By james art 
Oregon State threw scared in Washington, but the courage had enough pillow and poses to beat the beans 65-57 in women’s basketball on Monday night in Gil Coliseum.
OSU lags 25 points in the middle of the third quarter, but a great rally of the fourth quarter pulled the beavers within three with the remaining 1:12. The state of Washington has gathered, made several plays and ended the victory and season of Beavers.
It was the fourth consecutive loss of Oregon (9-13, 5-6 WCC). The beavers, who competed for the first place in the West Coast Conference, ranks seventh, only half a game in front of the eighth place Santa Clara.
The staff of Washington never gave up everything, but ended the game after hitting 10 triplets in the first half. The cougars did not hit behind the rainbow in the second half, but a 48-23 lead with 6:45 was overwhelming, though barely.
The state of Washington (13-10, 8-4) is bound to second place with Portland and St. Mary, half a game behind the WCC leader Gonzaga.
Catarina Ferreira scored 13 points to lead Oregon State. The beavers only made 11 turns, but only fired 32%. The state of Washington made it difficult to block 12 shots. Alex Covil had six blocked shots.
State of Washington led 42-21 at the half after a stunning second quarter when the couges hit seven triphoners to take over the game.
The beavers left 15-12 after a quarter, but were buried by Sharp-Shooting WSU for the next 10 minutes. The cougars struck seven triphoners and exceeded the OSU 27-9 in the second quarter. Tara Walak, who led the State of Washington with 12 points, went 3 for 3 back in the second quarter.
The presenter grew to 25 points by six minutes in the third quarter when OSU launches a return offer. It was slow at first as the beavers pruned the deficit to 54-34 after three.
The beavers strengthened their defense, holding the State of Washington to two points in the first seven minutes of the third quarter. Two free tosses from Ferreira by 3:41 to the left reduced the WSU presenter to nine. Moments later, the OSU scored in four consecutive possessions, closed by the theft and arrangement by Ferreira to withdraw to 59-56.
The state of Washington regrouped when Aster Tukhina struck a short jumper with 54 seconds remaining. The cougars managed to hold on, excluding Oregon State in the last 44 seconds.
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