Oregon State Stuns Cold-Shooting UW

Pac-10/WCC/Big Sky

J.D. Vetter scored 14 points, including 8-for-9 from the free throw line, as Oregon State surprised Washington 63-55 Thursday night in Corvallis, Ore.

With a victory, the heavily favored Huskies would have had their best start since 1982. Instead, they shot 26 percent from the field (15 for 56) and fell to 8-4 overall, 1-2 in the Pac-10.

Oregon State (3-8, 1-1) outrebounded Washington 40-31 despite UW’s decided height advantage.

Beavers’ freshman Iyan Walker scored eight points in the first half as Oregon State took a 26-18 lead. The Beavers opened the second half with a 12-6 run to make it 38-24 with 11:25 to play.

Mark Sanford’s two free throws with 3:14 to play cut Oregon State’s lead to 49-43 but the Huskies came no closer.

Freshman Sasa Petrovic sank a 3-pointer and Vetter made four consecutive free throw lines to boost the lead to 56-43.

Washington was forced to foul, and the Beavers were 7-for-11 from the line the rest of the way.

Oregon State 63, Washington 55

Washington (8-4) - Sanford 3-16 6-6 13, MacCulloch 0-0 0-0 0, Hamilton 1-4 2-2 5, Boston 6-16 3-4 16, Booker 1-6 6-10 8, Femerling 1-1 0-0 2, Watts 1-7 0-0 2, Hartman 2-6 4-4 9, Amos 0-0 0-2 0. Totals 15-56 21-28 55.

Oregon St. (3-8) - Walker 4-5 1-5 9, Benjamin 5-14 1-2 11, Brown 4-8 0-3 9, Vetter 2-6 8-9 14, Pryor 0-2 0-0 0, Williams 1-2 0-0 2, Petrovic 2-3 2-5 7, Edwards 1-1 2-4 2, Riggs 0-0 7-8 7, Moore 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 19-41 21-34 63.

Halftime-Oregon St. 26, Washington 18. 3-Point goals- Washington 4-26 (Hamilton 1-3, Hartman 1-3, Boston 1-6, Sanford 1-8, Booker 0-2, Watts 0-4), Oregon St. 4-12 (Vetter 2-5, Brown 1-2, Petrovic 1-2, Benjamin 0-1, Pryor 0-2). Fouled out-Hartman. Rebounds-Washington 31 (Sanford 6), Oregon St. 40 (Brown 7). Assists-Washington 6 (MacCulloch, Hamilton, Boston, Booker, Watts, Hartman), Oregon St. 11 (Brown 4). Total fouls-Washington 25, Oregon St. 21. Technicals- Hartman, Sanford. A-4,318.

(17) UCLA 64, (24) Stanford 56

At Los Angeles, Toby Bailey scored 14 points and the Bruins survived a second-half rally by the Cardinal for their eighth straight victory.

UCLA (10-3) beat Stanford (8-3, 2-1) for the 10th consecutive time, dropping the Cardinal out of a share of first place. UCLA and California remain tied with 3-0 records.

Stanford, the preseason pick to win the conference, trailed by 14 points at halftime before closing within two points midway through the second.

Then Bailey keyed a game-ending 21-14 run with a 3-pointer and a basket as the Cardinal managed just five field goals over the final 10:12.

Stanford (8-3) - Poppink 4-10 4-5 12, Allaway 3-6 0-1 6, Knight 3-11 2-2 9, Cross 4-14 3-4 11, Harbour 3-7 1-3 8, Seaton 1-2 0-0 2, Sauer 2-4 0-0 6, Jackson 0-2 0-0 0, Weems 1-2 0-0 2, Lee 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 21-61 10-15 56.

UCLA (10-3) - O’Bannon 2-8 4-4 8, Henderson 4-8 2-3 10, McCoy 5-7 0-2 10, Johnson 3-7 5-10 11, Bailey 6-18 1-3 14, Dollar 0-1 9-10 9, Dempsey 0-1 0-0 0, Givens 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 21-53 21-32 64.

