Kelley scores 16 points, leads Oregon State over Utah 70-51

 Kylor Kelley scored 16 points and grabbed nine rebounds to le Oregon State to a 70-51 rout of Utah on Thursday night.

Kelley, who was 7 of 10 from field with five dunks, also blocked two shots.

Oregon State (15-9, 5-7 Pac-12) has won back-to-back conference games for first time this season.

Utah (14-10, 5-7), which beat Oregon State 81-69 at home Jan. 2 in Pac-12 opener for both teams, struggled offensively in rematch. Utes hit just 37.3 percent from field.

Beavers led by 25 points at 68-43 on Kelley’s dunk with 3:42 remaining.

Utah never got closer than 15 points in second half after trailing 35-19 at break.

Ethan Thompson ded 13 points and 11 assists for Beavers. Leing scorer Tres Tinkle h 11 points, and Zach Reichle also was in double figures with 10 points.

Branden Carlson was only Utah player in double figures with 13 points. Timmy Allen, who came into game averaging a team-high 18.3 points, was held to six points.

Oregon State utilized a 12-2 run midway through first half to take control.

Oregon State’s biggest first-half le was 17 points at 33-16 on Kelley’s alley-oop dunk.

Utah shot just 29.6 percent in first half and struggled at foul line as well, hitting 1 of 6.

BIG PICTURE

Utah: Allen, who scored 25 points in Utes’ 81-69 victory over Oregon State on Jan. 2 in Pac-12 opener, was held to a season-low six points. … Utah’s two-game winning streak came to an end.

Oregon State: Tinkle extended his double-figure scoring streak to 89 games, matching school record of Mel Counts. Tinkle needs 65 points to pass Gary Payton (2,172) to become leing scorer in Oregon State history.

UP NEXT

Utah plays at No. 17 Oregon on Sunday.

Oregon State hosts Coloro on Saturday.