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2008-09 Game Notes • Contact: Hank Hager • [email protected] • (541) 737-7472 2008-09 Schedule Date Opponent Time/Result OSU Stays Home For Arizona Nov. 2 Lewis & Clark (Ex.) W, 98-36 The Game Nov. 11 Concordia (Ex.) W, 87-39 Oregon State stays at legendary Gill Coli- Game 14 • Home Game 8 Nov. 16 Sacramento State W, 100-45 seum to host Arizona in the final of two games Nov. 19 Houston W, 69-47 this weekend. The Beavers and Wildcats are Oregon State (9-4, 0-3) Nov. 28 (1) vs. Arkansas W, 69-56 both looking for their first Pacific-10 Confer- Nov. 29 (1) vs. #2 North Carolina L, 78-82 vs. ence victories. Dec. 3 at San Francisco W, 83-66 The game Saturday night is slated for a 7 Arizona (7-7, 0-3) Dec. 7 Portland State W, 58-24 p.m. PT start. Dec. 15 UNLV W, 91-54 Dec. 18 at UC-Irvine W, 71-42 January 10, 2009 • 7 p.m. PT Media Dec. 21 CSU-Bakersfield W, 66-56 Corvallis, Ore. The game will be carried live on KTHH 990- Dec. 28 Western Oregon W, 66-32 Gill Coliseum (10,400) AM in the Corvallis area. Fans can also catch Jan. 2 at UCLA * L, 53-60 the game live on Beaver Nation Online (osub- Jan. 4 at USC * L, 54-78 Radio Broadcast ..........................KTHH 990-AM, eavers.com). Because of technical difficulties Jan. 8 Arizona State * L, 36-61 ..........................................................osubeavers.com with BNO, links on osubeavers.com will go Jan. 10 Arizona * 7 p.m. Play-By-Play ....................................Todd Mansfield straight to a free broadcast hosted by Yahoo! Jan. 15 at Washington State * 7 p.m. Todd Mansfield will be behind the mic doing Jan. 17 at Washington * 2 p.m. Rankings the play-by-play. Jan. 22 California * 7 p.m. Oregon State ......................NR (AP)/NR (USA) Jan. 24 Stanford * 7 p.m. Arizona .................................NR (AP)/NR (USA) Last Game Jan. 31 at Oregon * 2 p.m. Mercedes Fox-Griffin had 10 points but Feb. 5 at Arizona * 6 p.m. Head Coaches the Oregon State women’s basketball team Feb. 7 at Arizona State * 3 p.m. Oregon State .........................LaVonda Wagner lost to Arizona State, 61-36, Thursday night at Feb. 12 Washington * 7 p.m. 46-57 (4th year at Oregon State) legendary Gill Coliseum. Feb. 14 Washington State * 7 p.m. 46-57 (4th year overall) Fox-Griffin was 5-for-9 from the field to Feb. 19 at Stanford * 7 p.m. pace the Beavers, who fell to 9-4 on the sea- Feb. 21 at California * (FSN) 6 p.m. Arizona ................................................Niya Butts son. Feb. 24 at UC-Santa Barbara 7 p.m. 7-7 (1st year at Arizona) Tiffany Ducker and Brittney Davis tied for Feb. 28 Oregon * 7 p.m. 7-7 (1st season overall) the team lead with five rebounds apiece. Brit- March 5 USC * 7 p.m. tany Kennedy led the team with three assists. March 7 UCLA * 12:30 p.m. The Series M. 12-15 (2) Pac-10 Tournament TBA Series history .............................UA leads, 27-23 On The Horizon At OSU .......................................OSU leads, 16-7 After playing Arizona Saturday night, the At UA ..............................................UA leads, 17-6 Beavers will have a few days off before making (1) - Junkanoo Jam; Freeport, Grand Bahamas Neutral ..............................................UA leads, 3-1 their only trip North next week. Oregon State (2) - Pac-10 Tournament; San Jose, Calif. 2007-08 Season ...................................OSU, 2-1 visits Washington State in Pullman on Thurs- * - Pacific-10 Conference game Streak............................................................OSU, 1 day. The Beavers then traverse West to Seattle All Times Pacific Last OSU win................2008 (OSU 46, UA 31) to face Washington on Saturday. Last UA win ..............2008 (@ UA 71, OSU 63) Oregon State On The Radio Oregon State Probable Starters Todd Mansfield is in his third season as the main No. Player Pos. Ht. Yr. G/GS ppg. rpg. mpg. voice of OSU women’s basketball. Every regular 1 Mercedes Fox-Griffin G 5-7 Sr. 13/13 8.7 2.7 32.4 season game will be broadcast on the radio on 3 Tiffany Ducker F 6-2 Sr. 13/13 6.5 6.6 24.2 either KLOO 1340-AM or KTHH 990-AM and 11 Talisa Rhea G 5-11 So. 13/13 14.1 4.3 30.4 on the Internet by visiting osubeavers.com. Ten 20 Brittney Davis G 5-10 Sr. 13/13 11.8 3.7 27.2 selected games will also air live in the Portland 21 Alex Mitchell C 6-4 So. 13/11 13.2 5.3 25.1 area on KKAD 1550-AM. Oregon State Off The Bench No. Player Pos. Ht. Yr. G/GS ppg. rpg. mpg. 5 Kassandra McCalister G 5-9 RFr. 11/0 2.5 2.1 