2016–17 Oregon State Beavers women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Oregon State Beavers women's basketball team represented Oregon State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Beavers, led by seventh year head coach Scott Rueck, played their games at the Gill Coliseum and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 31–5, 16–2 in Pac-12 play to win Pac-12 regular season title. They advanced to the championship game Pac-12 women's tournament where they lost to Stanford. They received an at-large bid of the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Long Beach State and Creighton in the first and second rounds before losing to Florida State in the sweet sixteen.

2016–17 Oregon State Beavers women's basketball
Maui Wahine Classic Champions Play4Kay Shootout Champions Pac-12 regular season champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 9
AP	No. 8
Record	31–5 (16–2 Pac-12)
Head coach	Scott Rueck (7th season)
Assistant coaches	Jonas Chatterton Eric Ely Katie Baker
Home arena	Gill Coliseum
Seasons ← 2015–16 2017–18 →

2016–17 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 8 Oregon State	16	–	2		.889			31	–	5		.861
No. 6 Stanford †	15	–	3		.833			32	–	6		.842
No. 12 Washington	15	–	3		.833			29	–	6		.829
No. 15 UCLA	13	–	5		.722			25	–	9		.735
Arizona State	9	–	9		.500			20	–	13		.606
Oregon	8	–	10		.444			23	–	14		.622
California	6	–	12		.333			20	–	14		.588
Washington State	6	–	12		.333			16	–	20		.444
Colorado	5	–	13		.278			17	–	16		.515
Utah	5	–	13		.278			16	–	15		.516
USC	5	–	13		.278			14	–	16		.467
Arizona	5	–	13		.278			14	–	16		.467
† 2017 Pac-12 tournament winner As of March 31, 2017 Rankings from AP poll

