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CORVALLIS, Ore. – The Idaho State women's basketball team fell to No. 25 Oregon State 68-31 Monday evening at Gill Coliseum in Corvallis, Ore. The Bengals outrebounded the Beavers in the loss with a 42-35 edge on the glass.
Freshman guard
Estefania Ors paced ISU with 11 points, all in the first half, on 5-of-10 shooting to go along with three rebounds and an assist. Sophomore guard
Grace Kenyon was just shy of a double-double with nine points and game-high nine rebounds, while sophomore
Saylair Grandon finished with six points, five boards and four assists which tied for game-high honors.
Idaho State (0-2) led Oregon State (2-0) 16-11 after the first 10 minutes as the Bengals shot 50 percent from the floor to start the game. Ors was a perfect 3-for-3 in the opening quarter for seven points, and the Bengals cleaned up the boards with a commanding 11-6 edge on the glass. ISU led by as many as eight points in the first, but OSU sunk a trey with 18 seconds remaining to cut the lead to five, 16-11.
Nearly two minutes passed in the second quarter before a field goal was recorded, and it wasn't until the 6:53 mark that ISU netted its first points, courtesy of Ors. Five-straight Beaver points followed to tie the game 18-all with 5:50 left in the half. OSU outscored the Bengals 8-6 over the final minutes of the half to earn the 26-24 halftime lead.
Coming out of the break, Idaho State struggled to take care of the basketball as OSU forced six of ISU's 17 total turnovers in the third quarter alone. Eight of Oregon State's 17 third-quarter points came off turnovers; Idaho State scored just seven points in the third, shooting 3-of-14 from the field. The Bengals faced a 12-point deficit heading into the final quarter.
A jumper by Kenyon at the 7:51 mark of the fourth broke ISU's 3:41 minute scoring drought, but the Bengals faced a 13-point hole and Oregon State continued to push. The Beavers shot just 36.4 percent in the final quarter but managed to score 18 points in the final 10 minutes and extend their lead to 23. Idaho State connected on just 3-of-19 fourth-quarter attempts for seven points and was unable to close the gap, falling to Oregon State 61-38.
Three players finished in double figures for the Beavers led by Sydney Wiese with a game-high 13 points to go along with four assists, three rebounds and a game-high six steals. Mikayla Pivec led the rebounding effort with seven.
"I thought we showed some growth tonight," Head Coach
Seton Sobolewski said. "Two areas we are trying to improve in are rebounding and transition defense, and tonight we showed some improvement. We executed the defensive plan well. If we had executed our offense a little better, we could have made it interesting."
Idaho State returns home for a nonconference matchup against UC Irvine Saturday, Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. in Reed Gym.
NOTES
- For the second-straight game, Ors has both scored in double figures and led the Bengals in scoring.
- Tonight's game marked Head Coach Seton Sobolewki's 250th career game at Idaho State. Sobolewski now carries a 131-119 overall record at ISU.
