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Huskies and Cougs Await Beavers in Washington
Oregon State heads out on its final road trip of 2023 this weekend with a voyage to Washington to take on the Huskies and Cougars.
OSU will have a chance to avenge a pair of losses from the last time the two teams played as well as build momentum heading into the regular season's final weekend and the Pac-12 Tournament.
The weekend is the first in a month in which the Beavs haven't played at least one team ranked in the Associated Press Top 25. It closes a stretch where six of the seven opponents were either ranked or receiving votes.
GAME INFO – Washington (Friday)
Time: 7 p.m.
Watch: Pac-12 Washington / Pac-12 Now
Listen: Beaver Sports Radio Network
Live Stats: oregonstate.statbroadcast.com
Social Media: @BeaverWBB
GAME INFO – Washington State (Sunday)
Time: 12 p.m.
Watch: Pac-12 Washington / Pac-12 Now
Listen: Beaver Sports Radio Network
Live Stats: oregonstate.statbroadcast.com
Social Media: @BeaverWBB
DOMINATING DEFENSE
The Beavers have been known for their lockdown D under Scott Rueck. Oregon State has allowed 58.7 points per game over the course of his tenure and has held opponents under 65 points in 70% of its games. The Beavs are 229-55 (.818) when holding the opponent to 65 points or fewer and 182-30 (.861) when holding opponents under 60 in the Rueck Era.
DEVELOPING IN THE POST
Jelena Mitrovic has experienced exponential growth since coming to Corvallis nearly four years ago. The redshirt sophomore sat all of her first season at Oregon State before playing sparingly as a redshirt freshman. She earned a spot in the rotation last season and gained a starting spot for the WNIT before carrying that spot into 2022-23
- One of three Pac-12 players with 5+ blocks in multiple games this year (Brink, Marshall)
- Ranks in the top-10 in the Pac-12 in rebounds (7.9) and blocks (1.5) per game.
- One of just two players 6-foot-9 or taller to record six assists in a game since 2000 (Nancy Mulkey, UW) with six dimes against Southern
Raegan Beers' physical style of play often results in her heading to the charity stripe as it can be the only way to slow her down. She ranks fifth among freshmen nationally in free throw attempts (137) and is converting 69.3%. After making just 54.2% of her free throws in the season's first 10 games, Beers has improved there as well. The freshman made 85.2% of her shots at the charity stripe in her last 12 games, including a 9-for-10 performance against NC Central and 12-for-15 at Arizona State.
OUR MISSION
Oregon State Athletics strives to Build Excellent Authentic Visionary Student-Athletes (Go BEAVS).
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