CORVALLIS — Standing just outside the Gill Coliseum media room, Scott Rueck high-fived Gabby Hanson.
Hanson had just totaled a game-high 19 points and grabbed six rebounds in a resounding victory over Cal Poly on Dec. 21, Oregon State's first game without injured All-Pac-12 point guard Sydney Wiese. Then the coach told the junior guard that that the Beavers would need her to keep contributing at a higher level while Wiese was out.
That's been the added layer of Hanson's evolution this season, which began as morphing from defensive spark off the bench to entrenched starter.