6.9 23 Julie Futch G 5-8 Jr. 6/0 2.2 1.2 9.5 Visit osubeavers.com, the home of Oregon 24 Brittany Kennedy G 5-7 Fr. 13/0 5.3 3.0 21.0 State Athletics, for all of your women’s basket- 32 Kirsten Tilleman F 6-1 Fr. 13/0 3.8 3.4 18.8 ball needs. A full roster, statistics, schedule and 42 Anita Burdick F 6-3 Jr. 7/0 1.7 1.3 2.9 photos are available at the Web site. 44 Stacey Nichols F 6-1 Jr. 10/2 0.8 0.8 8.1 52 Brittany Eskridge F 6-3 Fr. 10/0 1.0 1.5 3.8 January 10, 2009 • Oregon State vs. Arizona • Corvallis, Ore. • Gill Coliseum Covering The Beavers Pac-10 Standings As Of Jan. 8 Media Passes And Sports Information Media credentials for writers, radio, television and photographers may Pac-10 Overall be requested by contacting Hank Hager in the Oregon State Athletic Team W L Pct. W L Pct. Communications office. California 3 0 1.000 12 2 .857 Stanford 3 0 1.000 12 3 .800 Interviews USC 2 0 1.000 8 5 .615 Players are available for interviews after practice. Please notify Hager Oregon 2 1 .667 5 8 .384 of any interview requests Pre-practice interviews may be scheduled if Washington 1 1 .500 5 7 .416 made at least 24 hours in advance. Pre-interview requests, however, can UCLA 1 1 .500 10 3 .769 not be guaranteed due to practice and class schedules. Arizona State 1 2 .333 9 6 .600 All interviews must be approved through Hager in the Athletic Com- Washington State 0 2 .000 7 6 .538 munications office. No home or cell phone numbers of student-athletes or Oregon State 0 3 .000 9 4 .692 coaches will be given out. Arizona 0 3 .000 7 7 .500 Post-Game Interviews Thursday, Jan. 8 Following a 10-minute cooling off period, head coach LaVonda Wag- Oregon 68, Arizona 55 ner and Oregon State players will be made available in room 5. The OSU Arizona State 61, Oregon State 36 locker room is closed to the media. Please notify Hager prior to the end of Stanford 112, Washington 35 the game with any requests. California 68, Washington State 45 Visiting team interviews will be done outside of the respective team’s locker room or in room 5. Saturday, Jan. 10 *Arizona at Oregon State, 7 p.m. PT On The Web *Arizona State at Oregon, 2 p.m. PT Check www.osubeavers.com for all information concerning the Or- *Washington State at Stanford, 2 p.m. PT egon State women’s basketball team. Game notes, post-game recaps, roster information and photo galleries are all available at the home of Bea- Sunday, Jan. 11 ver Athletics. *Washington at California, 12:30 p.m. PT (FSN) *USC at UCLA, 2:30 p.m. PT (FSN) Contact Information Athletic Communications Contact .......................................Hank Hager Hager Office Phone .......................................................(541) 737-7472 Hager Cell Phone ...........................................................(541) 230-0611 Hager E-mail .............................................hank.hager@oregonstate.edu Athletic Communications Fax ......................................(541) 737-3072 Press Row Phone ...........................................................(541) 737-3020 2008-09 Oregon State Alphabetical Roster Numerical Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Exp. Hometown (Last School) No. Name 42 Burdick, Anita F 6-3 Jr. TR Reno, Nev. (North Valleys HS/Southern Idaho) 1 Mercedes Fox-Griffin 20 Davis, Brittney G 5-10 Sr.* 1V Portland, Ore. (Jefferson/Minnesota) 3 Tiffany Ducker 3 Ducker, Tiffany C 6-2 Sr.* 3V Stockton, Calif. (St. Mary’s) 5 Kassandra McCalister 52 Eskridge, Brittany F 6-3 So. 1V Mill Creek, Wash. (Henry M. Jackson) 11 Talisa Rhea 1 Fox-Griffin, Mercedes G 5-7 Sr. 3V La Jolla, Calif. (La Jolla Country Day) 20 Brittney Davis 23 Futch, Julie G 5-8 Jr. 2V Auburn, Wash. (Auburn Riverside) 21 Alex Mitchell 24 Kennedy, Brittany G 5-7 Fr. HS Spokane, Wash. (Lewis & Clark HS) 23 Julie Futch 5 McCalister, Kassandra G 5-9 Fr.* RS Sunnyvale, Calif. (Archbishop Mitty) 24 Brittany Kennedy 21 Mitchell, Alex C 6-4 So. 1V Oakland, Calif. (Berkeley) 32 Kirsten Tilleman 44 Nichols, Stacey F 6-1 Jr. 2V Beaverton, Ore. (Southridge) 42 Anita Burdick 11 Rhea, Talisa G 5-11 So. 1V Juneau, Alaska (Juneau-Douglas) 44 Stacey Nichols 32 Tilleman, Kirsten F 6-1 Fr. HS Bozeman, Mont. (Bozeman HS) 52 Brittany Eskridge * Has utilized redshirt season HEAD COACH: LaVonda Wagner, Mars Hill College, ‘86 (4th year) ASSISTANT COACHES: Kellee Barney, Idaho, ‘83 (1st year) Krista Reinking, Illinois, ‘99 (4th year) Anthony Turner, Colorado, ‘00 (1st year) BASKETBALL OPERATIONS: Erin Entwistle, Western Illinois, ‘04 (4th year) ASST.