Pac 12 Preview: Oregon State

Pac 12 Preview: Oregon State

Last Season: 26-8, 14-4. The Beavers beat Tennessee and Baylor on their way to the Elite 8 before losing to Louisville.
The Coaches:
Scott Rueck is in his 9th year and has been an outstanding coach, turning the then lowly Beavers into a Final 4 team.
James Chatterton is in his 5th year.
Katie Baker is in her 3nd year, and she works with the post players. Baker is a 2013 Graduate of the University of Montanan.
Brian Holsinger is in his 3nd season after 8 seasons at Washington State. Brian coaches guards.


Losses:
Marie Gulich, a great player who averaged 17 points and 9 rebounds while shooting 65%.
Taylor Kalmer transferred to San Diego State after averaged 6 points.


Additions:
Andrea Aquino, 6-8 Post from SoCal by way of SoCal and Paraguay ranked # 33
Patricia Morris, 6-5 Post from SoCal ranked # 147.
Jasmine Simmons, 5-9 Guard from Australia, ranked as the # 4 International recruit.

Destiny Slocum is a 5-7 Redshirt Soph Guard from Idaho who played as a Frosh at Maryland and sat out this past season after
transferring to Oregon State. Slocum was a McD All American in HS and continued that by being the Big Ten Frosh of the year this past season



The Schedule:
Cal Poly, St Mary's and Duke at home, Texas A&M in Hawaii. Plus a tournament in Vancouver.
The Beavers play Stanford and Cal only on the road and play Colorado and Utah only at home. .



The Team:
Mikayla Pivec is a 5-10 Jr Guard who averaged 11 points, 6 assists and 7 rebounds per game.

Katie McWilliams is a 6-2 Sr Guard who averaged 8 points last season Katie made 53 threes at 41%.

Kat Tudor is a 6-0 Jr Guard and might the best three point shooter in the Pac 12. Tudor averaged 12 points and 4 rebounds making 89 threes at 41%

Destiny Slocum is a 5-7 Redshirt Soph Guard from Idaho who will start right away at the Point. Two years ago at Maryland Destiny averaged 11 points and 6 assists as their starting Point Guard.

Aleah Goodman is a 5-9 Soph Guard who averaged 6 points and made 49 threes at 46%.

Tara Corosdale is a 6-3 Soph Forward who averaged 7 points and 4 rebounds

Joanna Grymek is a 6-8 Sr Center from Poland. Last season she averaged 4 points and 3 rebounds in 9 minutes.

Madison Washington is a 6-1 Jr Forward who averaged 2 points and 2 rebounds

Janessa Thropay is a 6-2 Jr Forward who saw little action.



Predictions:
Excellent Guards and Wings and adding Slocum at the Point is huge. How far they go will depend on their three very, very tall post players



2019 Recruiting:
Taylor Jones a 6-3 Post from Texas ranked # 15.