2017–18 Oregon State Beavers women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Oregon State Beavers women's basketball team represented Oregon State University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Beavers, led by eighth-year head coach Scott Rueck, played their games at the Gill Coliseum and were members of the Pac-12 Conference.^[1] They finished the season 26–8, 14–4 in Pac-12 play, to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 women's tournament to Arizona State. They received an at-large bid of the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Western Kentucky and upset Tennessee in the first and second rounds, Baylor in the Sweet Sixteen before getting blown out by Louisville in the Elite Eight.

2017–18 Oregon State Beavers women's basketball
NCAA women's tournament, Elite Eight
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 8
AP	No. 13
Record	26–8 (14–4 Pac-12)
Head coach	Scott Rueck (8th season)
Assistant coaches	Jonas Chatterton Brian Holsinger Katie Baker
Home arena	Gill Coliseum
Seasons ← 2016–17 2018–19 →

2017–18 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 6 Oregon †	16	–	2		.889			33	–	5		.868
No. 15 Stanford	14	–	3		.824			24	–	11		.686
No. 9 UCLA	14	–	4		.778			27	–	8		.771
No. 13 Oregon State	14	–	4		.778			26	–	8		.765
California	11	–	7		.611			21	–	11		.656
Arizona State	10	–	8		.556			22	–	13		.629
USC	9	–	9		.500			20	–	11		.645
Utah	8	–	10		.444			18	–	14		.563
Colorado	5	–	13		.278			15	–	16		.484
Washington State	3	–	14		.176			10	–	20		.333
Arizona	2	–	16		.111			6	–	24		.200
Washington	1	–	17		.056			7	–	23		.233
† 2018 Pac-12 Tournament winner As of 26 March 2018 Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

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.

Roster

2017–18 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) So Lynnwood HS Lynnwood, WA G 1 Aleah Goodman 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr La Salle HS Milwaukie, OR G/F 3 Madison Washington 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Bishop Gorman HS Las Vegas, NV F 5 Taya Corosdale 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Bothell HS Bothell, WA G 10 Katie McWilliams 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr South Salem HS Salem, OR C 11 Joanna Grymek 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Jr Seward CC Kraków, Poland F 13 Janessa Thropay 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Chino HS Chino, CA C 21 Marie Gülich 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Sr Landrat-Lucas Gymnasium Cologne, Germany G 22 Kat Tudor 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So St. Mary's HS Stockton, CA G 24 Destiny Slocum  5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Mountain View HS Maryland Meridian, ID G 25 Taylor Kalmer 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Corona del Sol HS Chandler, AZ	Head coach Scott Rueck (Oregon State) Assistant coach(es) Jonas Chatterton (Utah) Brian Holsinger (Western Washington) Katie Baker (Montana) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: August 4, 2024

