WASHINGTON STATE (5-7, 0-1) at #15 OREGON STATE (11-1, 0-0) 
4:00 p.m. | Friday | Dec. 30, 2016
Corvallis, Ore. | Gill Coliseum (9,604)

SERIES HISTORY
After a long month on the road the Cougs can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel as they play the final two games of a six-game road trip dating back to Dec. 8 with the first coming at #15 Oregon State. Oregon State, the defending Pac-12 champ, enters the week at 11-1 with just a single loss coming to Marquette by one point. The game is the Beavers first Pac-12 contest of the season. All-time, the Beavers lead the series 52-30 including having won each of the last six meetings. The Cougs last won in Corvallis on Feb. 15, 2013, taking the game 51-49.

LAST TIME OUT
Despite putting three in double-figures, the Washington State women's basketball team dropped their opening Pac-12 contest at #9 Washington on Tuesday night. In the loss, the Cougars saw the continued emergence of their freshmen tandem from Hawaii as both Channel Molina and Cameron Fernandez came up with 11 points to lead the way. The scoring effort by Molina marked her seventh-straight double-digit effort while Fernandez crossed the 10-point threshold for the first time in four games of action. Finishing just behind the freshmen, senior Ivana Kmetovska tallied 10 points for her second double-digit scoring night. She would also add a career-best seven rebounds. On the other side, Natalie Romeo led the attack with a season-best 25 points on 7-of-12 shooting from deep. The nation's top scorer, Kelsey Plum, came up with 21 points while Chantel Osahor finished with her 11th double-double of the year with 18 points and 11 rebounds. Off the bench, Aarion McDonald came up with 11 points as the Huskies shot 50.0% (34-of-68) from the floor while hitting 16-of-34 from deep.

ABOUT THE BEAVERS
The Beavers enter the week as one of seven Pac-12 teams ranked inside the nation's top-25 as they come in at No. 15. With just one loss coming by one point, the Beavers are one of the hottest teams in the conference. They won their last non-conference game on Tuesday night against Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 73-40, to improve to 6-1 on the year at Gill Coliseum. Sydney Weise, the Pac-12's all-time leading three-point shooter, leads the attack at 15.8 points per game.