Portland St. - Oregon St. Game Thread
by AndyPanda on Dec 18, 2011 5:00 PM PST
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Portland St. (6-4) at Oregon St. (8-2) at 7 PM at Gill Coliseum / ROOT Sports Northwest / KEJO 1240 AM / KPAM 860 (Streamed)
The Portland St. Vikings from the Big Sky Conference, fresh off a 91-87 home win over Cal-St. Bakersfield Thursday night, come down I-5 to visit Oregon St. It's the first time in 9 years the teams have met, and the last game of the current 5 game home stand for the Beavers.
The Vikings had 4 of 5 starters in double digits in the win over the Roadrunners, but it was 6'3" junior guard Michael Harthun who came of the bench to hit 9 of 11 shots, and put up a game high 22 points, that lead Portland St.
The Beavers had 3 players hit the 20 point mark in their 93-74 win Thursday night at Gill over the Howard Bison. Ahmad Starks posted a game high 22 points, followed by Angus Brandt with 21, and Roberto Nelson, with 20.
Last Monday, Portland St. made a slightly longer trip down I-5 to visit Oregon, and the Ducks had all they wanted from the Vikings before pulling out a 79-70 win.
The Vikings have 6'10" senior center Nate Lozeau in the middle, but otherwise are a smaller team that Oregon St. should have a size advantage over everywhere except for Starks. Portland St. does average 77 points per game despite shooting slightly less than 25% on their 3 pointers for the season.
6'0" senior guard Charles Odom averages over 17 points per game for Portland St., and 6'5" senior forward Chehales Tapscott averages nearly a double double, averaging 13.7 points and 9.4 rebounds per game. Both average over 10 minutes per night.
Gary Winston tweaked his knee in practice late in the week, so Harthun will return to the starting lineup against Oregon St.
Despite their proximity, the teams have only met 11 times in history, with Oregon St. having won every time.
If you have had a full weekend of football and Christmas preparations, and are watching tonight's game on ROOT instead of making your way to Gill, here's the place to reflect on the best pre-conference season Oregon St. has had in 14 years, analyze how the meeting of the neighborhood rivals is going, and look ahead to the Pac-12 season.
Andy_Wooldridge@yahoo.com
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Weakness of Pac - 12 and NCAA tournament
The Beavers have generally played well in the non-conference schedule, but many of the other members of the Pac-12 have played very poorly. This will probably mean the Pac-12 will get a limited number of slots in the NCAA tournament. My guess is that a maximum of four Pac-12 teams will be invited to the tournament.
The Beavers will increase their probability of being one of those teams if they go 10-2 in the non-conference season. They will probably need to go at least 12-6 in conference games as well.
It has been exciting to see the Beavers play well so far this year, but it will still be tough to make the NCAA tournament.
Media timeout with 15:55 left in the 1st
Oregon State-9, Portland State-7
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Staying at the silver legacy
Go Beavs!!
Beating off the dog is never appropriate when we have company over...... I mean EVER!
by sergey606 on Dec 18, 2011 7:15 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Medita timeout with 7:35 left in the 1st
Oregon State-32, Portland State-19
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Media timeout with 3:50 left in the 1st
Oregon State-40, Portland State-28
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At Halftime
Oregon State-42, Portland State-34
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Media timeout with 15:50 remaining
Oregon State-55, Portland State-44
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Portland State needs time with 14:30 left
Oregon State-61, Portland State-48
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Media timeout with 12 minutes remaining
Oregon State-67, Portland State-57
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Vikings more aggressive to the rack
The Beavers just are not getting to the line.
Media timeout with 7:50 left
Oregon State-76, Portland State-59
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Beavers fast break
Is a thing of beauty. It is fun to see a Beaver team score so many points.
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