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 5, 2017* 2:00 p.m.	No. 19	Concordia (OR)	W 90–47		Gill Coliseum  Corvallis, OR
Non-conference regular season
November 10, 2017* 2:00 p.m.	No. 19	North Dakota	W 65–55	1–0	Gill Coliseum (3,737) Corvallis, OR
November 15, 2017* 6:00 p.m.	No. 18	Utah Valley	W 98–41	2–0	Gill Coliseum (2,925) Corvallis, OR
November 19, 2017* 11:00 a.m., P12N	No. 18	No. 6 Notre Dame	L 67–72	2–1	Gill Coliseum (7,570) Corvallis, OR
November 22, 2017* 11:00 a.m.	No. 18	at North Carolina Central	W 97–44	3–1	McDougald–McLendon Gymnasium (219) Durham, NC
November 25, 2017* 12:00 p.m.	No. 18	at No. 16 Duke	L 65–72	3–2	Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,408) Durham, NC
December 1, 2017* 9:00 p.m.	No. 21	vs. Nevada Maui Classic	W 89–49	4–2	War Memorial Gym (785) Wailuku, HI
December 2, 2017* 9:00 p.m.	No. 21	vs. Utah State Maui Classic	W 94–55	5–2	War Memorial Gym (590) Wailuku, HI
December 10, 2017* 2:00 p.m.	No. 19	San Jose State	W 110–62	6–2	Gill Coliseum (3,198) Corvallis, OR
December 13, 2017* 11:00 a.m.	No. 17	Savannah State	W 84–36	7–2	Gill Coliseum (8,280) Corvallis, OR
December 16, 2017* 5:00 p.m., P12N	No. 17	vs. UC Santa Barbara Dam City Classic	W 74–49	8–2	Moda Center  Portland, OR
December 20, 2017* 6:00 p.m.	No. 17	UC Davis	W 61–47	9–2	Gill Coliseum (3,474) Corvallis, OR
Pac-12 regular season
December 29, 2017 2:00 p.m.	No. 17	Washington	W 75–63	10–2 (1–0)	Gill Coliseum (4,247) Corvallis, OR
December 31, 2017 11:00 a.m., P12N	No. 17	Washington State	W 71–53	11–2 (2–0)	Gill Coliseum (3,884) Corvallis, OR
January 5, 2018 6:00 p.m., P12N	No. 16	at No. 14 UCLA	L 49–84	11–3 (2–1)	Pauley Pavilion (1,986) Los Angeles, CA
January 7, 2018 1:00 p.m., P12N	No. 16	at USC	L 61–65	11–4 (2–2)	Galen Center (592) Los Angeles, CA
January 12, 2018 6:00 p.m., P12N	No. 22	No. 18 Arizona State	W 57–54	12–4 (3–2)	Gill Coliseum (3,954) Corvallis, OR
January 14, 2018 1:00 p.m., P12N	No. 22	Arizona	W 88–44	13–4 (4–2)	Gill Coliseum (4,226) Corvallis, OR
January 19, 2018 8:00 p.m., P12N	No. 18	No. 7 Oregon Civil War	W 85–79 OT	14–4 (5–2)	Gill Coliseum (6,704) Corvallis, OR
January 21, 2018 5:00 p.m., P12N	No. 18	at No. 7 Oregon Civil War	L 63–75	14–5 (5–3)	Matthew Knight Arena (7,249) Eugene, OR
January 26, 2018 5:00 p.m., P12N	No. 17	at Utah	W 69–58	15–5 (6–3)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (2,566) Salt Lake City, UT
January 28, 2018 1:00 p.m., P12N	No. 17	at Colorado	W 86–71	16–5 (7–3)	Coors Events Center (3,781) Boulder, CO
February 2, 2018 6:00 p.m., P12N	No. 16	No. 24 Stanford	L 57–60	16–6 (7–4)	Gill Coliseum (5,791) Corvallis, OR
February 4, 2018 1:00 p.m., P12N	No. 16	No. 25 California	W 68–48	17–6 (8–4)	Gill Coliseum (3,706) Corvallis, OR
February 9, 2018 6:00 p.m., P12N	No. 16	at Washington State	W 63–61 OT	18–6 (9–4)	Beasley Coliseum (906) Pullman, WA
February 11, 2017 3:00 p.m., P12N	No. 16	at Washington	W 95–57	19–6 (10–4)	Alaska Airlines Arena (2,589) Seattle, WA
February 16, 2017 8:00 p.m., P12N	No. 15	No. 7 UCLA	W 67–64 OT	20–6 (11–4)	Gill Coliseum (5,011) Corvallis, OR
February 18, 2018 1:00 p.m., P12N	No. 15	USC	W 69–63	21–6 (12–4)	Gill Coliseum (4,942) Corvallis, OR
February 23, 2018 7:00 p.m., P12N	No. 12	at Arizona	W 65–40	22–6 (13–4)	McKale Center (1,543) Tucson, AZ
February 25, 2018 1:00 p.m., P12N	No. 12	at Arizona State	W 64–60	23–6 (14–4)	Wells Fargo Arena (3,258) Tempe, AZ
Pac-12 women's tournament
March 2, 2018 8:30 p.m., P12N	(3) No. 10	vs. (6) Arizona State Quarterfinals	L 51–57	23–7	KeyArena (4,741) Seattle, WA
NCAA women's tournament
March 16, 2018* 9:00 a.m., ESPN2	(6 L) No. 13	vs. (11 L) Western Kentucky First round	W 82–58	24–7	Thompson–Boling Arena  Knoxville, TN
March 18, 2018* 11:00 a.m., ESPN2	(6 L) No. 13	at (3 L) No. 12 Tennessee Second round	W 66–59	25–7	Thompson–Boling Arena (4,338) Knoxville, TN
March 23, 2018* 4:00 p.m., ESPN2	(6 L) No. 13	vs. (2 L) No. 2 Baylor Sweet Sixteen	W 72–67	26–7	Rupp Arena  Lexington, KY
March 25, 2018* 9:00 a.m., ESPN	(6 L) No. 13	vs. (1 L) No. 3 Louisville Elite Eight	L 43–76	26–8	Rupp Arena (6,268) Lexington, KY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. L=Lexington Region. All times are in Pacific.

Source:^[2]

Rankings

Main article: 2017–18 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	19	18	18	21	19	18	17	17	16	22	18	17	16	16	15	12	10	13	13	N/A
Coaches	17	N/A	18	19	19	17	17	17	16	21	19	17	16	16	14	11	10	12	12	8

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		No change
(RV)		Received votes
(NR)		Not ranked

See also

• 2017–18 Oregon State Beavers men's basketball team

References

1. "Media Guide - OSUBeavers.com | Oregon State Athletics". OSUBeavers.com. Retrieved August 4, 2024.
2. "2017–18 Women's Basketball Schedule". OSUBeavers.com. Retrieved August 4, 2024.