2015–16 Oregon State Beavers women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Oregon State Beavers women's basketball team represented Oregon State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Beavers, led by sixth year head coach Scott Rueck, played their games at the Gill Coliseum and are members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 32–5, 16–2 in Pac-12 play to share the Pac-12 regular season title with Arizona State. They won the Pac-12 women's tournament for the first time in school history and received an automatic bid of the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Troy and St. Bonaventure in the first and second rounds, DePaul in the Sweet Sixteen and Baylor in the Elite Eight to reach the Final Four for the first time school history. They lost to eventual winner Connecticut in the Final Four. With 32 wins in the regular season, they ended the season with the most wins in program history.

2015–16 Oregon State Beavers women's basketball
Pac-12 Tournament champions Pac-12 regular season co-champions
NCAA tournament, Final Four
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
AP	No. 6
Record	32–5 (16–2 Pac-12)
Head coach	Scott Rueck (6th season)
Assistant coaches	Jonas Chatterton Eric Ely Mandy Close
Home arena	Gill Coliseum

2015–16 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 6 Oregon State †	16	–	2		.889			32	–	5		.865
No. 11 Arizona State	16	–	2		.889			26	–	7		.788
No. 13 Stanford	14	–	4		.778			27	–	8		.771
No. 10 UCLA	14	–	4		.778			26	–	9		.743
Washington	11	–	7		.611			26	–	11		.703
Oregon	9	–	9		.500			24	–	11		.686
Utah	8	–	10		.444			18	–	15		.545
USC	6	–	12		.333			19	–	13		.594
Washington State	5	–	13		.278			14	–	16		.467
California	4	–	14		.222			15	–	17		.469
Arizona	3	–	15		.167			13	–	19		.406
Colorado	2	–	16		.111			7	–	23		.233
† 2016 Pac-12 Tournament winner As of April 3, 2016 Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

2015–16 Oregon State Beavers women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown F/C 4 Breanna Brown 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS So Bishop O'Dowd HS Oakland, CA F 5 Samantha Siegner 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr West Albany HS Albany, OR G 10 Katie McWilliams 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr South Salem HS Salem, OR G 11 Gabriella Hanson 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Troy HS Anaheim, CA F 12 Kolbie Orum 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Maple Ridge Secondary Maple Ridge, BC G 15 Jamie Weisner 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Clarkston HS Clarkston, WA C 21 Marie Gülich 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) So Landrat-Lucas Gymnasium Cologne, Germany G 22 Jen'Von'Ta Hill 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Hutchinson CC Skyline HS St. Paul, MN G 24 Sydney Wiese 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Pinnacle HS Phoenix, AZ G 25 Taylor Kalmer 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Corona del Sol HS Chandler, AZ C 31 Tarea Green 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Fr Hillsboro HS Hillsboro, OR F 32 Deven Hunter 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr McNary HS Keizer, OR C 44 Ruth Hamblin 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Sr Houston Christian School Houston, BC	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

Rankings

Main article: 2015–16 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	10	9	7	7	7	7	11	10	11	12	11	9	9	8	7	7	8	6	6	N/A
Coaches	9	7	7	7	7	7	9	10	12	10	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	6	6	2

