LAHAINA — The Oregon State University women’s basketball team brought energy to the Lahaina Civic Center court on Friday night.

On the opening day of the Maui Jim Maui Classic, the Beavers lit it up from behind the arc, making 16 3-pointers — including a buzzer-beater from half court — in a 79-49 victory over Idaho.

“We came out with a lot of energy today; it was a good start. Idaho is a great team, they shot the ball well, especially in that fourth quarter, so we have a few things we need to figure out, but overall, a good start to the tournament,” said freshman Greta Kampschroeder, who led Oregon State with 16 points and seven rebounds. “We had some great passes to the post, so they were able to find us on the outside and we were able to knock down some shots.”

Lea Adams scored 13 and Talia von Oelhoffen added 11 points to help the Beavers improve to 6-3.

Oregon State head coach Scott Rueck said that he was “really pleased” with the team’s effort on both offense and defense– the Beavers totaled 23 assists and made 61 percent of their points from the 3-point line, where they shot 53.3 percent.

“When those two things are happening, that’s a good sign, that’s what our program is built upon–unselfish play, getting the ball moving and knocking out shots from the outside and diverting them back to the inside with our post play,” Rueck said. “I thought both things were happening, which is great.”

A relatively new and young team, the Beavers are finally starting to find some cohesion, and the Maui Classic offers more opportunity to grow.

“We’ve had enough experience — we’ve had about eight games going into our ninth — the team understands who we are and everybody is starting to get more and more comfortable,” Rueck added. “It takes a while, as much as a coach would like to speed it up, it just takes some experience to get comfortable and understand what we’re trying to accomplish. … I like the progress that I’m seeing.”

The tournament, which hasn’t been held at the Lahaina Civic Center since 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, drew a small crowd on Friday night.

Among the supporters wearing orange and black T-shirts were von Oelhoffen’s family, including dad Kimo, a former Molokai star athlete and Super Bowl champion, and mom Tondi, a former basketball player at the University of Hawaii, among many others.

“It’s super special because they don’t get to see me play a lot and I have some family that got to see me play for the first time, so it was just awesome to have them here and I felt their love and support,” said von Oelhoffen, a second-year freshman guard.

Oregon State wraps up the three-team, round-robin event Sunday against Northern Iowa, which plays Idaho today.

The Beavers jumped out to a 15-3 lead after the first quarter, which ended with Adams barely beating the buzzer with a Hail Mary basket from half court.

Oregon State extended its lead to 31-15 by halftime before putting the game away by outscoring the Vandals 32-15 in the third quarter.

Idaho (1-8) flew into Maui just the night before the tournament and tried to shake the jet lag.

Starting guard Ashlyn Wallace found her groove with 16 points to lead the Vandals, who shot 26.8 percent (19 of 71) from the field.

“We got to shoot the ball better, we have to continue to play defense in the first half, you know, just get better for our league,” Idaho coach Jon Newlee said. “That’s why we’re here playing two extremely talented basketball teams and it will only make us better come January, February.”

​​This is the Vandals’ second appearance in the tournament — the last time they played on Maui was 2016, when they fell to Oregon State and UNLV.

“To me, it’s always a great learning experience for our players, and really, the whole experience– I got kids on my team that have never seen the ocean,” said Newlee, who is also a former assistant coach at the University of Hawaii. “So, it’s a beautiful island and I love the people, so I was really happy to be back. I’d come every year if we could.”

* Dakota Grossman is at dgrossman@mauinews.com

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IDAHO (1-8)

Beyonce Bea 6, Louise Forsyth 7, Sydney Gandy 3, Allison Kirby 1, Tiana Johnson 5, Makenna Jacklin 0, Paris Atchley 0, Ashlyn Wallace 16, Madison Rubino 0, Rylee Alexander 3, Jordan Allred 8.

OREGON STATE (6-3)

Taya Corosdale 6, Greta Kampschroder 16, Talia Von Oelhoffen 11, Tea Adams 13, Taylor Jones 10, Noelle Mannen 3, AJ Marotte 5, Jelena Mitrovic 0, Ellie Mack 4, Emily Codding 3, Jovana Subsic 0, Kennedy Brown 8.

Idaho 3 12 15 19–49

Oregon State 15 16 32 16–79

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MAUI JIM MAUI CLASSIC

At Lahaina Civic Center

Friday’s Result

Oregon St. 79, Idaho 49

Today’s Game

Idaho vs. Northern Iowa, 5 p.m.

Sunday’s Game

Oregon St. vs. Northern Iowa, 5 p.m.

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Friday’s Results

WOMEN

EAST

CCSU 73, Hartford 50

St. Peter’s 68, Niagara 64

W. Kentucky 92, Fairleigh Dickinson 88, 2OT

SOUTH

Clemson 84, Wofford 49

Kennesaw St. 72, Georgia Southern 71

Liberty 76, Grand Canyon 61

Memphis 56, Howard 50

Middle Tennessee 62, S. Illinois 61

Mississippi 73, Samford 48

South Florida 62, High Point 46

Stetson 64, VCU 58

MIDWEST

Northwestern 68, Temple 58

UTSA 66, Texas Rio Grande Valley 59

Youngstown St. 71, Davis & Elkins 27

SOUTHWEST

Oklahoma St. 61, Texas-Arlington 46

Texas A&M-CC 83, Schreiner 45

Wichita St. 67, North Texas 64

FAR WEST

Arizona 82, N. Arizona 55

Colorado 78, SMU 55

Oregon St. 79, Idaho 49

San Diego St. 65, UC San Diego 57

MEN

AP TOP 25

Creighton 79, No. 9 Villanova 59

SOUTH

FAU 78, Florida Tech 55

Gardner-Webb 79, Valkyries 46

Liberty 74, East Carolina 64

Mississippi St. 69, Furman 66

Richmond 83, NC State 74

Virginia Tech 86, St. Bonaventure 49

Wake Forest 82, Charlotte 79

MIDWEST

W. Michigan 67, Aquinas College 56

SOUTHWEST

Tarleton St. 65, South Alabama 52

Texas Rio Grande Valley 68, UTSA 50

FAR WEST

Fresno St. 83, Cal Poly 48

N. Dakota St. 73, Pacific 61

Sacramento St. 67, Menlo 53

San Diego St. 63, Saint Mary’s (Cal.) 53

San Jose St. 90, Portland 78

Santa Clara 80, Florida A&M 66

Utah Valley St. 107, Bethesda 65

Cal St.-Fullerton 93, Redlands 78