Oregon State Beavers NCAA Basketball News

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.

THE DAILY BAROMETER For the second game in a row, the Beavers wasted a solid outing by Jared Cunningham, who has scored 56 points in the past two games combined.

Terrence Ross had 21 points and 13 rebounds on Sunday to lead Washington to a 75-72 win over host Oregon State.

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.

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

Scouting report: Oregon State Game info: 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Gill Coliseum TV: FSN Radio: KJR 950 AM and 102.9 FM Record: 15-9, 5-7 Pac-12. Stats/schedule: Click here .

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

As the team's leading scorer - his 17.2 points per game are second most in the Pac-12, behind only Jared Cunningham of Oregon State - Motum is starting to receive more and more attention as the top performer on a struggling Cougars team.

Washington State visits Gill Coliseum this week without Klay Thompson. Then come the Washington Huskies, minus Isaiah Thomas.

No. 12 Utah Recent result: Lost 76-58 to Oregon State, Lost 79-68 to Oregon Following the loss to Oregon State, coach Larry Krystkowiak said: "We looked very scared and out of sorts." Playing 'scared' is on the players.

Jared Cunningham has scored at least 10 points in 21 of 23 games this year. The Beavers are 0-2 when Cunningham scores less than 10.