Oregon State University NCAA News

Mollee Schwegler had a career high 15 points off the bench, including a critical 6 late in the game, to spark Oregon St.

Current Record: A 15-9 RPI: 141A A A A A SOS: A 180 First Thought: The Oregon State Beavers have nothing short of a roller-coaster of a season.

Missouri, meanwhile, became the first school to produce a gymnast who has beaten Samantha Peszek in the all-around this season, that being Mary Burke , who went 39.375 to Peszek's 39.275. Elsewhere, it was all UCLA: Alyssa Pritchett won floor and Mattie Larson beam .

Playing its fourth game in a span of 24 hours proved too much for the 20th-ranked Nebraska softball team in Saturday's second game, as the Huskers ran into a red-hot Oregon State offense in an 11-3, six-inning loss at the Kajikawa Classic.

"I'm just focused on each game, one game at a time and college basketball," he said.

At 8 a.m.: The US trade deficit swelled to almost $49 billion in December as China imported less from us and our imports rose.

Proof that the University of Washington women's basketball team is beginning to take some steps in the right direction comes from a two-game winning streak and a 5-4 record since the turn of the calendar year? Evidence that the Huskies might be incrementally better this time next year? Well, that could be found in the team standing on the opposite ... (more)

In lieu of the standard preview post, CODawg and I have agreed to do a a Q&A with AndyPanda.

Such was the case with point guard Ahmad Starks's shooting line in the Beavers's loss to WSU last night at Gill.

At 8 a.m.: The US trade deficit swelled to almost $49 billion in December as China imported less from us and our imports rose.

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Throughout the next couple of months I'll take a look at each position group leading up to the 2012 NFL Draft.

PULLMAN, Wash. Washington State University's second-half offensive struggles allowed Oregon State University to overcome a four-point halftime deficit and hand the Cougars a 51-39 defeat in Pac-12 Conference play Thursday evening.

D.J. Shelton added 14 points for the Cougars , who had lost three of their previous four games.

Washington St. at Oregon St. at Gill Coliseum at 7:00 PM PST / No TV / KEJO 1240 AM / KPAM 860 AM The Cougars come into Corvallis after what would be a heart-breaking 63-60 loss to UCLA , except they are so used to being beaten by the Bruins.

Washington State faces Oregon State for the second time this season tonight at 7 pm Pacific.

We love doing these Q&A's every once in a while with our blogging brethren at SB Nation, so here's one from WSU's next opponent, Oregon State.

Five of their final seven games are at home - where they have a 10-2 record - and they have been on somewhat of a roll lately, winning four of their last five.

OUTLOOK: The Cougars beat OSU , 81-76, in Spokane on the opening weekend of conference play.

They are hard to miss on the basketball court. Oregon State junior Joe Burton's blue shoes clash with the traditional Beaver colors of black and orange.