No. 16 Oregon State beats North Carolina 70-55

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - Ruth Hamblin had 17 points and 10 rebounds to help No. 16 Oregon State beat No. 6 North Carolina 70-55 on Tuesday night.

Jamie Weisner added 14 points for the Beavers, who improved to 8-0 for the first time in program history.

Sydney Wiese had 13 points as the Beavers recorded their first victory over a top-10 opponent since 1995.

Allisha Gray led North Carolina (9-1) with 20 points.

Stephanie Mavunga had 14 points for the Tar Heels, who shot a season-low 28 percent from the floor and made 1 of 14 3-point attempts.

The game featured two of the 14 remaining unbeaten teams in Division I entering the day.

The Beavers broke an early tie with a 9-2 spurt and never looked back. Weisner led the charge with a 3-pointer followed by two layups as Oregon State took an 18-11 lead midway through the first half.

The Tar Heels cut the deficit to 25-20 on a three-point play by Mavunga with 4:34 left in the first half, but they never got closer.

Oregon State led 37-25 at halftime and took its biggest lead at 52-32 on a basket by Marie Gulich with 11:36 remaining.

The Beavers maintained a lead of at least 12 points the rest of the way, limiting North Carolina to 25 percent shooting in the second half.

The 6-foot-6 Hamblin led the way on both ends of the floor for the Beavers. She had 10 points on 5-of-7 shooting in the first half, scoring four times after offensive rebounds.

Hamblin also blocked five shots in the game and played a big role in limiting Mavunga to 5-of-17 shooting from the floor.

Oregon State entered the game ranked eighth nationally in scoring and among the country's top three in assists, field goal percentage and 3-point field goal percentage. The Beavers piled up those impressive numbers against unimposing competition, winning each of their first seven games by double digits.

The quality of opponent was different against a North Carolina team that already had beaten four ranked teams, but Oregon State still flourished despite 23 turnovers and 7-of-28 shooting from 3-point range.

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TIP-INS

Oregon State: The Beavers began a stretch in which they will play six consecutive games away from home. They will have gone 34 days between home games before they host Oregon on Jan. 9.

North Carolina: The Tar Heels came up short in their bid for a fourth win against teams from the Pac-12 Conference. They already had beaten UCLA, Oregon and Stanford.

UP NEXT

Oregon State plays Southern Illinois on Friday in New Orleans.

North Carolina plays Maine on Friday in Myrtle Beach, S.C.