Oregon State Upsets No. 20 Washington

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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Jared Cunningham had 19 points and the Oregon State Beavers snapped a three-game losing streak with a 68-56 upset victory against No. 20 Washington on Thursday night.

Scott Suggs had a career-high 18 points, including five 3-pointers for Washington (15-6, 7-3 Pac-10) which lost its second straight.

Oregon State (9-12, 4-6) took a 58-52 lead on Omari Johnson's layup off an offensive rebound. After Isaiah Thomas made two of three free throws for the Huskies, Calvin Haynes made one for the Beavers.

Haynes' layup and foul shot with 1:48 left extended it to 62-54 and put the Gill Coliseum crowd on its feet. The Beavers made free throws the rest of the way to put it away, snapping an eight-game winning streak for Washington in the series between the two teams.

Washington was coming off an 87-80 loss at rival Washington State on Sunday that dropped them two spots in the rankings.

It was back-and-forth for much of the game.

Washington jumped out to an 11-4 lead but the Beavers were resilient and tied it at 13 on Johnson's 3-pointer. Oregon State pulled ahead on Haynes' fastbreak layup.

The Huskies got back in front after Terrence Ross' dunk and Darnell Grants' layup.

Devon Collier's basket gave the Beavers their biggest lead of the first half at 26-22, but the Huskies kept the margin close and tied the game at 32 going into the break on Suggs' 3-pointer.

Suggs made four 3-pointers in the first half alone and led both teams with 14 points at the half.

Ahmad Starks hit a jumper to give the Beavers a 36-32 lead early in the second half, but again Washington was able to answer and reclaimed the lead when Venoy Overton's basket made it 39-37.

Midway through the half, Joe Burton's layup and a pair of free throws made it 47-44 and it appeared that Oregon State might break away. But the Huskies would not allow the Beavers more than a three-point advantage until Burton's long pass found Cunningham under the basket for a layup to make it 56-52 with 4:29 to go.

The Beavers opened Pac-10 play with two victories, but had lost six of their past seven under coach Craig Robinson, First Lady Michelle Obama's brother.

Oregon State hasn't defeated Washington since Feb. 22, 2007, a 73-65 victory in Corvallis.

 

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