2015–16 Oregon State Beavers women's basketball team

2015–16 Oregon State Beavers women's basketball
2015–16 Oregon State Beavers women's basketball
Pac-12 Tournament champions ; Pac-12 regular season co-champions
NCAA Tournament, Final Four
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
AP	No. 6
2015–16 record	32–5 (16–2 Pac-12)
Head coach	Scott Rueck (6th season);
Assistant coaches	Jonas Chatterton; Eric Ely; Mandy Close;
Home arena	Gill Coliseum
	Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

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[]

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

Scott Rueck (Oregon State)

Assistant coach(es)

Jonas Chatterton (Utah)
Eric Ely (Northwest Nazarene)
Mandy Close (Oregon State)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

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[]

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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		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		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		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.

References[]

^ "Women's Basketball".

[1] "Women's Basketball".

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v t Oregon State Beavers women's basketball
Venues	Gill Coliseum (1976–present)
Rivalries	Oregon (series)
Culture & lore	Benny Beaver "Hail to Old OSU"
People
	2008–09 2009–10 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21
NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

2015–16 Oregon State Beavers women's basketball team

Contents

Roster[]

Rankings[]

Schedule[]

See also[]

References[]

2015–16 Oregon State Beavers women's basketball

Pac-12 Tournament champions Pac-12 regular season co-champions
NCAA Tournament, Final Four
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
AP	No. 6
2015–16 record	32–5 (16–2 Pac-12)
Head coach	Scott Rueck (6th season)
Assistant coaches	Jonas Chatterton Eric Ely Mandy Close
Home arena	Gill Coliseum
Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →


v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 6 Oregon State †	16	–	2	.889	32	–	5	.865
No. 11 Arizona State	16	–	2	.889	26	–	7	.788
No. 13 Stanford	14	–	4	.778	27	–	8	.771
No. 10 UCLA	14	–	4	.778	26	–	9	.743
Washington	11	–	7	.611	26	–	11	.703
Oregon	9	–	9	.500	24	–	11	.686
Utah	8	–	10	.444	18	–	15	.545
USC	6	–	12	.333	19	–	13	.594
Washington State	5	–	13	.278	14	–	16	.467
California	4	–	14	.222	15	–	17	.469
Arizona	3	–	15	.167	13	–	19	.406
Colorado	2	–	16	.111	7	–	23	.233


† 2016 Pac-12 Tournament winner As of April 3, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll