2015–16 Oregon State Beavers women's basketball team
Intercollegiate basketball season
The 2015–16 Oregon State Beavers women's basketball team represented Oregon State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season . The Beavers, led by sixth year head coach Scott Rueck , played their games at the Gill Coliseum and are members of the Pac-12 Conference . They finished the season 32–5, 16–2 in Pac-12 play to share the Pac-12 regular season title with Arizona State. They won the Pac-12 women's tournament for the first time in school history and received an automatic bid of the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Troy and St. Bonaventure in the first and second rounds, DePaul in the Sweet Sixteen and Baylor in the Elite Eight to reach the Final Four for the first time school history. They lost to eventual winner Connecticut in the Final Four. With 32 wins in the regular season, they ended the season with the most wins in program history.
Roster
2015–16 Oregon State Beavers women's basketball team
Players
Coaches
Pos.
#
Name
Height
Year
Previous school
Hometown
F/C
4
Breanna Brown
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
RS So
Bishop O'Dowd HS
Oakland, CA
F
5
Samantha Siegner
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Sr
West Albany HS
Albany, OR
G
10
Katie McWilliams
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Fr
South Salem HS
Salem, OR
G
11
Gabriella Hanson
5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)
Jr
Troy HS
Anaheim, CA
F
12
Kolbie Orum
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Jr
Maple Ridge Secondary
Maple Ridge, BC
G
15
Jamie Weisner
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Sr
Clarkston HS
Clarkston, WA
C
21
Marie Gülich
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
So
Landrat-Lucas Gymnasium
Cologne, Germany
G
22
Jen'Von'Ta Hill
5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Sr
Hutchinson CC Skyline HS
St. Paul, MN
G
24
Sydney Wiese
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Jr
Pinnacle HS
Phoenix, AZ
G
25
Taylor Kalmer
5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Fr
Corona del Sol HS
Chandler, AZ
C
31
Tarea Green
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Fr
Hillsboro HS
Hillsboro, OR
F
32
Deven Hunter
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Sr
McNary HS
Keizer, OR
C
44
Ruth Hamblin
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Sr
Houston Christian School
Houston, BC
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on
Roster
Rankings
Regular Season Polls
Poll
Pre- Season
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Week 16
Week 17
Week 18
Week 19
Final
AP
10
9
7
7
7
7
11
10
11
12
11
9
9
8
7
7
8
6
6
N/A
Coaches
9
7
7
7
7
7
9
10
12
10
8
8
8
8
8
7
8
6
6
2
Legend
Increase in ranking
Decrease in ranking
Not ranked previous week
(RV)
Received Votes
Schedule
[ 1]
Date time, TV
Rank#
Opponent#
Result
Record
Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/08/2015 *3:00 pm
No. 10
Corban
W 98–48
Gill Coliseum (2,508)Corvallis, OR
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015 *7:00 pm
No. 10
Longwood
W 110–45
1–0
Gill Coliseum (2,651)Corvallis, OR
11/16/2015 *7:00 pm, TheW.tv
No. 9
at Portland
W 94–50
2–0
Chiles Center (903)Portland, OR
11/22/2015 *2:00 pm
No. 9
UC Riverside
W 86–65
3–0
Gill Coliseum (2,707)Corvallis, OR
11/27/2015 *10:15 am
No. 7
vs. Hofstra San Juan Shootout
W 73–50
4–0
Mario Morales Coliseum Guaynabo, PR
11/28/2015 *12:30 pm
No. 7
vs. Arkansas San Juan Shootout
W 63–47
5–0
Mario Morales Coliseum Guaynabo, PR
12/03/2015 *4:00 pm, FS1
No. 7
at Marquette
W 65–58
6–0
Al McGuire Center (1,258)Milwaukee, WI
12/12/2015 *2:00 pm
