Sunday, March 19
Corvallis, OR
6:00 PM
Oregon State
vs
Creighton
Beavers Set for Sunday Matchup With Creighton
March 18, 2017 | Women's Basketball
Oregon State continues NCAA run in second round
THE GAME: The No. 8/8 Oregon State women's basketball team continues its NCAA Tournament run Sunday, as it takes on Creighton in the second round of the event. The game is scheduled to tip off at 6 p.m.
FOLLOW ALONG: Sunday'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 Sunday, the Beavers would advance to the Sweet 16 in Stockton, Calif. The Stockton Regional will begin on Saturday March 25, with the Elite Eight game being played on Monday March 27.
TICKETS: Single-session tickets will be made available online on Saturday. Ticket windows will open two hours prior to Sunday's game for single-game sales.
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 30-4, Oregon State continues its NCAA Tournament run with one more win than it had at this time last year (29-4).
- The Beavers' 30 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, 30 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 .819 winning percentage in their three-plus seasons with the team (113-25).
- 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 87-13 over the course of the last three regular seasons, and 97-23 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 12.6.
- OSU is fourth in the nation in rebounding margin (+10.9).
- Oregon State has shot a better percentage than its opponent in 31 of its 34 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 49 of their last 72 games
- Oregon State has held its opponent under 40 percent shooting in nine-straight games.
- OSU has out-rebounded 30 of its 34 opponents this season, and has not been out-rebounded in 30-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 9-7 all-time in NCAA Tournament games. Seven of their nine 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 Sweet-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 sixth in Pac-12 history with 620 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 371 career longballs, making her 13th in NCAA history.
- Wiese is first among active players in career longballs, sitting eight 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 1,802 career points, good for 29th nationally among active players and 33rd in Pac-12 history.
- Has 527 career rebounds, 487 of which have come on the defensive end.
- Is 11th in the Pac-12 with 159 defensive rebounds this season
- Has hit at least one 3-pointer in 29-straight games.Â
- Has hit at least four 3-pointers in five of her last eight 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 45-5 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 4,276 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 1-4 all-time vs. Creighton, and has not beaten the Bluejays since the 1984-85 season.
- Creighton's only previous game vs. Oregon State at Gill Coliseum came in 2004, when the Bluejays tooks 76-75 win
- The two-teams last met in 2013, when Creighton won 70-62. Sydney Wiese tallied five steals in that contest.
GIFT OF GABBY: Gabriella Hanson Quick Hitters
- Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year
- All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention
- Has played in 113 Oregon State victories, the most by any player in OSU history
- Has played in 137 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 82-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
- 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 152-80 with the Beavers' win over Long Beach 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.
- 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 scored in double-figures in five-straight games.
- 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 sixth in the Pac-12 with 3.06 offensive rebounds per game.
- Is seventh in the Pac-12 with 1.71 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 102 games over the last three seasons.
- Has played with both the German U-18 and U-20 National Teams.Â
PIVEC AND ROLL: Mikayla Pivec Quick Hitters
- Pac-12 All-Freshman Team.
- Is averaging 12.5 points and 6.3 rebounds per game over the last four games. Pivec shot 54.3 percent from the floor and 50.0 percent from 3-point range over that span.
- 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.
- 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
- Is among the Beavers' top-5 players in rebounds (166), assists (67) and steals (30).
- 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.Â
WHAT CAN BROWN DO FOR YOU: Breanna Brown Quick Hitters
- Pac-12 Defensive Honorable Mention
- Has 10 blocks in her last three games.
- Scored eight of her 12 points in the fourth quarter of Friday's game
- Has cracked the top-10 on Oregon State's single-season list with 62 blocked shots this year.
- Has posted the first three double-doubles of her career this season, including one against Stanford in January.
- Made the Maui Classic All-Tournament Team
- Has started 25-straight games, the first 25 starts of her career.
- Sits seventh in the Pac-12 in field goal percentage at .509
- Has scored in double-figures 13 times this season. Entering the year, Brown had only been in double-figures once.
- Has tallied four blocks in a game six times this season. Her career-high entering the year was two rejections
- Is sixth in the Pac-12 with 1.82 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.).
OPEN ORUM: Kolbie Orum Quick Hitters
- Started the first nine games of the season.
- Is shooting 50.0 percent from the floor in the Beavers' nine games vs. ranked opponents this season.
- Has played at least 20 minutes in nine-straight games.
- Has 14 steals this season, after entering the season with seven steals in her first three campaigns combined.
- Has 168 rebounds this season is already surpassing her total from her first three college campaigns combined (118).
- Has 13 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
- Made her return to the floor Friday, after missing the prior three 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 35 2-point baskets this season, already doubling her total of 13 in 2015-16.
- Her 18 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. Â
GET SOME TUDOR-ING: Kat Tudor Quick Hitters
- Her 3-point percentage of .412 would be good for 27th in the NCAA, if Tudor had reached the NCAA threshold of two made 3-pointers per game (averaging 1.44).
- Is shooting a better percentage from 3-point range (.412) than she is from the field overall (.408)
- 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 13 of Oregon State's last 17 games.
