Oregon State, Arizona State Both Seeking First Pac-10 Wins

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TEMPE, Ariz. - The Oregon State men’s basketball team (8-9, 0-4) is on the road seeking its first Pacific-10 Conference win of the season.

The Beavers play at Arizona State on Saturday, another team seeking its first victory.

GAME #18 — Saturday at Wells Fargo Arena: Oregon State at Arizona State (6-10, 0-5) at 4:30 PM MT/3:30 PM PT.

ON TELEVISION:

The Arizona State game will be shown on FSN Arizona only.

At least 15 of OSU’s 18 Pac-10 games will be televised.

ARIZONA STATE SERIES:

OSU leads the all-time series, 36-31, with Arizona State.

But, the Beavers have lost eight straight in Tempe, last winning there in 1997-98.

OSU lost both regular-season meetings last year. In the first game at Gill Coliseum, ASU won 65-63 on a shot with eight seconds left in overtime.

It was the game where Lamar Hurd suffered what turned out to be a season-ending injury.

The Sun Devils also won at home, 76-59.

However, OSU came back from a 15-point second-half deficit without three injured starters to beat ASU at the Pac-10 Tournament, 71-68.

LAST GAME:

Oregon State put together its strongest second-half offensive performance of the season, but #10 Arizona was too much in an 83-72 loss at the McKale Center on Thursday evening.

The Wildcats opened the game with a 10-0 run and had another 10-0 run toward the end of the first half en route to a 42-27 halftime lead.

In the second 20 minutes, the Beavers shot 58.1% and scored 45 points, their most in the second half this season.

OSU made things interesting, cutting what was once a 22-point lead at 55-33 down to nine points at 78-69 with under three minutes to play.

Marcel Jones scored 26 points and had eight rebounds to lead OSU. Sasa Cuic was the only other player in double-figures with 16 points.

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