Beavers Prepared for Season Opener

THE GAME: The No. 17/19 ranked Oregon State women's basketball team will open its 2017-18 season Friday afternoon, when the Beavers take on North Dakota. The game is slated to tip off at 2 p.m.

FOLLOW ALONG: Friday's game can be heard live on 1240 KEJO in Corvallis, with Ron Callan on the call. A live stream, along with live stats will be available at OSUBeavers.com.

WHAT'S COMING UP: The Beavers will remain at home on Wednesday for a mid-week matchup with Utah Valley. Oregon State will then follow that up by taking on Notre Dame on Nov. 19.

SERIES HISTORY: Friday's game will mark the first ever matchup between Oregon State and North Dakota.

VETERAN'S DAY: Oregon State will honor the military on Friday, as the first 200 fans will receive a red, white and blue logo t-shirt in recognition of Veteran's Day.

TICKETS: Oregon State season tickets can be purchased for as low as $84 for adults, $68 for children and seniors. Visit BeaverTickets.com for more information.

QUICK HITTERS:
- Oregon State is 90-15 over the course of the last three seasons.
- The Beavers' three highest win totals have all come over the last three seasons (27 in 2014-15, 32 in 2015-16, 31 in 2016-17).
- OSU has made the tournament in four-straight seasons, and has reached the Sweet 16 in back-to-back years, including a Final Four run in 2016.
- The Beavers have entered the last two NCAA Tournaments as a No. 2 seed.
- Oregon State has produced four-straight 20-win seasons.
- The Beavers have been ranked in every USA Today/WBCA Coaches' poll, dating back to the 2013-14 postseason rankings. OSU's highest ever ranking came at the end of the 2015-16 campaign, when the Beavers came in at No. 2.
- Oregon State went 7-3 vs. ranked opponents last season, with wins over No. 9 Washington, No. 8/10 Stanford (twice), No. 15 UCLA (twice), 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 in 2015-16.
- Oregon State is 14-5 in its last 19 games vs. ranked opponents.
- The Beavers have not lost back-to-back games since they fell to USC and UCLA on Jan. 17 and 20 of 2014.
- Oregon State is one of nine teams to have three players selected over the course of the last two WNBA Drafts, and is one of five programs to have at least a trio of players selected in the first two rounds over that span.
- The Beavers finished the 2016-17 season sixth in the nation in scoring defense at 54.4 points per game and seventh in field goal percentage defense at 34.5 percent.

GILL COLISEUM:
- Oregon State has a home record of 46-5 over the last three seasons.
- The Beavers have not lost back-to-back home games since falling to Washington and Washington State on Feb. 15 and 18, 2013.
- The Beavers are 18-1 in their last 19 Pac-12 home games, and 34-2 in their last 36.
- Opponents are shooting 33.1 percent at Gill Coliseum since the start of the 2013-14 season
- Five of the top-10 crowds in Oregon State history have come over the last three seasons, including last season's record-setting attendance of 9,604 vs. Stanford.

IN THE PAC:
- Oregon State has won three-straight Pac-12 titles, joining Stanford as the only teams in conference history to win back-to-back-to-back league championships.
- The Beavers are 48-6 in Pac-12 play over the last three seasons, and 57-6 in their last 63 conference games.
- Oregon State has led the Pac-12 in attendance in each of the last three seasons, averaging 4,353 fans per contest.
- Beaver players have earned eight All-Pac-12 First-Team nods over the last three seasons, the highest total in the conference during that span.
- Oregon State has produced the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year the last three years.
- Head coach Scott Rueck is one of five coaches in Pac-12 history to win the John R. Wooden Coach of the Year Award multiple times.
- OSU has produced the Pac-12 Scholar Athlete of the Year in back-to-back seasons (Ruth Hamblin and Sydney Wiese).
- In 2016-17, Oregon State led the Pac-12 in scoring defense (54.4 ppg), field goal percentage defense (.345), 3-point percentage defense (.282), rebounds per game (43.3) and rebounding margin (+10.9).

GREAT SCOTT: Scott Rueck Quick Hitters
- 2017 John R. Wooden Pac-12 Coach of the Year, becoming one of five coaches in conference history to win the honor multiple times.
- Has been a finalist for the Naismith National Coach of the Year the last two seasons.
- Finished second to Geno Auriemma in the AP National Coach of the Year voting in 2016.
- Record at Oregon State is 153-81 making him 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 seven 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 56.4 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.
- Graduated from Oregon State in 1991.

GERMAN SENSATION: Marie Gulich Quick Hitters
- All-Pac-12 Selection in 2016-17
- Hit the game-winning put-back and knocked down a pair of free throws to ice Oregon State's win over Stanford on Feb. 24, helping the Beavers secure a Pac-12 title.
- Set a career-high with 16 rebounds vs. UCLA in the Pac-12 Tournament semi-finals.
- Tallied eight double-doubles last season.
- Pulled down 293 rebounds last year, good for seventh in Oregon State history.
- Averaged 9.9 points and 8.1 rebounds per game last season.
- Ended 2016-17 eighth in the Pac-12 in rebounds per contest.
- Finished last season seventh in the Pac-12 with 1.72 blocks per game.
- Has 98 career blocks, and needs 16 more rejections to crack Oregon State's all-time top-10.
- Is the only Oregon State player to play in all 104 of the team's games over the last three seasons.
- Played in exhibition contests with the German national team this summer, and has played with both the German U-18 and U-20 National Teams in the past.

