CORVALLIS, Ore. — Gary Payton II recorded his sixth double-double of the season with 21 points and 10 rebounds to lead Oregon State to a 59-55 victory Saturday over USC.
Jarmal Reid added 14 points, including the go-ahead basket with 10:02 to play, as the Beavers (14-5, 5-2 Pac-12) won their third in a row and improved to 12-0 at Gill Coliseum.
Trailing 58-55, the Trojans had the ball with a chance to tie, but Payton intercepted a Julian Jacobs’ pass that was intended for Nikola Jovanovic at the top of the 3-point arc with eight seconds to play.
Payton was fouled and made one of two free throws with six seconds left to seal the win and send the Trojans (9-10, 1-6) to their fourth straight loss.
Katin Reinhardt led USC with 17 points. Jovanovic finished with 13 points and Darion Clark added eight points and eight rebounds for the Trojans.
There were seven lead changes and one tie in the first eight minutes of play.
After USC’s Strahinja Gavrilovic scored to give the Trojans a 14-13 lead, Reid came off the Oregon State bench and keyed a 16-4 run.
Reid started the run with assists on baskets by Payton and Malcolm Duvivier and then finished it off with four consecutive field goals, including a layup that made it 29-18 with 3:13 left in the half.
The Beavers missed their last five shots of the half and USC closed with a 9-0 run, cutting the deficit to 29-27 on a Gavrilovic layup with 51 seconds remaining.
Payton scored 12 in the first half.
Katin Reinhardt’s 3-pointer to open the second half gave USC a 30-29 lead, but then OSU’s Olaf Schaftenaar hit three-consecutive 3-pointers in a span of 1:34 to put the Beavers on top 38-30.
USC responded with a 15-2 run that ended with Reinhardt stealing the ball near center court and skipping a pass to a streaking Elijah Stewart for a breakaway dunk that gave the Trojans a 45-40 lead with about 12 1/2 minutes to play.
The Beavers regained the lead with Reid’s layup made it 46-45 with 10:02 to play.
Payton padded the lead with a baseline jumper as the shot clock was about to expire, followed by a runner in the lane that gave OSU a 57-52 lead with 2:40 to go.
TIP-INS
Oregon State went into Saturday’s game 11-0 at Gill coliseum, equaling its best start at home since 1980. . Saturday’s announced crowd of 8,877 was the largest turnout of the season at 9,604-seat Gill Coliseum. … The Beavers came into the game eighth in the nation in field goal percentage defense (.362) and 11th in scoring defense (56.1). … Coming off Thursday’s 75-67 loss to Oregon in Eugene, USC used part of Friday’s off day to watch the movie American Sniper. … The Trojans went into Saturday’s game ranked 11th in the Pac-12 in field goal percentage (.422), 12th in 3-point field goal percentage (.307) and 12th in free throw percentage (.640).
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Oregon State plays at Arizona State on Wednesday
USC hosts Colorado on Thursday.