- Played important minutes for Oregon State at the 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.
- 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.Â
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
- Has not played in 22-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
ALWAYS GREENER: Tarea Green Quick Hitters
- Has not played in 10-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
FOLLOW ALONG: Sunday'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 Sunday, the Beavers would advance to the Sweet 16 in Stockton, Calif. The Stockton Regional will begin on Saturday March 25, with the Elite Eight game being played on Monday March 27.
TICKETS: Single-session tickets will be made available online on Saturday. Ticket windows will open two hours prior to Sunday's game for single-game sales.
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 30-4, Oregon State continues its NCAA Tournament run with one more win than it had at this time last year (29-4).
- The Beavers' 30 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, 30 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 .819 winning percentage in their three-plus seasons with the team (113-25).
- 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 87-13 over the course of the last three regular seasons, and 97-23 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 12.6.
- OSU is fourth in the nation in rebounding margin (+10.9).
- Oregon State has shot a better percentage than its opponent in 31 of its 34 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 49 of their last 72 games
- Oregon State has held its opponent under 40 percent shooting in nine-straight games.
- OSU has out-rebounded 30 of its 34 opponents this season, and has not been out-rebounded in 30-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 9-7 all-time in NCAA Tournament games. Seven of their nine 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 Sweet-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 sixth in Pac-12 history with 620 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 371 career longballs, making her 13th in NCAA history.
- Wiese is first among active players in career longballs, sitting eight 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 1,802 career points, good for 29th nationally among active players and 33rd in Pac-12 history.
- Has 527 career rebounds, 487 of which have come on the defensive end.
- Is 11th in the Pac-12 with 159 defensive rebounds this season
- Has hit at least one 3-pointer in 29-straight games.Â
- Has hit at least four 3-pointers in five of her last eight 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 45-5 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 4,276 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 1-4 all-time vs. Creighton, and has not beaten the Bluejays since the 1984-85 season.
- Creighton's only previous game vs. Oregon State at Gill Coliseum came in 2004, when the Bluejays tooks 76-75 win
- The two-teams last met in 2013, when Creighton won 70-62. Sydney Wiese tallied five steals in that contest.
GIFT OF GABBY: Gabriella Hanson Quick Hitters
- Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year
- All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention
- Has played in 113 Oregon State victories, the most by any player in OSU history
- Has played in 137 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 82-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
- 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 152-80 with the Beavers' win over Long Beach 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.
- 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 scored in double-figures in five-straight games.
- 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 sixth in the Pac-12 with 3.06 offensive rebounds per game.
- Is seventh in the Pac-12 with 1.71 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 102 games over the last three seasons.
- Has played with both the German U-18 and U-20 National Teams.Â
PIVEC AND ROLL: Mikayla Pivec Quick Hitters
- Pac-12 All-Freshman Team.
- Is averaging 12.5 points and 6.3 rebounds per game over the last four games. Pivec shot 54.3 percent from the floor and 50.0 percent from 3-point range over that span.
- 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.
- 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
- Is among the Beavers' top-5 players in rebounds (166), assists (67) and steals (30).
- 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.Â
WHAT CAN BROWN DO FOR YOU: Breanna Brown Quick Hitters
- Pac-12 Defensive Honorable Mention
- Has 10 blocks in her last three games.
- Scored eight of her 12 points in the fourth quarter of Friday's game
- Has cracked the top-10 on Oregon State's single-season list with 62 blocked shots this year.
- Has posted the first three double-doubles of her career this season, including one against Stanford in January.
- Made the Maui Classic All-Tournament Team
- Has started 25-straight games, the first 25 starts of her career.
- Sits seventh in the Pac-12 in field goal percentage at .509
- Has scored in double-figures 13 times this season. Entering the year, Brown had only been in double-figures once.
- Has tallied four blocks in a game six times this season. Her career-high entering the year was two rejections
- Is sixth in the Pac-12 with 1.82 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.).
OPEN ORUM: Kolbie Orum Quick Hitters
- Started the first nine games of the season.
- Is shooting 50.0 percent from the floor in the Beavers' nine games vs. ranked opponents this season.
- Has played at least 20 minutes in nine-straight games.
- Has 14 steals this season, after entering the season with seven steals in her first three campaigns combined.
- Has 168 rebounds this season is already surpassing her total from her first three college campaigns combined (118).
- Has 13 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
- Made her return to the floor Friday, after missing the prior three 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 35 2-point baskets this season, already doubling her total of 13 in 2015-16.
- Her 18 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. Â
GET SOME TUDOR-ING: Kat Tudor Quick Hitters
- Her 3-point percentage of .412 would be good for 27th in the NCAA, if Tudor had reached the NCAA threshold of two made 3-pointers per game (averaging 1.44).
- Is shooting a better percentage from 3-point range (.412) than she is from the field overall (.408)
- 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 13 of Oregon State's last 17 games.
- Played important minutes for Oregon State at the 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.
- 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.Â
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
- Has not played in 22-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
ALWAYS GREENER: Tarea Green Quick Hitters
- Has not played in 10-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
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