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CORVALLIS – The Oregon State men's basketball team exploded to an 81-54 win over San Diego Saturday afternoon at Gill Coliseum.
With the win, the Beavers start the season 12-4.
Michael Rataj recorded his sixth double-double of the season, going for 18 points, 10 rebounds and four assists. Liutauras Lelevicius finished with 13 points on 5-for-6 shooting from the floor to go with seven rebounds. Nate Kingz went 4-for-7 from the floor to put up 15 points.
Parsa Fallah rounded out a quartet of Beavers in double-figures with 11 points on 4-for-7 shooting. Damarco Minor had eight points, six rebounds and four assists.
As a team the Beavers shot 57.8 percent in the game, compared to 29.3 percent for San Diego. Oregon State held a 28-20 advantage on points in the paint and out-scored the Toreros 48-26 in the second half.
The Beavers jumped in front early, scoring the first eight points of the game. Oregon State extended the advantage to double figures at 16-3. The Toreros battled back to get within seven at 20-13, but the Beavers would bring the lead to 15 before the Toreros ended the first half on a 10-0 run to head to the break with OSU up 33-28.
Lelevicius led the Beavers with 10 first-half points.
Oregon State got the lead back to double figures less than five minutes into the second half. The Beavers scored six-straight points to bring it to 57-40 with 9:20 to go. Oregon State controlled the game from there, taking with win by 27.
The Beavers will be back in action Thursday when they hit the road to take on Santa Clara.
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