Beavers Use Stellar Second Half to Down Cougars
by Jake Bertalotto on Feb 16, 2009 7:26 AM PST
in Oregon State Men's Basketball
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PrintA glance at the linescore nearly tells you the story of Saturday's 54-52 Oregon State victory over Washington State at Friel Court.
| Score | 1st | 2nd | Total |
| Oregon State | 20 | 34 | 54 |
| Washington State | 32 | 20 | 52 |
In the first half, the Cougars got off to a hot start, building a quick eight point lead in the first five minutes of the game. The Beavers would battle back to cut the lead to three, but WSU went on another run to take a 12 point lead at halftime.
In the second half, the Beavers took control, imposing their will on the Cougars. It took the Beavers twelve minutes to erase WSU's twelve point lead.
The Beavers went on an 18-1 run at one point in the second half, and the Cougars were unable to score for a stretch of eight minutes.
Seth Tarver's emphatic dunk, coming with the Beavers trailing by eight with fifteen minutes left in the second half, turned the tide in the game, as the Beavers basically dominated the game from that point on.
Calvin Haynes led the Beavers with 17 points on 7-of-12 shooting. Seth Tarver added 13 points, and Shaftenaar and Claitt scored eight apiece. For the second game in a row, Craig Robinson went somewhat of an unorthadox starting lineup. Claitt, Schaftenaar, and Seth Tarver were in the mix as usual, but Josh Tarver and freshman walk-on Kevin McShane were surprise additions.
McShane, who earned a starting spot due to hard work in practice, played 17 minutes and scored his first collegiate basket in the second half, giving the Beavers the lead in the game for the first time.
From McShane's layup on, the Beavers never trailed, holding off the Cougars in the final seven minutes of the game.
Klay Thompson led the Cougars with 20 points on just 8-of-17 shooting. Senior guard Taylor Rochestie, who averages just over 12 points per game, was held to just five points on 2-of-11 shooting.
The Beavers, who are now 11-13 overall and 5-8 in Pac-10 play, host the Bay Area schools this week.
--Jake (jake.buildingthedam@gmail.com)
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I hate to question Coach Robinson since he is doing so much for the program right now, but starting J. Tarver to send a message to Haynes seemed to hurt the Beavs in the 1st half. J. Tarver isn’t exactly athletic, doesn’t put in much work on the defensive side like his brother and isn’t exactly a producer on the offensive end.
At the same time, I’ll admit that based on Haynes’ production off the bench, Robinson knows what he’s doing, further testament to him having his job and me having mine…
Another random note: Does the play of D. Deane depress anyone else like it depresses me? The guy has potential. He hustles, is a little heavy footed but strong and demonstrates a little athleticism at both ends. Takes defense seriously. Dives for loose balls. I mean, he has a scrappy game that any roster can utilize… only problem is that he CONSISTENTLY MAKES TERRIBLE DECISIONS WHEN HE HAS THE BALL IN HIS HANDS and HAS A HORRIBLE SHORT DISTANCE GAME right now.
Phew, had to get that off my chest.
Anyway, the kid turns the ball over on dumb passes, bricks lay-ins and chip-shots and, since getting his haircut, hasn’t really put a good pair of halves together. Don’t get me wrong, I want him to do well. I hope he turns it around, and fast. It’s just frustrating to watch.
At the end of the day though, he’s not J. Catron this season, and that’s something we can be happy about.
I agree on Dean
Did that drive anyone else crazy when he got the offensive board and instead of wasting another 35 seconds he went back up with the ball?
OR forcing the ball into a pass to a man two feet away from him with a defender in between them.
He really needs to make better decisions. He could be a solid, David Lucas-type post player if he actually gets his head straight.
I actually wish he was more agressive with the ball
Yes, I think in summary what I think is frustrating is that he doesn’t have a take it to the hoop type of mentality he needs for the position he plays. Sure the hustle is good but I swear he never really makes strong looks at the basket and as you noted ends up making those passe or just misses the shots because of lack of commitment to the shot.
So even though he should have wasted time on the example OSU gave above at least he made an attempt at scoring, for otherwise he’s a non-factor on the offensive side which allows for the defenders to play off of him. I personally think if he was more aggressive it would take some of the pressure off of Roeland who is double teamed almost all the time.
And in turn I think then this all plays into the missed shots, I think he just isn’t confident out there.
On the Tarver/Haynes deal, not sure about that one, it can really go both ways I guess. But I agree about Tarver, but it does seem that Robinson has something in mind for Haynes and is really trying to push him to be much more than he’s shown, which is interesting if you think about it.
-RVM
true, for this situtation I do generally agree
Again, it is a case of (IMO) of not being confident and aggressive and this leads to bad decisions. He doesn’t know what to do with the ball, it all works together. So I guess I was saying it was good to see him actually aggressive but really if he was more sure of his play he would also be confident to pull it back out to reset the offense.
I don’t know, don’t think I’m totally making sense. I’m agreeing with you but at the same time saying if he was more aggressive/confident overall he would have a better feel for when to shoot and when to pass and when to dribble back out to reset the offense.
-RVM
it's the hair
I agree with ArbyOSU and ever since that damn haircut he seems to have lost his edge!
-RVM
Thought this was fun to look at. Maybe you will too...
THE 2008-09 PAC-10 MEN’S
PRESEASON
BASKETBALL MEDIA POLL
1. UCLA (37) 379
2. Arizona State (1) 325
3. USC 292
4. Arizona 241
5. Washington 217
6. Washington State 188
7. Oregon 147
8. California 143
9. Stanford 115
10. Oregon State 40
Completely off subject here...
But who in the hell are PLUBeaverBeliever and beavers415?
They apparently contribute to the blog? Eh? I don’t follow…
Oh, and we never get off subject!?
beavers415 posted a few times, I don’t know maybe a third of the way into football season I think. I have no idea about the former.
I don’t know if I have an answer about the contribution question.
-RVM
fixed it.
--JB--
www.buildingthedam.com
by Jake Bertalotto on Feb 16, 2009 5:48 PM PST up reply actions
Please help us fix the officiating in the Pac 10
Please sign this petition to stop Pac 10 refs from working the NCAA tournament.
Not all Pac-10 refs are bad...
I personally thought that the refs we had against Washington were great, and Coach Rob felt the same in his post-game interview. One of them happened to be my former PE teacher in Elementary school, but bias aside, there are good refs in the Pac-10 conference. Saying that they all need “fixing” is not accurate.
--JB--
www.buildingthedam.com
by Jake Bertalotto on Feb 16, 2009 9:34 PM PST up reply actions
Beavers to come in 7th in Pac-10?
The Beavers should finish ahead of the Ducks.
The Beavers remaining schedule is significantly easier than the Cougars. It is hard to imagine the Beavers finishing behind the Cougars at this point.
If the Beavers beat the Cardinal on Thursday, then they are practically a lock to finish ahead of Stanford as well.
That will place the Beavers in 7th place at the end of the conference season and give them the Ducks as their first opponent in the conference tournament. Right?
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