The Oregon State women picked up their seventh win in a row Saturday afternoon, with a dominant defensive effort giving the Beavers a 30 point win over Seattle. The win improves the Beavers record to 13-5 overall, and 5-0 in the West Coast Conference.
Oregon State’s stars helped the Beavers build an early lead in the first quarter. Jenna Villa put up five points in the first three minutes of the game, and Seattle struggled to defend Kennedie Shuler, who was four for five from the field for an eight point quarter. Oregon State got their lead as high as eleven before a three from Seattle’s Sydnie Rodriguez trimmed the margin to eight, 22-14, at the end of the quarter.
The Beavers’ scoring slowed down in the second quarter, but the Redhawks weren’t able to cut into the Oregon State lead. A pair of threes from Jenna Villa early in the second got teh Beaver lead up to 16, but that was matched by a 10 point Redhawk run carried by Ella Brubaker and Fia Proctor. Oregon State managed to get the Beaver lead back up to eleven, but a Tamia Stricklin three in the final minute of the half got it back down to eight, 35-27.
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Oregon State’s defense locked down Seattle in the third quarter, allowing only a pair of free throws from Tamia Stricklin in the first seven minutes of the period. In the meantime Kennedie Shuler and Tiara Bolden kept Oregon State’s scoring pressure up, while Nene Sow locked down the key. A three from Lucija Milkovic and a layup from Jana Vesic got the Redhawks some points late in the quarter, but the Beavers entered the fourth up 17, 51-34…