National Basketball Association
Oregon St. 71, Montana 46
When: 8:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 4, 2011
Where: Gill Coliseum, Corvallis, Oregon
Officials:
# Randy Burkhart, # Jeff Ketchu, # Brett Nansel
Attendance:
5518
By SportsDirect Inc.
Ahmad Starks scored 16 points and Jared Cunningham added 14 as Oregon State rolled to a 71-46 victory over visiting Montana on Sunday.
Starks matched his career-best with four 3-pointers as the Beavers (6-1) beat the Grizzlies at home for the 10th consecutive time.
Will Cherry scored 13 points for Montana (4-4), which shot just 31.5 percent en route to a season-low scoring output.
Cherry’s basket early in the second half cut Oregon State’s lead to 38-29. Montana’s deficit was 12 prior to a 15-2 Oregon State run in which Cunningham scored the final five points to give the Beavers a 58-33 advantage with 10:21 to play.
The Beavers have held two consecutive opponents under 50 points.
Oregon State scored the first eight points of the game and never trailed. The Grizzlies pulled within 10-9 on Billy Reader’s basket with 12:17 left in the half and then went scoreless for over eight minutes as the Beavers rolled off 14 straight points to take a 15-point advantage with 4:35 remaining.
Cunningham hit a last-second 3-pointer to give Oregon State a 34-21 halftime lead.
Top Game Performances
Montana |
|
Oregon St. |
Will Cherry 13 |
Scoring |
Ahmad Starks 16 |
Will Cherry 4 |
Assists |
Roberto Nelson 5 |
Derek Selvig 7 |
Rebounds |
Devon Collier 7 |
Will Cherry 2 |
Free Throws Made |
Roberto Nelson 7 |
Will Cherry 2 |
Steals |
Jared Cunningham 3 |
Derek Selvig 1 |
Blocks |
Eric Moreland 3 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Montana
|
46 |
31.5 |
3-14 |
9-15 |
8 |
31 |
1 |
5 |
|
Oregon St.
|
71 |
39.2 |
8-20 |
23-30 |
16 |
37 |
6 |
9 |
|