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 received management with a 27-6 run over a 10-minute stretch of the primary half.
For the reason that NCAA went to a 64-team area in 1994, three seeds are 118-0 in first-round video games in opposition to 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 on Sunday at Gill, the place it would play Nebraska, a 61-59 winner over Texas A&M later Friday. Sport 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 damage. Beers lay on the ground for a pair minutes, received 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 Event video games below coach Scott Rueck.
Attendance for Friday’s doubleheader wasn’t to be introduced till the second half of the second recreation, nevertheless it’s positive to be a Gill Coliseum NCAA Event file. The earlier excessive was 6,074 in 2016.
Jamie Loera scored 21 factors to guide Jap Washington, which completed the season 29-6 with Massive 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, specifically soccer and basketball, and could be reached at 360-607-4824, ndaschel@oregonian.com or @nickdaschel.
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