Women's hoops net third straight win over Beavers

January 16, 2010

<a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/orsillo_danielle00.htm… Orsillo</a> scored 20 points and added three steals to lead Arizona State past Oregon 56-47 Saturday, the Beavers fourth straight loss in Pac-10 play.<separator></separator>Talisa Rhea, the third-leading scorer in the Pac-10 at 16.6 a game, led the Beavers (9-6, 1-4) with 20 points and seven rebounds, in Oregon State 's second worst offensive game of the year.<separator></separator><a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/watson_tenaya00.html">… Watson</a> added 12 points and four assists for the Sun Devils (11-6, 3-3), who overcame a sloppy start to win their third straight after losing their first three conference games.<separator></separator><a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/earl_alex00.html">Alex Earl</a> hit a pair of 3-pointers off the bench for Arizona State to give the Sun Devils a 34-27 lead with 15:23 remaining but Rhea, held to six points in the first half, scored seven straight points over a 1:40 span to get the Beavers within 39-36 with 8:55 left. However, Watson followed with a 3-point play and Oregon State never got closer than five the rest of the way.<separator></separator><a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/tobin_becca00.html">Be… Tobin</a> added eight rebounds and six blocked shots as Arizona State forced 21 Beaver turnovers, leading to 21 points.<separator></separator>Kirsten Tilleman added seven points and eight rebounds for the Beavers,<separator></separator>The two teams combined to miss 16 of their first 23 shots and commit 11 turnovers in the first 10 minutes, keeping the score low, at 8-8.<separator></separator>Orsillo scored 13 first-half points, including six of the last eight by the Sun Devils to help Arizona State to a 24-21 lead at the break, despite the Sun Devils' 9-of-26 shooting.<separator></separator>Arizona State played without forward <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/bennett_kali00.html">K… Bennett</a>, who averages 6.7 points and 5.9 rebounds a game, after the sophomore transfer was suspended Saturday by the Pac-10 after a double foul call in Thursday's win over Oregon was reviewed. Bennett fouled out on the call with Victoria Kenyon, who also sat out a game on Saturday.<separator></separator>Arizona State has beaten Oregon State 14 straight times, dating back to 2003.<separator></separator>