It was a great beginning. Oregon State quieted the crowd of 12,364 with a furious start buiulding up a quick 10-2 lead in Part One of the 2020 Civil War. Destiny Slocum led the Beavers with four-three pointers and wound up with 18 points but Oregon came on strong and beat Oregon State 76-64. After that initial burst from the Beavers the Ducks trio of Sabrina Ionescu, Satu Sabally and Ruthie Hebard went on a tear building up a 16 point halftime lead 45-29 Ionescu wound up with a game high 23.
Taylor Jones the standout freshman for the Beavers had 21 points and was 10 for 12 from the field. The Ducks made life miserable for the Oregon State outside shooters. Now Slocum was solid. 4-6 from three point range. However, the trio of Aleah Goodman, Mikayla Pivfed and Kat Tudor combined for 3-15 from long distance. Afterwrds, Mary Murphy of the Pac-12 Network chatted with Sabrina Ionescu.
Beavers will have a frenzied sellout crowd at Gill tomorrow. Civil War part two will also be telecast on ESPN 2 and will be live on the Beaver Sports Network . 1190 KEX will carry the game live in the Portland-Vancouver area.