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ASU WBB: Devils in Detail Pac-12 WBB Rankings, 8-5

By Sam Ficarro

Mar 5, 2016; Seattle , WA, USA; General view of the Pac-12 womens tournament center court logo with the outline of the Space Needle at KeyArena. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 5, 2016; Seattle , WA, USA; General view of the Pac-12 womens tournament center court logo with the outline of the Space Needle at KeyArena. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports /
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8. Oregon State Beavers

Mar 28, 2016; Dallas, TX, USA; The Oregon State Beavers celebrate the win over the Baylor Bears in the finals of the Dallas regional of the women
Mar 28, 2016; Dallas, TX, USA; The Oregon State Beavers celebrate the win over the Baylor Bears in the finals of the Dallas regional of the women /

Oregon State is coming off their greatest season in program history after winning the Pac-12 Tournament and reaching their first Women’s Final Four in school history. Head coach Scott Rueck has done a remarkable job turning around the program and putting Oregon State on the map in women’s basketball. Despite their last season’s success, this season features a new look team with a lot of players graduating. Forwards Deven Hunter and Ruth Hamblin are both gone, and it’s caused expectations to temper a bit in Corvallis. Oregon State is 10-1 this season with one non-conference game remaining Tuesday versus Arkansas-Pine Bluff. The Beavers’ lone loss so far was versus Marquette, who were coming off a victory versus Arizona State three days earlier. Oregon State has not had a very difficult schedule, but they are coming off winning the Play 4 Kay Shootout in Las Vegas this past weekend.

The Beavers are led by senior guard Syndey Wiese. Wiese, a Phoenix, Arizona native, was named to the All-Pac-12 team and to the AP All-America Honorable Mention last season and she continues to get better and better each season. On December 20, Wiese scored three three-pointers setting the Pac-12 record for the most career three-point field goals. This season, Wiese is the team’s leading scorer averaging 16.3 points a game. Wiese is the main contributor for Oregon State as the Beavers are a young team featuring five freshman. A freshman standing out is guard Mikayla Pivec, who was named Pac-12 Freshman of the Week last week after scoring 17 points in wins versus Quinnipiac and Oklahoma State. Pivec was named to the Play 4 Kay Shootout All-Tourney team after her performance in Las Vegas.

With Wiese as effective as ever, Oregon State will be a tough team to defend, especially on the perimeter. However, this is a really young and inexperienced team and it will be interesting to see if they can compete with some of the more experienced teams in the conference. Oregon State will open up Pac-12 play this weekend versus Washington State and No. 9 Washington.