National Basketball Association
Oregon St. 67, Washington St. 66
When: 10:00 PM ET, Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Where: Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum, Pullman, Washington
Officials:
# Deidre Carr, # Mike Eggers, # Tony Padilla
Attendance:
4167
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Oregon State 67, Washington State 66: Roberto Nelson scored 17 points and the visiting Beavers held off a furious rally to win the Pac-12 Conference contest.
Oregon State (13-12, 3-9 Pac-12) built a 15-point second-half lead but Washington State closed the gap to one point on a barrage of 3-pointers. Leading 64-63, Nelson, who scored 13 points in the first half, hit a layup to give the Beavers a three-point lead.
D.J. Shelton, who had just hit a pair of 3-pointers, missed a potential game-tying shot with seven seconds left and Langston Morris-Walker put the game away with a free throw.
Eric Moreland scored 11 points and grabbed 14 rebounds for the Beavers, who split the season series. Challe Barton also scored 11 for Oregon State, which moved out of a tie with Washington State for last place in the conference.
DaVonte Lacy led Washington State (11-14, 2-10) with 27 points, including seven 3-pointers. Brock Motum had 16 and Royce Woolridge added 10. The Cougars played without starting point guard Mike Ladd due to a left knee injury. Ladd scored a career-high 23 points in the team's first meeting of the season, a 71-68 Cougar win.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Joe Burton hit a jumper to give Oregon State a 9-7 lead early in the first half and the Beavers never trailed again. They led 33-26 at the break. ...Motum has scored at least 11 points in every game this season. ...Oregon State got a pair of steals by both Ahmad Starks and Burton in a span of less than a minute early in the second half during a 10-0 run to take its biggest lead, 43-28, with 17:30 to play.
Top Game Performances
| Oregon St. |
|
Washington St. |
|
Roberto Nelson 17 |
Scoring |
DaVonte Lacy 27 |
|
Ahmad Starks 4 |
Assists |
Bryce Leavitt 5 |
|
Eric Moreland 14 |
Rebounds |
D.J. Shelton 6 |
|
Devon Collier 4 |
Free Throws Made |
DaVonte Lacy 4 |
|
Joe Burton 3 |
Steals |
Royce Woolridge 2 |
|
Joe Burton 1 |
Blocks |
Dexter Kernich-Drew 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Oregon St.
|
67 |
45.3 |
8-20 |
11-16 |
11 |
32 |
2 |
8 |
11 |
| Washington St.
|
66 |
46.8 |
14-28 |
8-8 |
14 |
23 |
2 |
4 |
11 |
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