Moore, Casto lead Cougars past Beavers

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) - Klay Thompson was having an off-night on Saturday, but his Washington State teammates were there to fill in the gaps.

Reggie Moore had 14 points and DeAngelo Casto added 11 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Cougars to a 61-55 win against Oregon State.

The Pac-10 scoring leader had his second straight sub-par shooting performance, going 2 for 7 for six points and fouled out with 1:57 remaining and the game still up for grabs. He was 4 of 13 on Thursday in a loss at Oregon.

"It shows the dimensions of our team," said Casto, who had seven of his 11 points in the second half. "It shows he's not Superman, he's human. He's going to have off-games. You can't just have one guy who does everything all the time."

Thompson, who averages almost 22 points, has scored 20 or more points 13 times this season and led Washington State (16-7, 6-5 Pac-10) in scoring 15 times.

On Saturday, he scored all of his points in the first half, when the Cougars went ahead to stay. Thompson added five assists, two blocks and two steals.

"It was definitely a team effort. It's good to see some other guys step up and do some good things," Washington State coach Ken Bone said. "We needed everybody to contribute in any way they could. We talked about that before the game. Every single guy that gets out there, they've got to compete."

The Cougars also got 10 points and seven rebounds from Faisal Aden off the bench.

Devon Collier had a career-high 16 points, 10 rebounds and four blocks for Oregon State (9-13, 4-7), which cut into an 11-point second-half deficit but could get no closer than two in the final moments.

The Beavers cut a 10-point second-half deficit to two, but Washington State steadily built its edge back to 10, going ahead 41-31 on Casto's conventional three-point play with 12:49 left.

Collier's lay-in got Oregon State within 45-41 before Moore and Marcus Capers each had three-point plays to increase the Cougars' margin again.

Calvin Haynes' two free throws with 47 seconds left made it 56-53 Washington State. Moore made one of two free throws for the Cougars, then Oregon State got within 57-55 with 20 seconds left on Roberto Nelson's basket. Faisal Aden made four free throws for Washington State to close the scoring.

Washington State used an 18-1 first-half run to overcome Oregon State's only lead of the game at 11-10. Abe Lodwick's 3-pointer with 6:06 left in the half put the Cougars ahead 28-10.

Oregon State was held scoreless for seven minutes and without a field goal for eight minutes. But the Beavers climbed back into it, scoring eight straight to cut the deficit to 31-23 and then to 32-27 at halftime.

Collier scored seven points in the last 5:30 of the half for Oregon State.

Both teams struggled from behind the 3-point line. Washington State was 3 for 15 and Oregon State 2 for 17.

The Cougars overcame 20 turnovers in the game with a 42-30 rebounding edge, and held Oregon State to its season low in points.

"We've not been a very strong rebounding team. That was huge for us tonight," Bone said.