2016–17 Oregon State Beavers women's basketball team
Intercollegiate basketball season
The 2016–17 Oregon State Beavers women's basketball team represented Oregon State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season . The Beavers, led by seventh year head coach Scott Rueck , played their games at the Gill Coliseum and were members of the Pac-12 Conference . They finished the season 31–5, 16–2 in Pac-12 play to win Pac-12 regular season title. They advanced to the championship game Pac-12 women's tournament where they lost to Stanford. They received an at-large bid of the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Long Beach State and Creighton in the first and second rounds before losing to Florida State in the sweet sixteen.
Roster
2016–17 Oregon State Beavers women's basketball team
Players
Coaches
Pos.
#
Name
Height
Year
Previous school
Hometown
G
0
Mikayla Pivec
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Fr
Lynnwood HS
Lynnwood, WA
G/F
3
Madison Washington
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Fr
Bishop Gorman HS
Las Vegas, NV
F/C
4
Breanna Brown
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
RS Jr
Bishop O'Dowd HS
Oakland, CA
G
10
Katie McWilliams
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
So
South Salem HS
Salem, OR
G
11
Gabriella Hanson
5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)
Sr
Troy HS
Anaheim, CA
F
12
Kolbie Orum
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Sr
Maple Ridge Secondary
Maple Ridge, BC
F
13
Janessa Thropay
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Fr
Chino HS
Chino, CA
C
21
Marie Gülich
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Jr
Landrat-Lucas Gymnasium
Cologne, Germany
G
22
Katharine Tudor
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Fr
St. Mary's HS
Stockton, CA
G
24
Sydney Wiese
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Sr
Pinnacle HS
Phoenix, AZ
G
25
Taylor Kalmer
5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
So
Corona del Sol HS
Chandler, AZ
C
31
Tarea Green
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
RS Fr
Hillsboro HS
Hillsboro, OR
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on
Roster
Schedule
[ 1]
Date time, TV
Rank#
Opponent#
Result
Record
Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/05/2016 *4:00 pm
No. 25
Northwest Nazarene
W 78–51
Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016 *2:00 pm
No. 25
Lamar
W 88–56
1–0
Gill Coliseum (3,078)Corvallis, OR
11/14/2016 *6:00 pm
No. 24
Idaho State
W 61–38
2–0
Gill Coliseum (2,589)Corvallis, OR
11/18/2016 *6:00 pm
No. 24
Portland
W 62–45
3–0
Gill Coliseum (3,306)Corvallis, OR
11/22/2016 *6:00 pm, P12N
No. 22
Marquette
L 73–74
3–1
Gill Coliseum (2,884)Corvallis, OR
12/02/2016 *8:30 pm
No. 24
vs. Idaho Maui Wahine Classic
W 60–49
4–1
War Memorial Gym (922)Maui, HI
12/03/2016 *8:30 pm
No. 24
vs. BYU Maui Wahine Classic
W 65–56
5–1
War Memorial Gym (1,283)Maui, HI
12/10/2016 *6:00 pm
No. 24
Southern Utah
W 77–38
6–1
Gill Coliseum (2,937)Corvallis, OR
12/14/2016 *11:00 am
UC Davis
W 93–52
7–1
Gill Coliseum (5,168)Corvallis, OR
12/19/2016 *8:00 pm
No. 25
vs. UNLV Play4Kay Shootout quarterfinals
W 62–59
8–1
T-Mobile Arena (1,407)Paradise, NV
12/20/2016 *8:00 pm
No. 25
vs. Quinnipiac Play4Kay Shootout semifinals
W 75–60
9–1
T-Mobile Arena (1,096)Paradise, NV
12/21/2016 *8:00 pm
No. 25
