Beavers To Battle Iona Tuesday At Gill Coliseum
November 16, 2015 | Men's Basketball
THE GAME: Oregon State (1-0) will take on Iona (0-1), a team that has advanced to postseason play five consecutive years, at 7 p.m. on Tuesday at Gill Coliseum.
TELEVISION: The game will be televised on the Pac-12 Networks with JB Long and Lamar Hurd calling the action.
RADIO: The game will air live on Beaver Sports Radio Network with Mike Parker calling the action. It can also be heard on Sirius 137 and XM 197.
LIVE STATS: There will be live stats at this link.
SOCIAL MEDIA: Live updates will be available on Twitter and Facebook.
TICKETS: Fans can secure Oregon State men's basketball season tickets and single-game tickets by visiting this link or calling 800-GO-BEAVS. Far West Classic Invite tickets will be included for all Oregon State men's basketball season ticket holders, giving fans a total of 18 games to watch in Corvallis and Portland during the 2015-16 season (including the exhibition game).
For Far West Classic Invite tickets and other information, click on this link.
THE SERIES: This is the first-ever meeting between Oregon State and Iona. The Gaels played in the NIT in 2014 and 2015, the NCAA Tournament in 2012 and 2013, and the CIT in 2011.
Iona is the preseason favorite to win the 2016 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Men's Basketball Championship, according to a vote of the leagues 11 head coaches. Senior guard A.J. English was named the unanimous 2015-16 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Men's Basketball Preseason Player of the Year, as selected by the leagues 11 head coaches.
QUICKLY: Oregon State will play its next four games in a span of eight days ... The Beavers had three true freshmen - Tres Tinkle (14), Drew Eubanks (13), Stephen Thompson Jr. (12) - score in double figures in the season opener for the first time in school history ... Thompson Jr. is the first Oregon State freshman to make at least four 3-pointers in his college debut ... Freshmen scored 27 of the Beavers' 41 second-half points in the opener ... The Beavers scored 74 points against Northwest Christian; they scored 74 or more points in four games all of last season ... Gary Payton II was named the preseason national Defensive Player of the Year by Bleacher Report ... Payton II has multiple steals in 27 of the 32 games he has played at Oregon State ... Keondre Dew (6-8/215/SF), Ben Koné (6-9/235/PF) and JaQuori McLaughlin (6-4/180/PG) signed National Letters of Intent to join the program for the 2016-17 season ... Daniel Gomis (hand) and Jarmal Reid (foot) will miss at least two more weeks with injuries.
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