Friday, March 17
Corvallis, OR
2:00 PM
Oregon State
vs
Long Beach State
Beavers Set to Host Long Beach State in Friday's First Round
March 14, 2017 | Women's Basketball
Beavers and 49ers will square off at 2 p.m.
THE GAME: The No. 8/8 Oregon State women's basketball team will open the NCAA Tournament this weekend at Gill Coliseum, as the Beavers host 15-seeded Long Beach State. The game is slated to tip off Friday at 2 p.m.
FOLLOW ALONG: Friday's game will air live on ESPN2, with Elise Woodward and Mary Murphy on the call. The game will air in its entirety in the state of Oregon, while the majority of the nation will receive whip-around coverage. 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: Should Oregon State win on Friday, the Beavers would play on Sunday vs. the winner on Friday afternoon's matchup between Creighton and Toledo. Sunday's game time will be announced after all of the first round games are completed. Sunday's winner will advance to the Stockton Regional next weekend.
TICKETS: 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' won their third-straight Pac-12 regular-season title this season. Oregon State was picked to finish fifth in both the Pac-12's preaseason media and coaches' polls.
- At 29-4, Oregon State enters the NCAA Tournament with one more win than it had at this time last year (28-4).
- The Beavers' 29 wins is already 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.
- 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 .818 winning percentage in their three-plus seasons with the team (112-25).
- This year's seniors are 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 86-13 over the course of the last three regular seasons, and 96-23 overall since the start of the 2014-15 campaign.
- Oregon State sits seventh in the nation in field goal percentage defense at 34.2 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 12.7.
- OSU is fourth in the nation in rebounding margin (+10.8).
- Oregon State has shot a better percentage than its opponent in 30 of its 33 games this season. The only teams to out-shoot the Beavers are Stanford (twice) and USC.
- The Beavers have held opponents below 35 percent shooting in 48 of their last 71 games
- Oregon State has held its opponent under 40 percent shooting in eight-straight games.
- OSU has out-rebounded 29 of its 33 opponents this season, and has not been out-rebounded in 29-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.
NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY:
- Oregon State is making its ninth NCAA Tournament appearance.
- The Beavers are 8-7 all-time in NCAA Tournament games. Six of their eight NCAA Tournament wins have come in the last three seasons.
- Oregon State made a run to its first ever Final Four last season. Prior to 2016, the Beavers' deepest ever run was a Sweey-16 appearance back in 1983, back when the tournament only featured 32 teams.
- The Beavers have hosted the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament the last two seasons.
- Oregon State matches its highest ever NCAA Tournament seed this season, entering as a two-seed. The Beavers also earned a two-seed last season, and were a three-seed in 2015.
DISHIN' AND SWISHIN': Â Sydney Wiese Quick Hitters
- ESPNW Second Team All-American
- Wooden Award Finalist
- Naismith Trophy Semi-Finalist
- Pac-12 Scholar Athlete of the Year
- Senior CLASS Award Finalist
- Academic All-America Third Team
- Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team for the third-straight season.
- Watch List for the Wade Trophy, Ann Meyer Drysdale Award, Staley Award and Lieberman Award.
- 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.
- Pac-12 All-Tournament Team back-to-back seasons.
- All-Dallas Regional as last season's Sweet 16/Elite 8
- Wiese set the Oregon State career record for assists on Feb. 12, passing Leilani Estavan to take over first place. She now sits seventh in Pac-12 history with 614 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 370 career longballs, making her 13th in NCAA history.
- Wiese is first among active players in career longballs, sitting 10 ahead of Ohio State's Kelsey Mitchell. Wiese and Mitchell have been trading the lead over the course of the 2016-17 season.
- Currently sits sixth in Oregon State history with 1,795 career points, good for 27th nationally among active players and 35th in Pac-12 history.
- Has 522 career rebounds, 482 of which have come on the defensive end.
- Is 11th in the Pac-12 with 154 defensive rebounds this season
- Has scored in double-figures in 15-straight games.
