University of Washington
Oregon State
Huskies Bring The Payne In 74-58 Victory Over Oregon State
December 30, 2001 | Women's Basketball
Dec. 30, 2001
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) - Loree Payne scored 26 points as Washington beat Oregon State 74-58 on Sunday afternoon.
Andrea Lalum added 15 points and a game-best nine rebounds for the Huskies (7-5 overall, 2-1 Pac-10). Felicia Ragland led Oregon State (6-6 overall, 1-2 Pac-10) with 26 points, while Hollye Chapman scored 17 points.
Payne, who came off the bench for the first time in the season, made nine of 20 shots, including 5-of-12 from the 3-point line en route to her best scoring output of the year.
Washington coach June Daugherty changed to a bigger starting line up after being outrebounded 48-28 in a 69-56 loss at Oregon on Friday. The Huskies outrebounded Oregon State 43-33 on Sunday.
Washington, second in the conference in 3-pointers made, hit 11-of-25 from behind the arc, made all nine of their free throws and forced 23 turnovers. The Beavers, who held Washington State on Friday to conference lows of 17 percent shooting and 33 points, allowed Washington to shoot 41 percent from the field.
After Oregon State got to within two points early in the second half, the Huskies went on a 12-0 run capped by five points from Payne to take a 49-35 lead with 13:35 to play.
The Beavers closed the score to 62-54 before Payne hit a 3-pointer with 3:41 remaining to put the game away.
