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When public address announcer Jim Patterson announced there was one minute remaining in Oregon State’s women's basketball game Sunday, the Gill Coliseum crowd of 4,704 almost simultaneously rose to its collective feet and serenaded the Beavers with a resounding and steady applause.

Not long after, the fans got to celebrate, one-by-one, the final regular-season appearance for seniors Gabby Hanson, Sydney Wiese and Kolbie Orum as they were subbed out.

Their work was done as the trio combined for 35 points in the No. 10 Beavers’ 71-56 win over California that wrapped up an outright Pac-12 title for Oregon State. It’s the third straight regular-season title for the Beavers.

The Beavers will be the No. 1 seed in next week’s Pac-12 tournament and will play at 11:30 a.m. Friday in the quarterfinals against the winner of Thursday’s game between No. 8 California and and No. 9 seed USC. That game is also an 11:30 a.m. start.

When the final horn sounded, the confetti began to fall and the players and coaches celebrated with another championship banner before cutting down the nets — something that has become old hat for the program.

And it never, ever gets old.

This one was pretty special for the seniors.