INDIANAPOLIS– The Oregon State Beavers are headed to the Elite 8 after knocking off another underdog, the Loyola Chicago Ramblers, 65-58 on Saturday in the males’s NCAA Competition Sugary food 16.
Senior Ethan Thompson scored 22 indicate blaze a trail for No. 12 seed Oregon State, which led by as numerous as 13 prior to holding back No. 8 seed Loyola down the stretch. Warith Alatishe included 10 points and took down 11 rebounds for the Beavers (20-12).
It’s simply the 3rd time in school history that the Beavers have actually won 3 males’s NCAA Competition video games.
The Beavers won 3 NCAA tourney video games in 1963 and 1982. This was OSU’s very first Sugary food 16 look given that 1982, when the Beavers won to reach the West Regional last.
The video game was a protective fight the majority of the method. Oregon State held Loyola to 33.3% shooting, and 21.7% on 3s.
Cameron Krutwig had 14 points, 10 rebounds and 4 helps for Loyola (26-5).
Here’s a wrap-up of how the video game unfolded.
FINAL: OREGON STATE 65, LOYOLA CHICAGO 58
— Zach Reichle strikes 2 totally free tosses to put Oregon State up 51-44 with 2:43 to go. Loyola’s Marquise Kennedy strikes a 3, however. Now Alatishe with a putback layup. Jarod Lucas strikes a huge 3 for Oregon State with 1:12 left. Alatishe strikes 2 totally free tosses, and the Beavers lead it 58-51 in the last minute. Loyola misses out on a 3. Ethan Thompson with the rebound, and he’s fouled with 35.8 seconds left. He strikes both and it’s a nine-point lead for the Beavers, at 60-51. Williamson strikes a 3, cutting the Loyola deficit to 60-54 with 24.5 seconds left. Timeout. The Ramblers nasty Reichle with 23.1 seconds to go. Reichle strikes both. Oregon State leads 62-54. A Cameron Krutwig putback cuts the Beavers’ cause 62-56 with 10 seconds left. Timeout. Reichle fouled once again, with 9 seconds left. Reichle makes one. Loyola gets a fast layup, and after that fouls Ethan Thompson with 2.2 seconds left. Thompson makes both, and the video game ends. Oregon State wins 65-58 and is headed to the Elite 8.
— Tate Hall strikes a layup and draws a nasty. He does not transform the totally free toss, however, so the Oregon State lead is 45-39. The groups turn up empty a couple of times down the flooring. Then Warith Alatishe strikes a bank shot and the Beavers are up 47-39. Loyola’s Braden Norris addresses with a 3, and the Beavers lead it by 5. An Aher Uguak alley-oop layup suffices to 3. However then Jarod Lucas swishes a jumper. OSU is up 49-44 with 2:43 left.
— All of a sudden, these groups are flaunting some offense. Loyola’s Lucas Williamson tears down a 3 to cut the Oregon State cause 43-37. However Ethan Thompson addresses with a layup, and the Beavers lead 45-37 with 7:47 to go.
— Oregon State’s Maurice Calloo turns it over, and fouls Marquise Kennedy, who strikes 2 totally free tosses to cut the Oregon State cause 37-30. Ethan Thompson misses out on a 3, however the Beavers get the offending rebound. It causes Calloo getting fouled as he cuts to the basket. He makes both totally free tosses, and the Oregon State lead is 9, at 39-30, with 10:24 to go.
— Loyola’s Braden Norris ratings on a layup, and he draws a nasty on Ethan Thompson. Norris will shoot a complimentary toss after the media timeout. With 11:46 to play in the video game, Oregon State leads 37-26. Norris missed out on the totally free toss, however got his own rebound and drew another nasty. He struck both totally free tosses to cut the OSU cause 37-28.
— Ethan Thompson simply beat Loyola down the flooring on an incoming play, captured a deep pass and tossed down a dunk to offer Oregon State a 37-24 lead with 12:42 to play.
— Oregon State has its most significant lead of the video game, with the Beavers up 33-22 at the 15:49 mark of the 2nd half. Jarod Lucas tore down a three-pointer with 16:06 delegated extend the lead, for Lucas’ very first points of the video game. Ethan Thompson depends on 12 points, while Roman Silva, Warith Alatishe and Rodrigue Andela have 4 points each. Oregon State’s shooting portion depends on 37.5%, while Loyola is still at a paltry 22.2%.
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HALFTIME: OREGON STATE 24, LOYOLA CHICAGO 16
— It’s been a protective fight so far, with Oregon State leading Loyola Chicago 24-16 at halftime. The Ramblers leapt out to a 9-3 lead, however then the Beavers utilized a 7-0 go to take the lead.
Oregon State held the Ramblers scoreless for the last 5:48 of the half, turning a 16-13 deficit into an eight-point Beavers lead at the break.
Ethan Thompson leads OSU with 10 points up until now.
Loyola shot simply 4 of 23 (17.4%) and made 1 of 9 3s in the very first half. The Beavers made just 8 of 24 shots (33.3%), however did tear down 3 of 7 3s.
Oregon State (19-12) vs. Loyola of Chicago (26-4)
Time: 11:40 a.m. Saturday
Where: Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis
On air: KOIN 6
KenPom ranking: Oregon State 48, Loyola 9
Betting line: Ramblers by 7
Predicted beginners for Oregon State
G– Ethan Thompson (6-5 senior)
G– Zach Reichle (6-5 senior)
G– Jarod Lucas (6-2 sophomore)
F– Warith Alatishe (6-7 junior)
C– Roman Silva (7-1 senior)
Previous conferences: In the only previous conference in between the schools, Loyola won 29-19 throughout the 1927-28 season.
Noteworthy: Kevin Harlan and Dan Bonner call the video game on CBS, with Dana Jacobson doing sidelines. … A win provides Oregon State its very first 20-win season given that 2011-12, when the Beavers went 21-15. Nevertheless, OSU played 6 CBI video games that season to pad the record. The last time the Beavers won 20 video games without a CBI increase was 1989-90, when they were 22-7. … Oregon State has actually won 4 video games versus AP Top 25 groups this season, the most given that 1979-80. … The Beavers have actually won 5 successive video games, and 8 immediately from Gill Coliseum. … Throughout OSU’s current five-game streak, Alatishe is balancing 10.4 points and 10.0 rebounds. … In its 2 NCAA Competition wins, Oregon State is shooting 44.9% (49 of 107) and holding the challenger to 30.5% shooting (39 of 128). … Maurice Calloo is balancing 10.5 points in 2 NCAA tourney video games, more than double his routine season/Pac -12 competition scoring average of 5.2. … Oregon State is trying to end up being the 2nd 12 seed to reach the Elite 8. The only group to do it is Missouri in 2002. … The OSU-Loyola winner advances to Monday’s local last versus the Houston-Syracuse winner in Lucas Oil Arena.
— Nick Daschel|ndaschel@oregonian.com|@nickdaschel
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