OFFICIAL Game Thread: 2017 Sweet Sixteen, OSU v Florida St.
Mar 25, 2017 11:16:43 GMT -8
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Post by TheGlove on Mar 25, 2017 11:16:43 GMT -8
Go Beavs!
Kick some butt.
Stockton, CA
3:00 PM Pacific
THE GAME: The No. 8/8 Oregon State women's basketball team continues its NCAA Tournament run Saturday, as the Beavers make their second-straight appearance in the Sweet 16. OSU will take on No. 3 seed Florida State at approximately 3:30 p.m. PLEASE NOTE: The exact time for Saturday will be 30 minutes after the conclusion of the 1 p.m. game between South Carolina and Quinnipiac. Follow @beaverwbb on twitter for updates on the exact start time.
FOLLOW ALONG: Saturday's game will air live on ESPN, with Dave Pasch, LaChina Robinson and Molly McGrath on the call. 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 Saturday, the Beavers would take on either South Carolina or Quinnipiac in the Elite Eight. That game would tip off at 6 p.m. in Stockton. The Final Four will be played March 31-April 2 in Dallas, Texas.
WATCH PARTY: Our Beaver Nation will host a watch party for fans in the Club Level of Reser Stadium. The party is set to begining at 3 p.m. on Saturday.
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 31-4, Oregon State continues its NCAA Tournament run with one more win than it had at this time last year (30-4).
- The Beavers' 31 wins is 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, 31 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 .820 winning percentage in their three-plus seasons with the team (114-25).
- This year's seniors are the first class in program history to make the NCAA Tournament all four years of their careers.
- The Pac-12 leads all conferences with five teams in the Sweet 16, a new conference record.
- 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 88-13 over the course of the last three regular seasons, and 98-23 overall since the start of the 2014-15 campaign.
- Oregon State sits sixth in the nation in field goal percentage defense at 34.3 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 12.5.
- OSU is fourth in the nation in rebounding margin (+11.0).
- Oregon State has shot a better percentage than its opponent in 32 of its 35 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 73 games
- Oregon State has held its opponent under 40 percent shooting in 10-straight games.
- OSU has out-rebounded 31 of its 35 opponents this season, and has not been out-rebounded in 31-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 10th NCAA Tournament appearance.
- The Beavers are 10-8 all-time in NCAA Tournament games. Eight of their 10 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 three 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.
- The Beavers are 8-2 this season vs. teams still alive in the Sweet 16.
DISHIN' AND SWISHIN': 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 624 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 373 career longballs, tying her 12th 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 fifth in Oregon State history with 1,815 career points, good for 26th nationally among active players and 31st in Pac-12 history.
- Has 534 career rebounds, 494 of which have come on the defensive end.
- Is 11th in the Pac-12 with 166 defensive rebounds this season
- Has hit at least one 3-pointer in 30-straight games.
- Has hit at least four 3-pointers in five of her last nine 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.
SERIES VS. FLORIDA STATE:
- Oregon State is 1-0 all-time vs. Florida State, with their only meeting coming in the 1982 WNIT Championship game. The Beavers won the contest 76-60 at the Civic Center in Amarillo, Texas
- Jan Martin led the Beavers with 25 points in the teams' only meeting. With the win, Oregon State secured its second WNIT title (also 1980)
- Saturday's game will mark the first time the Beavers have played an ACC opponent since Oregon State lost to Notre Dame by one point in South Bend on Dec. 28, 2015.
VS. THE TOP-25: A look at Oregon State's record vs. ranked teams
- Oregon State is 7-2 vs. ranked opponents this 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 last season.
- Oregon State is 14-4 in its last 18 games vs. ranked opponents.
- The Beavers have won 11 of their last 15 games vs. top-12 teams.
GIFT OF GABBY: Gabriella Hanson Quick Hitters
- Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year
- All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention
- Has played in 114 Oregon State victories, the most by any player in OSU history
- Has played in 138 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 126 career 3-pointers.
- Has averaged over 20 minutes per game all four years of her career.
