Oregon State is riding a six-game winning streak and is back in the top 10 of the Associated Press poll following its weekend road sweep of Utah and Colorado. And the No. 9 Beavers have officially survived life without All-Pac-12 point guard Sydney Wiese, as she returned to action against Utah.
That makes this an appropriate time for our periodic check-in on where OSU stands statistically.
Not surprisingly, the numbers continue to highlight the Beavers' smothering defense. OSU continues to lead the nation in field-goal percentage defense (30.9) and also ranks in the top 10 in blocked shots (second, 6.