Oregon State
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Reid's Career-High 20 Powers Beavers by WSU
February 06, 2015 | Men's Basketball
Junior forward Jarmal Reid scored a career-high 20 points and Oregon State remained undefeated at home with a gritty 55-50 victory over Washington State on Thursday night before a crowd of 5,502 at Gill Coliseum.
The Beavers (15-7, 6-4 Pac-12) improved to 13-0 at Gill Coliseum, its best home start since the 1979-80 club also won 13 straight to start the season. OSU snapped a two-game losing streak and swept the season series with the Cougars (10-12, 4-6).
OSU took the lead for good, 46-44, on a three-pointer by junior guard Langston Morris-Walker with 4:35 remaining. Junior guard Malcolm Duvivier added a layup with 3:08 left for a 49-44 advantage and Reid stretched the margin to 51-44 with a jumper at 2:27.
After a WSU 3-pointer, Reid scored on a layup with 47 seconds to play for a 53-47 advantage. Following another WSU 3-pointer, Reid hit two free throws with 20 seconds left for the final margin.
Duvivier added 15 points and four assists and junior guard Gary Payton II had 11 rebounds, three assists and two steals.
The Beavers were outrebounded 43-34 and were cold from the field (21-54), from deep (3-14) or from the line (10-22). But they erased a nine-point first-half deficit, won the turnover battle 12-5, outscored WSU 25-18 in the second half and 15-8 off turnovers.
“I'm proud of the guys because they fought through it,” assistant coach Stephen Thompson said. “This game was just about fighting through and finding a way to get the win.
“We didn't shoot well, we didn't rebound well. But we didn't compound that with turnovers. We had just five, which is a great stat. It was a much-needed win for us after that [Arizona] road trip,” where they went 0-2.
Defense again was the key. WSU scored 89 points in defeating Stanford on Jan. 31, but it shot just 37 percent (19-51) overall and 19 percent (4-21) from 3-point land on Thursday. The Cougars scored just 18 second-half points; they had only 16 in the first half of OSU's 62-47 triumph at Pullman on Jan. 17.
“We focused in on the defensive end after maybe not having so much focus in the first half,” Thompson said. “[WSU] has had some big scoring games right before we played them; the first time we played them they had 108 points against Oregon.
“We knew they can score. We needed to shut them down and take them out of what they want to do. We slowed the down and kept them to 50.We're very proud of the guys.”
Reid was 8-of-12 from the field and had two rebounds and two assists. His previous career high was 17 points, in the season-opening win over Rice. He has 173 points this season after scoring just 77 total his first two seasons.
“Jarmal has been a force for us all year long,” Thompson said. “He's getting more confident as each day goes by and he's starting to see the rewards of his hard work anmd seeing what his ability can do.
“He's a tough match. Put a small guy on him and he'll power him. Put a bigger guy on him and he'll drive and power that guy as well. He's come a long way and he's a guy we go to when we need buckets, and he delivers.”
WSU led 8-0 after three minutes and 21-12 with 8:16 left in the first half. However, the Beavers rallied and finally drew even at 23-23 on Reid's bucket with 4:44 left. Ties ensued at 26, 28 and 30 before the Cougars took a 32-30 intermission lead on a Junior Longrus basket with 39 seconds remaining.
The Beavers complete their two-game homestand against Washington at 1:30 p.m. Sunday in the #Northwestrivalryseries, presented by Alaska. It will be televised by Fox Sports 1.
