Oregon State Post-Game Notes
November 25, 2012 | Men's Basketball
Nov. 25, 2012
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Oregon State 78, Montana State 65
November 25, 2012
Gill Coliseum
Corvallis, Ore.
• Oregon State is 4-1 to start the season for the second consecutive year. The last time the Beavers won four of their first five games in back-to-back seasons was 1999-2000.
• The Beavers are now 3-1 when wearing the turquoise Nike N7 uniforms. They went 2-0 last season in the turquoise after dropping the inaugural Nike N7 game two years ago.
• Oregon State tied a team record with 11 blocked shots in the game. The Beavers also had 11 blocks in the quadruple-overtime loss to Stanford on Jan. 7, 2012.
• The Beavers had 51 rebounds in the game, the second time they've pulled down 50+ boards in a game this season. They only had one game last season when grabbing 50 or more rebounds.
• Angus Brandt missed his first game since Dec. 1, 2010 (a 70-68 loss to Utah Valley at Gill Coliseum) to snap a streak of 65 consecutive games played.
• Freshman Jarmal Reid replaced Brandt in the starting lineup for his first career start.
• Senior Joe Burton had a career high 21 points to better his previous career best of 18 points he scored in two previous games (most recently vs. Stanford on Jan. 7, 2012).
• Burton posted his fifth career double-double, and first this season, with 21 points and 10 rebounds. Four different Oregon State players (Burton, Brandt, Collier and Moreland) have a double-double this season.
• Sophomore Eric Moreland also had his fifth career double-double, and second on the season, with 11 points and 10 rebounds.
• The last time Oregon State had two players with a double-double in a game was March 8, 2012 when the Beavers upset No. 1-seed Washington in the Pac-12 Tournament. Jared Cunningham had 18 points and 10 rebounds and Burton added 14 points and 10 boards in that game.
• Junior Ahmad Starks had a career high with nine rebounds. He previous career best was seven boards in three different games, most recently against Niagara in the season opener on Nov. 9, 2012.
• With two three-pointers, Starks moved into a tie for seventh with Lathen Wallace on Oregon State's career list with 133 triples. He passed Calvin Haynes who made 132 in his career.
• Junior Devon Collier tied his career high with four blocked shots. He now has four blocks in three different games.
• Freshman Olaf Schaftenaar recorded his first career points as a Beaver, coming on a three-pointer in first half, and finished with nine points in the game.
• Schaftenaar had a career high in every possible statistical category.
