2015–16 Oregon State Beavers women's basketball team

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.

2015–16 Oregon State Beavers women's basketball
Pac-12 Tournament champions
Pac-12 regular season co-champions
NCAA Tournament, Final Four
ConferencePac-12 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
APNo. 6
2015–16 record32–5 (16–2 Pac-12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jonas Chatterton
  • Eric Ely
  • Mandy Close
Home arenaGill Coliseum
2015–16 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 6 Oregon State162 .889  325  .865
No. 11 Arizona State162 .889  267  .788
No. 13 Stanford144 .778  278  .771
No. 10 UCLA144 .778  269  .743
Washington117 .611  2611  .703
Oregon99 .500  2411  .686
Utah810 .444  1815  .545
USC612 .333  1913  .594
Washington State513 .278  1416  .467
California414 .222  1517  .469
Arizona315 .167  1319  .406
Colorado216 .111  723  .233
2016 Pac-12 Tournament winner
As of April 3, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

2015–16 Oregon State Beavers women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
F/C 4 Breanna Brown 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS SoBishop O'Dowd HS Oakland, CA
F 5 Samantha Siegner 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) SrWest Albany HS Albany, OR
G 10 Katie McWilliams 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) FrSouth Salem HS Salem, OR
G 11 Gabriella Hanson 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) JrTroy HS Anaheim, CA
F 12 Kolbie Orum 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) JrMaple Ridge Secondary Maple Ridge, BC
G 15 Jamie Weisner 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SrClarkston HS Clarkston, WA
C 21 Marie Gülich 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) SoLandrat-Lucas Gymnasium Cologne, Germany
G 22 Jen'Von'Ta Hill 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SrHutchinson CC
Skyline HS
St. Paul, MN
G 24 Sydney Wiese 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) JrPinnacle HS Phoenix, AZ
G 25 Taylor Kalmer 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) FrCorona del Sol HS Chandler, AZ
C 31 Tarea Green 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) FrHillsboro HS Hillsboro, OR
F 32 Deven Hunter 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) SrMcNary HS Keizer, OR
C 44 Ruth Hamblin 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) SrHouston 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

Roster

Rankings

Regular Season Polls
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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
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  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 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.

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