The Trojans came into Corvallis on a five-game winning streak. They had beaten
the Beavers seven consecutive times. They led 42-27 with 12:32 left in the game.
And then the Beavers went to work.
In the next three minutes, OSU had chopped that lead down to six -- Omari
Johnson canned a three. Omari Johnson followed with a long distance hoist
of his own. And Roeland Schaftenaar drilled
another from long distance.
The game see-sawed back and forth down the stretch but OSU kept the pressure
on and found points at a variety of spots -- Calvin
Haynes' layup cut the Trojan lead to four and the Beaver Faithful were beginning
to believe.
With time winding down, a bucket from Rickey Claitt
cut the margin to three points with 1:18 remaining. Neither team scored again
until Roeland Schaftenaar's trey at the top of the key swirled in with two seconds
remaining in regulation and sent the game into overtime.
In the extra frame, USC nailed a quick three but Oregon State outscored the
Trojans 8-1 the rest of the way, beating Southern Cal 62-58 and snapping a 23-game
Pac-10 losing streak.
Haynes had 16 points, including four points in overtime.
Schaftenaar tied his career-high with 18 points for the Beavers.
The Beavers, in their first season under coach Craig
Robinson, are now 6-6 and 1-1 in conference play. Next up, they face Arizona
State in Tempe on Thursday.
Misc. Notes:
- Tonight's announced attendance was 4,719.
- Oregon State will return to action Thursday, Jan. 8, to face the No. 17
Arizona State Sun Devils in Tempe, Ariz. at 7:30 p.m. The game is to be televised
by Fox Sports Net.
Team Notes:
- Head coach Craig Robinson recorded his sixth career victory at Oregon State.
- With the win, the Beavers snap a 21-game Pac-10 losing streak, 23-game
streak against Pac-10 opponents and a nine game overtime losing streak. The
last time the Beavers beat a Pac-10 opponent was Feb. 22, 2007 against Washington
in Corvallis. The last time the Beavers won an overtime game was Dec. 6, 2003
over Kansas State in three overtimes.
- Sunday's meeting between Oregon State and USC was the 120th all-time. With
the victory, the Beavers improve to 34-29 all-time when playing in Corvallis.
• Oregon State forced 10 first half turnovers and forced 18 turnovers
on the game.
• In the second half Oregon State shot 71.4 percent from 3-point range
(5-for-7) and 56.5 percent from the field (12-for-23). On the game Oregon
State shot 50 percent from the field going 25-for-50.
- Five players registered at least one steal in the first half for Oregon
State.
- The Beavers scored 32 points in the paint.
- Oregon State scored 18 points off turnovers.
- Oregon State held a 20-7 advantage in bench scoring. The Beaver bench held
a 12-0 advantage in the second half.
- The Beavers recorded six more steals than USC earning an 11-5 advantage.
- In overtime, Oregon State was a perfect 3-for-3 from the field and hit
its only 3-point attempt.
- Oregon State held USC to just 14 percent from the field in overtime (1-for-7).
- The Beavers overcame a 15-point second half deficit to force overtime.
Player Notes:
- Junior Roeland Schaftenaar tied his career best by scoring a game high
18 points (3-for-6 3-pt), marking the third time Schaftenaar has scored in
double-figures this season. Schaftenaar tied his career best in assists with
six (tied game high), set a career best in minutes played with 40, and set
season bests with seven rebounds and three steals (tied game high).
- Senior Rickey Claitt set a career best with three steals (tied game high).
- Sophomore Calvin Haynes scored 16 points on 7-for-12 shooting making for
double-digit scoring performances in each of the six games he has played in
this season. Haynes played a career high 35 minutes and recorded a season
best four assists.
- Sophomore Omari Johnson recorded his sixth double-digit scoring performance
with 11 points shooting perfect from the field (4-for-4; 2-for-2 3-pt).
- Junior Seth Tarver recorded a game high eight rebounds.