Halftime-UCLA 31, Stanford 17. 3-Point goals-Stanford 4-17 (Sauer 2-2, Harbour 1-3, Knight 1-5, Cross 0-7), UCLA 1-4 (Bailey 1-2, O’Bannon 0-1, Johnson 0-1). Fouled out-Poppink, Allaway, Harbour, Henderson. Rebounds-Stanford 30 (Allaway 9), UCLA 51 (McCoy 12). Assists-Stanford 9 (Knight 4), UCLA 12 (O’Bannon, Johnson, Bailey 3 each). Total fouls-Stanford 28, UCLA 18. Technicals-Allaway. A-12,695.

California 63, USC 60

At Los Angeles, Shareef Abdur-Rahim’s shot from inside with 36 seconds remaining brought the Golden Bears (8-3, 3-0) back from a 60-59 deficit to a road victory over the Trojans (8-6, 1-2). After Abdur-Rahim’s basket, Randy Duck completed the scoring by sinking a pair of free throws with 8 seconds on the clock.

California (8-3) - Abdur-Rahim 12-27 4-9 28, Stewart 1-2 0-2 2, Gardner 3-12 3-4 11, Duck 2-10 4-4 8, McGruder 0-3 0-0 0, Gray 1-8 1-2 4, McQueen 1-3 0-1 2, Gonzalez 0-1 1-2 1, K. Jones 2-5 3-4 7. Totals 22-71 16-28 63.

USC (8-6) - Wilson 5-8 1-3 11, Boseman 5-19 1-6 13, A. Jones 4-10 0-0 8, Martin 5-9 3-3 13, Murray 2-8 6-8 10, Reuter 2-2 0-0 5, Crouse 0-0 0-2 0, Dawson 0-0 0-0 0, Strong 0-0 0-0 0, Souferian 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-56 11-22 60.

Halftime-USC 38, Cal 31. 3-Point goals-USC 3-8 (Boseman 2-6, Murray 0-1, Reuter 1-1), Cal 3-15 (Abdur-Rahim 0-1, Gardner 2-6, Duck 0-2, Gray 1-4, McQueen 0-1). Fouled out- Jones, Murray. Rebounds-Cal 44 (Abdur-Rahim 13), USC 47 (Wilson 17). Assists-Cal 10 (McGruder 4), USC 11 (Murray 8). Total fouls-Cal 18, USC 21. A-5,067.

WCC

San Diego 81, Pepperdine 70

At San Diego. Nosa Obasohan and Ryan Williams scored 12 points each as the Toreros (7-5, 2-0) jumped to an early lead en route to an easy victory over the Waves (7-6, 0-1).

San Diego led 40-24 at halftime after hitting 63.6 percent from the floor.

Pepperdine (7-6) - Hill 4-8 5-9 13, Brown 10-12 3-4 25, Van Der Putten 5-12 1-1 11, Hervey 3-3 0-2 7, Johnson 3-15 2-2 5, Griffin 2-3 0-1 4, Archie 1-3 0-0 2, Bragg 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 28-56 11-19 70.

San Diego (7-5)- Courtney 1-3 0-0 2, Williams 4-9 4-6 12, Raffo 3-5 4-4 10, Jacobsen 2-4 4-4 9, Fizdale 1-6 7-8 9, Black 2-3 2-2 6, Obasohan 5-6 0-0 12, Smith 3-5 2-2 10, Speech 3-4 1-3 8, Mutrie 1-1 0-1 3. Totals 25-46 24-30 81.

Halftime-USD 40, Pepperdine 24. 3-Point goals- Pepperdine 3-10 (Brown 2-2, Hervey 1-1, Johnson 0-7), USD 7-14 (Obasohan 2-3, Smith 2-3, Mutrie 1-1, Jacobsen 1-2, Speech 1-2, Fizdale 0-1, Williams 0-2). Fouled out-Johnson, Griffin, Williams. Rebounds-Pepperdine 32 (Hill, Van Der Putten 7), USD 27 (Williams, Jacobsen 5). Assists-Pepperdine 13 (Hervey, Johnson 5), USD 19 (Fizdale 9). Total fouls- Pepperdine 25, USD 19. A-1,432.