- Has hit at least one 3-pointer in 28-straight games.Â
- Has hit at least four 3-pointers in five of her last seven games.
- 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.
- Donated her hair in a postgame Haircuts for Cancer ceremony on Feb. 10.
FORTRESS GILL:
- Oregon State has a home record of 44-5 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
- With an average of 4,36 fans per game, Oregon State currently leads the Pac-12 in attendance for the third-straight season. The Beavers are nearly 700 fans per game ahead of second-place Washington.Â
SERIES VS. LONG BEACH STATE:
- Oregon State is 3-4 all-time vs. Long Beach State, but the two teams have not met since 2010. The Beavers are 2-1 in home games against the 49ersÂ
- The Beavers have won their last four matchups vs. Big West Conference foes.
- Oregon State head coach Scott Rueck's first game with the Beavers was a 71-39 win over Long Beach State on Nov. 13, 2010. Then-freshman Alyssa Martin scored 24 points in the game, an Oregon State record for points by a player making their freshman debut.
GIFT OF GABBY: Gabriella Hanson Quick Hitters
- Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year
- All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention
- Has played in 112 Oregon State victories, the most by any player in OSU history
- Has played in 136 total games, breaking 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 125 career 3-pointers.
- Has averaged over 20 minutes per game all four years of her career.
- Has played in 81-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 HittersÂ
- Pac-12 Coach of the Year
- Semi-Finalist for Naismith 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 in 2016.
- Record improved to 151-80 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 56.4 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.
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 on Feb. 24.
- Has recorded back-to-back double-doubles
- Set a career-high with 16 rebounds vs. UCLA in the Pac-12 Tournament semi-finals.
- Has tallied seven double-doubles this season, after entering the year with one.
- Is tied for sixth in the Pac-12 with 3.12 offensive rebounds per game.
- Is seventh in the Pac-12 with 1.67 blocks per game.
- Is averaging 10.0 points per game, second only to Sydney Wiese on the Beavers.
- Is among the Pac-12's top-10 in rebounds per game (8.1)
- Is the only Oregon State player to play in all 101 games over the last three seasons.
- Has played with both the German U-18 and U-20 National Teams.Â
FOLLOW ALONG: Friday's game will air live on ESPN2, with Elise Woodward and Mary Murphy on the call. The game will air in its entirety in the state of Oregon, while the majority of the nation will receive whip-around coverage. 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: Should Oregon State win on Friday, the Beavers would play on Sunday vs. the winner on Friday afternoon's matchup between Creighton and Toledo. Sunday's game time will be announced after all of the first round games are completed. Sunday's winner will advance to the Stockton Regional next weekend.
TICKETS: 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' won their third-straight Pac-12 regular-season title this season. Oregon State was picked to finish fifth in both the Pac-12's preaseason media and coaches' polls.
- At 29-4, Oregon State enters the NCAA Tournament with one more win than it had at this time last year (28-4).
- The Beavers' 29 wins is already 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.
- 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 .818 winning percentage in their three-plus seasons with the team (112-25).
- This year's seniors are 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 86-13 over the course of the last three regular seasons, and 96-23 overall since the start of the 2014-15 campaign.
- Oregon State sits seventh in the nation in field goal percentage defense at 34.2 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 12.7.
- OSU is fourth in the nation in rebounding margin (+10.8).
- Oregon State has shot a better percentage than its opponent in 30 of its 33 games this season. The only teams to out-shoot the Beavers are Stanford (twice) and USC.
- The Beavers have held opponents below 35 percent shooting in 48 of their last 71 games
- Oregon State has held its opponent under 40 percent shooting in eight-straight games.
- OSU has out-rebounded 29 of its 33 opponents this season, and has not been out-rebounded in 29-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.
NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY:
- Oregon State is making its ninth NCAA Tournament appearance.
- The Beavers are 8-7 all-time in NCAA Tournament games. Six of their eight NCAA Tournament wins have come in the last three seasons.
