EUGENE — In the first few minutes of Saturday’s 87-75 loss to Oregon , the fouls piled up for Oregon State .

Big man Noah Amenhauser picked up his first foul 30 seconds in. And his second a few minutes after, with the team trailing 11-0.

Then, Johan Munch picked up his second. Moments later, Yaak Yaak did the same.

“We were hacking them to start the game,” OSU coach Wayne Tinkle said. “Pushing guys going to the screen. You can’t do that. That’s not being tough. Tough is putting a body on a guy, clearing space on a box out, setting a good, legal screen, fighting through screens. And those guys won that battle tonight.”

The Beavers (3-1) played from behind most of the night due in large part to their fouling issues. Questionable as some of those 27 total calls (to 17 against Oregon

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