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
Record32–5 (16–2 Pac-12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jonas Chatterton
  • Eric Ely
  • Mandy Close
Home arenaGill Coliseum
Seasons
2015–16 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
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

Roster

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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

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Rankings

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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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(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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References

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  1. ^ "Women's Basketball".