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Rataj's 25 lead Oregon State over Pepperdine 84-78

AP
Feb 21, 2025

MALIBU, Calif. (AP) Michael Rataj's 25 points helped Oregon State defeat Pepperdine 84-78 on Thursday.

Rataj had 12 rebounds for the Beavers (19-9, 9-6 West Coast Conference). Parsa Fallah scored 24 points, shooting 10 of 16 from the field and 4 for 6 from the line. Liutauras Lelevicius went 4 of 8 from the field to finish with nine points.

The Waves (10-18, 4-11) were led in scoring by Boubacar Coulibaly, who finished with 20 points, 11 rebounds, two steals and two blocks. Pepperdine also got 19 points and seven assists from Moe Odum. Stefan Todorovic had 10 points.

Fallah put up 13 points in the first half for Oregon State, who led 38-37 at halftime. Rataj scored 18 points in the second half to help lead Oregon State to the win.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

1st Half
ORST
Beavers
38
PEP
Waves
37

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Parsa Fallah vs. Danilo Dozic (Moe Odum gains possession)
19:30		Stefan Todorovic misses three point jump shot
19:28		Michael Rataj defensive rebound
19:00		Parsa Fallah misses two point layup
18:58		Boubacar Coulibaly defensive rebound
18:52		Moe Odum turnover (bad pass) (Michael Rataj steals)
18:39		Josiah Lake II misses three point jump shot
18:37		Dovydas Butka defensive rebound
18:21		Moe Odum misses two point jump shot
18:19		Damarco Minor defensive rebound
18:13	+2	Parsa Fallah makes two point cutting layup (Damarco Minor assists)	2-0
17:45		Danilo Dozic misses two point floating jump shot
17:43		Boubacar Coulibaly offensive rebound
17:38	+2	Boubacar Coulibaly makes two point putback layup	2-2
17:14		Michael Rataj misses two point hook shot
17:12		Waves defensive rebound
17:00		Stefan Todorovic misses two point pullup jump shot
16:58		Dovydas Butka offensive rebound
16:53		Damarco Minor shooting foul (Dovydas Butka draws the foul)
16:53	+1	Dovydas Butka makes regular free throw 1 of 2	2-3
16:53	+1	Dovydas Butka makes regular free throw 2 of 2	2-4
16:35		Nate Kingz misses three point jump shot
16:33		Boubacar Coulibaly defensive rebound
16:24		Josiah Lake II shooting foul (Stefan Todorovic draws the foul)
16:24	+1	Stefan Todorovic makes regular free throw 1 of 2	2-5
16:24		Stefan Todorovic misses regular free throw 2 of 2
16:24		Nate Kingz defensive rebound
16:08	+2	Parsa Fallah makes two point layup	4-5
15:57		Dovydas Butka misses two point jump shot
15:55		Boubacar Coulibaly offensive rebound
15:51	+2	Boubacar Coulibaly makes two point putback layup	4-7
15:38	+2	Michael Rataj makes two point cutting layup (Damarco Minor assists)	6-7
15:30	+3	Danilo Dozic makes three point jump shot (Moe Odum assists)	6-10
14:56		Nate Kingz misses three point jump shot
14:54		Parsa Fallah offensive rebound
14:47		Parsa Fallah misses two point reverse layup
14:45		Boubacar Coulibaly defensive rebound
14:36		Parsa Fallah shooting foul (Moe Odum draws the foul)
14:36		TV timeout
14:36	+1	Moe Odum makes regular free throw 1 of 2	6-11
