Beavers Set for Sunday Tilt at Arizona

THE GAME: The Oregon State women's basketball team makes the trip down to Tucson this weekend, as the Beavers wrap up their two-game Arizona swing with a Sunday matchup against Arizona. The game will tip off at 2 p.m. MT/1 p.m. PT.

FOLLOW ALONG: Sunday's game will be streamed live online, with the link available at OSUBeavers.com. The game will also be carried live on the Beaver Radio Network with Ron Callan. Live stats will be available at OSUBeavers.com.

WHAT'S COMING UP: Oregon State will return home next week to take on USC and UCLA. The Beavers will take on the Trojans on Friday evening in their annual Dam Cancer game. Sunday's matchup with the Bruins will be a matchup of top-25 foes.

SERIES HISTORY: Oregon State is 32-31 all-time vs. Arizona, and the Beavers have won six-straight vs. the Wildcats. The Beavers won the only matchup between the two sides last season, 71-43 in Corvallis. Sunday's game will mark the only matchup between OSU and Arizona this season, as the Wildcats will not make a trip to Oregon.

QUICK HITTERS:
- At 21-2, Oregon State currently has a better record than it did on Feb. 5 of last season, when the team was 19-3. The Beavers' best ever record through this point in the season came in 2014-15, when OSU started 20-1.
- 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.
- OSU is tied with Stanford for first place in the Pac-12 with a conference record of 9-1.
- 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 .819 winning percentage in their three-plus seasons with the team (104-23).
- This year's seniors are looking to become the first class in program history to make the NCAA Tournament all four years of their careers.
- The Beavers are 42-5 in Pac-12 play over the last three seasons, and 51-5 in their last 56 Pac-12 games.
- OSU is 78-11 over the course of the last three regular seasons, and 88-21 overall since the start of the 2014-15 campaign.
- Oregon State sits fifth in the nation in field goal percentage defense at 33.5 percent. That statistic has been a consistent foundation for the Beavers, who have held opponents to 33.5 percent shooting over the last three seasons.
- The Beavers commit the third-fewest fouls per game of any team in the nation, averaging 12.6.
- Oregon State has posted a better shooting percentage than its opponent in all 23 of its games this season.
- The Beavers have held opponents below 35 percent shooting in 42 of their last 61 games
- OSU has out-rebounded 21 of its 23 opponents this season, and has held the advantage on the boards in 19-straight games.
- Oregon State finished the month of December 9-0, winning every game in the month of December for the fifth time in school history. The Beavers also ended the year's final month without a loss in 2008 (6-0), 1998 (5-0), 1995 (6-0) and 1978 (3-0).
- 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 Jan. 23.
- Oregon State comes in at No. 11 in both the AP Poll and the USA Today Coaches' Poll this week.
- 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. 6 in the RPI, as of Saturday, the highest RPI in the Pac-12.

SERIES VS. ARIZONA:
- Oregon State has won six-straight games vs. Arizona.
- Arizona will not make the trip to Corvallis this season, due to Pac-12 scheduling procedures.
- Sydney Wiese notched 15 points and 11 rebounds in last season's meeting.
- This weekend's trip will mark Wiese's final collegiate games in her home state of Arizona.
- Sophomore Taylor Kalmer will be playing her first NCAA games in front of fans from her home state.

DISHIN' AND SWISHIN': Sydney Wiese Quick Hitters
- 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 338 career longballs, tying her for 25th in NCAA history.
- Wiese leads all active players in career longballs, sitting three ahead of Ohio State's Kelsey Mitchell. Wiese and Mitchell have been trading the lead over the course of the 2016-17 season.
- Scored 26 points, including 13 in overtime, and pulled down five rebounds in the Beavers' win over Stanford. Wiese played 47 minutes in the game.
- Tallied 23 points vs. Oregon last Sunday, including 11 in the fourth quarter.
- 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.
- On the Naismith Trophy, Wade Trophy, Wooden Award, Ann Meyer Drysdale Award and Lieberman Award Watch Lists.
- Preseason All-Pac-12 honoree for the second-straight season.
- Currently sits seventh in Oregon State history with 1,632 career points, good for 25th nationally among active players.
- Is second in Oregon State history with 570 career assists, and fifth in the nation among active players
- Has hit at least two 3-pointers in 18-straight games.
- Has 478 career rebounds, 441 of which have come on the defensive end
- Tallied the fourth triple-double in Oregon State history on Dec. 14, finishing with 27 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists vs. UC Davis
- 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.

