Saturday, February 20
Corvallis, OR
5:00 PM
Oregon State
11-11,7-9Pac-12
57
vs
61
Colorado
17-7,11-6Pac-12
1
2
F
Colorado
35
26
61
Oregon St.
29
28
57
Photo by: Karl Maasdam/Oregon State Athletics
Beavers Battle Buffs To Wire In 71-67 Setback
February 20, 2021 | Men's Basketball
CORVALLIS, Ore. – McKinley Wright IV scored 21 points and moved to No. 7 on Colorado's career scoring list as the Buffaloes beat Oregon State 61-57 on Saturday night at Gill Coliseum.
Colorado won its fifth conference road game of the season, its most since the 1961-62 season.
Ethan Thompson had 18 points and seven assists for the Beavers, moving past Deaundra Tanner (457 assists, 1998-01) and Darryl Flowers (457, 1983-86) to No. 3 on Oregon State's career assists list at 462.
Warith Alatishe added 12 points and 10 rebounds for the Beavers, who had their five-game home winning streak snapped.
Wright passed Josh Scott (1,709 points, 2012-16) and Stevie Wise (1,717, 1987-91), finishing the night at 1,718 career points. He scored the Buffaloes' first 11 points of the second half and finished with 15 after halftime.
Evan Battey added 10 points for the Buffaloes (17-7, 11-6 Pac-12), who never trailed in the second half.
The Beavers (11-11, 7-9 Pac-12) tied it at 35 early in the second half and closed the deficit back to 44-43 before Colorado pulled away with an 11-2 run to lead by 10 with 4:19 left. Oregon State got no closer than the final score.
Oregon State hits the road this week to play California at 7 p.m. on Thursday and Stanford at 4 p.m. on Saturday. Both games will be televised on Pac-12 Network.
OUR MISSION
Oregon State Athletics strives to Build Excellent Authentic Visionary Student-Athletes (Go BEAVS).
Colorado won its fifth conference road game of the season, its most since the 1961-62 season.
Ethan Thompson had 18 points and seven assists for the Beavers, moving past Deaundra Tanner (457 assists, 1998-01) and Darryl Flowers (457, 1983-86) to No. 3 on Oregon State's career assists list at 462.
Warith Alatishe added 12 points and 10 rebounds for the Beavers, who had their five-game home winning streak snapped.
Wright passed Josh Scott (1,709 points, 2012-16) and Stevie Wise (1,717, 1987-91), finishing the night at 1,718 career points. He scored the Buffaloes' first 11 points of the second half and finished with 15 after halftime.
Evan Battey added 10 points for the Buffaloes (17-7, 11-6 Pac-12), who never trailed in the second half.
The Beavers (11-11, 7-9 Pac-12) tied it at 35 early in the second half and closed the deficit back to 44-43 before Colorado pulled away with an 11-2 run to lead by 10 with 4:19 left. Oregon State got no closer than the final score.
Oregon State hits the road this week to play California at 7 p.m. on Thursday and Stanford at 4 p.m. on Saturday. Both games will be televised on Pac-12 Network.
OUR MISSION
Oregon State Athletics strives to Build Excellent Authentic Visionary Student-Athletes (Go BEAVS).
Team Stats
CU
OSU
FG%
.442
.362
3FG%
.222
.273
FT%
.864
.750
RB
34
30
TO
16
13
STL
6
6
Game Leaders
Pts
18
FGM
6
3FGM
3
FTM
3
Pts
12
FGM
5
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Pts
8
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Pts
7
FGM
3
3FGM
1
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
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