National Basketball Association
Oregon St. 84, Texas-Pan American 59
When: 5:00 PM ET, Monday, December 31, 2012
Where: Gill Coliseum, Corvallis, Oregon
Officials:
# Jim Giron, # Gregory Nixon, # Tony Padilla
Attendance:
3276
By SportsDirect Inc.
Oregon State 84, Texas-Pan American 59: Ahmad Starks scored 21 points and Joe Burton added 18 points and 10 rebounds as the host Beavers bounced back from a stunning loss to Towson.
Eric Moreland recorded his fourth straight double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds for Oregon State (10-3), which shot a season-high 62.3 percent from the field and outrebounded the Broncs by 23.
Texas-Pan American (7-9) was led by Hurley Johnson’s 14 points. The Broncs shot 36.7 percent from the field, including 18.8 percent (3-of-16) from 3-point range. Aaron Urbanus added 11 points and five assists.
Oregon State, which had its five-game winning streak snapped Saturday with a 67-66 overtime loss to struggling Towson, led 42-24 at halftime and extended its lead to 28 when Roberto Nelson hit a 3-pointer with 6:21 remaining.
Devon Collier scored 12 points and Nelson had 11 for the Beavers, who open Pac-12 action at home against Oregon on Sunday.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Oregon State has held eight of its 13 opponents below 40 percent shooting and is 7-1 in those games. … Burton had seven assists and fell within three of recording the second triple-double in school history. … Texas-Pan American was 12-for-17 (70.6 percent) from the foul line, while the Beavers were 1-for-5 (20 percent).
Top Game Performances
Texas-Pan American |
|
Oregon St. |
Hurley Johnson 14 |
Scoring |
Ahmad Starks 21 |
Aaron Urbanus 5 |
Assists |
Joe Burton 7 |
Lauri Toivonen 5 |
Rebounds |
Eric Moreland 11 |
Lauri Toivonen 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Eric Moreland 1 |
Lauri Toivonen 2 |
Steals |
Joe Burton 1 |
N/A |
Blocks |
Eric Moreland 4 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Texas-Pan American
|
59 |
36.7 |
3-16 |
12-17 |
9 |
20 |
0 |
6 |
8 |
Oregon St.
|
84 |
62.3 |
7-18 |
1-5 |
24 |
43 |
6 |
3 |
14 |