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Nov-28-2008 22:26

Womens Basketball: Oregon State Posts 13-Point Win Over Arkansas To Open Junkanoo Jam

OSU ended the first half with 23 rebounds to Arkansas’ 12. The Beavers also had four blocks in the first half – equaling their total this season entering the game – with Ducker and Mitchell both posting two.

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Brittney Davis finished with 16 points Photo courtesy: OSU Athletics

FREEPORT, Grand Bahamas - Brittney Davis finished with 16 points, Tiffany Ducker scored a season-high 14 points and the Oregon State women’s basketball team held off a strong second-half surge from Arkansas for a 69-56 victory over the Razorbacks in the Beavers’ first game of the Junkanoo Jam at St. Georges High School.

Davis finished with 14 second-half points after posting just two in the first half. She finished the game 4-for-12 from the field and 6-of-8 from the free throw line, connecting four straight with less than six minutes remaining in the second half.

Ducker, meanwhile, scored all 14 points in the first half for the Beavers, who improved to 3-0. It marks Oregon State’s best start to a season since going 3-0 in 2005-06, head coach LaVonda Wagner’s first year with the Beavers.

Arkansas (4-1 overall) posted just 18 first-half points, but scored 38 in the second half and got to within nine, 49-40, at the 9:42 mark of the second half. But the Beavers, who never trailed, outscored the Razorbacks, 20-16, the rest of the way for the 13-point victory.

The Beavers snapped Arkansas’ 27-game non-conference win streak that dated back to 2005 when the Razorbacks fell to North Carolina. The Tar Heels, ironically, are Oregon State’s potential game-two opponent on Saturday. The No. 2 Tar Heels faced Pacific in the last game of Friday’s action.

Led by Davis and Ducker, four Beavers ended the game in double-figures, with Alex Mitchell and Mercedes Fox-Griffin finishing with 12 apiece. Mitchell added seven rebounds for Oregon State, while Fox-Griffin had a team-leading five assists. Kirsten Tilleman, in her third career game, also had seven rebounds for Oregon State.

Overall, Oregon State shot 50 percent from the field while holding the Razorbacks to a 34.8 percent clip. The Beavers held a large advantage on the boards, 46-28, including a 33-16 mark on the defensive end.

Oregon State took a 44-18 lead into halftime, thanks in large part to 14 points by Ducker. The senior set a season-high in the first half alone, topping her 11 against Sacramento State to open the season. The Stockton, Calif., native scored 10 of the team’s first 14 points as the Beavers raced out to a 14-4 lead at the 12:54 mark.

Mitchell had nine points for the Beavers in the first half as Oregon State shot 69.2 percent from the field. Arkansas, meanwhile, shot just 21.9 percent from the field. Lyndsay Harris had 12 of Arkansas’ 18 first-half points.

The Razorbacks did not score their first basket until the 14:58 mark of the half when the Beavers already hadb eight points of their own. Oregon State ran out to a 25-12 lead on a free throw by Mitchell at the 7:51 mark, then proceeded to end the half on a 19-6 run before going into the locker room.

Oregon State ended the first half with 23 rebounds to Arkansas’ 12. The Beavers also had four blocks in the first half – equaling their total this season entering the game – with Ducker and Mitchell both posting two.

Oregon State returns to action Saturday in the second and final day of the Junkanoo Jam at St. Georges High School. The Beavers play the winner of No. 2 North Carolina and Pacific for the divisional championship at 5:30 p.m. PT.

The game can be heard live by tuning into Beaver Nation Online (osubeavers.com) for live streaming.

Oregon State Notes: The game marked Oregon State’s first since Nov. 19 when the Beavers defeated Houston, 69-47, in Corvallis … The meeting with Arkansas was the team’s first since 2003 when the clubs met in Los Angeles … The game was Oregon State’s first against a Southeastern Conference school since playing Florida on Dec. 12, 2004.


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