Oregon State holds Florida A&M to 31% shooting, routs Rattlers 60-43

Oregon State leaned on its protection Friday evening to drag out a 60-43 win over Florida A&M at Gill Coliseum in Corvallis.

The Beavers held Florida A&M to 31% capturing (15 of 48) whereas forcing 17 turnovers. The 43 factors ties for the second-lowest level complete yielded by an OSU group throughout coach Wayne Tinkle’s nine-year tenure.

Dexter Akanno scored all his factors through the second half, main the Beavers with 15. Jordan Pope scored 14, whereas Rodrigue Andela had 10.

Oregon State (2-0) had a tricky capturing evening, hitting 22 of 54 from the ground. However the Beavers improved through the second half, hitting 13 of 25.

Neither group was a menace from three-point vary, as OSU hit 4 and Florida A&M three.

Oregon State by no means trailed, however had a troublesome time pulling away from Florida A&M, which misplaced one-sided video games to Oregon and Portland earlier this week. Pope hit back-to-back three-pointers to stake OSU to a 10-4 lead 5 minutes into the sport. However it was tough from there, because the Beavers scored solely six factors through the subsequent eight minutes.

The Rattlers bought as shut as three factors late within the first half. Oregon State led 22-17 at halftime.

Akanno, blanked within the first half, didn’t waste time popping out of the locker room, dunking eight seconds into the second half. Akanno scored 12 of OSU’s first 13 factors after halftime to assist the Beavers constructed a 35-24 lead.

From there, Oregon State by no means led by lower than double digits, taking a lead as massive as 18 factors late within the second half.

Jordan Tillmon led Florida A&M (0-3) with 12 factors. Chase Barr had a double-double with 11 factors and 10 rebounds.

Oregon State returns to motion at 8 p.m. Tuesday when the Beavers play Bushnell at Gill.

— Nick Daschel | ndaschel@oregonian.com | @nickdaschel