14:36	+1	Moe Odum makes regular free throw 2 of 2	6-12
14:14		Liutauras Lelevicius misses two point pullup jump shot
14:12		Boubacar Coulibaly defensive rebound
13:55		Boubacar Coulibaly turnover (traveling)
13:32	+2	Damarco Minor makes two point stepback jump shot	8-12
13:14	+2	Dovydas Butka makes two point bank jump shot (Stefan Todorovic assists)	8-14
12:43		Liutauras Lelevicius misses three point jump shot
12:41		Johan Munch offensive rebound
12:41	+2	Johan Munch makes two point putback layup	10-14
12:12	+2	Dovydas Butka makes two point cutting layup (Boubacar Coulibaly assists)	10-16
11:49		Michael Rataj misses two point driving bank jump shot
11:47		Moe Odum defensive rebound
11:42	+2	Stefan Todorovic makes two point cutting layup (Moe Odum assists)	10-18
11:24		Moe Odum personal foul
11:24		TV timeout
11:20		Johan Munch misses two point layup
11:18		Michael Rataj offensive rebound
11:18	+2	Michael Rataj makes two point putback layup	12-18
11:18		Danilo Dozic shooting foul (Michael Rataj draws the foul)
11:18	+1	Michael Rataj makes regular free throw 1 of 1	13-18
11:08	+3	Danilo Dozic makes three point jump shot (Dovydas Butka assists)	13-21
10:55	+3	Isaiah Sy makes three point jump shot (Michael Rataj assists)	16-21
10:37		Stefan Todorovic turnover (bad pass) (Liutauras Lelevicius steals)
10:30		Liutauras Lelevicius misses two point driving layup
10:28		Beavers offensive rebound
10:18		Johan Munch misses two point layup
10:16		Mike Saunders Jr. defensive rebound
10:05	+2	Mike Saunders Jr. makes two point stepback jump shot (Boubacar Coulibaly assists)	16-23
9:48		Michael Rataj misses two point driving layup
9:46		Johan Munch offensive rebound
9:46	+2	Johan Munch makes two point putback layup	18-23
9:46		Mike Saunders Jr. shooting foul (Johan Munch draws the foul)
9:46	+1	Johan Munch makes regular free throw 1 of 1	19-23
9:35		Dovydas Butka misses two point turnaround jump shot
9:33		Liutauras Lelevicius defensive rebound
9:22		Johan Munch misses two point layup
9:20		Michael Rataj offensive rebound
9:20		Boubacar Coulibaly shooting foul (Michael Rataj draws the foul)
9:20		Michael Rataj misses regular free throw 1 of 2
9:20		Michael Rataj misses regular free throw 2 of 2
9:20		Stefan Todorovic defensive rebound
9:14		Johan Munch blocks Dovydas Butka's two point driving layup
9:12		Waves offensive rebound
9:03		Liutauras Lelevicius personal foul (Stefan Todorovic draws the foul)
8:55		Moe Odum misses three point jump shot
8:53		Damarco Minor defensive rebound
8:40		Damarco Minor misses two point turnaround jump shot
8:38		Isaiah Sy offensive rebound
8:20		Zion Bethea personal foul (Isaiah Sy draws the foul)
8:08	+2	Parsa Fallah makes two point turnaround hook shot (Liutauras Lelevicius assists)	21-23
8:08		Dovydas Butka shooting foul (Parsa Fallah draws the foul)
8:08		TV timeout
8:08	+1	Parsa Fallah makes regular free throw 1 of 1	22-23
7:42	+2	Boubacar Coulibaly makes two point dunk (Dovydas Butka assists)	22-25
7:15		Parsa Fallah misses two point turnaround hook shot
7:13		Boubacar Coulibaly defensive rebound
