Oregon St. Again Beats Washington

Oregon State continued its success against Washington with an 80-72 victory at Seattle.

The Beavers outrebounded Washington, 38-24, and that helped them beat the Huskies for the seventh time in eight meetings.

Washington (8-15, 3-11 Pacific 10) has lost five games in a row and this one dropped the Huskies below UCLA (3-10) into ninth place in the conference standings. The ninth and 10th-place teams don’t participate in the Pac-10 tournament.

David Lucas, a 6-foot-7 sophomore who is the son of former NBA and ABA standout Maurice Lucas, scored 14 points and eight rebounds for the Beavers (12-10, 5-8).

Oregon State’s J.S. Nash scored 10 of his team-high 15 points in the second half. Philip Ricci joined Lucas with 14 points.

The Huskies were led by Will Conroy’s 17 points. Nate Robinson scored 15 and dished out five assists, while Doug Wrenn added 10.

Washington took an early 14-6 lead when Curtis Allen made a three-point basket with 13:03 to play in the half. The Beavers responded and outscored the Huskies, 21-9, over the next 7 1/2 minutes --with Lucas scoring 10 points during the run.

After shooting 58.3% from the field in the first half, the Beavers held a 37-35 halftime advantage despite turning the ball over 11 times.

The victory gave Oregon State a season sweep of the Huskies. The Beavers beat them by 20 points at Gill Coliseum last month.

Oregon 89, Washington State 70 -- The Ducks (18-6, 8-5) shot 58% at Pullman , Wash., in handing the Cougars (5-18, 0-14) their 14th consecutive loss. In all, they have lost 21 consecutive Pac-10 games.

Luke Jackson scored 24 points and Luke Ridnour had 21 to lead the Ducks.

Ridnour made all eight of his free throws to extend his school and Pac-10 record for consecutive free throws to 59.

Three of Washington State’s starters -- Milton Riley, Chris Schlatter and Thomas Kelati -- combined for nine points on two-of-16 shooting. Kelati, the Cougars’ second-leading scorer and leading three-point shooter, missed all seven of his shots, including four three-pointers, and scored two points.