- Has played in 83-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 Hitters
- 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 153-80 with the Beavers' win over Creighton, 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.
Kick some butt.
Stockton, CA
3:00 PM Pacific
THE GAME: The No. 8/8 Oregon State women's basketball team continues its NCAA Tournament run Saturday, as the Beavers make their second-straight appearance in the Sweet 16. OSU will take on No. 3 seed Florida State at approximately 3:30 p.m. PLEASE NOTE: The exact time for Saturday will be 30 minutes after the conclusion of the 1 p.m. game between South Carolina and Quinnipiac. Follow @beaverwbb on twitter for updates on the exact start time.
FOLLOW ALONG: Saturday's game will air live on ESPN, with Dave Pasch, LaChina Robinson and Molly McGrath on the call. 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 Saturday, the Beavers would take on either South Carolina or Quinnipiac in the Elite Eight. That game would tip off at 6 p.m. in Stockton. The Final Four will be played March 31-April 2 in Dallas, Texas.
WATCH PARTY: Our Beaver Nation will host a watch party for fans in the Club Level of Reser Stadium. The party is set to begining at 3 p.m. on Saturday.
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 31-4, Oregon State continues its NCAA Tournament run with one more win than it had at this time last year (30-4).
- The Beavers' 31 wins is 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, 31 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 .820 winning percentage in their three-plus seasons with the team (114-25).
- This year's seniors are the first class in program history to make the NCAA Tournament all four years of their careers.
- The Pac-12 leads all conferences with five teams in the Sweet 16, a new conference record.
- 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 88-13 over the course of the last three regular seasons, and 98-23 overall since the start of the 2014-15 campaign.
- Oregon State sits sixth in the nation in field goal percentage defense at 34.3 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 12.5.
- OSU is fourth in the nation in rebounding margin (+11.0).
- Oregon State has shot a better percentage than its opponent in 32 of its 35 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 73 games
- Oregon State has held its opponent under 40 percent shooting in 10-straight games.
- OSU has out-rebounded 31 of its 35 opponents this season, and has not been out-rebounded in 31-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 10th NCAA Tournament appearance.
- The Beavers are 10-8 all-time in NCAA Tournament games. Eight of their 10 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 three 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.
- The Beavers are 8-2 this season vs. teams still alive in the Sweet 16.
DISHIN' AND SWISHIN': 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 624 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 373 career longballs, tying her 12th 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 fifth in Oregon State history with 1,815 career points, good for 26th nationally among active players and 31st in Pac-12 history.
- Has 534 career rebounds, 494 of which have come on the defensive end.
- Is 11th in the Pac-12 with 166 defensive rebounds this season
- Has hit at least one 3-pointer in 30-straight games.
- Has hit at least four 3-pointers in five of her last nine 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.
SERIES VS. FLORIDA STATE:
- Oregon State is 1-0 all-time vs. Florida State, with their only meeting coming in the 1982 WNIT Championship game. The Beavers won the contest 76-60 at the Civic Center in Amarillo, Texas
- Jan Martin led the Beavers with 25 points in the teams' only meeting. With the win, Oregon State secured its second WNIT title (also 1980)
- Saturday's game will mark the first time the Beavers have played an ACC opponent since Oregon State lost to Notre Dame by one point in South Bend on Dec. 28, 2015.
VS. THE TOP-25: A look at Oregon State's record vs. ranked teams
- Oregon State is 7-2 vs. ranked opponents this 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 last season.
- Oregon State is 14-4 in its last 18 games vs. ranked opponents.
- The Beavers have won 11 of their last 15 games vs. top-12 teams.
GIFT OF GABBY: Gabriella Hanson Quick Hitters
- Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year
- All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention
- Has played in 114 Oregon State victories, the most by any player in OSU history
- Has played in 138 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 126 career 3-pointers.
- Has averaged over 20 minutes per game all four years of her career.
- Has played in 83-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 Hitters
- 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 153-80 with the Beavers' win over Creighton, 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.
