OSU Women Fall To No. 10 Arizona State, 78-63

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TEMPE, Ariz. - Senior guard Casey Nash scored 24 points to lead three Oregon State players in double figures, but No. 10 ranked Arizona State came away with a 78-63 victory in Saturday’s Pac-10 women’s basketball game.

Arizona State (23-3; 13-2 Pac-10) scored the game’s first eight points and never looked back.

Oregon State (8-15; 3-11 Pac-10) trailed by as many as 17 points in the opening 20 minutes but rallied back behind Nash’s 18 first half points to cut the Sun Devil lead to 46-35 at intermission.

OSU had four players with two fouls heading into halftime and freshman forward Judie Lomax was saddled with three personals before the break.

Nash connected on 11-of-26 shots from the field and pulled down six rebounds before fouling out with 1:30 left in the game.

The Pac-10’s leading scorer, Nash surpassed the 20-point scoring barrier for the 13th time on the season.

Lomax and freshman guard Jasmine Smith chipped in 10 points each as all nine Oregon State players saw action in the contest.

Arizona State senior Aubree Johnson scored a career-high 27 points on 12-of-15 shooting to lead the Sun Devils.

Kirsten Thompson had 17 points and eight rebounds while Emily Westerberg and Briann January added 10 points each.

Arizona State won its ninth straight game in the series and shot 54-percent from the field compared to OSU’s 45-percent clip.

Oregon State heads home for its final pair of games in Corvallis on the season.

The Beavers host No. 11 ranked Stanford University on Thursday night at 7:00 PM.

All tickets can be purchased for only $1 as part of the “Fill Gill” promotion

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