Legend

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

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/08/2015* 3:00 pm	No. 10	Corban	W 98–48		Gill Coliseum (2,508) Corvallis, OR
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 7:00 pm	No. 10	Longwood	W 110–45	1–0	Gill Coliseum (2,651) Corvallis, OR
11/16/2015* 7:00 pm, TheW.tv	No. 9	at Portland	W 94–50	2–0	Chiles Center (903) Portland, OR
11/22/2015* 2:00 pm	No. 9	UC Riverside	W 86–65	3–0	Gill Coliseum (2,707) Corvallis, OR
11/27/2015* 10:15 am	No. 7	vs. Hofstra San Juan Shootout	W 73–50	4–0	Mario Morales Coliseum  Guaynabo, PR
11/28/2015* 12:30 pm	No. 7	vs. Arkansas San Juan Shootout	W 63–47	5–0	Mario Morales Coliseum  Guaynabo, PR
12/03/2015* 4:00 pm, FS1	No. 7	at Marquette	W 65–58	6–0	Al McGuire Center (1,258) Milwaukee, WI
12/12/2015* 2:00 pm	No. 7	Idaho	W 69–44	7–0	Gill Coliseum (2,834) Corvallis, OR
12/15/2015* 11:00 am	No. 7	Cal State Bakersfield	W 75–51	8–0	Gill Coliseum (7,824) Corvallis, OR
12/19/2015* 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 7	No. 14 Tennessee	L 50–53	8–1	Gill Coliseum (8,223) Corvallis, OR
12/21/2015* 3:00 pm	No. 11	Cal Poly	W 80–43	9–1	Gill Coliseum (2,716) Corvallis, OR
12/28/2015* 4:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 10	at No. 3 Notre Dame	L 61–62	9–2	Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,860) South Bend, IN
Pac-12 regular season
01/02/2016 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 10	at USC	W 57–49	10–2 (1–0)	Galen Center (498) Los Angeles, CA
01/04/2016 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 11	at No. 15 UCLA	L 51–71	10–3 (1–1)	Pauley Pavilion (1,161) Los Angeles, CA
01/08/2016 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 11	Oregon Civil War	W 60–33	11–3 (2–1)	Gill Coliseum (4,462) Corvallis, OR
01/10/2016 12:00 pm, P12N	No. 11	at Oregon Civil War	W 59–45	12–3 (3–1)	Matthew Knight Arena (2,806) Eugene, OR
01/15/2016 8:00 pm, P12N	No. 12	California	W 70–48	13–3 (4–1)	Gill Coliseum (2,891) Corvallis, OR
01/17/2016 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 12	No. 11 Stanford	W 58–50	14–3 (5–1)	Gill Coliseum (4,314) Corvallis, OR
01/22/2016 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 11	at Utah	W 62–53	15–3 (6–1)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,761) Salt Lake City, UT
01/24/2016 2:00 pm, P12N	No. 11	at Colorado	W 61–47	16–3 (7–1)	Coors Events Center (1,711) Boulder, CO
01/29/2016 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 9	Arizona	W 71–43	17–3 (8–1)	Gill Coliseum (3,402) Corvallis, OR
02/01/2016 8:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 9	No. 8 Arizona State	W 67–44	18–3 (9–1)	Gill Coliseum (4,427) Corvallis, OR
02/05/2016 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 9	at No. 24 Washington	W 61–53	19–3 (10–1)	Alaska Airlines Arena (3,813) Seattle, WA
02/07/2016 11:00 am	No. 9	at Washington State	W 54–45	20–3 (11–1)	Beasley Coliseum (687) Pullman, WA
02/12/2016 7:30 pm, P12N	No. 8	Colorado	W 73–50	21–3 (12–1)	Gill Coliseum (3,677) Corvallis, OR
02/14/2016 1:00 pm	No. 8	Utah	W 72–53	22–3 (13–1)	Gill Coliseum (4,278) Corvallis, OR
02/19/2016 8:00 pm, P12N	No. 7	USC	W 76–52	23–3 (14–1)	Gill Coliseum (3,615) Corvallis, OR
02/21/2016 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 7	No. 12 UCLA	W 64–54	24–3 (15–1)	Gill Coliseum (5,654) Corvallis, OR
02/26/2016 8:00 pm, P12N	No. 7	at No. 13 Stanford	L 54–76	24–4 (15–2)	Maples Pavilion (3,613) Stanford, CA
02/28/2016 11:00 am, P12N	No. 7	at California	W 54–44	25–4 (16–2)	Haas Pavilion (2,036) Berkeley, CA
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
03/04/2016 6:00 pm, P12N	(1) No. 8	vs. (8) USC Quarterfinals	W 63–53	26–4	KeyArena  Seattle, WA
03/05/2016 8:30 pm, P12N	(1) No. 8	vs. (5) Washington Semifinals	W 57–55	27–4	KeyArena (6,543) Seattle, WA
03/06/2016 6:00 pm, ESPN	(1) No. 8	vs. (3) No. 12 UCLA Championship Game	W 69–57	28–4	KeyArena (4,759) Seattle, WA
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/18/2016* 2:00 pm, ESPN2	(2 D) No. 6	(15 D) Troy First Round	W 73–31	29–4	Gill Coliseum (4,702) Corvallis, OR
03/20/2016* 6:00 pm, ESPN2	(2 D) No. 6	(10 D) St. Bonaventure Second Round	W 69–40	30–4	Gill Coliseum (6,074) Corvallis, OR
03/26/2016* 3:00 pm, ESPN	(2 D) No. 6	vs. (6 D) No. 20 DePaul Sweet Sixteen	W 83–71	31–4	American Airlines Center (7,109) Dallas, TX
03/28/2016* 6:00 pm, ESPN	(2 D) No. 6	vs. (1 D) No. 4 Baylor Elite Eight	W 60–57	32–4	American Airlines Center (6,050) Dallas, TX
04/03/2016* 3:00 pm, ESPN	(2 D) No. 6	vs. (1 B) No. 1 Connecticut Final Four	L 51–80	32–5	Bankers Life Fieldhouse  Indianapolis, IN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. D=Dallas Region. All times are in Pacific Time.

See also

• 2015–16 Oregon State Beavers men's basketball team