Beavers stay unbeaten with win over Delta Devils at home

Oregon State had its most sluggish performance to date, but it didn’t matter against the worst team in the country.

Legend Smiley scored 18 points and Daniel Freitag had 17 points to lead the Beavers to an 81-65 win over Mississippi Valley State Friday night at Gill Coliseum.

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Smiley scored 13 points in the first half and Chris Johnson had 10 of his 13 points before the break for OSU (4-0), which opened with an 18-8 lead and never looked back.

The Beavers closed the first half on a 10-0 run and scored the first six of the second half to blow the game open.

Though OSU shot 48% from the field, including 39.3% from three, and…