Cougars Continue Road Trip at Oregon State Saturday

Saturday, February 21

Corvallis, Ore.

1 PM

Washington State University

Oregon State University

26_2_19 WSU WBB Mackenzie Chatfield drives the baseline at Gonzaga

February 20, 2026 | Women's Basketball

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By: Washington State Athletic Communications

WASHINGTON STATE (5-23, 4-11 WCC) at Oregon State (19-9, 11-4 WCC)
Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026 // 1 p.m. PT
Corvallis, Ore. // Gill Coliseum
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Washington State women's basketball is in Corvallis, Ore. to take on Oregon State on Saturday, Feb. 21 in Gill Coliseum at 1 p.m. The game will be broadcast live on ESPN+ with Ann Schatz and Mary Murphy on the call.

NEXT UP
The Cougars return to Pullman for the final two games of the 2025-26 regular season, hosting Seattle U on Thursday, Feb. 26 at 6 p.m. and Saint Mary's on Saturday, Feb. 28 at 12 p.m. noon. Both games will be broadcast live on ESPN+ with Trevor Williams and Mary Murphy on the call.

ABOUT WASHINGTON STATE
WSU is 4-11 in West Coast Conference play and 5-23 overall after a difficult non-conference slate, and a few key injuries, put the team at 1-12 entering WCC competition. Starting center and leading shot blocker Alex Covill missed 13 games while transfer forward Lauren Glazier missed time early in the season, and starting guard and leading scorer Eleonora Villa was held to limited minutes in a pair of games due to lingering cramps.

On top of that, the difficult 13-game non-conference schedule included No. 5 LSU, (RV) Stanford, (RV) Texas Tech, Oregon, Missouri, BYU, UNLV, Seton Hall and Miami (OH). As of Feb. 17, all nine of these teams that WSU faced are top 100 in the NET Rankings, four are top 50, and two are top 25 in LSU (5) and Oregon (22) with Texas Tech just outside of that at 31.

RECORD BOOK CLIMBERS AND MILESTONE CHASERS
>> Eleonora Villa has 1,397 career points, 11th all-time in program history, 88 from moving up to 10th (1,485).
>> Villa has 136 career made threes, 10th all-time at WSU and five away from 9th (141).
>> Villa has also made 551 career field goals, ninth all-time at WSU and 25 away from tying for seventh (576).
>> At 3,310 career minutes played, Villa is 13 from top 10 all-time at WSU (3,323).
>> Alex Covill has 145 career blocks, sixth all-time in program history and two blocks shy of fifth (147).
>> Covill also has 245 career rebounds, five away from 250, and 469 career points, 31 from 500.
>> Charlotte Abraham has 476 career points, 24 away from 500.
>> Abraham has 178 rebounds this season, 59 away from top-10 all-time at WSU in a single-season (237).

SERIES HISTORY
In 98 meetings all-time between these two programs, Oregon State leads the series 61-37, and is 31-14 in 45
meetings in Corvallis. WSU, though, has won seven of their last nine meetings, including both regular-season WCC matchups last season.

ELEONORA È ECCELLENTE!
Eleonora Villa has taken another step forward in her game this year, becoming one of the more dominant players in the nation. Among national ranks, the junior guard is 29th in field goal attempts (392), 32nd in made field goals (184), 45th in total points scored (470) and 80th in points per game (16.9). In the WCC she ranks first in field goal attempts, second in made field goals and total points, and fourth in points per game.

HOW RUUD
True Freshman Malia Ruud has burst onto the scene early, averaging 8.9 points over 25.1 minutes per game, including an impressive game-high 11 points against Stanford (11/14) and a career-best 19 against Oregon (11/19) and at San Diego (2/5). She is 102-of-222 from the field, shooting 45.9 percent with 105 rebounds, 12 blocks and 19 steals this season.

Entering Friday, Ruud's .459 field goal percentage (102-222) is 24th in the nation among all freshmen with 102 or more made field goals, and 21st among true freshmen.

20-20 VISION
The Cougars had 3 different players score 20+ points in their game vs. Santa Clara on Jan. 10, the first such game in program history since at least the 1999-2000 season.

On the same note of 20-point games, WSU has had four different players record 20-point games this season:

Eleonora Villa (10 times)
Charlotte Abraham (2)
Alex Covill (2)
Keandra Koorits (1)

ROTATING ROTATIONS
Due to injury and youth this season, the Cougars have had 8 different starters this season, and seven unique starting lineups this season.

HOT START FOR KOORITS
Redshirt freshman Keandra Koorits scored 23 points in her WSU debut on Nov. 3, the most by a WSU freshman since Charlisse Leger-Walker (23 pts, 1/1/21). Koorits inaugural performance is also good for the fourth-most points in a freshman debut in program history, and the most since Lia Galdeira scored 33 at Minnesota in her debut on 11/10/12. Galdiera's 33 points stands as the most in program history both by a freshman, and in a debut.

YOUNGEST IN THE FAMILY
Freshman guard Malvina Haziri from Kosovo is the youngest active player in NCAA Division I basketball. After beginning her freshman season at the young age of 16 years old, she turned 17 on Dec. 30, 2025.

PRESEASON POLL
The Cougs were picked to finish third by the WCC coaches and media this year, the second-best conference preseason pick in program history after being picked second ahead of last year's 2024-25 second-place prediction. Prior to that WSU was picked fifth in 2023-24 (Pac-12) and 1991-92 (Pac-10).

ETHRIDGE INKS EXTENSION
WSU Athletics announced on March 4, 2025 that Head Coach Kamie Ethridge has signed a one-year contract extension keeping her in Pullman through the 2030-31 season.

Single-game tickets for the 2025 women's basketball season are on sale now. Fans wishing to purchase tickets can click on the link HERE, visit wsucougars.com to order online, or call the WSU Athletics Ticket Office at 1-800-GO-COUGS.

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