Hanson leads OSU past Mustangs
December 22, 2015 | Women's Basketball
Corvallis, Ore. – Junior guard Gabriella Hanson matched her career high with 19 points to lead Oregon State to an 80-43 victory over Cal Poly on Monday before a Gill Coliseum crowd of 2,716.
"I absolutely loved our defense today," said Oregon State head coach Scott Rueck. "Cal Poly is a team that is used to winning a lot of games and they are very well coached. We got off to a slow start offensively, but the defense was so good that it didn't really matter. Then in the second quarter, it was nice to see us get into a rhythm. Overall this was a nice bounce-back win for us. I really like the grit and togetherness our team played with today."
The 11th-ranked Beavers (9-1) broke the game open by outscoring the Mustangs (6-6) 49-16 in the second and third quarters. OSU led just 12-8 after the first period.
Hanson was 7 of 15 from the field, was 4 of 6 on 3-pointers and added six rebounds and two assists in a solid all-around performance. She also scored 19 points against Oregon on Jan. 13, 2014, during her freshman season.
Senior guard Jamie Weisner added 16 points, seven rebounds, three assists and three steals and sophomore forward Marie Gulich matched her career high with 14 points. She also had eight rebounds to pace OSU's 54-27 advantage.
Freshman guard Katie McWilliams dished out a career-best nine assists in her starting debut. She got the nod in place of junior all-league guard Sydney Wiese, who injured her right hand against Tennessee on Dec. 19 and is out for an undetermined period.
Senior center Ruth Hamblin blocked four shots and moved ahead of former USC star Lisa Leslie for second place on the all-time Pacific-12 Conference list. She now has 325 career rejections. They were tied with 321 before Monday's game.
OSU led 12-8, 36-17 and 61-24 at the quarter stops. The Beavers blocked 11 shots and held Cal Poly to 0-for-9 beyond the arc. It was the second game in a row the Beavers did not surrender a 3-point basket.
Several players also moved up on OSU's career top-10 lists.
· Weisner now had 1,283 points and is 31 away from passing Tina Lelas (1,313) for seventh on OSU's all-time list.
· Hamblin increased her career scoring total to 980 points. She needs 20 more to become the 20th player in school history with 1,000 or more points.
· Hamblin now has 748 career rebounds, fifth all-time. Next to pass is Tiffany Ducker (755).
· Senior Deven Hunter had four rebounds for 738 in her career. She will pass Felicia Ragland for sixth all-time with two more caroms.
The Beavers conclude their nonconference schedule at Notre Dame on Dec. 28 with a 4 p.m. game at Notre Dame. They begin Pacific-12 Conference action at USC on Jan. 2 in a game to be televised by Pac-12 Networks.
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