Oregon State picked up a couple tough losses against Illinois and Connecticut, but finished their road trip with a solid win.
The Oregon State women have been on the road since last Friday, and it’s been a tough trip for the Beavers. The Beavers picked up double digit losses against Illinois and Connecticut, before finally snapping their losing streak with a 54-49 win over Boston College, to move to 2-5 on the season.
Last Friday night the Beavers travelled to Illinois to take on the Illini. Like many games this season, Oregon State found themselves in a hole early, with Makira Cook and Brynn Shoup-Hill hitting threes to get Illinois a double digit lead before the end of the first quarter. A pair of free throws from Kelsey Rees got the deficit back to 8 before the end of the first, but the Beavers had their work cut out for them.
The Illini maintained that lead for the second quarter, but broke the game open in the third. A 10 point quarter from Kendall Bostic helped Illinois get their lead as high as 28 points. Oregon State managed to cut into the gap a bit in the fourth, but not by much. falling 85-66 in the end.
The Beavers then traveled to the Bahamas to participate in the Continental Tire Baha Mar Championship. For their first game in Nassau the Beavers faced one of the best teams in the country, UConn. It went about as well as could be expected.