No. 7
Idaho
W 69–44
7–0
Gill Coliseum (2,834)Corvallis, OR
12/15/2015 *11:00 am
No. 7
Cal State Bakersfield
W 75–51
8–0
Gill Coliseum (7,824)Corvallis, OR
12/19/2015 *6:00 pm, P12N
No. 7
No. 14 Tennessee
L 50–53
8–1
Gill Coliseum (8,223)Corvallis, OR
12/21/2015 *3:00 pm
No. 11
Cal Poly
W 80–43
9–1
Gill Coliseum (2,716)Corvallis, OR
12/28/2015 *4:00 pm, ESPN3
No. 10
at No. 3 Notre Dame
L 61–62
9–2
Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,860)South Bend, IN
Pac-12 regular season
01/02/2016 6:00 pm, P12N
No. 10
at USC
W 57–49
10–2 (1–0)
Galen Center (498)Los Angeles, CA
01/04/2016 7:00 pm, P12N
No. 11
at No. 15 UCLA
L 51–71
10–3 (1–1)
Pauley Pavilion (1,161)Los Angeles, CA
01/08/2016 7:00 pm, P12N
No. 11
Oregon Civil War
W 60–33
11–3 (2–1)
Gill Coliseum (4,462)Corvallis, OR
01/10/2016 12:00 pm, P12N
No. 11
at Oregon Civil War
W 59–45
12–3 (3–1)
Matthew Knight Arena (2,806)Eugene, OR
01/15/2016 8:00 pm, P12N
No. 12
California
W 70–48
13–3 (4–1)
Gill Coliseum (2,891)Corvallis, OR
01/17/2016 6:00 pm, P12N
No. 12
No. 11 Stanford
W 58–50
14–3 (5–1)
Gill Coliseum (4,314)Corvallis, OR
01/22/2016 7:00 pm, P12N
No. 11
at Utah
W 62–53
15–3 (6–1)
Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,761)Salt Lake City, UT
01/24/2016 2:00 pm, P12N
No. 11
at Colorado
W 61–47
16–3 (7–1)
Coors Events Center (1,711)Boulder, CO
01/29/2016 6:00 pm, P12N
No. 9
Arizona
W 71–43
17–3 (8–1)
Gill Coliseum (3,402)Corvallis, OR
02/01/2016 8:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 9
No. 8 Arizona State
W 67–44
18–3 (9–1)
Gill Coliseum (4,427)Corvallis, OR
02/05/2016 6:00 pm, P12N
No. 9
at No. 24 Washington
W 61–53
19–3 (10–1)
Alaska Airlines Arena (3,813)Seattle, WA
02/07/2016 11:00 am
No. 9
at Washington State
W 54–45
20–3 (11–1)
Beasley Coliseum (687)Pullman, WA
02/12/2016 7:30 pm, P12N
No. 8
Colorado
W 73–50
21–3 (12–1)
Gill Coliseum (3,677)Corvallis, OR
02/14/2016 1:00 pm
No. 8
Utah
W 72–53
22–3 (13–1)
Gill Coliseum (4,278)Corvallis, OR
02/19/2016 8:00 pm, P12N
No. 7
USC
W 76–52
23–3 (14–1)
Gill Coliseum (3,615)Corvallis, OR
02/21/2016 6:00 pm, P12N
No. 7
No. 12 UCLA
W 64–54
24–3 (15–1)
Gill Coliseum (5,654)Corvallis, OR
02/26/2016 8:00 pm, P12N
No. 7
at No. 13 Stanford
L 54–76
24–4 (15–2)
Maples Pavilion (3,613)Stanford, CA
02/28/2016 11:00 am, P12N
No. 7
at California
W 54–44
25–4 (16–2)
Haas Pavilion (2,036)Berkeley, CA
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
03/04/2016 6:00 pm, P12N
(1) No. 8
vs. (8) USC Quarterfinals
W 63–53
26–4
KeyArena Seattle, WA
03/05/2016 8:30 pm, P12N
(1) No. 8
vs. (5) Washington Semifinals
W 57–55
27–4
KeyArena (6,543)Seattle, WA
03/06/2016 6:00 pm, ESPN
(1) No. 8
vs. (3) No. 12 UCLA Championship Game
W 69–57
28–4
KeyArena (4,759)Seattle, WA
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/18/2016 *2:00 pm, ESPN2
(2 D) No. 6
(15 D) Troy First Round
W 73–31
29–4
Gill Coliseum (4,702)Corvallis, OR
03/20/2016 *6:00 pm, ESPN2
(2 D) No. 6
(10 D) St. Bonaventure Second Round
W 69–40
30–4
Gill Coliseum (6,074)Corvallis, OR
03/26/2016 *3:00 pm, ESPN
(2 D) No. 6
vs. (6 D) No. 20 DePaul Sweet Sixteen
W 83–71
31–4
American Airlines Center (7,109)Dallas, TX
03/28/2016 *6:00 pm, ESPN
(2 D) No. 6
vs. (1 D) No. 4 Baylor Elite Eight
W 60–57
32–4
American Airlines Center (6,050)Dallas, TX
04/03/2016 *3:00 pm, ESPN
(2 D) No. 6
vs. (1 B) No. 1 Connecticut Final Four
L 51–80
32–5
Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
*Non-conference game.
# Rankings from
AP Poll . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
D=Dallas Region.
All times are in
Pacific Time .
See also
References
Venues Rivalries Culture & lore People Seasons NCAA Final Four appearance in italics