On Sunday, the Washington Huskies ( 10-5, 2-4 PAC) went to Corvallis and jumped the Oregon State Beavers(10-8, 2-3 PAC) from the opening tip, winning 79-67.
The unusually hot-shooting Dawgs looked ready from the start – making their first nine shots of the game from all over the court.
UW jumped to a 20-10 lead early in the first period, and behind baskets by Haley Van Dyke, Lauren Schwartz, Dalayah Daniels and Hannah Stiles pushed the lead to 29-23 at the end of the first period.
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The Washington Huskies continued their dominance in the second quarter, outscoring the OSU Beavers 20 points to 6.
The Dawgs began.the second period with an 8-0 run building their lead to 37-23, and forcing a timeout by the Beavers.
Even Emma Grothaus contributed with two three-pointers in the second period.
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At the half, Washington led Oregon State, 49-29, behind scorching shooting numbers — 65.5% overall and 63.6% from three-point range.
UW First Half Shooting Chart – Courtesy of CBBAnalytics
In the third period, the Beavers managed to outscore the Huskies albeit by only one point, 17 to16 — but UW still led by 19 points, 65-46, heading into the fourth quarter.
The final period saw the Beavers stage a furious and desperate comeback against the Huskies.
Oregon State cut the Huskies lead to 15 points early in the fourth quarter behind a 6-0 scoring run.
Washington native Talia Von Oelhoffen hit two three-pointers for the Beavers to cut the Huskies lead to eight points with 1:08 to go.
OSU missed multiple three-pointers down the stretch and the Huskies hit their free throws to seal the upset victory.
For the game, Washington shot 56.1% overall from two-point range and 53.8% from three-point range.
UW Full Game Shooting Chart – Courtesy of CBBAnalytics
UW Huskies Player of the Game – Hannah Stines
Freshman guard Hannah Stines had her best performance as a Husky and made many clutch assists and baskets that had the Beavers on their heels.
In the first half explosion by the Dawgs, Stines was a major catalyst, scoring 10 points with two assists and one rebound.
Stines finished the game with a career high 17 points, as well as a career high five assists and three rebounds.
Stines already in double digits!
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NEXT UP
The Washington Huskies return home to Hec Ed to host UCLA on Friday, January 20th at 7pm.
