Briefly: OSU will be looking for its
first conference win of the season when it hosts an up-and-down Stanford team ...
The Beavers opened Pac-12 play with a tough Rocky Mountain trip, dropping games
at then-No. 20 Colorado and Utah. OSU totaled 32 turnovers over the two defeats
... Forward Eric Moreland, who was reinstated last week from an unspecified
violation of team rules, showed some rust in the losses. He came off the bench
in Boulder to tally two points, 10 rebounds, a block and four turnovers.
Against the Utes, Moreland had four points, one rebound and three turnovers ...
The Beavers, owners of the Pac-12's worst rebounding margin, beat Colorado and
Utah on the glass ... OSU's starters struggled during their first conference road
trip. They often didn't move the ball much, settling for ill-advised
shots ...Collier and Brandt never got going on the trip. The big men combined
for 12 points in each game. It was quite a meltdown for two players who ended
nonconference play averaging a combined 30.9 points per game ... Coach Craig
Robinson said earlier this week that he is strongly considering replacing point
guard Challe Barton in the starting lineup with freshman Hallice Cooke. The
rookie, who has recorded career-high point totals in two of his past three
outings, leads Barton in nearly every statistical category despite playing
about three fewer minutes per game ... Robinson listed "consistency" and "getting
assists" as the two areas where he hopes to see improvement today ... OSU has shot
at least 50 percent from the field in seven of its past 14 contests, including
three of its past 12 games at