Jones Carries Oregon State Past USC Upstate, 65-46

Oregon State will return to action on Friday hosting Idaho State at 7:00 p.m.

Marcel Jones hit 10 straight shots on his way to 23 points for the Beavers. Photo courtesy: OSU Athletics

FAIRBANKS, Alaska - Marcel Jones scored 23 points on 10-of-11 shooting to lead the Oregon State men’s basketball team to a convincing, 65-46, win over USC Upstate in the finale of the BP Top of the World Classic.

With the win, Oregon State improves to 1-2 on the season as USC Upstate falls to 0-4 on the year with the loss.

The decisive stretch of the game occurred early in the second half with the score tied at 37-37 as Oregon State responded to a game-tying jumper by USC Upstate with a 13-0 run to take a commanding lead.

Jones and Seth Tarver combined for 11 of Oregon State’s 13 points in the run as the Beavers would cruise the rest of the way.

The game ended with Oregon State’s largest lead of the game as the Beavers ended the contest with a 7-0 run to claim the 19-point win.

After missing his first shot of the game, Jones would not miss again as the senior scored 23 points for the second consecutive game.

The forward hit 10 straight shots and finished the game just two points shy of his career-high of 25 points set last year at Northern Colorado.

Seth Tarver was the other Oregon State player to finish in double figures as he set a new career-high with a 16-point effort on 6-of-12 shooting from the field.

The sophomore was one rebound shy of his first career double-double as he finished with nine rebounds for the contest.

The Beavers held a decisive, 36-22, edge on the boards as Oregon State’s Roeland Schaftenaar grabbed a career-high 10 rebounds to lead all players in the victory.

The Oregon State defense held USC Upstate to just 35.8 percent (19-of-53) from the floor while the Beavers shot 55.6 percent (25-of-45) from the field in the win.

USC Upstate hung around until the decisive second half run as the game was tied at 30-30 heading into the half.

Oregon State shot 9-of-11 from the line while managing to hit 50.0 percent of their shots from behind the arc, going 6-for-12 from three-point range for the contest.

Josh Tarver added nine points for the Beavers in the win while Calvin Hampton tied a career high with eight points in the victory.

Oregon State will return to action on Friday, Nov. 25, as the Beavers host Idaho State in their regular season home-opener at 7:00 p.m. The contest will be televised by FSN Northwest.
Source: OSU Athletics

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