COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP : Oregon St. Falls to Memphis St.

Oregon State, ranked 24th in the nation, made only 43% of its shots and lost to No. 16 Memphis State, 78-72, Friday night at Memphis, Tenn.

The Beavers (3-1) came into the game with 48% shooting.

“We did not shoot very well,” Oregon State Coach Jim Anderson said. “Poor shooting and getting beat on the offensive boards did us in.”

Oregon State also made only nine of 16 free throws.

All five Memphis State starters scored in double figures. Elliot Perry had 16 points, Ernest Smith 15, Ronald McClain 12--plus 12 rebounds--Cheyenne Gibson 11 and Ben Spiva 10.

Oregon State guard Will Brantley led all scorers with 22 points. Teo Alibegovic had 14 and Earl Martin and Gary Payton 10 each. Payton, who had four fouls less than two minutes into the second half, made only five of 15 shots.

Memphis State maintained a 15-point lead through much of the middle of the second half. Oregon State whittled it to 73-66 with 1:17 remaining, but Perry made three free throws in the last minute.

No. 7 Illinois 93, Indiana St. 59--Guards Kendall Gill and Steve Bardo each scored 14 points in the first half as the Illini took a 39-25 halftime lead and coasted to victory in the opening game of the Illini tournament at Champaign, Ill.

Gill led the Illini (4-0) with 19 points. Bardo had 16.

Eddie Bird, with 10 points, was the only player in double figures for Indiana State (2-4).

Centenary 94, Washington St. 77--Larry Robinson, a 6-5 guard, scored 27 points in leading the Gentlemen in the Palouse tournament in the Kibbie Dome at Moscow, Ida.

Centenary (4-2) opened the second half with a 17-6 run, extending a 46-34 halftime lead to 21 points.

Washington State (4-3) put together an 18-5 run that cut the lead to 68-60 with 1:01 remaining. But that was as close as the Cougars would get.

Darryl Woods led Washington State with 27 points. The Cougars made just 27 of 64 shots.

Tulane 93, Tennessee Tech 91--Freshman Jerome Conner hit two free throws with 17 seconds left in the second overtime to give the Green Wave a victory over Tech in a tournament at Jonesboro, Ark.

The win was the first for Tulane (1-4) in nearly five years. The Green Wave program was reinstated this season after being shelved by its administration in 1985 due to its link to a point-shaving scandal.

Tulane’s Anthony Reed led all scorers with 32 points.

Sonoma State 62, Fresno State 60--Todd Blakely hit a shot with 31 seconds left to give the Cossacks an upset of the Bulldogs at Fresno.

Sonoma State, a Division II team, improved its record to 5-1. The Cossacks’ only loss was to U.S. International.

Wilbert Hooker, Fresno State’s top scorer with 13 points, missed a shot from the top of the key with three seconds left.

The Bulldogs (3-2) of the Big West Conference were coming off consecutive road victories over McNeese State and Kansas State, two teams which played in the NCAA Division I Tournament last spring.

Blakely led all scorers with 19 points.

Alabama Birmingham 79, Georgia Southern 53--Larry Rembert and Andy Kennedy scored 19 points each to lead the Blazers over the Eagles in the first round of the Cougar tournament at Provo, Utah. BYU won the second game, 97-68, over North Texas.

North Carolina Charlotte 67, Davidson 63--Dan Banister scored 15 points, and Henry Williams hit a three-point jump shot and two free throws down the stretch to give the 49ers a victory at Davidson, N.C.

Texas 108, Manhattan 63--Lance Blanks had 25 points and six steals and Travis Mays scored 23 points to lead the Longhorns (2-0) at Austin, Tex.

Creighton 98, Western Michigan 87--Forward Bob Harstad scored eight of his game-high 35 points in the second overtime, leading the Bluejays in a tournament at Springfield, Mo.