“How Sweet `16’ it is!” Pac-12 Player of the Year Jamie Weisner scored 23 points, Deven Hunter tallied 11 and Ruth Hamblin corralled 16 rebounds as the No. 2 seed Oregon State women’s basketball team rolled over No. 10 seed St. Bonaventure 69-40 in front of an energized crowd of 6,074 at Gill Coliseum in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The win catapults the Beavers into the Regional Semifinals and the program’s second Sweet 16 appearance where they will face the No. 6 DePaul Blue Demons, and upset winner Sunday over Louisville, Saturday in Dallas, Texas.
For First time in history Beavers (30-4) have won two NCAA Tournament games in the same season and they did it behind their usual stellar defense as they held the Bonnies (24-8) to 25.