USF 61, Loyola Marymount 57

At San Francisco, Gerald Walker’s season-high 27 points led the Dons (8-6, 1-1) to victory over the Lions (9-4, 0-1). Loyola took a 17-4 lead and San Francisco did not score a field goal the first 10 minutes of the game. But the Dons, led by Walker’s 12 first-half points, fought back to take a 25-23 halftime lead.

Loyola Marymount (9-4) - O’Quinn 6-14 4-4 19, Ammerman 1-5 2-2 5, Oduok 3-5 6-6 12, Kennedy 1-3 0-0 2, Williamson 1-8 1-2 4, Hammond 1-1 0-0 2, Jones 0-1 0-0 0, Woolery 1-4 0-2 2, Perry 0-0 0-0 0, Hotopp 5-7 1-1 11. Totals 19-48 14-17 57.

San Francisco (8-6) - Campbell 2-8 0-0 5, Duggan 5-11 2-2 13, Washington 2-4 3-6 7, Brass 0-2 2-2 2, Walker 7-14 11-12 27, Galloway 1-1 2-2 4, Johnson 0-0 3-4 3, Colter 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 17-41 23-28 61.

Halftime-San Francisco 25, Loyola Marymount 23. 3-Point goals-LMU 5-21 (O’Quinn 3-8, Ammerman 1-3, Kennedy 0-1, Williamson 1-7, Woolery 0-2), San Francisco 4-12 (Campbell 1-2, Duggan 1-4, Brass 0-2, Walker 2-4). Fouled out-Campbell. Rebounds-LMU 28 (Oduok 12), San Francisco 30 (Duggan 9). Assists-LMU 9 (O’Quinn 4), San Francisco 8 (Walker 3). Total fouls-LMU 19, San Francisco 17. A-3,251.

Big Sky

Montana 66, Northern Arizona 64

At Missoula, Shawn Samuelson scored 14 points to lead the Grizzlies (11-3, 1-0) past the Lumberjacks (3-9, 0-1) in a Big Sky Conference opener.

Montana went up 65-63 on two free throws by Samuelson with 1:39 remaining. Eric Bowie iced it by hitting a free throw with less than a second to play.

Northern Arizona (3-9) - Taylor 5-8 1-2 11, Bowden 2-5 1-2 5, Frank 3-4 2-2 8, Thomas 3-11 5-7 11, Riley 5-9 4-4 17, Green 2-6 0-0 4, Abbott 0-0 0-0 0, McNair 2-5 1-2 5, Ten Berge 1-2 0-0 2, Chapman 0-5 1-3 1. Totals 23-55 15-22 64.

Montana (11-3) - Spoja 4-12 4-4 12, Samuelson 4-10 6-7 14, Covill 2-3 3-5 7, Walker 1-3 2-2 4, Belnap 3-6 4-5 12, Bowie 1-4 1-1 3, Seidensticker 0-1 1-2 1, Smith 4-6 5-8 13, Dick 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 19-46 26-34 66.

Halftime-NAU 35, UM 28. 3-point goals-NAU 3-11 (Riley 3-5, McNair 0-3, Thomas 0-2, Green 0-1), UM 2-11 (Belnap 2-4, Spoja 0-3, Walker 0-2, Samuelson 0-1, Bowie 0-1). Fouled out- Taylor, Bowden, Chapman, Covill, Belnap. Rebounds-NAU 42 (Taylor 10), UM 27 (Samuelson 7). Assists-NAU 12 (Five players with 2), UM 14 (Walker, Belnap 5). Total fouls-NAU 26, UM 22. Technicals-Belnap. A-4,463.