Roster

2016–17 Oregon State Beavers women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Mikayla Pivec 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Lynnwood HS Lynnwood, WA G/F 3 Madison Washington 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Bishop Gorman HS Las Vegas, NV F/C 4 Breanna Brown 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Jr Bishop O'Dowd HS Oakland, CA G 10 Katie McWilliams 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So South Salem HS Salem, OR G 11 Gabriella Hanson 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Troy HS Anaheim, CA F 12 Kolbie Orum 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Maple Ridge Secondary Maple Ridge, BC F 13 Janessa Thropay 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Chino HS Chino, CA C 21 Marie Gülich 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Jr Landrat-Lucas Gymnasium Cologne, Germany G 22 Katharine Tudor 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr St. Mary's HS Stockton, CA G 24 Sydney Wiese 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Pinnacle HS Phoenix, AZ G 25 Taylor Kalmer 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Corona del Sol HS Chandler, AZ C 31 Tarea Green 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) RS Fr Hillsboro HS Hillsboro, OR	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 Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/05/2016* 4:00 pm	No. 25	Northwest Nazarene	W 78–51		Gill Coliseum  Corvallis, OR
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 2:00 pm	No. 25	Lamar	W 88–56	1–0	Gill Coliseum (3,078) Corvallis, OR
11/14/2016* 6:00 pm	No. 24	Idaho State	W 61–38	2–0	Gill Coliseum (2,589) Corvallis, OR
11/18/2016* 6:00 pm	No. 24	Portland	W 62–45	3–0	Gill Coliseum (3,306) Corvallis, OR
11/22/2016* 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 22	Marquette	L 73–74	3–1	Gill Coliseum (2,884) Corvallis, OR
12/02/2016* 8:30 pm	No. 24	vs. Idaho Maui Wahine Classic	W 60–49	4–1	War Memorial Gym (922) Maui, HI
12/03/2016* 8:30 pm	No. 24	vs. BYU Maui Wahine Classic	W 65–56	5–1	War Memorial Gym (1,283) Maui, HI
12/10/2016* 6:00 pm	No. 24	Southern Utah	W 77–38	6–1	Gill Coliseum (2,937) Corvallis, OR
12/14/2016* 11:00 am		UC Davis	W 93–52	7–1	Gill Coliseum (5,168) Corvallis, OR
12/19/2016* 8:00 pm	No. 25	vs. UNLV Play4Kay Shootout quarterfinals	W 62–59	8–1	T-Mobile Arena (1,407) Paradise, NV
12/20/2016* 8:00 pm	No. 25	vs. Quinnipiac Play4Kay Shootout semifinals	W 75–60	9–1	T-Mobile Arena (1,096) Paradise, NV
12/21/2016* 8:00 pm	No. 25	vs. Oklahoma State Play4Kay Shootout championship	W 73–54	10–1	T-Mobile Arena (1,233) Paradise, NV
12/27/2016* 6:00 pm	No. 22	Arkansas–Pine Bluff	W 73–40	11–1	Gill Coliseum (3,052) Corvallis, OR
Pac-12 regular season
12/30/2016 4:00 pm	No. 22	Washington State	W 80–58	12–1 (1–0)	Gill Coliseum (3,429) Corvallis, OR
01/01/2017 12:00 pm, P12N	No. 22	No. 9 Washington	W 73–70	13–1 (2–0)	Gill Coliseum (4,077) Corvallis, OR
01/06/2017 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 16	at No. 20 California	W 66–56	14–1 (3–0)	Haas Pavilion (2,021) Berkeley, CA
01/08/2017 5:00 pm, P12N	No. 16	at No. 10 Stanford	W 72–69 2OT	15–1 (4–0)	Maples Pavilion (3,072) Stanford, CA
01/13/2017 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 10	at No. 17 UCLA	L 56–66	15–2 (4–1)	Pauley Pavilion (1,403) Los Angeles, CA
01/15/2017 3:00 pm, P12N	No. 10	at USC	W 74–60	16–2 (5–1)	Galen Center (1,476) Los Angeles, CA
01/20/2017 8:00 pm, P12N	No. 11	Utah	W 70–44	17–2 (6–1)	Gill Coliseum (3,747) Corvallis, OR
01/22/2017 3:00 pm, P12N	No. 11	Colorado	W 81–57	18–2 (7–1)	Gill Coliseum (3,927) Corvallis, OR
01/27/2017 8:00 pm, P12N	No. 11	at Oregon Civil War	W 43–40	19–2 (8–1)	Matthew Knight Arena (4,370) Eugene, OR
01/29/2017 11:00 am, ESPNU	No. 11	Oregon Civil War	W 67–60	20–2 (9–1)	Gill Coliseum (6,005) Corvallis, OR
02/03/2017 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 11	at No. 23 Arizona State	W 54–45	21–2 (10–1)	Wells Fargo Arena (4,025) Tempe, AZ
02/05/2017 1:00 pm	No. 11	at Arizona	W 65–57	22–2 (11–1)	McKale Center (1,249) Tempe, AZ
02/10/2017 8:00 pm, P12N	No. 9	USC	L 50–70	22–3 (11–2)	Gill Coliseum (4,286) Corvallis, OR
02/12/2017 1:00 pm, P12N	No. 9	No. 15 UCLA	W 68–61	23–3 (12–2)	Gill Coliseum (4,980) Corvallis, OR
02/17/2017 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 11	at Colorado	W 54–49	24–3 (13–2)	Coors Events Center (1,751) Boulder, CO
02/19/2017 1:00 pm, P12N	No. 11	at Utah	W 63–49	25–3 (14–2)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,949) Salt Lake City, UT
02/24/2017 8:00 pm, P12N	No. 10	No. 8 Stanford	W 50–47	26–3 (15–2)	Gill Coliseum (9,604) Corvallis, OR
02/26/2017 11:00 am, P12N	No. 10	California	W 71–56	27–3 (16–2)	Gill Coliseum (4,704) Corvallis, OR
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
03/03/2017 11:30 am, P12N	(1) No. 6	vs. (8) California Quarterfinals	W 65–49	28–3	KeyArena (4,659) Seattle, WA
03/04/2017 6:00 pm, P12N	(1) No. 6	vs. (4) No. 15 UCLA Semifinals	W 63–53	29–3	KeyArena (8,384) Seattle, WA
03/05/2017 6:00 pm, ESPN2	(1) No. 6	vs. (2) No. 10 Stanford Championship Game	L 43–48	29–4	KeyArena (6,829) Seattle, WA
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/17/2017* 2:00 pm, ESPN2	(2 S) No. 8	(15 S) Long Beach State First Round	W 56–55	30–4	Gill Coliseum (4,692) Corvallis, OR
03/19/2017* 6:00 pm, ESPN2	(2 S) No. 8	(7 S) Creighton Second Round	W 64–52	31–4	Gill Coliseum (5,660) Corvallis, OR
03/25/2017* 3:00 pm, ESPN	(2 S) No. 8	vs. (3 S) No. 10 Florida State Sweet Sixteen	L 53–66	31–5	Stockton Arena (4,500) Stockton, CA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. S=Stockton Region. All times are in Pacific Time.

Rankings

Main article: 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls

Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Final
AP	25	24	22	24	24	RV	25	22	16	10	11	11	11	9	11	10	6т	8	8	N/A
Coaches	17	18	15	18	16	15	15	15	12	10	12	11	11	9	11	8	6	8	8	9

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes

See also

• 2016–17 Oregon State Beavers men's basketball team

References

1. "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule".