2024–25 Oregon State Beavers women's basketball team

2024–25 Oregon State Beavers women's basketball
ConferenceWest Coast Conference
Record3–6 (0–1 WCC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaGill Coliseum
Seasons
2024–25 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Pacific 1 – 0   1.000 5 – 5   .500
Portland 0 – 0   – 11 – 0   1.000
Loyola Marymount 0 – 0   – 6 – 1   .857
Pepperdine 0 – 0   – 5 – 3   .625
Santa Clara 0 – 0   – 5 – 4   .556
Gonzaga 0 – 0   – 5 – 6   .455
Saint Mary's 0 – 0   – 4 – 5   .444
San Diego 0 – 0   – 4 – 5   .444
Washington State 0 – 0   – 4 – 6   .400
San Francisco 0 – 0   – 2 – 6   .250
Oregon State 0 – 1   .000 3 – 6   .333
† 2024 WCC tournament winner
As of December 14, 2024

The 2024–25 Oregon State Beavers women's basketball team represents Oregon State University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Beavers are led by fifteenth-year head coach Scott Rueck, and play their games at Gill Coliseum as associate first year members of the West Coast Conference.

Previous season

The Beavers finished the 2023–24 season 27–8, 12–6 in Pac-12 play to finish in fourth place. As the No. 4 seed in the Pac-12 tournament, they defeated Colorado in the quarterfinals before losing to Stanford in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as an No. 8 seed in the Albany Regional 1 where they defeated Eastern Washington and Nebraska in the first and second rounds, to advanced to the sweet sixteen for the first time since 2019 where they defeated Notre Dame to advanced to the Elite Eight for the first time since 2018 where they lost to National Champion South Carolina.

Offseason

Departures

Oregon State Departures
Name Num Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Lily Hanford 2 G 6'2" Sophomore DePere, WI Transferred to Iowa State
Dominika Paurová 3 G 6'1" Freshman Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic Transferred to Kentucky
Donovyn Hunter 4 G 6'0" Freshman Medford, OR Transferred to TCU
Raegan Beers 15 F 6'4" Sophomore Littleton, CO Transferred to Oklahoma
Talia von Oelfoffen 22 G 5'11" Junior Pasco, WA Transferred to USC
Adlee Blacklock 24 G 6'0" Sophomore Lubbock, TX Transferred to Texas Tech
Timea Gardiner 30 F 6'3" Sophomore Ogden, UT Transferred to UCLA
Martha Pietsch 31 G 5'5" Sophomore Berlin, Germany Transferred to UC Santa Barbara

Incoming

Oregon State Incoming Transfers
Name Num Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous School
Tiara Bolden 0 G 5'11" Senior Eugene, OR La Salle
Lucia Navarro 7 F 6'0" Sophomore Valencia, Spain Florida State
Mackenzie Shivers 12 G 5'6" Junior Mesa, AZ Mesa CC
Cartrina Ferreira 30 G 6'0" Graduate Student São Paulo, Brazil Baylor

Recruiting

There were no recruiting class of 2024.

Roster

2024–25 Oregon State Beavers women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Tiara Bolden 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Churchill HS
La Salle 		Eugene, OR
G 1 Kennedie Shuler 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Barlow HS Gresham, OR
G 4 Ally Schimel 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Corbett School Corbett, OR
F 7 Lucia Navarro 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So NB Paterna
Florida State 		Valencia, Spain
F 10 Susana Yepes 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Jr South Georgia Tech Medellín, Colombia
G 11 AJ Marotte 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Vista Ridge HS Cedar Park, TX
F 16 Elisa Mehyar 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Fr   Copenhagen, Denmark
G 30 Catarina Ferreira 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) GS Baylor São Paulo, Brazil
G 31 Cloe Vecina 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Celta Baloncesto Feminino Vigo, Spain
C 32 Sela Heide 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Sr Mount Si HS
California 		North Bend, WA
F 53 Kelsey Rees 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Sr Centre of Excellence
Utah 		Glenelg, Australia
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule and results

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
November 1, 2024*
6:00 p.m. 		Westmont W 59–51 
  –      –      –    Gill Coliseum 
Corvallis, OR
Regular season
November 8, 2024*
4:30 p.m., MW Network 		at Colorado State L 59–65  0–1
  16 – Rees   17 – Rees   5 – Shuler  Moby Arena (1,108)
Fort Collins, CO
November 12, 2024*
5:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Northwest Nazarene W 80–52  1–1
  26 – Heide   11 – Heide   6 – Marotte  Gill Coliseum (3,479)
Corvallis, OR
November 16, 2024*
12:00 p.m. 		vs. Minnesota
Briann January Classic 		L 38–73  1–2
  9 – Rees   7 – Heide   3 – Marotte  Desert Financial Arena 
Tempe, AZ
November 17, 2024*
1:30 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Arizona State
Briann January Classic 		L 60–79  1–3
  22 – Ferreira   11 – Ferreira   6 – Shuler  Desert Financial Arena (1,738)
Tempe, AZ
November 22, 2024*
5:00 p.m., B1G+ 		at No. 22 Illinois L 66–85  1–4
  16 – Marotte   11 – Ferreira   4 – Tied  State Farm Center (3,891)
Champaign, IL
November 25, 2024*
4:30 p.m., FloHoops 		vs. No. 2 UConn
Baha Mar Women's Championship semifinals 		L 52–71  1–5
  17 – Marotte   7 – Rees   4 – Tied  Baha Mar Convention Center (567)
Nassau, Bahamas
November 27, 2024*
2:00 p.m., FloHoops 		vs. Boston College
Baha Mar Women's Championship 3rd place game 		W 54–49  2–5
  21 – Marotte   9 – Rees   4 – Shuler  Baha Mar Convention Center (417)
Nassau, Bahamas
December 3, 2024*
11:00 a.m., ESPN+ 		Grambling State W 63–56  3–5
  16 – Heide   12 – Heide   3 – Vecina  Gill Coliseum (7,881)
Corvallis, OR
December 5, 2024
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Pacific L 63–66 OT 3–6
(0–1) 		 17 – Marotte   8 – Rees   4 – Rees  Alex G. Spanos Center (511)
Stockton, CA
December 15, 2024*
1:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		UC Irvine       Gill Coliseum 
Corvallis, OR
December 19, 2024*
7:00 p.m. 		vs. Western Kentucky
Maui Classic 		      Seabury Hall 
Makawao, HI
December 20, 2024*
8:00 p.m. 		vs. Miami (FL)
Maui Classic 		      Seabury Hall 
Makawao, HI
December 28, 2024
1:00 p.m., ESPN2 		at Gonzaga       McCarthey Athletic Center 
Spokane, WA
December 30, 2024
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Portland       Chiles Center 
Portland, OR
January 2, 2025
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Loyola Marymount       Gill Coliseum 
Corvallis, OR
January 4, 2025
12:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Washington State       Beasley Coliseum 
Pullman, WA
January 9, 2025
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		San Francisco       Gill Coliseum 
Corvallis, OR
January 16, 2025
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Santa Clara       Leavey Center 
Santa Clara, CA
January 18, 2025
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Portland       Gill Coliseum 
Corvallis, OR
January 23, 2025
TBA, ESPN+ 		at San Francisco       Sobrato Center 
San Francisco, CA
January 25, 2025
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Pacific       Alex G. Spanos Center 
Stockton, CA
January 27, 2025
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Washington State       Gill Coliseum 
Corvallis, OR
January 30, 2025
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Pepperdine       Gill Coliseum 
Corvallis, OR
February 13, 2025
TBA 		Gonzaga       Gill Coliseum 
Corvallis, OR
WCC Women's Tournament
March 6–11, 2025
TBA 		vs. TBA       Orleans Arena 
Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific Time.

Source:[1]

Rankings

See also: 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
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See also

References

  1. ^ "Oregon State Athletics". OSUBeavers.com. November 18, 2024.