National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Quinnipiac 60, Oregon St. 52
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 21, 2014
Where: TD Bank Sports Center, Hamden, Connecticut
Officials: # Brandon Cruz, # Andrew Maira, # Ron Tyburski
Attendance: 1313

Quinnipiac 60, Oregon State 52: Zaid Hearst scored 24 points, including 11-of-11 shooting form the free-throw line, to lead the host Bobcats to a win over the Beavers.

Evan Conti had 14 points and six rebounds for Quinnipiac (5-5), which won its second straight. Hearst and Conti combined for 10 of the Bobcats' 19 field goals, with the other eight players on the team shooting 9-of-35 from the field.

Olaf Schaftenaar led Oregon State (8-3) with 18 points, including four 3-pointers, and also grabbed six rebounds. Malcolm Duvivier had 10 points and four assists while Daniel Gomis added seven points and seven rebounds.

The game stayed close for much of the first half, though Oregon State used an 11-2 run — helped by a pair of 3-pointers by Schaftenaar — to take an eight-point lead with 12:01 to go, but the Beavers then went nearly eight minutes without a field goal, as Quinnipiac used a 15-1 run to go up by six. It was still six at halftime, and it stayed around that same deficit for much of the second half.

Oregon State got its deficit down to three on Victor Robbins' layup with 2:44 to go, but a Ousmane Drame jumper and Conti free throw pushed the lead back up to six with 37 seconds to go. Duvivier scored on a layup with 23 seconds to play, but the Beavers couldn't get any closer, as Hearst hit 4-of-4 from the line in the closing seconds.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Quinnipiac, the nation's top rebounding team, easily won the board battle, 46-27. … The Bobcats were 15-of-19 from the free-throw line, compared to 4-of-7 for the Beavers. … Neither team shot well from the field, with Oregon State finishing at 39.6 percent and Quinnipiac at 34.5.



Top Game Performances
 
Oregon St.   Quinnipiac
Olaf Schaftenaar 18 Scoring Zaid Hearst 24
Malcolm Duvivier 4 Assists Kasim Chandler 5
Daniel Gomis 7 Rebounds Ousmane Drame 7
Jarmal Reid 2 Free Throws Made Zaid Hearst 11
Gary Payton II 4 Steals James Ford Jr 1
Cheikh N'diaye 1 Blocks Ousmane Drame 5
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Oregon St. 52 39.6 6-15 4-7 13 25 2 7 7
Quinnipiac 60 34.5 7-25 15-19 15 38 6 2 11