Oregon State leads 33-30 at half

COUGARS

The first half went pretty much as expected, except the Oregon State Beavers, shooting 34 percent from beyond the arc, hit three of their first four 3-point attempts, allowing them to build an early six-point lead. It didn’t help the Cougar cause when DeAngelo Casto, making his first start, picked up two fouls in the first 2 minutes, 20 seconds. Then Aron Baynes picked up a couple of cheap ones himself and sat the 9:20. With those two out (and Charlie Enquist getting some playing time), the Cougars struggled on the boards, getting out-rebounded 14-11, with all of WSU’s on the defensive end while the Beavers had six offensive rebounds, leading to four second-chance points. WSU also isn’t taking care of the ball on the offensive end with seven turnovers leading to 10 OSU points. One last thing … Marcus Capers is starting the second half instead of Nik Koprivica. We’ll be back afterward. Till then …