No. 4 Colorado vs No. 17 Oregon State | Pac-12 | 2.11.24

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Written by Cate Schmeling | OSUBeavers.com
Oregon State fought to earn their first top five road victory in program history against Colorado, dominating much of the game en route to a 65-59 win over the No. 4 Buffs.
The win was the Beavers fifth straight and gave them 20 wins for the first time in three years and at the fastest rate since 2016-17. They also completed regular season sweeps of the mountain schools for the first time since 2019-20.
After Colorado took a small early lead, the Beavers put on the pressure and didn't look back for the rest of the game. They led for more than 36 minutes with the largest lead being 25 at the end of the third quarter.
"This team competed at just an incredible level of focus and execution. Our defense was unreal in both games. I could not say enough about the way we executed, moved the ball and competed," said head coach Scott Rueck.
The Pac-12's leading three-point shooter, Lily Hansford, made her first two two-pointers of the year on backdoor cuts in the go-ahead run. Unable to score fewer than three twice in a row, Hansford's second layup was an and-one. She knocked down her free throw to put the Beavs in front. Hansford finished the game with 11 points, four rebounds, an assist, a steal and a block.
The momentum didn't stop there, Oregon State started the second quarter on a 13-2 run, led by Timea Gardiner and Talia von Oelhoffen. With a seamless hook pass at the top of the arc from von Oelhoffen to get her started, Gardiner led the Beavers in scoring during the second quarter going 3-for-3 from behind the arc. The sophomore put 12 points, six rebounds, three assists and a block on the board for Oregon State.
Von Oelhoffen joined Gardiner on the run, putting up eight points on the board in the second quarter. She finished with 18 points, three assists, two rebounds and a block. The junior hit back-to-back triples to end the first half, sending Oregon State to the locker room with a 44-24 lead.
Playing in front of her family and friends in her home state, Raegan Beers grabbed a team-high 12 rebounds to go with 12 points for another double-double. The sophomore used the extra attention from the Buffs to set up her teammates, giving out a season-high of four assists. She also blocked three shots.
Colorado narrowed the score in the fourth quarter, forcing Oregon State to hang on at the end. The Beavers did, however, to close out the historic day.
OSU once again spent the day dropping dimes, dishing assists on 18 of 22 baskets. The Beavers had five players with multiple assists led by Beers and Donovyn Hunter.
The Beavers return home for two more Top-20 showdowns. Fans can get $4 tickets to either game against the LA Schools with code TOP5WIN through 5 p.m. on Monday.
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[@Navi.michael17]

After this win if they aren’t in the top 10 there is something seriously wrong with the people who vote for the top 25

[@jeffreyaguirre2422]

? Ucla, Usc , & Stanford are all in the top 10. Oregon St lost to all 3 of them. Yes they beat Colorado twice and yes i do think Oregon St is a top 10 team but rankings always play themselves out theyll get a chance to play all these teams again and prove it.

[@quianabrown1003]

Idk abt top ten but they could definitely go down like 2-3 more spots

[@peter-l4l5j]

this is a freshman and sophomore team, so some great stuff now and next 2 seasons, go beavers!

[@90sHilly]

Oregon ranking is so misleading 😭

[@ks_wallace2324]

Kinda, they're a terrific team but outside of conference play their SOS is pretty weak. They also took some crucial losses to ranked teams such as USC, Standford, & UCLA. They will need to beat UCLA in their upcoming game to solidify how good they are. Should they be ranked higher... I think so but I also understand why they are not.

[@tennparker1]

3 close losses all on the road. They are tough to beat in Corvallis. @@ks_wallace2324

[@peter-l4l5j]

ok, well 48 hours ago osu scorched, entirely dismantled, colorado@boulder. the final score says nothing of the dominate defensive performance, zilch. additionally their conference SOS is impressive. they will impact the post season, potentially going deep.@@ks_wallace2324

[@peter-l4l5j]

thats good, but its gone up to number 11 after beating the buffs. to get home court first round you have to be regular conference champs or second, and same through conference post season tourney.

[@edwinbonner2957]

Oregon st. Is top 5

[@djtee4426]

How? We all know Colorado is not a top 5 team and it's showing. Here is the top 5, SC-Ohio St-Stanford-Iowa-Tex. Now who is Oregon St beating ?.

[@jackmatheson4671]

Oregon State has the same record as Texas with a much harder strength of schedule. @@djtee4426

[@90sHilly]

@@djtee4426 Colorado already beat Stanford so what are you really saying?

[@tennparker1]

This was a 6 point game between two top 10 teams. Lets not act like Colorado has been one of the better teams all season. Losses to UCLA and NC State and two 6 point losses to Oregon State. Wins versus Utah, Stanford, USC and only 1 conference road loss. Oregon State is one of the best defensive teams in the country and have great size. Ohio State, Stanford, Iowa and Texas all have worse losses than both Colorado and Oregon State. Ohio State and Iowa both have losses to unranked teams. So, nothing is showing other than Oregon State is underranked.@@djtee4426

[@jazzbtfw9432]

Vonleigh and her butter fingers🤦🏾‍♀️

[@jackmatheson4671]

Oregon State the real deal!!! Up 20 at halftime against #4 in the country? 😯

[@willthomas2310]

Oregon was just pretty much trying to survive the 2nd half lol they could've choke this game away

[@tennparker1]

Oregon State... Oregon is a different university/team.

[@peter-l4l5j]

wrong. osu dominated the buffs so much they led by 22 points entering the 4th quarter. but yes, colorado is dangerous and the beavs defense wasnt there the final 10 minutes.