Box Score TUCSON - Eighteenth-ranked Arizona basketball bounced back in decisive fashion with an 80-63 victory over Oregon State Saturday night in McKale Center.
Gabe York set a career-high with six threes while pouring in a career-best 24 points to lead the Cats (17-5, 5-4 Pac-12) while Ryan Anderson put up his 10th double-double of the season, contributing 13 points a team-high 12 rebounds.
Tres Tinkle scored 16 for the Beavers (12-8, 3-6 Pac-12), who stayed with the Wildcats until the final 10 minutes. Olaf Schaftenaar added 14 points and matched his career high with four 3s. Gary Payton III had nine points, seven rebounds and six assists for Oregon State.
The win was No. 300 for coach Sean Miller in his career, first at Xavier and now at Arizona.
Blown out at Arizona State 86-68 on Thursday night, Oregon State trailed Arizona 51-49 after Langston Morris-Walker's layup with 10:44 to play.
York responded with a 3-pointer and the Wildcats were off on a 10-0 run. Parker Jackson-Cartwright's 3 made it 61-49 with 8:18 to play.
Schaftenaar's 3 cut the lead to 63-55 with 7:28 to go, but York hit another from behind the arc to start a 7-0 spurt and the Beavers never threatened seriously again.
The first half was tight for the Wildcats, who were chewed out publicly by Miller after their loss to Oregon, Arizona's second defeat in a row.
After falling behind by eight in the early minutes, the Beavers outscored Arizona 12-1 to take an 18-15 lead on Tinkle's 10-foot floater midway through the first half.
York brought the Wildcats back. He sank three 3s and Jackson-Cartwright added another in a 15-4 run that gave Arizona a 30-22 lead with 5:53 remaining in the half. But a pair of 3s by Schaftenaar helped cut the Wildcats' lead to 34-30 at the break.
TIP-INS
Oregon State: Jarmal Reid, suspended for tripping an official, sat out his fourth game. He could return next week against Utah. ... The Beavers are 3-1 at home in the Pac-12, but 0-3 on the road. ... Oregon State has won once in Tucson since 1983 (in 2010).
Arizona: York's previous career high was 23 points against Boise State last Nov. 19. His previous best for 3s was five against Ohio State last March ... Freshman G Allonzo Trier, who has missed six games with a broken bone in his hand, took warmups and could be back next week. ... The Wildcats haven't lost two in a row at home, or three straight overall, since February 2010 — Miller's first season.
UP NEXT
Oregon State hosts Utah on Thursday.
Arizona plays at Washington State on Wednesday.