PIVEC AND ROLL: Mikayla Pivec Quick Hitters
- Pac-12 All-Freshman Team in 2016-17.
- Earned Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honors twice last 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
- Started the final 27 games of her freshman season.
- Scored in double-figures 10 times last season.
- Averaged 7.5 points, 5.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game in 2016-17.
- Also threw javelin for the Oregon State track team in the spring, posting the fourth-best mark in OSU history in the event with a throw of 142-4 at the Oregon Twilight Meet.
- Highest-rated signee in Oregon State history prior to Andrea Aquino signing in November, coming in as the No. 24 player in the nation according to ESPN.
- Max Preps National Female Athlete of the Year in high school
- 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.

KT-MAC ATTACK: Katie McWilliams Quick Hitters
- Pac-12 Freshman Honorable Mention in 2015-16.
- Went 3-for-3 from 3-point range against UConn in the 2016 Final Four.
- Has made 20 starts over the last two seasons.
- Pac-12 Academic Honorable Mention last season.
- Scored 29 points in last year's season-opener vs. Lamar, going 7-for-8 from 3-point range in the contest.
- Shot 86.1 percent from the free-throw line, and hit 12 of her 14 attempts from the charity stripe last season.
- 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 .412 last season would have been good for 25th in the NCAA, if Tudor had reached the NCAA threshold of two made 3-pointers per game (averaging 1.40).
- Is shooting a better percentage from 3-point range (.412) than she is from the field overall (.403) during her collegiate career.
- Scored 17 points vs. Southern Utah last season, hitting five 3-pointers in the contest.
- Joins Mikayla Pivec as the only Beaver sophomore to play in every game last 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
- Played in 15 of Oregon State's final 19 games in the 2016-17 season.
- Played important minutes for Oregon State at last season's Pac-12 Tournament, partially due to the loss of Katie McWilliams
- Rueck credited Kalmer with playing the best basketball of her career vs. Stanford in the Pac-12 Tournament Final.
- Shot 42 percent from the field last season, and 55 percent from two-point range.
- Pac-12 Academic Honorable Mention last season.
- 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
- Played in two of Oregon State's three Pac-12 Tournament games.
- Scored two points vs. California in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament, her first points since Jan. 15.
- 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
- Did not play in 23-straight games to end the 2016-17 season.
- 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

GO, JO, GO: Joanna Grymek Quick Hitters
- Played the last two seasons at Seward County Community College
- NJCAA All-American in 2016-17
- Averaged 15.4 points, 8.6 rebounds and 3.1 blocks per game in her sophomore season at Seward, shooting 62.9 percent from the floor.
- Made the Athletic Director's Honor Roll in both of her seasons at Seward.
- Represented Poland in the FIBA U20 European Championships in Spain's Canary Island.

IT'S ALL GOODMAN: Aleah Goodman Quick Hitters
- Two-time Oregon state 5A champion.
- Three-time Oregon 5A Player of the Year
- 2017 McDonalds All-America nominee
- Is not ticklish.

SAY TAY KID: Taya Corosdale Quick Hitters
- Jordan Brand Classic All-American.
- Two-time King County League MVP
- Earned a five-star rating from ESPN, and was ranked the No. 6 forward in her signing class.
- Two-time All-State selection in Washington.

FULFILL YOUR DESTINY: Destiny Slocum Quick Hitters
- Redshirting the 2017-18 season due to NCAA regulations, after transferring from Maryland.
- 2017 WBCA National Freshman of the Year.
- Big Ten Freshman of the Year
- Second-Team All-Big Ten last season.
- 2016 McDonalds All-American at Mountain View High School
- Gatorade Idaho Player of the Year in her junior and senior high school seasons.

THE SCHEDULE:
- Oregon State's 2017-18 schedule will feature eight games against opponents currently ranked in the preseason AP Poll, including seven matchups with teams ranked in the top-12.
- The Beavers' first ranked test will come on Nov. 19, when they take on No. 6 Notre Dame.
- Oregon State will also face No. 12 Duke during non-conference play, taking on the Blue Devils in Durham on Nov. 25.
- The Beavers have won 19-straight season-openers dating back to the 1998-99 season.

THE STAFF: Oregon State Assistant Coaches and Support Staff Quick Hitters
- Associate Head Coach Jonas Chatterton enters his fourth 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 is in his second season as Assistant Athletic Director for Women's Basketball. Ely has been with the team since Rueck took over as head coach, spending the prior six seasons as an assistant coach
- Director of Operations Sharon Rissmiller is in her third 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 last year
- Athletic Trainer Jason Lieuw is the longest serving member of the Oregon State staff, currently in his ninth year with the team

BEAVERS IN THE PROS: A look at Oregon State players currently playing pro
- Sydney Wiese played for the LA Sparks this season, after being selected in the first round of last year's WNBA Draft. Wiese helped Los Angeles reach the WNBA Finals last season.
- Wiese is currently playing for the Townsville Fire in Australia.
- Ruth Hamblin stepped away from the Dallas Wings during the 2017 season to focus on her international career with Team Canada.
- Hamblin is currently playing with the Adelaide Lightning in Australia.
- Hamblin and fellow Beaver Jamie (Weisner) Scott led Canada to a FIBA Americup title this summer in Argentina.
- Scott is currently playing for Star Center Universitario De Ferrol in Spain.
- Ali Gibson played for the Puerto Rican National Team this summer, helping the squad finish third as Puerto Rico qualified for the 2018 FIBA World Cup.
- Patricia Bright is currently playing for Basket Club Montbrison Feminin in France.

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Players Mentioned

Taya Corosdale

Aleah Goodman

Joanna Grymek

Ruth Hamblin

Taylor Kalmer

Taylor Kalmer

Katie McWilliams

Katie McWilliams

Mikayla Pivec

Destiny Slocum

Janessa Thropay

Kat Tudor

Madison Washington

Jamie Weisner

Sydney Wiese

Sydney Wiese