Eubanks Posts Double-Double Against ASU

Saturday, February 4

Corvallis, OR

3:00 PM

Oregon State

4-20, 0-11

Arizona State

11-13, 4-7

Arizona State

Oregon State

Drew Eubanks drops home two of his game-high 22 points against Arizona State.

Photo by: Scobel Wiggins/Oregon State Athletics

February 04, 2017 | Men's Basketball

Box Score Box Score Postgame Presser

By: Oregon State Communications

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Sophomore center Drew Eubanks scored a game-high 22 points and nearly matched his career high with 17 rebounds on Saturday in an 81-68 loss to Arizona State at Gill Coliseum.

Eubanks had several authoritative dunks and was 7 of 11 from the field and 8 of 10 from the foul line in authoring his sixth double-double of the season and the seventh of his career.

Eubanks set his career high of 18 rebounds against Lamar back on Nov. 16, 2016. He added a blocked shot to begin a new streak in that category; his old one was snapped at 17 games in a row, three short of the school record, against Arizona on Thursday night.

Sophomore guard Stephen Thompson Jr. had 15 points and five assists in his 17^th consecutive game in double figures since returning to the lineup on Dec. 1 after a six-game absence with a foot injury He has 16 or more points in nine of those games, and 62 points in his last three starts.

Guard JaQuori McLaughlin had 10 points, the 16^th double-figure scoring game of his freshman campaign. He dished out six assists, giving him 19 in his last three games and a team-high 75 for the season.

The Beavers (4-20, 0-11) started quickly and led 12-6 with 13:37 remaining in the first half. However, ASU went on a 14-0 tear over the next three minutes to go ahead 20-12. It closed the half with a 13-4 run to build a 44-25 intermission advantage.

OSU made several brief runs at the lead in the second half and was within 58-49 with 10:12 to play following two Eubank's free throws. But ASU responded with a 9-2 run to re-establish a comfortable 16-point edge and built the margin to 20 (73-53) at its zenith.

The Beavers outrebounded ASU 43-27 and had a 30-22 edge in points in the paint, a 15-9 advantage in second-chance points and a 12-4 edge in bench points, led by junior guard Ronnie Stacy's six-point effort, his second-highest output of the season.

The Beavers resume Pac-12 action at 8 p.m. Thursday when they face USC at the Galen Center in Los Angeles in the opener of their Southern California road trip. The game will be televised by Pac-12 Networks.

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