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Malibu, California – Michael Rataj scored 25 points and caught 12 rebounds, and Parsa Fallah Adding 24 points, to lead the Oregon State male basketball team to an 84-78 victory against Pepperdine Thursday evening at Firestone Fieldhouse.
The Beavers (19-9, 9-6 WCC) went to 7-0 all time against the waves and finished the scan of the season which included a victory of 83-63 on January 23 at the Gill Coliseum.
Led 38-37 at halftime, the Oregon State was released in the second period, overlapping waves 15-5 to take an advantage of 53-42. Pepperdine reduced the deficit to 68-65 before Josiah Lake II pierced a pointer at 3 and Liutauras Lelevicius made a rider for a comfortable margin and a key victory on the road to the conference.
The Beavers drew 60.7% (17 out of 28) in the second period and 50% (31 out of 62) in the match.
Fallah scored more than 20 points for the fifth time this season, while Rataj posted his ninth double-double this season and 13th in his state career in Oregon.
Rataj (25) and Fallah (24) combined for 49 of the 84 points of the Beavers.
Lelevicius scored nine points on the bench and Isaiah Sy overturned two triple and a pair of free throws to finish with eight points. It is the fifth consecutive game that Sy has made several 3 points. Damarco Minor had seven best assists in a team.
Johan Munch Entering match 3 for 10 this season in his 17 games, but was aggressive in the first image, overthrowing 2 shots out of 5 and a frank throw to mark a career in five points.
Its summit in previous careers was two points, in four different games, and its two boards equaled a better.
The Oregon State has been late 21-13 in the first half, but fought to take a 31-29 advance on a 3-point pointer from the left corner by SY with 4:01 in the chronometer. Fallah made two free throws in the last 2.7 seconds of half-time to give the Bearvers an advance of 38-37 at the break.
Fallah led Osu with 13 points in the first half, while Rataj added seven and Sy made his two 3-point attempts for six points.
With the victory, Oregon State improved at 15-1 this season, and 7-0 in the conference of the West Coast conference when he is led at halftime.
Pepperdine (10-18, 4-11 WCC) was led by the 20 points and 11 boards of Boubacar Coulibaly, while Moe Odum collected 19 points and seven assists, and Stefan Todorovic added 10 points.
The Beavers will conclude a two-game road trip when they face the San Diego Tuteros (4-24, 1-15 Coe) at 2 p.m. Saturday at Jenny Craig Pavilion in a television match on ESPN +.
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