After a heartbreaking loss to No. 15 Stanford on Sunday, the WSU Women’s Basketball team will get back on the road for another tough matchup when they battle the No. 9 Oregon State Beavers Friday night in Corvallis.

The Cougars (10-5, 1-3 in Pac-12) will look to earn their third win against a ranked opponent this season, and snap a current three-game skid against Pac-12 teams. The Beavers (14-1, 4-0) will look to defend their home court and win their fourth-straight game against the Cougars.

Last season, the Cougars lost all three games they played against the Beavers by double-digit point margins, including a 67-53 loss in Pullman last Feb. The Beavers also had their way with the Cougars in postseason play, defeating the Cougars in the 2014 Pac-12 tournament semifinal round 70-60.

The Beavers went on to finish second in the Pac-12 Tournament, and earned a berth in the 2014 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament last March.

In her weekly press conference, Head Coach June Daugherty said the key for the Cougars to get back on track is to play within themselves.

“Oregon State is very balanced and has a lot of weapons,” Daugherty said. “We need to play in the moment and play the next play, and get back to playing Cougar basketball.”

The Beavers are arguably the most balanced team in the Pac-12 conference. The team leads the conference defensively, allowing just 54.8 points per game, while ranking second in the conference in scoring, putting up 77.9 points per game, according to Pac-12.com.

The team is also the most efficient offensive and defensive team in the conference, holding opponents to 32.3 percent shooting from the field while converting 46.6 percent of their own shots.

The team is led by junior center Ruth Hamblin, the team’s leading scorer (13.5 PPG) and rebounder (9.1 RPG), according to the team’s website. The Houston, B.C. native also makes her presence felt on the defensive end of the floor, ranking 13th in the NCAA with 3.3 blocks per game, according to ESPN.com.

In addition to Hamblin, the Beavers have two other double-digit scorers in sophomore guard Sydney Wiese (13.4 PPG) and junior guard Jamie Weisner (11.3 PPG), according to the team’s website. Wiese also leads the team from beyond the arc, hitting 50.5 percent of her three-point attempts.

WSU junior guard Taylor Edmondson said the Beaver’s greatest strength is the depth of their roster.

“They have so much depth that it’s sometimes hard to do the same things against them,” Edmondson said. “But if we follow the game plan, play hard, and do what we’ve done in practice, we’ll be fine.”

WSU senior center Shalie Dheensaw said that regardless of the opponent, the Cougars feel they can compete with anyone in the Pac-12 conference.

“In the Pac-12, you can’t look back at your losses,” Dheensaw said. “Oregon State is having a great season, but we know we can compete with any team at any place and time.”

Tipoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. Friday, and the game will be televised on the Pac-12 Networks.