Talisa Rhea Sets Pac-10 Three-Point Record As Beavers Roll Past Sacramento State

The Beavers (1-0 overall) opened up an early lead and never looked back and took a half time lead of 51-18.

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CORVALLIS, Ore. - Oregon State sophomore Talisa Rhea set the Pacific-10 Conference record for three-pointers Sunday, knocking down 10 in the Beavers’ 100-45 victory over Sacramento State at legendary Gill Coliseum. The game marked the regular season opener for the Oregon State women’s basketball team.

Rhea posted the fourth-most points in school history with 42 points set two Pac-10 records; the 10 three-pointers and 19 three-pointers attempted. The last player to set the Pac-10 three-pointer record was Stanford’s Molly Goodenbour in 1992 against Tennessee.

“All of the credit goes to my teammates for getting me open, giving me the ball and I was just in the right place and was able to hit a couple shots,” Rhea said. “We were just running our offense, trying to execute, working on the little things we have been working on in practice and there is still room for improvement. We still have to fix up a few things, but my teammates did a good job of giving me the ball.”

The Pac-10 record setting three-pointer gave the Beavers their 100th point of the game, which is the first time they have scored 100 since a 100-86 victory over Washington in 2003.

“I am very happy with the way we executed our game plan tonight,” Oregon State head coach LaVonda Wagner said. “We knew that they would come in here looking to shoot deep threes. We also knew that they pretty much started and played five guards. And so our defensive mentality had to be one where we stuck together and really helped each other. This is a transition basketball team we played tonight and the big thing was that we wanted to rebound so we would take away their run and we also wanted to have runs of our own.”

At the half Rhea had already set a new personal best in points scored with 25 and had made seven three-pointers. She added 17 points in the second half to finish with 42, 18 points more than her previous high of 24 set last season.

In that 24-point effort last season, Rhea had previously set the Oregon State single-game record with eight three-pointers.

The Beavers (1-0 overall) opened up an early lead and never looked back and took a half time lead of 51-18.

Senior Tiffany Ducker was the only other Beaver to score in double digits with 11 points. She went a perfect 4-for-4 from the field and was 3-for-4 from the foul line. She added five rebounds, five assists and collected three steals.

Brittney Davis collected eight points for the Beavers along with Kassandra McCalister, who also added eight on the strength of 3-for-5 shooting.

Oregon State shot better 55 percent from the floor, more than 46 percent from beyond the arc, and shot nearly 90 percent from the foul line, going 16-18.

Sacramento State (0-2) was led by Atty Boyer, who scored 15 points and collected eight rebounds -- six off the offensive board.

Charday Hunt was the only other Hornet to score in double digits with 13 points. She was 6-for-7 from the foul line.

Oregon State hits the hardwood again Wednesday night when the Beavers play host to Houston (2-0). The game starts at 7 p.m. PT at legendary Gill Coliseum. Fans can catch the game by listening to KTHH 990-AM and Beaver Nation Online (osubeavers.com) with Todd Mansfield behind the mic.

Tickets are still available for the game against Houston. Reserved tickets for individual women’s basketball games are $10, while general admission for adults is $7 and senior/youth is $5.

Single-game and season tickets are available by visiting osubeavers.com, calling 1-800-GO-BEAVS or by visiting the ticket office at legendary Gill Coliseum. Also available is the Pac-10 package. The Pac-10 package includes one ticket to each of the team’s nine conference games at Gill Coliseum. Reserved tickets for the Pac-10 package are $56 while general admission tickets cost $45.

Oregon State Notes: Senior Tiffany Ducker won the first tip of the regular season … Ducker was fouled within five seconds and proceeded to make both free throws … Sophomore Talisa Rhea moved into eighth all-time in Oregon State history in three-pointers made … Rhea entered the season one out of tie for 10th place with 67, all coming last season … The NCAA record for three-pointers is 12, set by LSU’s Cornelia Gayden in 1995.

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