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.
- Has played in 104 Oregon State victories, the most by any player in OSU history
- Held Washington standout Kelsey Plum to 8-for-23 shooting from the floor in the Beavers' matchup with Washington.
- Is eighth in Oregon State history with 118 career 3-pointers.
- Has averaged over 20 minutes per game all four years of her career.
- Has played in 71-straight games, dating back to her sophomore campaign. Hanson has only missed one game in her career, with that coming due to injury.

VS. ARIZONA STATE: A look at Friday's win over the Sun Devils
- Oregon State earned its fourth win over a top-25 opponent this season
- Sydney Wiese scored 16 points and hit four 3-pointers
- Marie Gulich notched her fifth double-double of the season, going for 18 points and 10 rebounds.

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.
- Record improved to 143-78 with the Beavers' win over Arizona State, 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.
- Graduated from Oregon State in 1991.
- Rueck's teams have consistently been known for outstanding defense. The Beavers have allowed 56.5 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
- 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.
- Set a career-high with 19 points on 8-for-13 shooting against California.
- Hit an important reverse-layup in the second overtime period of the Beavers' win over Stanford.
- Earned #Play4Kay Shootout All-Tournament honors
- Has started the last 14 games.
- Is among the Beavers top-5 players in rebounds (100), assists (53) and steals (17).
- 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.

WHAT CAN BROWN DO FOR YOU: Breanna Brown Quick Hitters
- Scored a career-high 16 points vs. Oregon on Sunday in a career-high 28 minutes played. Brown went 5-for-9 in the game and pulled down seven rebounds.
- Has posted the first two double-doubles of her career this season, including one against Stanford. Brown has fouled out in both of her double-double performances.
- Made the Maui Classic All-Tournament Team
- Has started 14-straight games, the first 14 starts of her career.
- Sits third in the Pac-12 in field goal percentage at .532
- Has scored in double-figures 11 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 1.78 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.).

GERMAN SENSATION: Marie Gulich Quick Hitters
- Tallied her fifth double-double of the season vs. Arizona State on Friday
- Is fourth in the Pac-12 with 1.87 blocks per game
- Is averaging 10.8 points per game, second only to Sydney Wiese on the Beavers.
- Is among the Pac-12's top-10 in rebounds per game (8.3)
- Is the only Oregon State player to play in all 91 games over the last three seasons.
- Has played with both the German U-18 and U-20 National Teams.

OPEN ORUM: Kolbie Orum Quick Hitters
- Started the first nine games of the season
- Has 13 steals this season, after entering the season with seven steals in her first three campaigns combined.
- Has 118 rebounds this season is already matching her total from her first three college campaigns combined (118).
- Has nine 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
- Has played over 20 minutes in five-straight games.
- 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 29 2-point baskets this season, already doubling her total of 13 in 2015-16.
- Her 12 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 .426 would be good for 27th in the NCAA, if Tudor had reached the NCAA threshold of two made 3-pointers per game (averaging 1.74).
- 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 six-straight games, after not seeing the floor for four-straight contests.
- 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.

THROPAY AS YOU GO: Janessa Thropay Quick Hitters
- Has not played in 12-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

GETTING MADDIE: Madison Washington Quick Hitters
- Returned to the floor on Friday, after missing four-straight games.
- 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

ALWAYS GREENER: Tarea Green Quick Hitters
- Has not played in three-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

FORTRESS GILL:
- Oregon State has a home record of 41-4 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.
- Oregon State has won 15-straight Pac-12 home games, dating back to Feb. 26, 2015 vs. Stanford.
- Opponents are shooting 32.7 percent at Gill Coliseum since the start of the 2013-14 season
- With an average of 3,683 fans per game, Oregon State currently leads the Pac-12 in attendance for the third-straight season. The Beavers are over 700 fans per game ahead of second-place Stanford.

INCOMING!: A Look At Oregon State's Signing Class
- Oregon State's 2016 signing class is ranked No. 17 in the nation by Prospects Nation
- Taya Corosdale (6-foot-3 - forward - Bothel, Wash.) is the No. 8 ranked forward in the nation (ESPN), and is a McDonalds All-America Nominee.
- Aleah Goodman (5-foot-9 - guard - Milwaukie, Ore.) is the No. 11 ranked point guard in the country (ESPN) and is the two-time Oregon 5A Player of the Year.
- Joanna Grymek (6-foot-8 - center - Krakow, Poland) is the No. 2 rated junior college player in the nation (Collegiate Girls Basketball Report), and is a 60 percent shooter from the floor at Seward County Community College (Liberal, Kansas).

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Players Mentioned

Breanna Brown

Tarea Green

Gabriella Hanson

Taylor Kalmer

Katie McWilliams

Kolbie Orum

Mikayla Pivec

Janessa Thropay

Kat Tudor

Madison Washington

Jamie Weisner

Sydney Wiese