Beavers Open Road Slate Friday At Nevada

THE GAME: Oregon State (2-1) hits the road for the first time this season when it travels to Reno to face the Nevada Wolf Pack (1-1) at 7 p.m. on Friday at the Lawlor Events Center.

TELEVISION: The game will be televised on ESPN3 with Trey Bender and Richie Schueller calling the action. It is available online only at this link.

RADIO: The game will air live on Beaver Sports Radio Network with Jon Warren calling the action. It can also be heard online at this link.

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. Dam City Classic tickets will be included for all Oregon State men's basketball season ticket holders, giving fans a total of 19 games to watch in Corvallis and Portland during the 2016-17 season (including the exhibition game).

QUICKLY: Oregon State went 2-1 in true non-conference road games last season (wins at Rice and UC Santa Barbara; loss at No. 2 Kansas) ... The eight players who didn't return played a combined 622 games at Oregon State; the nine returning players played a combined 232 games for the Beavers entering this season ... Tres Tinkle was named the Pac-12 Player of the Week on Nov. 14 after averaging 23.0 points and 13.5 rebounds in wins over Prairie View A&M and UTSA ... Tinkle (18.3 points, 11.7 rebounds) and Drew Eubanks (14.7 points, 10.3 rebounds) are both averaging double-figure points and rebounds ... JaQuori McLaughlin and Eubanks are the two players on the roster who have scored in double figures all three games ... Eubanks is averaging 4.7 blocked shots per game ... Matt Dahlen has more rebounds in three games this season (15) than he had in 22 games the past two seasons (9) ... Wayne Tinkle needs four more wins to reach 200 in his career ... Stephen Thompson Jr. missed the last two games with an injury to his left foot.

vs. NEVADA: Oregon State and Nevada meet for the 11th time in history with the series tied, 5-5. The Beavers won the first four games in the series, which began in 1922, Nevada reeled off five in a row, including a victory in the first round of the NIT in 1979, and Oregon State won last year in Corvallis, 66-62.

1922 -- Oregon State 44, Nevada 15 (exact date and location unknown)
1922 -- Oregon State 27, Nevada 15 (exact date and location unknown)
1923 -- Oregon State 26, Nevada 11 (at Reno; exact date unknown)
1923 -- Oregon State 15, Nevada 6 (at Reno; exact date unknown)
Jan. 4, 1975 -- Nevada 75, Oregon State 74 (at Reno)
Dec. 9, 1976 -- Nevada 53, Oregon State 51 (at Corvallis)
March 7, 1979 -- Nevada 62, Oregon State 61 (NIT First Round at Corvallis)
Nov. 15, 2006 -- #24 Nevada 75, Oregon State 47 (at Corvallis)
Nov. 22, 2008 -- Nevada 79, Oregon State 71 (at Reno)
Dec. 5, 2015 -- Oregon State 66, Nevada 62 (at Corvallis)

RECRUITING CLASS: The 2017 class includes Zach Reichle, a 6-foot-5, 195-pound guard from Wilsonville, Ore., and Ethan Thompson, a 6-foot-5, 180-pound guard from Los Angeles, Calif.

Reichle attends Wilsonville High School and is rated the No. 1 player in Oregon for the upcoming season and a three-star recruit by ESPN. Last season he was a unanimous selection for 5A State Player of the Year.

Thompson attends Bishop Montgomery High School in Torrance, Calif., where he is a consensus four-star recruit and ranked No. 51 in the ESPN 100, making him the highest-rated player in program history.

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Players Mentioned

Matt Dahlen

Drew Eubanks

JaQuori McLaughlin

Stephen Thompson Jr.

Tres Tinkle