vs. Oklahoma State Play4Kay Shootout championship
W 73–54
10–1
T-Mobile Arena (1,233)Paradise, NV
12/27/2016 *6:00 pm
No. 22
Arkansas–Pine Bluff
W 73–40
11–1
Gill Coliseum (3,052)Corvallis, OR
Pac-12 regular season
12/30/2016 4:00 pm
No. 22
Washington State
W 80–58
12–1 (1–0)
Gill Coliseum (3,429)Corvallis, OR
01/01/2017 12:00 pm, P12N
No. 22
No. 9 Washington
W 73–70
13–1 (2–0)
Gill Coliseum (4,077)Corvallis, OR
01/06/2017 6:00 pm, P12N
No. 16
at No. 20 California
W 66–56
14–1 (3–0)
Haas Pavilion (2,021)Berkeley, CA
01/08/2017 5:00 pm, P12N
No. 16
at No. 10 Stanford
W 72–69 2OT
15–1 (4–0)
Maples Pavilion (3,072)Stanford, CA
01/13/2017 6:00 pm, P12N
No. 10
at No. 17 UCLA
L 56–66
15–2 (4–1)
Pauley Pavilion (1,403)Los Angeles, CA
01/15/2017 3:00 pm, P12N
No. 10
at USC
W 74–60
16–2 (5–1)
Galen Center (1,476)Los Angeles, CA
01/20/2017 8:00 pm, P12N
No. 11
Utah
W 70–44
17–2 (6–1)
Gill Coliseum (3,747)Corvallis, OR
01/22/2017 3:00 pm, P12N
No. 11
Colorado
W 81–57
18–2 (7–1)
Gill Coliseum (3,927)Corvallis, OR
01/27/2017 8:00 pm, P12N
No. 11
at Oregon Civil War
W 43–40
19–2 (8–1)
Matthew Knight Arena (4,370)Eugene, OR
01/29/2017 11:00 am, ESPNU
No. 11
Oregon Civil War
W 67–60
20–2 (9–1)
Gill Coliseum (6,005)Corvallis, OR
02/03/2017 7:00 pm, P12N
No. 11
at No. 23 Arizona State
W 54–45
21–2 (10–1)
Wells Fargo Arena (4,025)Tempe, AZ
02/05/2017 1:00 pm
No. 11
at Arizona
W 65–57
22–2 (11–1)
McKale Center (1,249)Tempe, AZ
02/10/2017 8:00 pm, P12N
No. 9
USC
L 50–70
22–3 (11–2)
Gill Coliseum (4,286)Corvallis, OR
02/12/2017 1:00 pm, P12N
No. 9
No. 15 UCLA
W 68–61
23–3 (12–2)
Gill Coliseum (4,980)Corvallis, OR
02/17/2017 7:00 pm, P12N
No. 11
at Colorado
W 54–49
24–3 (13–2)
Coors Events Center (1,751)Boulder, CO
02/19/2017 1:00 pm, P12N
No. 11
at Utah
W 63–49
25–3 (14–2)
Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,949)Salt Lake City, UT
02/24/2017 8:00 pm, P12N
No. 10
No. 8 Stanford
W 50–47
26–3 (15–2)
Gill Coliseum (9,604)Corvallis, OR
02/26/2017 11:00 am, P12N
No. 10
California
W 71–56
27–3 (16–2)
Gill Coliseum (4,704)Corvallis, OR
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
03/03/2017 11:30 am, P12N
(1) No. 6
vs. (8) California Quarterfinals
W 65–49
28–3
KeyArena (4,659)Seattle, WA
03/04/2017 6:00 pm, P12N
(1) No. 6
vs. (4) No. 15 UCLA Semifinals
W 63–53
29–3
KeyArena (8,384)Seattle, WA
03/05/2017 6:00 pm, ESPN2
(1) No. 6
vs. (2) No. 10 Stanford Championship Game
L 43–48
29–4
KeyArena (6,829)Seattle, WA
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/17/2017 *2:00 pm, ESPN2
(2 S) No. 8
(15 S) Long Beach State First Round
W 56–55
30–4
Gill Coliseum (4,692)Corvallis, OR
03/19/2017 *6:00 pm, ESPN2
(2 S) No. 8
(7 S) Creighton Second Round
W 64–52
31–4
Gill Coliseum (5,660)Corvallis, OR
03/25/2017 *3:00 pm, ESPN
(2 S) No. 8
vs. (3 S) No. 10 Florida State Sweet Sixteen
L 53–66
31–5
Stockton Arena (4,500)Stockton, CA
*Non-conference game.
# Rankings from
AP Poll . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
S=Stockton Region.
All times are in
Pacific Time .
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
25
24
22
24
24
RV
25
22
16
10
11
11
11
9
11
10
6т
8
8
N/A
Coaches
17
18
15
18
16
15
15
15
12
10
12
11
11
9
11
8
6
8
8
9
Legend
Increase in ranking
Decrease in ranking
Not ranked previous week
(RV)
Received Votes
See also
References
Venues Rivalries Culture & lore People Seasons NCAA Final Four appearance in italics