 minutes of playing time in the season-opener vs. Lamar, finishing with 11 points and 10 rebounds before fouling out
- Has scored in double-figures three times this season. Entering the year, Brown had only been in double-figures once.
- Has tallied four blocks in a game three times this season. Her career-high entering the year was two rejections
- Is second in the Pac-12 with 2.38 blocks per game this season
- Is a career 51.8 percent shooter from the floor, and is shooting 57.4 percent so far this season
- Has played at least 20 minutes in five-straight games.
- Won back-to-back California State championships in 2012 and 2013 as a member of Bishop O'Dowd High School (Oakland, Calif.).
REMAIN KALMER: Taylor Kalmer Quick Hitters
- Scored a career-high 15 points on 6-for-8 shooting on vs. BYU in Maui.
- Has played at least 18 minutes in three-straight games.
- Set a career-high with four assists on Wednesday.
- 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.
GET SOME TUDOR-ING: Kat Tudor Quick Hitters
- Hit four 3-pointers against Idaho State, the most by an OSU freshman since Wiese knocked down six in the 2014 NCAA Tournament
- Has scored in double-figures in back-to-back games.
- Is fourth in the nation with a 3-point percentage of 56.8
- Leads the Beavers with 21 3-point makes, just one behind Sydney Wiese's total for the first eight games of her career.
- Made 371 three-pointers in her high-school career
- Helped St. Mary's High School win the 2015 California state title
PIVEC AND ROLL: Mikayla Pivec Quick Hitters
- Rueck has compared her rebounding from the guard position to Beaver great Jamie Weisner
- Set a career-high with nine points on Wednesday.
- Highest-rated signee in Oregon State history, coming in as the No. 24 player in the nation according to ESPN.
- Max Preps National Female Athlere of the Year
- Averaged 21.7 points, 14.1 rebounds, 4.4 steals and 4.1 assists in high school.
THROPAY AS YOU GO: Janessa Thropay Quick Hitters
- 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
GETTING MADDIE: Madison Washington Quick Hitters
- Has scored four points in back-to-back games.
- 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
ALWAYS GREENER: Tarea Green Quick Hitters
- Has seen the floor in three 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
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