2024–25 Oregon State Beavers women's basketball team

2024–25 Oregon State Beavers women's basketball
2024–25 Oregon State Beavers women's basketball
Conference	West Coast Conference
Record	7–9 (3–2 WCC)
Head coach	Scott Rueck (15th season);
Assistant coaches	Deven Hunter; Sydney Wiese;
Home arena	Gill Coliseum
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

2024–25 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
San Francisco	5	–	0	1.000	8	–	6	.571
Saint Mary's	4	–	1	.800	8	–	6	.571
Washington State	4	–	1	.800	9	–	7	.563
Portland	4	–	2	.667	15	–	2	.882
Gonzaga	4	–	2	.667	9	–	8	.529
Oregon State	3	–	2	.600	7	–	9	.438
Pacific	2	–	3	.400	6	–	9	.400
Santa Clara	2	–	4	.333	8	–	8	.500
Pepperdine	1	–	4	.200	6	–	8	.429
Loyola Marymount	0	–	5	.000	6	–	7	.462
San Diego	0	–	5	.000	4	–	10	.286

† 2024 WCC tournament winner As of January 4, 2025

The 2024–25 Oregon State Beavers women's basketball team represents Oregon State University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Beavers are led by fifteenth-year head coach Scott Rueck, and play their games at Gill Coliseum in Corvallis, Oregon as associate first-year members of the West Coast Conference (WCC).

Previous season

The Beavers finished the 2023–24 season 27–8, 12–6 in Pac-12 play, to finish in fourth place. As the No. 4 seed in the Pac-12 tournament, they defeated Colorado in the quarterfinals^[1] before losing to Stanford in the semifinals.^[2] They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as an No. 8 seed in the Albany Regional 1 where they defeated Eastern Washington^[3] and Nebraska^[4] in the first and second rounds, to advanced to the Sweet Sixteen for the first time since 2019 where they defeated Notre Dame to advance to the Elite Eight for the first time since 2018.^[5] There, they lost to national champion South Carolina.^[6]

Offseason

Departures

Oregon State departures
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Lily Hanford	2	G	6' 2"	Sophomore	DePere, WI	Transferred to Iowa State
Dominika Paurová	3	G	6' 1"	Freshman	Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic	Transferred to Kentucky
Donovyn Hunter	4	G	6' 0"	Freshman	Medford, OR	Transferred to TCU
Raegan Beers	15	F	6' 4"	Sophomore	Littleton, CO	Transferred to Oklahoma
Talia von Oelfoffen	22	G	5' 11"	Junior	Pasco, WA	Transferred to USC
Adlee Blacklock	24	G	6' 0"	Sophomore	Lubbock, TX	Transferred to Texas Tech
Timea Gardiner	30	F	6' 3"	Sophomore	Ogden, UT	Transferred to UCLA
Martha Pietsch	31	G	5' 5"	Sophomore	Berlin, Germany	Transferred to UC Santa Barbara

Incoming

Oregon State incoming transfers
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Tiara Bolden	0	G	5' 11"	Senior	Eugene, OR	La Salle
Lucia Navarro	7	F	6' 0"	Sophomore	Valencia, Spain	Florida State
Mackenzie Shivers	12	G	5' 6"	Junior	Mesa, AZ	Mesa CC
Cartrina Ferreira	30	G	6' 0"	Graduate student	São Paulo, Brazil	Baylor

Recruiting

There were no recruiting class of 2024.

Roster

2024–25 Oregon State Beavers women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Tiara Bolden	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Sr	Churchill HS La Salle	Eugene, OR
G	1	Kennedie Shuler	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Barlow HS	Gresham, OR
G	4	Ally Schimel	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Corbett School	Corbett, OR
F	7	Lucia Navarro	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	NB Paterna Florida State	Valencia, Spain
F	10	Susana Yepes	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS Jr	South Georgia Tech	Medellín, Colombia
G	11	AJ Marotte	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	Vista Ridge HS	Cedar Park, TX
F	16	Elisa Mehyar	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Fr		Copenhagen, Denmark
G	30	Catarina Ferreira	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	GS	Baylor	São Paulo, Brazil
G	31	Cloe Vecina	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Celta Baloncesto Feminino	Vigo, Spain
C	32	Sela Heide	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	Sr	Mount Si HS California	North Bend, WA
F	53	Kelsey Rees	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Sr	Centre of Excellence Utah	Glenelg, Australia

Head coach

Scott Rueck (Oregon State)

Assistant coach(es)

