An update on Colorado who sadly lost the outstanding Post Arielle Roberson for the season with an ACL. Another update on USC who lost outstanding guard Ariya Crook who was dismissed from the team.
Last Season:
24-11 overall and 13-5 in Pac 12 play. The Beavers lost to USC by 9 in the Pac 12 tournament final then lost to South Carolina by 9 after winning their first NCAA game. The Beavers drew 2,049 per game.
The Coaching Staff:
Scott Rueck is in his 5th season at Oregon State and last year had his 2nd 20 win season after taking over a program with just two scholarship players. This past season Oregon State lost just one home game, and won all the conference home games. Both school records. That’s quite a turnaround.
Jonas Chatterton is in his first year as an assistant after 4 years at Colorado and before that at BYU.
Mandy Close is in her 2nd year with the Beavers after 5 years at Montana State. Close is a former Oregon State star. She coaches the guards who were so good last season.
Eric Ely is in his 5th season at Oregon State, coaching the Centers, see Ruth Hamlin below. Ely has 12 years previous D 1 experience.
Losses:
The Beavers lost just two players. Guard Khadidja Toure played 9 minutes per game and averaged 3 points. Forward Alyssa Martin played 16 minutes per game starting almost half and averaged 4 points and 2 rebounds.
The Schedule:
The pre-season includes games against BYU, North Carolina and Tennessee. The Beavers play Cal and Stanford at home and Colorado and Utah on the road.
Additions:
Jen’Von’Ta Hill is a 5-8 Jr Guard From Hutchinson JC a Women’s Basketball powerhouse. Hill averaged 11 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists. She was from Minnesota and played her Sr HS year in Dallas.
Alex Kalmbach is a 5-9 Frosh Guard from Oakland’s Bishop O’Dowd HS.
Marie Gulich is a 6-5 Frosh Center from Germany. She spent the summer on Germany’s 20U team.
The Team:
Oregon State returns 95% of their scoring and 96% of their rebounds.
It’s starts with the Guards and Oregon State has played a 3 Guard Line-up.
Sydney Wiese is a 6-0 Soph Guard who broke into the Pac 12 averaging 14 points and 4 assists per game at the Point. Wiese made an incredible 112 threes at 42%. She shot twice as many threes as twos. She was All Pac 12 Frosh, All Pac 12 Tourney, All Pac 12 and 2nd team Frosh All American.
Jamie Weisner is a 5-10 Frosh Guard who averaged 13 points and 5 rebounds. Weisner made 55 threes at 40% despite struggling with an injury, causing her to miss 9 games. Jamie was All Frosh Pac 12 after her healthy frosh season. She has Canadian and US citizenship and played this past summer on the Canadian National team. Jamie won the Washington State Javelin throw as a HS Sr.
Ali Gibson is a 5-11 Sr Guard who averaged 9 points while making 43 threes. Gibson averaged 9 points as a Soph and 11 as a Frosh before Weisner and Wiese joined the team.
Ruth Hamlin is a 6-6 Jr Center from Canada and like Weisner played on the Canadian National team this past summer. Named All Pac 12 Defense Hamlin averaged 9 points and 8 rebounds and had 141 blocks or 4 per game. Ruth rides and shows horses.
Deven Hunter is a 6-3 Jr Forward. Hunter averaged 9 points and 7 rebounds per game.
The entire line-up returns form this past year.
Gabriella Hanson is a 5-11 Soph Guard who averaged 7 points and 5 rebounds. Hanson’s favorite athlete growing up was Candice Wiggins and she played HS basketball with Stanford Guard Briana Roberson. Hanson has played on the Swedish 16U, 18U and last summer their 20U teams. On the 20U team she averaged 9 points and 6 rebounds in the European Championships.
Samantha Siegner is a 6-3 Jr Forward. Siegner averaged 3 points and 3 rebounds in 15 minutes. Siegner was a top 100 player out of HS.
Brenna Brown is a 6-3 Soph Forward/Center who averaged 2 points and 3 rebounds in 8 minutes last season. Brown was ranked as high as # 49 out of HS.
Predictions:
The Beavers will challenge for the league title after finishing 2nd last season. They have all five starters returning and they have both depth and height.
2015 Recruiting:
Terea Green a 6-3 post from Oregon, # 74 on PN
Taylor Kalmer, 5-8 PG, AZ 4 star on PN, top 150
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