Oregon St. women pull off Pac-12 opening upset of USC

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Raegan Beers scored 18 factors making 8 of 9 foul photographs and Adlee Blacklock scored 15 and No. 11-seed Oregon State upset sixth-seed USC 56-48 on Wednesday in a gap spherical of the Pac-12 Convention match.

Jelena Mitrovic added 12 factors for Oregon State (13-17). The Beavers advance to play No. 3-seed Colorado on Thursday.

Oregon State outscored USC 21-5 within the closing 6:53 and made all eight of its closing foul photographs on the finish to safe the win.

Kadi Sissoko scored 16 factors and Future Littlejohn scored 12 for USC (21-9).

The Trojans entered having swept the common season sequence over Oregon State with wins of 69-58 and 60-56.

Beers’ layup with 4:41 left within the third quarter gave Oregon State a 30-26 lead and he or she grew to become the sport’s first double-digit scorer with 11 factors. The Trojans responded with an 11-4 run to shut the quarter for a 37-34 benefit.

USC appeared to create protected house when Okako Adika’s 3-pointer put the Trojans forward 43-35 with 7:11 left, however Oregon State went on an 11-0 run with six factors coming from the foul line. AJ Marotte made a pair of foul photographs and adopted with a layup for a 46-43 Oregon State lead and so they led for the rest.

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