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Beavers Roll Past No. 24 Arizona, 82-65
January 12, 2020 | Men's Basketball
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Tres Tinkle scored 20 points and Oregon State beat No. 24 Arizona 82-65 on Sunday night at Gill Coliseum.
Ethan Thompson had 18 points and eight assists for the Beavers (12-4, 2-2 Pac-12). He became the 43rd player in Oregon State history to join the 1,000-point club when he drilled a 3-pointer in the second half.
Zeke Nnaji had 18 points and nine rebound to lead Arizona (11-5, 1-2), and Jemari Baker scored 10 points.
After Nnaji made two free throws to tie the score at 49-all with 12:05 left in the second half, Oregon State took over and outscored Arizona 33-16 the rest of the way.
Alfred Hollins' 3-pointer culminated a 7-0 run and gave Oregon State a 56-49 lead with 10:17 remaining. The Beavers extended the lead to 70-56 on Kylor Kelley's dunk with 4:45 left and led by as much as 20.
It was a dominant second-half performance from the Beavers, who were coming off an 82-76 loss to Arizona State.
Arizona, which lost at No. 9 Oregon in overtime on Thursday, remained winless on the road this season.
Oregon State had an early eight-point advantage, but Arizona regained the lead at 28-26 late in the first half on an 8-0 run culminated by Max Hazzard's 3-pointer.
The score was tied 31-31 at halftime.
The Beavers next hit the road to play Washington in Seattle on Thursday (8 p.m. on FS1) and Washington State in Pullman on Saturday (1 p.m. on Pac-12 Network).
OUR MISSION
Oregon State Athletics strives to Build Excellent Authentic Visionary Student-Athletes (Go BEAVS).
Ethan Thompson had 18 points and eight assists for the Beavers (12-4, 2-2 Pac-12). He became the 43rd player in Oregon State history to join the 1,000-point club when he drilled a 3-pointer in the second half.
Zeke Nnaji had 18 points and nine rebound to lead Arizona (11-5, 1-2), and Jemari Baker scored 10 points.
After Nnaji made two free throws to tie the score at 49-all with 12:05 left in the second half, Oregon State took over and outscored Arizona 33-16 the rest of the way.
Alfred Hollins' 3-pointer culminated a 7-0 run and gave Oregon State a 56-49 lead with 10:17 remaining. The Beavers extended the lead to 70-56 on Kylor Kelley's dunk with 4:45 left and led by as much as 20.
It was a dominant second-half performance from the Beavers, who were coming off an 82-76 loss to Arizona State.
Arizona, which lost at No. 9 Oregon in overtime on Thursday, remained winless on the road this season.
Oregon State had an early eight-point advantage, but Arizona regained the lead at 28-26 late in the first half on an 8-0 run culminated by Max Hazzard's 3-pointer.
The score was tied 31-31 at halftime.
The Beavers next hit the road to play Washington in Seattle on Thursday (8 p.m. on FS1) and Washington State in Pullman on Saturday (1 p.m. on Pac-12 Network).
OUR MISSION
Oregon State Athletics strives to Build Excellent Authentic Visionary Student-Athletes (Go BEAVS).
Team Stats
UA
OSU
FG%
.396
.540
3FG%
.294
.444
FT%
.783
.909
RB
28
31
TO
10
10
STL
3
7
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