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Fast-Starting Beavers Thump Cougars

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Reda Petraitis had a career-high 18 points, and Cherrith Wiersma made three 3-pointers in the first 4 minutes to set the tone for Oregon State’s 72-52 win over Washington State in Corvallis, Ore.

The Beavers (6-10, 2-2 Pac-10) won their second straight after losing 10 consecutive conference games.

Jennifer Kerns had 13 points to lead the Cougars (3-12, 0-5), who lost for the seventh time in a row and 10th time in their last 11 games.

Petraitis made 9 of her 12 shots and added six rebounds. Four other Oregon State players scored in double figures, including Sissel Pierce, who had 10 points and blocked five shots.

Oregon St. 72, Washington St. 52

Washington State (3-12) - Harrod 2-8 0-0 4, Collins 1-3 0-0 2, Smith 2-4 0-0 6, Kerns 5-9 0-0 13, Dietel 4-14 2-4 10, Nyseth 1-6 0-0 3, Eldridge 0-0 0-0 0, McNeely 3-4 4-4 10, Volkman 2-5 0-0 4, Berglund 0-4 0-0 0, DeAnda 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 20-57 6-8 52.

Oregon State (6-10) - Ca. Wiersma 1-3 0-0 3, Ce. Wiersma 4-10 0-0 11, Pierce 5-7 0-2 10, Petr aitis 9-12 0-1 18, Ragland 4-8 2-2 10, Rukstelyte 1-2 1-2 3, Kinsman 0-0 0-0 0, Cook 0-4 2-2 2, Thomas 3-5 2-4 10, Funn 0-5 0-0 0, Estell 2-4 0-0 5. Totals 29-60 7-13 72.

Halftime-Oregon State 33, Washington State 22. 3-Point goals-Oregon State 7-14 (Ce. Wiersma 3-6, Thomas 2-3, Estell 1-1, Ca. Wiersma 1-1, Funn 0-1, Ragland 0-2), Washington State 6-16 (Kerns 3-5, Smith 2-3, Nyseth 1-4, Collins 0-1, Dietel 0-2). Fouled out-None. Rebounds-Washington State 32 (Dietel 6), Oregon State 33 (Cook 9). Assists-Washington State 16 (Nyseth 8), Oregon State 23 (Ce. Wiersma 6). Total fouls-Washington State 16, Oregon State 9. A-606.

EWU 73, Sacramento State 54

Tracy Ford Phelps and Julie Moore led all scorers with 14 points and Allie Bailey added 12 as the Eagles opened a four-game homestand by defeating the Hornets in Cheney for their first Big Sky Conference win of the season.

Cal State Sacramento (3-11, 1-2) - Scoubes 3-11 3-7 11, Kenyan 1-2 0-0 2, Hardaway 3-6 0-2 6, Rodriguez 2-4 3-4 7, Dunn 3-8 2-4 9, Gatson 2-9 2-4 6, St. Clair 2-4 4-6 9, Mayes 0-0 0-0 0, Carter 1-1 0-0 2,Smurzynski 1-7, 0-0 2, Ranny 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 18-52, 16-27 54.

Eastern Washington (5-10, 1-4) - Demetruk 0-3 0-0 0, Bailey 5-9 2-2 12, Paluck 1-6 0-0 2, J. Granger 0-2 2-2 2, Ruen 2-5 1-2 6, Ford-Phelps 6-16 0-0 14, Chase 2-6 0-0 4, Moore 7-10 0-0 14, Gabel 2-6 0-0 4, Burgess 3-5 0-2 6, Carlson 2-3 0-0 4. Totals 31-80 8-12 73.

Halftime-Eastern Washington 43, Cal State Sacramento 24. 3-point goals- Cal State Sacramento 2-8 (St. Clair 1-2, Dunn 1-3, Scoubes 0-1, Rodriguez 0-1), Eastern Washington 3-17 (FordPhelps 2-6, Granger 1-1, Demetruk 0-1, Granger 0-3, Paluck 0-4). Fouled out- None. Rebounds- Cal State Sacramento 37 (Ranney 6, St. Clair 6) Eastern Washington (Bailey 9, Moore 9). Assists- Cal State Sacremento 7 (Dunn 4) Eastern Washington 19 (Granger 6). Total fouls-Cal State Sacremento 14, Eastern Washington 22. Technicals- None. A- 835.

Oregon 65, Washington 51

Shaquala Williams scored 20 points to help Oregon downed Washington at Eugene, Ore., in the Ducks’ first home game in more than six weeks.

Williams’ night epitomized a lackluster offensive effort by both teams. Williams was just 5 of 17 from the field, and the Ducks (12-4, 3-1 Pac-10) shot 32 percent. The Huskies (5-12, 1-4) were even more off the mark, shooting 31 percent.

Oregon had a big advantage at the foul line, hitting 20 of 23. UW was 9 of 11.

Washington (5-12) - Erickon 3-7 0-0 6, Sheets 3-8 0-0 7, Gray 0-3 4-4 4, Franza 6-15 1-2 15, Payne 4-16 2-3 10, Duncan 0-4 2-2 2, Autrey 2-3 0-0 4, O’Neill 1-5 0-0 3, Pimley 0-0 0-0 0, Reichmann 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 19-61 9-11 51.

Oregon (12-4) - Wolvert 3-6 1-3 7, Mowe 2-3 0-0 4, Williams 5-17 7-7 20, Craighead 0-7 0-0 0, Strange 2-9 2-2 6, Piers 0-1 0-0 0, Shreve 0-1 0-0 0, Edwards 0-1 0-0 0, Dion 3-7 0-0 8, Fredrick 2-3 1-2 5, Moore 0-0 0-0 0, Unaka 0-0 2-2 2, Meharry 3-8 7-7 13. Totals 20-63 20-23 65.

Halftime-Oregon 29, Washington 16. 3-Point goals- Washington 4-18 (Franza 2-4, Sheets 1-1, O’Neill 1-3, Duncan 0-1, Gray 0-2, Payne 0-7), Oregon 5-23 (Williams 3-11, Dion 2-4, Shreve 0-1, Craighead 0-7). None. Rebounds-UW 39 (O’Neill 12), Oregon 43 (Strange 9). Assists-Washington 10 (Gray 5), Oregon 15 (Craighead 5). Total fouls-UW 22, Oregon 11. A-5,334.