7:05		Nate Kingz shooting foul (Dovydas Butka draws the foul)
7:05		Dovydas Butka misses regular free throw 1 of 2
7:05	+1	Dovydas Butka makes regular free throw 2 of 2	22-26
6:37	+2	Parsa Fallah makes two point layup (Nate Kingz assists)	24-26
6:22		Boubacar Coulibaly turnover (out of bounds)
6:02		Josiah Lake II turnover (lost ball)
6:02		Nate Kingz personal foul (Moe Odum draws the foul)
5:48		Dovydas Butka misses two point turnaround hook shot
5:45		Beavers defensive rebound
5:24	+2	Parsa Fallah makes two point layup (Michael Rataj assists)	26-26
5:09	+3	Jaxon Olvera makes three point jump shot (Dovydas Butka assists)	26-29
4:49		Isaiah Sy misses two point jump shot
4:47		Moe Odum defensive rebound
4:38		Dovydas Butka misses three point jump shot
4:36		Michael Rataj defensive rebound
4:27		Jaxon Olvera shooting foul (Josiah Lake II draws the foul)
4:27	+1	Josiah Lake II makes regular free throw 1 of 2	27-29
4:27	+1	Josiah Lake II makes regular free throw 2 of 2	28-29
4:09		Jaxon Olvera turnover (bad pass) (Michael Rataj steals)
3:59	+3	Isaiah Sy makes three point jump shot (Josiah Lake II assists)	31-29
3:32		Josiah Lake II shooting foul (Stefan Todorovic draws the foul)
3:32		TV timeout
3:32	+1	Stefan Todorovic makes regular free throw 1 of 2	31-30
3:32	+1	Stefan Todorovic makes regular free throw 2 of 2	31-31
3:15		Michael Rataj misses two point jump shot
3:13		Beavers offensive rebound
3:13		Stefan Todorovic personal foul (Parsa Fallah draws the foul)
3:13		Parsa Fallah misses regular free throw 1 of 1
3:13		Danilo Dozic defensive rebound
2:53		Danilo Dozic misses two point pullup jump shot
2:51		Damarco Minor defensive rebound
2:40		Liutauras Lelevicius misses two point stepback jump shot
2:38		Michael Rataj offensive rebound
2:34	+2	Michael Rataj makes two point tip layup	33-31
2:30		Waves 30 second timeout
2:23	+2	Dovydas Butka makes two point layup (Moe Odum assists)	33-33
2:07		Michael Rataj offensive foul (Moe Odum draws the foul)
2:07		Michael Rataj turnover (offensive foul)
1:55	+2	Boubacar Coulibaly makes two point alley-oop dunk (Stefan Todorovic assists)	33-35
1:32		Damarco Minor misses three point pullup jump shot
1:30		Danilo Dozic defensive rebound
1:23		Danilo Dozic misses three point jump shot
1:21		Stefan Todorovic offensive rebound
1:08		Moe Odum misses two point driving floating jump shot
1:06		Boubacar Coulibaly offensive rebound
1:04		Beavers 30 second timeout
1:03		Boubacar Coulibaly turnover (lost ball) (Damarco Minor steals)
0:49	+3	Liutauras Lelevicius makes three point jump shot (Parsa Fallah assists)	36-35
0:25		Damarco Minor personal foul (Boubacar Coulibaly draws the foul)
0:25	+1	Boubacar Coulibaly makes regular free throw 1 of 2	36-36
0:25	+1	Boubacar Coulibaly makes regular free throw 2 of 2	36-37
0:02		Alex Leiba personal foul (Parsa Fallah draws the foul)
0:02	+1	Parsa Fallah makes regular free throw 1 of 2	37-37
0:02	+1	Parsa Fallah makes regular free throw 2 of 2	38-37
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
ORST
Beavers
46
PEP
Waves
41

