Colorado thumps Oregon State in women’s basketball, Beavers fall below .500 with 6 games left

The Colorado Buffaloes on Sunday accomplished their first ladies’s basketball highway sweep of the Oregon faculties, outclassing the Oregon State Beavers at each ends to win 67-48 at Gill Coliseum.

The aggressive Buffaloes pissed off OSU’s offense for 3 quarters and Colorado was in command from the opening minutes. The Beavers shot 32.7% from the sector, ending with their worst capturing proportion in a Pac-12 common season sport since 2019.

Oregon State’s offense was so inept within the early going, the Beavers scored simply six factors by way of the primary 14 minutes.

OSU (11-12, 3-9) misplaced its fourth consecutive sport and fell under .500 for the primary time this season. The final time the Beavers had a sub-.500 document 23 video games into the season was 2012-13.

Colorado (18-5, 9-3) remained within the hunt for the Pac-12′s common season championship. The Buffaloes made 8 of 20 pictures from three-point vary, and clobbered OSU on the boards, outrebounding the Beavers 46-26. Quay Miller completed with 15 factors and 19 rebounds, whereas Jaylyn Sherrod added 15 factors for the Buffaloes.

The lone Beavers participant to succeed in double figures in scoring was freshman ahead Timea Gardiner, who made the primary begin of her profession and completed with 13 factors.

Oregon State’s offense was as ineffective because it’s been all season within the first half, when Colorado opened up a commanding 35-20 halftime lead.

The Beavers scored the primary basket, then the Buffaloes ran off 16 consecutive factors. By quarter’s finish, the Buffaloes had a 21-6 lead. The Beavers made 2 of 9 pictures and dedicated seven turnovers within the opening quarter.

It wasn’t significantly better for a lot of the second quarter. Beginning with a stretch late within the first quarter, OSU went almost six minutes with out scoring earlier than Gardiner hit a free throw. By then, Colorado had a 28-6 lead.

OSU’s first-half savior was Adlee Blacklock, who hit three threes, together with back-to-back long-range pictures throughout an 8-0 second-quarter run. The Beavers scored the ultimate 4 factors of the quarter to trim the halftime deficit to fifteen.

No matter second-half magic OSU generated Friday evening — when it rallied from a 15-point fourth-quarter deficit towards the Utah Utes — by no means materialized. Colorado didn’t let off the fuel, pushing its result in 20 factors late within the third quarter.

The Beavers didn’t get nearer than 16 factors within the fourth quarter.

Subsequent up: The Beavers open a four-game journey Friday at UCLA.

Nick Daschel reported from Corvallis

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