SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Oregon State faced its first challenge of the young season and held off pesky Arkansas.
Jamie Weisner scored 26 points and Ruth Hamblin added 16 points and 11 rebounds to help the No. 7 Beavers beat Arkansas 63-47 and win the San Juan Shootout on Saturday.
Jordan Danberry scored 14 points and Jessica Jackson had 11 -- her sixth consecutive game with at least 10 -- for the Razorbacks, who were within 45-42 heading into the fourth quarter. Oregon State outscored Arkansas (2-4) 18-5 in the final quarter to put away the game.
Arkansas was held to 29.7 percent shooting and was 2 of 10 from behind the three-point line, but Coach Jimmy Dykes left pleased with his team's play against an Oregon State team that had beaten its first four opponents by an average of 43.3 points per game.
"I like how we fought," Dykes said. "We had a couple a minutes where we couldn't stay with them, but we'll get better at that."
Arkansas held Oregon State to 40.0 percent shooting and 32.0 percent in the second half, but it couldn't slow Weisner, who was 9 of 15 from the floor and 6 of 7 from behind the three-point line. Sydney Wiese was 1 of 10 from behind the three-point line but had 9 points and added 14 rebounds, while Hamblin made 8 of 13 shots for the Beavers (5-0).
"I think today was a defining game in our season," Hamblin said. "We grew up a lot. How we responded in the fourth quarter shows what our team identity will be."
Oregon State started the fourth quarter on a 7-2 run to take control.
"It was a great win," Oregon State Coach Scott Rueck said. "Arkansas gave a great effort. ... We do have a target on us. I thought we had a stretch in the second quarter, which I thought was great. The fourth quarter was the best we've played all season. Our defense was unbelievable.
"Lot of good lessons for our team today."
Arkansas led 17-16 after the first quarter, but Oregon State opened the second quarter with a 16-0 run. The Beavers led 38-26 at the half. Arkansas finished the tournament 0-2 with losses to Louisiana-Lafayette and Oregon State and have lost four in a row.
"We will take these lessons, go back home and get ready for our next game," Dykes said. "We had four or five critical turnovers in the fourth period that didn't allow us to get up enough shots at the end of the game. We'll get better at that and learn from it."
Sports on 11/29/2015