Time		Play	Score
19:49	+2	Nate Kingz makes two point driving layup	40-37
19:35		Stefan Todorovic misses two point driving layup
19:32		Beavers defensive rebound
19:16	+2	Parsa Fallah makes two point cutting layup (Damarco Minor assists)	42-37
19:04		Josiah Lake II personal foul
19:03		Boubacar Coulibaly misses two point alley-oop dunk
19:01		Stefan Todorovic offensive rebound
18:47	+3	Moe Odum makes three point stepback jump shot	42-40
18:32		Boubacar Coulibaly blocks Parsa Fallah's two point turnaround hook shot
18:30		Parsa Fallah offensive rebound
18:20		Michael Rataj turnover (lost ball) (Dovydas Butka steals)
18:17		Isaiah Sy personal foul (Moe Odum draws the foul)
18:11		Moe Odum misses two point jump shot
18:09		Michael Rataj defensive rebound
17:41	+3	Michael Rataj makes three point stepback jump shot	45-40
17:17		Moe Odum turnover (back court violation)
17:06		Michael Rataj turnover (bad pass) (Dovydas Butka steals)
16:52		Michael Rataj blocks Stefan Todorovic's two point pullup jump shot
16:50		Parsa Fallah defensive rebound
16:38	+2	Parsa Fallah makes two point turnaround bank hook shot (Damarco Minor assists)	47-40
16:25		Stefan Todorovic misses three point jump shot
16:23		Nate Kingz defensive rebound
16:10		Michael Rataj misses two point layup
16:08		Michael Rataj offensive rebound
16:04	+2	Michael Rataj makes two point putback layup	49-40
15:55	+2	Boubacar Coulibaly makes two point dunk (Moe Odum assists)	49-42
15:31	+2	Parsa Fallah makes two point layup (Damarco Minor assists)	51-42
15:10		Dovydas Butka misses two point jump shot
15:08		Isaiah Sy defensive rebound
15:03		Nate Kingz misses three point jump shot
15:01		Michael Rataj offensive rebound
14:57	+2	Michael Rataj makes two point turnaround hook shot	53-42
14:55		Waves 30 second timeout
14:55		TV timeout
14:31		Isaiah Sy personal foul (Stefan Todorovic draws the foul)
14:31		TV timeout
14:12		Dovydas Butka misses two point floating jump shot
14:10		Dovydas Butka offensive rebound
14:04		Moe Odum misses three point jump shot
14:02		Isaiah Sy defensive rebound
13:59		Isaiah Sy turnover (bad pass) (Boubacar Coulibaly steals)
13:53	+3	Moe Odum makes three point pullup jump shot	53-45
13:34		Damarco Minor turnover (bad pass) (Boubacar Coulibaly steals)
13:29	+2	Boubacar Coulibaly makes two point alley-oop dunk (Moe Odum assists)	53-47
13:04		Nate Kingz misses three point jump shot
13:02		Liutauras Lelevicius offensive rebound
12:58	+2	Liutauras Lelevicius makes two point layup	55-47
12:42	+2	Moe Odum makes two point jump shot (Zion Bethea assists)	55-49
12:13		Boubacar Coulibaly shooting foul (Parsa Fallah draws the foul)
12:13		Parsa Fallah misses regular free throw 1 of 2
12:13	+1	Parsa Fallah makes regular free throw 2 of 2	56-49
11:58		Stefan Todorovic misses two point pullup jump shot
11:56		Dovydas Butka offensive rebound
11:51	+3	Stefan Todorovic makes three point jump shot (Dovydas Butka assists)	56-52
11:21		Jump ball. Liutauras Lelevicius vs. Stefan Todorovic (Waves gains possession)
11:21		Liutauras Lelevicius turnover (lost ball) (Stefan Todorovic steals)
11:21		TV timeout
11:10		Liutauras Lelevicius personal foul (Stefan Todorovic draws the foul)
11:04		Danilo Dozic misses two point jump shot
11:02		Josiah Lake II defensive rebound
10:45	+2	Liutauras Lelevicius makes two point cutting layup (Michael Rataj assists)	58-52
10:28	+2	Moe Odum makes two point driving layup (Zion Bethea assists)	58-54
9:56	+2	Damarco Minor makes two point stepback jump shot (Nate Kingz assists)	60-54
9:44		Moe Odum misses two point driving layup
9:42		Boubacar Coulibaly offensive rebound
9:34		Michael Rataj shooting foul (Boubacar Coulibaly draws the foul)
9:34	+1	Boubacar Coulibaly makes regular free throw 1 of 2	60-55
9:34	+1	Boubacar Coulibaly makes regular free throw 2 of 2	60-56
9:15	+2	Michael Rataj makes two point layup (Parsa Fallah assists)	62-56
8:58	+3	Zion Bethea makes three point jump shot (Moe Odum assists)	62-59
8:26		Damarco Minor misses three point pullup jump shot
8:24		Michael Rataj offensive rebound
8:20	+2	Michael Rataj makes two point layup	64-59
8:09		Moe Odum misses two point driving reverse layup
8:07		Parsa Fallah defensive rebound
