CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) - Joe Burton scored a career-high 21 points and Oregon State pulled away from Montana State in the second half Sunday for a 78-65 win.
Ahmad Starks added 14 points and nine rebounds for Oregon State (4-1), which also got 11 points and 10 rebounds from Eric Moreland.
Antonio Biglow scored 14 points and Flavien Davis had 12 points and nine rebounds for Montana State (1-3).
The Bobcats came within 58-51 with 11:13 remaining after Xavier Blount made a pair of free throws. The Beavers' Olaf Schaftenaar answered with a 3-pointer to restore the double-digit lead.
Montana State came no closer than eight points after that. Oregon State went on to lead by as many as 18 points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Montana State (1-3) | 31 | 34 | 65 |
| Oregon State (4-1) « | 45 | 33 | 78 |
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| Montana State Bobcats | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| F. Davis, F | 26 | 6-13 | 0-3 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| P. Egwuonwu, C | 22 | 2-7 | 4-4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| A. Biglow, G | 38 | 5-13 | 3-5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| X. Blount, G | 33 | 2-10 | 4-4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| M. Colbert, G | 19 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Coleman | 23 | 2-11 | 2-2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| J. Stewart | 18 | 1-6 | 2-2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| B. Brumwell | 9 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| D. Robison | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E. Norman | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Budinich | 2 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 21-70 | 17-22 | 42 | 10 | 19 | 65 | |
| 30% | 77.3% | ||||||
| Oregon State Beavers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. Moreland, F | 27 | 5-8 | 1-2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| J. Reid, F | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Burton, C | 28 | 8-11 | 5-6 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 21 |
| A. Starks, G | 36 | 5-16 | 2-3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| R. Nelson, G | 20 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Collier | 32 | 2-4 | 3-6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| C. Barton | 19 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| O. Schaftenaar | 14 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| L. Morris-Walker | 10 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| V. Robbins | 7 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Totals | 29-62 | 15-25 | 51 | 16 | 16 | 78 | |
| 46.8% | 60% | ||||||
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