Peninsula’s McLaughlin already playing big minutes at Oregon State

As a kid growing up in Tacoma and Gig Harbor, JaQuori McLaughlin was a big Washington Huskies basketball fan.

That’s why he committed to play at UW in November 2014.

And, too, why he later rescinded his commitment, and committed again to Oregon State, the school he originally chose as a sophomore in high school before then-coach Craig Robinson was fired and replaced by current coach Wayne Tinkle.

“I think (committing to UW) was more of me being a fan than really the overall fit for me as a player,” McLaughlin said by telephone Friday afternoon, a day before his Beavers visit the struggling Huskies for a noon game Saturday at Hec Edmundson Pavilion. “So I decommitted, then chose Oregon State…