CORVALLIS — Oregon State shrugged off a gradual begin Friday, then did what No. 3 seeds typically do in first-round NCAA girls’s basketball match video games.
Roll and advance.
Trailing by eight late within the first quarter, Oregon State rapidly turned issues in its favor and routed No. 14 seed Jap Washington 73-51 Friday evening at Gill Coliseum. The Beavers bought management with a 27-6 run over a 10-minute stretch of the primary half.
Because the NCAA went to a 64-team subject in 1994, three seeds are 118-0 in first-round video games towards No. 14s. There wasn’t a lot hazard of that altering Friday at Gill Coliseum, because the Beavers led by double digits all through the second half.
Oregon State (25-7) advances to the second spherical, the place it’ll play the Nebraska-Texas A&M first-round winner Sunday at Gill. Recreation time might be introduced later Friday evening.
The Beavers’ win is probably bittersweet. Raegan Beers scored 19 factors, however left the sport after the third quarter after struggling an obvious ankle harm. Beers lay on the ground for a pair minutes, bought up and slowly walked to the bench, then left for the locker room with a coach. Beers watched the sport from the bench for a lot of the fourth quarter.
Dominika Paurova scored 17 factors and Timea Gardiner 12 for Oregon State. The Beavers shot 55% (28 of 51), and out-rebounded Jap Washington 45-26, with Beers grabbing a team-high 9 boards.
Oregon State improved to 8-0 in first-round NCAA Match video games beneath coach Scott Rueck.
Attendance for Friday’s doubleheader wasn’t to be introduced till the second half of the second sport, but it surely’s positive to be a Gill Coliseum NCAA Match document. The earlier excessive was 6,074 in 2016.
Jamie Loera scored 21 factors to steer Jap Washington, which completed the season 29-6 with Large Sky regular-season and convention match titles.
Oregon State hadn’t performed for 2 weeks and it confirmed early. The Beavers fumbled away a lot of their early offensive possessions, as they dedicated eight first-quarter turnovers. The Eagles took benefit, grabbing an 18-10 lead eight minutes into the sport.
The sloppy play didn’t final lengthy. OSU scored the ultimate 5 factors of the primary quarter. It was simply the beginning of one thing higher. With Beers manhandling Jap Washington inside and Paurova doing injury from the perimeter, OSU left the Eagles reeling with a 27-6 run.
In fewer than 12 minutes, Oregon State turned an eight-point deficit right into a 39-27 halftime lead. Beers scored 18 of her 19 factors throughout the first half.
Oregon State pushed the result in 20 factors seven minutes into the third quarter. Jap Washington didn’t get nearer than 17 factors the remainder of the sport.
— Nick Daschel covers Oregon State athletics, particularly soccer and basketball, and may be reached at 360-607-4824, ndaschel@oregonian.com or @nickdaschel.
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