Sunday, March 31
Albany, NY
10:00 AM
Oregon State
vs
South Carolina
Photo by: Karl Maasdam/Oregon State Athletics
Women’s Basketball Gameday: Elite 8 vs. South Carolina
March 31, 2024 | Women's Basketball
ALBANY, N.Y. – Oregon State's NCAA Tournament journey continues on Sunday when the Beavs battle top-seeded South Carolina.
Oregon State cemented its return to the national stage on Friday night, defeating 2-seed Notre Dame with excellent defense overcoming challenges with turnovers. The Beavs held Notre Dame to its fourth-lowest scoring game of the season.
The Beavers got double doubles from star sophomores Timea Gardiner (21p, 11r) and Raegan Beers (18p, 13r), who came to OSU as the top recruits in school history. Talia von Oelhoffen also set an OSU NCAA Tournament record with nine assists.
A win would be quite a bit of history for the Beavs: Their first triumph over an AP #1 team (0-2 currently), second trip to the Final Four, and biggest turnaround (15 wins).
SWEET SIXTEEN GAME INFO
Opponent: #1 South Carolina
Time: 10 a.m. PT
Location: MVP Arena (Albany, N.Y.)
Watch: ABC
Listen: Beaver Sports Radio Network
Live Stats: oregonstate.statbroadcast.com
FOR THE HER-STORY BOOKS
For the first time in OSU history, the Beavs claimed multiple victories over AP Top 5 opponents in the same season and beat a Top 5 team on the road after their victory against No. 4 Colorado. The Beavers swept the mountain road trip to capture their first 20-win season since 2019-20, earning their most consecutive conference wins in the same season since 2019 (also won 5 straight) and their longest conference winning streak since 2018-19.
ON LOCKDOWN
Once again demonstrating its dominant defense, Oregon State held 13 opponents at least 10 points below their season scoring average. Within the Pac-12, the Beavers limited seven teams to scores notably beneath their season averages: twice against Utah (-36/-14), USC (-16.3/-18.3), Stanford (-14.1/-11.7), and Colorado (-15.2/-18.9), and against Oregon (-20), Washington State (-18.8) and UCLA (-15.3). The Beavs held then-No. 20 Utah, No. 4 Colorado, No. 9 USC, and Oregon to season-low scoring outputs (44 at Utah, 59 at Colorado, 56 vs. USC, 41 vs. Oregon).
HOME SWEET HOME
Beaver Nation has long been among the best women's basketball fan bases in the Pac-12. Oregon State is the only Pac-12 team to finish in the top-three in the conference in average attendance over the last five non-Covid seasons. This year, Beaver Nation set several new attendance records in support of the 2023-24 Beavs as the team went 18-2 at home (18-0 with Raegan Beers in action).
OUR MISSION
Oregon State Athletics strives to Build Excellent Authentic Visionary Student-Athletes (Go BEAVS).
Oregon State cemented its return to the national stage on Friday night, defeating 2-seed Notre Dame with excellent defense overcoming challenges with turnovers. The Beavs held Notre Dame to its fourth-lowest scoring game of the season.
The Beavers got double doubles from star sophomores Timea Gardiner (21p, 11r) and Raegan Beers (18p, 13r), who came to OSU as the top recruits in school history. Talia von Oelhoffen also set an OSU NCAA Tournament record with nine assists.
A win would be quite a bit of history for the Beavs: Their first triumph over an AP #1 team (0-2 currently), second trip to the Final Four, and biggest turnaround (15 wins).
SWEET SIXTEEN GAME INFO
Opponent: #1 South Carolina
Time: 10 a.m. PT
Location: MVP Arena (Albany, N.Y.)
Watch: ABC
Listen: Beaver Sports Radio Network
Live Stats: oregonstate.statbroadcast.com
FOR THE HER-STORY BOOKS
For the first time in OSU history, the Beavs claimed multiple victories over AP Top 5 opponents in the same season and beat a Top 5 team on the road after their victory against No. 4 Colorado. The Beavers swept the mountain road trip to capture their first 20-win season since 2019-20, earning their most consecutive conference wins in the same season since 2019 (also won 5 straight) and their longest conference winning streak since 2018-19.
ON LOCKDOWN
Once again demonstrating its dominant defense, Oregon State held 13 opponents at least 10 points below their season scoring average. Within the Pac-12, the Beavers limited seven teams to scores notably beneath their season averages: twice against Utah (-36/-14), USC (-16.3/-18.3), Stanford (-14.1/-11.7), and Colorado (-15.2/-18.9), and against Oregon (-20), Washington State (-18.8) and UCLA (-15.3). The Beavs held then-No. 20 Utah, No. 4 Colorado, No. 9 USC, and Oregon to season-low scoring outputs (44 at Utah, 59 at Colorado, 56 vs. USC, 41 vs. Oregon).
HOME SWEET HOME
Beaver Nation has long been among the best women's basketball fan bases in the Pac-12. Oregon State is the only Pac-12 team to finish in the top-three in the conference in average attendance over the last five non-Covid seasons. This year, Beaver Nation set several new attendance records in support of the 2023-24 Beavs as the team went 18-2 at home (18-0 with Raegan Beers in action).
- Back-to-back postseason Gill Coliseum attendance records with 6,923 and 7,227 fans at last weekend's first and second round games
- New single-season attendance record with 103,110 fans, despite a game played in a near-empty Gill due to an ice storm
- Student attendance record of 2,369, surpassing the previous record by more than 1,000 students
- Five straight crowds of 6,000+ to end the season and three with 8,000+ against UCLA/USC/Stanford
OUR MISSION
Oregon State Athletics strives to Build Excellent Authentic Visionary Student-Athletes (Go BEAVS).
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