Washington builds big lead, cruises past Oregon State

Keion Brooks Jr. had 23 points and nine rebounds to lead Washington to a 67-55 victory over Oregon State in a Pac-12 Conference game Saturday at Corvallis, Ore.

Washington (13-11, 5-8 Pac-12) swept Oregon State (11-13, 3-10) this season.

Sahvir Wheeler had 15 points, seven assists and five rebounds and Moses Wood finished with 13 points for Washington.

The Beavers, led by Jordan Pope's 19 points, have lost four straight games.

Washington, which never trailed, had runs of 12-0 and 10-0 in the first half to take a 39-17 lead with 1:49 left before halftime.

The Huskies led 42-22 at halftime behind 17 points from Brooks.

Washington shot 50 percent (14 of 28) from the field, including 43.8 percent (7 of 16) from 3-point range, in the first half.

The Huskies finished the game shooting 42.3 percent (22 of 52) and 33.3 percent (8 of 24) from beyond the arc.

Oregon State made 25.8 percent (8 of 31) from the field and 33.3 percent (4 of 12) from 3-point range in the first half.

For the game, the Beavers shot 33.9 percent (19 of 56) from the field and 31.8 percent (7 of 22) from beyond the arc.

Pope, the Beavers' leading scorer entering the game at 17.2 points per game, scored only four points in the first half on 1-of-9 shooting from the field.

He also missed his two attempts from 3-point range in the half.

He finished making 6 of 18 shots from the field, including a 1-of-5 performance from 3-point range.

Oregon State scored the first nine points of the second half to cut the lead to 42-31 with 16:49 remaining.

Washington started the half missing four shots from the field and committing three turnovers.

Wood ended the drought with a 3-pointer with 15:11 remaining to give the Huskies a 45-31 lead.

After Pope made a 3-pointer to cut the lead to 47-36 with 13:33 left, Washington pulled away with a 9-0 run.

Wheeler converted a three-point play to cap the run with 10:11 left to increase the lead to 56-36.

—Field Level Media