# 2018–19 Oregon State Beavers women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Oregon State Beavers women's basketball team represented Oregon State University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Beavers, led by ninth year head coach Scott Rueck, played their games at the Gill Coliseum and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season with a record of 26-8 (14-4 Pac-12). They played in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 Women's Tournament where they were upset by Washington. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated Boise State in the first round, and Gonzaga in the second round, before losing to Louisville for the 2nd consecutive year in the Sweet 16.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/03/2018* 11:00 am | No. 8 | Northwest Nazarene | W 95–58 | | Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/09/2018* 7:00 pm | No. 8 | Cal Poly | W 79–54 | 1–0 | Gill Coliseum (4,468) Corvallis, OR |
| 11/14/2018* 11:00 am | No. 8 | Arkansas–Pine Bluff | W 89–33 | 2–0 | Gill Coliseum (8,828) Corvallis, OR |
| 11/17/2018* 6:00 pm | No. 8 | Saint Mary's | W 89–56 | 3–0 | Gill Coliseum (4,329) Corvallis, OR |
| 11/22/2018* 8:30 pm | No. 9 | vs. Western Kentucky Vancouver Showcase Quarterfinals | W 74–60 | 4–0 | Vancouver Convention Centre (296) Vancouver, BC |
| 11/23/2018* 8:30 pm | No. 9 | vs. No. 13 South Carolina Vancouver Showcase Semifinals | W 70–68 | 5–0 | Vancouver Convention Centre (1,156) Vancouver, BC |
| 11/24/2018* 5:00 pm | No. 9 | vs. No. 1 Notre Dame Vancouver Showcase Championship | L 81–91 | 5–1 | Vancouver Convention Centre (1,866) Vancouver, BC |
| 12/01/2018* 12:00 pm, P12N | No. 9 | La Salle | W 100–46 | 6–1 | Gill Coliseum (4,016) Corvallis, OR |
| 12/09/2018* 2:00 pm | No. 8 | Santa Clara | W 82–31 | 7–1 | Gill Coliseum (4,015) Corvallis, OR |
| 12/14/2018* 9:30 pm | No. 8 | vs. Eastern Washington Maui Jim Maui Classic | W 93–45 | 8–1 | Lahaina Civic Center (1,112) Lahaina, HI |
| 12/15/2018* 9:30 pm | No. 8 | vs. Texas A&M Maui Jim Maui Classic | L 70–76 | 8–2 | Lahaina Civic Center (1,083) Lahaina, HI |
| 12/20/2018* 7:00 pm, P12N | No. 11 | Duke | W 71–57 | 9–2 | Gill Coliseum (7,060) Corvallis, OR |
| 12/29/2018* 2:00 pm | No. 11 | Cal State Bakersfield | W 92–52 | 10–2 | Gill Coliseum (4,393) Corvallis, OR |
| Pac-12 regular season ||||||
| 01/05/2019 7:00 pm, P12N | No. 11 | Washington State | W 76–69 | 11–2 (1–0) | Gill Coliseum (4,733) Corvallis, OR |
| 01/06/2019 2:00 pm | No. 11 | Washington | W 78–67 | 12–2 (2–0) | Gill Coliseum (4,854) Corvallis, OR |
| 01/11/2019 7:00 pm, P12N | No. 10 | at UCLA | W 83–73 | 13–2 (3–0) | Pauley Pavilion (2,404) Los Angeles, CA |
| 01/13/2019 12:00 pm, P12N | No. 10 | at USC | W 76–52 | 14–2 (4–0) | Galen Center (641) Los Angeles, CA |
| 01/18/2019 7:00 pm | No. 10 | Arizona | W 86–64 | 15–2 (5–0) | Gill Coliseum (5,061) Corvallis, OR |
| 01/20/2019 2:00 pm, P12N | No. 10 | No. 19 Arizona State | L 76–79 $^{2OT}$ | 15–3 (5–1) | Gill Coliseum (5,690) Corvallis, OR |
| 01/25/2019 8:00 pm, P12N | No. 9 | at Washington | W 86–39 | 16–3 (6–1) | Alaska Airlines Arena (1,887) Seattle, WA |
| 01/27/2019 12:00 pm, P12N | No. 9 | at Washington State | W 52–35 | 17–3 (7–1) | Beasley Coliseum (1,043) Pullman, WA |
| 02/01/2019 7:00 pm, P12N | No. 9 | Colorado | W 89–65 | 18–3 (8–1) | Gill Coliseum (4,600) Corvallis, OR |
| 02/03/2019 12:00 pm, P12N | No. 9 | No. 14 Utah | W 71–63 | 19–3 (9–1) | Gill Coliseum (4,960) Corvallis, OR |
| 02/08/2019 6:00 pm, P12N | No. 7 | at No. 11 Stanford | L 44–61 | 19–4 (9–2) | Maples Pavilion (2,840) Stanford, CA |
| 02/10/2019 1:00 pm, P12N | No. 7 | at California | W 82–74 | 20–4 (10–2) | Haas Pavilion (3,220) Berkeley, CA |
| 02/15/2019 6:00 pm, P12N | No. 9 | at No. 3 Oregon Civil War | L 68–77 | 20–5 (10–3) | Matthew Knight Arena (12,364) Eugene, OR |
| 02/18/2019 6:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 12 | No. 2 Oregon Civil War | W 67–62 | 21–5 (11–3) | Gill Coliseum (9,301) Corvallis, OR |
| 02/22/2019 6:00 pm, P12N | No. 12 | USC | W 68–61 | 22–5 (12–3) | Gill Coliseum (5,084) Corvallis, OR |
| 02/24/2019 1:00 pm, P12N | No. 12 | UCLA | W 75–72 | 23–5 (13–3) | Gill Coliseum (5,916) Corvallis, OR |
| 03/01/2019 5:00 pm, P12N | No. 9 | at No. 21 Arizona State | L 54–66 | 23–6 (13–4) | Wells Fargo Arena (3,176) Tempe, AZ |
| 03/03/2019 2:00 pm, P12N | No. 9 | at Arizona | W 65–60 $^{2OT}$ | 24–6 (14–4) | McKale Center (2,119) Tucson, AZ |
| Pac-12 Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/08/2019 8:30 pm, P12N | (3) No. 11 | vs. (11) Washington Quarterfinals | L 67–68 | 24–7 | MGM Grand Garden Arena (4,489) Paradise, NV |
| NCAA Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/23/2019* 3:00 pm, ESPN2 | (4 A) No. 11 | (13 A) Boise State First Round | W 80–75 $^{OT}$ | 25–7 | Gill Coliseum (5,089) Corvallis, OR |
| 03/25/2019* 6:00 pm, ESPN | (4 A) No. 11 | (5 A) No. 16 Gonzaga Second Round | W 76–70 | 26–7 | Gill Coliseum (5,478) Corvallis, OR |
| 03/29/2019* 6:30 pm, ESPN | (4 A) No. 11 | vs. (1 A) No. 5 Louisville Sweet Sixteen | L 44–61 | 26–8 | Times Union Center (8,765) Albany, NY |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. A=Albany Region. All times are in Pacific Time. ||||||

## Rankings

2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | Not ranked previous week |
| (RV) | Received Votes |
| (NR) | Not Ranked |
^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.