Deven Hunter (Oregon State)
Sydney Wiese (Oregon State)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 1, 2024* 6:00 p.m.	Westmont	W 59–51		–	–	–	Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR
Regular season
November 8, 2024* 4:30 p.m., MW Network	at Colorado State	L 59–65	0–1	16 – Rees	17 – Rees	5 – Shuler	Moby Arena (1,108) Fort Collins, CO
November 12, 2024* 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	Northwest Nazarene	W 80–52	1–1	26 – Heide	11 – Heide	6 – Marotte	Gill Coliseum (3,479) Corvallis, OR
November 16, 2024* 12:00 p.m.	vs. Minnesota Briann January Classic	L 38–73	1–2	9 – Rees	7 – Heide	3 – Marotte	Desert Financial Arena Tempe, AZ
November 17, 2024* 1:30 p.m., ESPN+	at Arizona State Briann January Classic	L 60–79	1–3	22 – Ferreira	11 – Ferreira	6 – Shuler	Desert Financial Arena (1,738) Tempe, AZ
November 22, 2024* 5:00 p.m., B1G+	at No. 22 Illinois	L 66–85	1–4	16 – Marotte	11 – Ferreira	4 – tied	State Farm Center (3,891) Champaign, IL
November 25, 2024* 4:30 p.m., FloHoops	vs. No. 2 UConn Baha Mar Women's Championship semifinals	L 52–71	1–5	17 – Marotte	7 – Rees	4 – tied	Baha Mar Convention Center (567) Nassau, Bahamas
November 27, 2024* 2:00 p.m., FloHoops	vs. Boston College Baha Mar Women's Championship 3rd-place game	W 54–49	2–5	21 – Marotte	9 – Rees	4 – Shuler	Baha Mar Convention Center (417) Nassau, Bahamas
December 3, 2024* 11:00 a.m., ESPN+	Grambling State	W 63–56	3–5	16 – Heide	12 – Heide	3 – Vecina	Gill Coliseum (7,881) Corvallis, OR
December 5, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Pacific	L 63–66 ^OT	3–6 (0–1)	17 – Marotte	8 – Rees	4 – Rees	Alex G. Spanos Center (511) Stockton, CA
December 15, 2024* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	UC Irvine	L 48–60	3–7	8 – tied	7 – Ferreira	2 – tied	Gill Coliseum (3,451) Corvallis, OR
December 19, 2024* 7:00 p.m., YouTube	vs. Western Kentucky Maui Classic	W 80–58	4–7	26 – Ferreira	11 – Ferreira	4 – Ferreira	Seabury Hall Makawao, HI
December 20, 2024* 8:00 p.m., YouTube	vs. Miami (FL) Maui Classic	L 56–61	4–8	19 – Ferreira	9 – Rees	5 – Marotte	Seabury Hall (1,206) Makawao, HI
December 28, 2024 1:00 p.m., ESPN2	at Gonzaga	W 71–67 ^OT	5–8 (1–1)	21 – Rees	9 – Rees	8 – Shuler	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,615) Spokane, WA
December 30, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Portland	W 76–72 ^OT	6–8 (2–1)	25 – Rees	12 – Rees	5 – Shuler	Chiles Center (2,064) Portland, OR
January 2, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Loyola Marymount	W 59–56	7–8 (3–1)	17 – Rees	8 – tied	5 – Marotte	Gill Coliseum (3,519) Corvallis, OR
January 4, 2025 12:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Washington State	L 52–66	7–9 (3–2)	17 – Rees	11 – Rees	2 – Marotte	Beasley Coliseum (997) Pullman, WA
January 9, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	San Francisco						Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR
January 16, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Santa Clara						Leavey Center Santa Clara, CA
January 18, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Portland						Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR
January 23, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at San Francisco						Sobrato Center San Francisco, CA
January 25, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Pacific						Alex G. Spanos Center Stockton, CA
January 27, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Washington State						Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR
January 30, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Pepperdine						Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR
February 1, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Saint Mary's						Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR
February 6, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Loyola Marymount						Gersten Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
February 8, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at San Diego						Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, CA
February 13, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Gonzaga						Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR
February 20, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Santa Clara						Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR
February 22, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	San Diego						Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR
February 27, 2025 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	at Saint Mary's						University Credit Union Pavilion Moraga, CA
March 1, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Pepperdine						Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA
WCC women's tournament
March 6–11, 2025 TBA	vs. TBA						Orleans Arena Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific.

Source:^[7]

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	—	—	—	—
Coaches	RV	RV	—	—

References

^ "Beavs Continue to Believe in Yet Another Comeback Win". Oregon State University Athletics. March 7, 2024. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
^ "Beavers Fall to Stanford in Pac-12 Semifinals". Oregon State University Athletics. March 8, 2024. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
^ "First Round Victory Doubles as Birthday Party". Oregon State University Athletics. March 22, 2024. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
^ "Electric Atmosphere, Elite Defense Powers Beavs to Sweet 16". Oregon State University Athletics. March 24, 2024. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
^ "Beavs Return to the Ranks of the Elite". Oregon State University Athletics. March 29, 2024. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
^ "Incredible Season Ends in Elite 8". Oregon State University Athletics. March 31, 2024. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
^ "2024–25 Women's Basketball Schedule". OSUBeavers.com. Retrieved December 22, 2024.

[1] "Beavs Continue to Believe in Yet Another Comeback Win". Oregon State University Athletics. March 7, 2024. Retrieved 2024-12-22.

[2] "Beavers Fall to Stanford in Pac-12 Semifinals". Oregon State University Athletics. March 8, 2024. Retrieved 2024-12-22.

[3] "First Round Victory Doubles as Birthday Party". Oregon State University Athletics. March 22, 2024. Retrieved 2024-12-22.

[4] "Electric Atmosphere, Elite Defense Powers Beavs to Sweet 16". Oregon State University Athletics. March 24, 2024. Retrieved 2024-12-22.

[5] "Beavs Return to the Ranks of the Elite". Oregon State University Athletics. March 29, 2024. Retrieved 2024-12-22.

[6] "Incredible Season Ends in Elite 8". Oregon State University Athletics. March 31, 2024. Retrieved 2024-12-22.

[7] "2024–25 Women's Basketball Schedule". OSUBeavers.com. Retrieved December 22, 2024.

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Rivalries	Oregon (series)
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NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

Previous season

Offseason

Departures

Incoming

Recruiting

Roster

Schedule and results

Rankings

See also

References