- Oregon State made a run to its first ever Final Four last season. Prior to 2016, the Beavers' deepest ever run was a Sweey-16 appearance back in 1983, back when the tournament only featured 32 teams.
- The Beavers have hosted the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament the last two seasons.
- Oregon State matches its highest ever NCAA Tournament seed this season, entering as a two-seed. The Beavers also earned a two-seed last season, and were a three-seed in 2015.
DISHIN' AND SWISHIN': Â Sydney Wiese Quick Hitters
- ESPNW Second Team All-American
- Wooden Award Finalist
- Naismith Trophy Semi-Finalist
- Pac-12 Scholar Athlete of the Year
- Senior CLASS Award Finalist
- Academic All-America Third Team
- Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team for the third-straight season.
- Watch List for the Wade Trophy, Ann Meyer Drysdale Award, Staley Award and Lieberman Award.
- 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.
- Pac-12 All-Tournament Team back-to-back seasons.
- All-Dallas Regional as last season's Sweet 16/Elite 8
- Wiese set the Oregon State career record for assists on Feb. 12, passing Leilani Estavan to take over first place. She now sits seventh in Pac-12 history with 614 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 370 career longballs, making her 13th in NCAA history.
- Wiese is first among active players in career longballs, sitting 10 ahead of Ohio State's Kelsey Mitchell. Wiese and Mitchell have been trading the lead over the course of the 2016-17 season.
- Currently sits sixth in Oregon State history with 1,795 career points, good for 27th nationally among active players and 35th in Pac-12 history.
- Has 522 career rebounds, 482 of which have come on the defensive end.
- Is 11th in the Pac-12 with 154 defensive rebounds this season
- Has scored in double-figures in 15-straight games.
- Has hit at least one 3-pointer in 28-straight games.Â
- Has hit at least four 3-pointers in five of her last seven games.
- 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.
- Donated her hair in a postgame Haircuts for Cancer ceremony on Feb. 10.
FORTRESS GILL:
- Oregon State has a home record of 44-5 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
- With an average of 4,36 fans per game, Oregon State currently leads the Pac-12 in attendance for the third-straight season. The Beavers are nearly 700 fans per game ahead of second-place Washington.Â
SERIES VS. LONG BEACH STATE:
- Oregon State is 3-4 all-time vs. Long Beach State, but the two teams have not met since 2010. The Beavers are 2-1 in home games against the 49ersÂ
- The Beavers have won their last four matchups vs. Big West Conference foes.
- Oregon State head coach Scott Rueck's first game with the Beavers was a 71-39 win over Long Beach State on Nov. 13, 2010. Then-freshman Alyssa Martin scored 24 points in the game, an Oregon State record for points by a player making their freshman debut.
GIFT OF GABBY: Gabriella Hanson Quick Hitters
- Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year
- All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention
- Has played in 112 Oregon State victories, the most by any player in OSU history
- Has played in 136 total games, breaking 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 125 career 3-pointers.
- Has averaged over 20 minutes per game all four years of her career.
- Has played in 81-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 HittersÂ
- Pac-12 Coach of the Year
- Semi-Finalist for Naismith 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 in 2016.
- Record improved to 151-80 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 56.4 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.
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 on Feb. 24.
- Has recorded back-to-back double-doubles
- Set a career-high with 16 rebounds vs. UCLA in the Pac-12 Tournament semi-finals.
- Has tallied seven double-doubles this season, after entering the year with one.
- Is tied for sixth in the Pac-12 with 3.12 offensive rebounds per game.
- Is seventh in the Pac-12 with 1.67 blocks per game.
- Is averaging 10.0 points per game, second only to Sydney Wiese on the Beavers.
- Is among the Pac-12's top-10 in rebounds per game (8.1)
- Is the only Oregon State player to play in all 101 games over the last three seasons.
- Has played with both the German U-18 and U-20 National Teams.Â
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