Oregon State leads 33-30 at half
COUGARS
The first half went pretty much as expected, except the Oregon State Beavers, shooting 34 percent from beyond the arc, hit three of their first four 3-point attempts, allowing them to build an early six-point lead. It didn't help the Cougar cause when DeAngelo Casto, making his first start, picked up two fouls in the first 2 minutes, 20 seconds. Then Aron Baynes picked up a couple of cheap ones himself and sat the 9:20. With those two out (and Charlie Enquist getting some playing time), the Cougars struggled on the boards, getting out-rebounded 14-11, with all of WSU's on the defensive end while the Beavers had six offensive rebounds, leading to four second-chance points. WSU also isn't taking care of the ball on the offensive end with seven turnovers leading to 10 OSU points. One last thing ... Marcus Capers is starting the second half instead of Nik Koprivica. We'll be back afterward. Till then ...