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Issue date: 2/12/09 Section: Sports

Media Credit: Jeff Wick Senior guard Brittney Davis is second on the OSU roster with 13.3 points per game. Davis has scored in the double digits in the last six games Oregon State has played.

Oregon State women's basketball is set to host the Huskies and Cougars in this weekend's "Pink Zone" matchups.

This weekend marks the first set of home games in the second round of Pac-10 play for the Beavers. On Thursday night, the Beavers (13-8, 4-7 Pac-10) will play host to the Washington Huskies (5-16, 1-10) in the second matchup of the season.

After falling to the Beavers the first time around, the Huskies will be expected to come out ready to win in an effort to end their 10-game Pac-10 losing streak. The Huskies haven't had a conference win since their opening home game on Jan. 3 against the Washington State Cougars. The Huskies lead the overall series against the Beavers 44-24, and are 17-13 in Corvallis. However, the Beavers have won the last two out of three games between the teams.

In the last face-off, senior guard Brittney Davis posted a career-high 25 points to lead the Beavers past the Huskies, 69-55, in Seattle. The Huskies are coming off a pair of losses last weekend to No. 6 Stanford and No. 3 Cal, and hope to redeem themselves and grab their first win in the second part of Pac-10 play. Led by junior guard Sami Whitcomb, who is averaging 12.3 points per game, and leading rebounder Laura McLellan, averaging 4.1 boards per game, the Huskies will push the Beavers at both ends of the court.

"I see two teams coming in here, very hungry, as are we, to be able to be successful," head coach LaVonda Wagner said. "I think it'll be two really good basketball games."

On Saturday night, Oregon State will host the Washington State Cougars (9-13, 2-9) in their annual "Pink Zone" game. The "Pink Zone" benefits the Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund. The fund is named after the late Kay Yow, former coach at North Carolina State. Yow passed away Jan. 24, 2009 after battling breast cancer since 1987.

The Cougars defeated Oregon State in their first match up, 65-52, shooting 39 percent from the field and 46 percent from behind the arc. In the first match up, sophomore Talisa Rhea led the Beavers with 19 points but couldn't boost OSU past the Cougars and freshman guard Jazmine Perkins, who had 21 points.

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