7:57	+2	Parsa Fallah makes two point turnaround bank hook shot (Damarco Minor assists)	66-59
7:40	+3	Danilo Dozic makes three point jump shot (Boubacar Coulibaly assists)	66-62
7:19		Boubacar Coulibaly personal foul (Parsa Fallah draws the foul)
7:19		TV timeout
7:17		Michael Rataj misses three point jump shot
7:15		Damarco Minor offensive rebound
7:02	+2	Michael Rataj makes two point driving floating jump shot	68-62
6:46	+3	Zion Bethea makes three point jump shot (Stefan Todorovic assists)	68-65
6:18	+3	Josiah Lake II makes three point jump shot (Michael Rataj assists)	71-65
6:16		Beavers 30 second timeout
5:47		Boubacar Coulibaly misses two point layup
5:45		Michael Rataj defensive rebound
5:33		Boubacar Coulibaly blocks Parsa Fallah's two point layup
5:31		Liutauras Lelevicius offensive rebound
5:17	+2	Liutauras Lelevicius makes two point turnaround jump shot (Damarco Minor assists)	73-65
5:02		Stefan Todorovic misses two point turnaround jump shot
5:00		Liutauras Lelevicius defensive rebound
4:32		Michael Rataj misses three point stepback jump shot
4:30		Boubacar Coulibaly defensive rebound
4:17		Liutauras Lelevicius shooting foul (Boubacar Coulibaly draws the foul)
4:17	+1	Boubacar Coulibaly makes regular free throw 1 of 2	73-66
4:17	+1	Boubacar Coulibaly makes regular free throw 2 of 2	73-67
3:52		Jump ball. Michael Rataj vs. Moe Odum (Beavers gains possession)
3:52		TV timeout
3:52		Beavers 30 second timeout
3:48		Parsa Fallah misses two point turnaround bank hook shot
3:46		Dovydas Butka defensive rebound
3:27		Dovydas Butka misses two point turnaround jump shot
3:25		Isaiah Sy defensive rebound
3:03		Damarco Minor turnover (bad pass) (Zion Bethea steals)
2:58		Moe Odum turnover (bad pass) (Damarco Minor steals)
2:52		Damarco Minor misses two point layup
2:50		Boubacar Coulibaly defensive rebound
2:46		Zion Bethea misses three point jump shot
2:44		Isaiah Sy defensive rebound
2:21		Moe Odum shooting foul (Michael Rataj draws the foul)
2:21		Michael Rataj misses regular free throw 1 of 2
2:21	+1	Michael Rataj makes regular free throw 2 of 2	74-67
2:11		Damarco Minor shooting foul (Moe Odum draws the foul)
2:11	+1	Moe Odum makes regular free throw 1 of 2	74-68
2:11	+1	Moe Odum makes regular free throw 2 of 2	74-69
1:43		Josiah Lake II misses three point jump shot
1:41		Michael Rataj offensive rebound
1:39		Boubacar Coulibaly shooting foul (Michael Rataj draws the foul)
1:39	+1	Michael Rataj makes regular free throw 1 of 2	75-69
1:39	+1	Michael Rataj makes regular free throw 2 of 2	76-69
1:31	+2	Moe Odum makes two point driving layup	76-71
1:23		Damarco Minor turnover (bad pass) (Zion Bethea steals)
1:21		Zion Bethea misses two point layup
1:19		Josiah Lake II defensive rebound
1:15		Moe Odum personal foul (Josiah Lake II draws the foul)
0:58		Stefan Todorovic personal foul (Michael Rataj draws the foul)
0:54	+2	Parsa Fallah makes two point layup (Isaiah Sy assists)	78-71
0:46	+2	Boubacar Coulibaly makes two point alley-oop dunk (Moe Odum assists)	78-73
0:46		Waves 30 second timeout
0:44		Taj Au-Duke personal foul (Damarco Minor draws the foul)
0:44	+1	Damarco Minor makes regular free throw 1 of 2	79-73
0:44	+1	Damarco Minor makes regular free throw 2 of 2	80-73
0:36	+2	Moe Odum makes two point driving layup	80-75
0:36		Damarco Minor shooting foul (Moe Odum draws the foul)
0:36	+1	Moe Odum makes regular free throw 1 of 1	80-76
0:29		Danilo Dozic personal foul (Isaiah Sy draws the foul)
0:29	+1	Isaiah Sy makes regular free throw 1 of 2	81-76
0:29	+1	Isaiah Sy makes regular free throw 2 of 2	82-76
0:19	+2	Stefan Todorovic makes two point driving layup	82-78
0:19		Waves 60 second timeout
0:15		Taj Au-Duke personal foul (Liutauras Lelevicius draws the foul)
0:15		Liutauras Lelevicius misses regular free throw 1 of 1
0:15		Danilo Dozic defensive rebound
0:11		Stefan Todorovic misses three point pullup jump shot
0:09		Michael Rataj defensive rebound
0:06		Danilo Dozic personal foul (Michael Rataj draws the foul)
0:06	+1	Michael Rataj makes regular free throw 1 of 2	83-78
0:06	+1	Michael Rataj makes regular free throw 2 of 2	84-78
0:01		Stefan Todorovic misses three point stepback jump shot
0:00		Beavers defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

Beavers defensive rebound