Beavers, Bears Set For Friday Night Hoops

Friday, February 24

Berkeley, CA

7:00 PM

Oregon State

California

Drew Eubanks

Photo by: Dave Nishitani/Oregon State Athletics

February 23, 2017 | Men's Basketball

Oregon State Game Notes

By: Oregon State Communications

THE GAME: Oregon State (5-24, 1-15 Pac-12) wraps up its regular-season road schedule with a contest against California (18-9, 9-6) at 7 p.m. on Friday at Haas Pavilion in Berkeley.

TELEVISION: The game will be televised on FS1 with Aaron Goldsmith and Casey Jacobsen 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 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 single-game tickets by visiting this link or calling 800-GO-BEAVS.

QUICKLY: Oregon State had a +7 turnover margin (10/17) in its win over Utah; -10 (21/11) in the most recent loss to Stanford ... Drew Eubanks (21) and Gligorije Rakocevic (career-high 16) combined for 37 of the Beavers' 66 points in the loss to Stanford ... Eubanks needs eight more blocked shots to break the Oregon State single-season record of 73 held by Eric Moreland (2012-13) ... Over the past seven games, Rakocevic is fourth on the team in scoring (9.0), and second in rebounding (5.0) and field goal percentage (.522) ... Starting guards JaQuori McLaughlin (54), Stephen Thompson Jr. (50) and Kendal Manuel (47) have combined for 151 of Oregon State's 183 3-pointers ... Daine Muller played 14 minutes at Stanford, his most in a game since Dec. 11 ... Drew Eubanks (32), Tres Tinkle (31) and Thompson Jr. (31) have scored 30-plus points in a game this season; it's the first time in program history three different players have scored 30-plus in the same season ... Wayne Tinkle needs one more win to reach 200 in his career ... Tres Tinkle (wrist) and Cheikh N'diaye (shoulder) are out indefinitely with injuries.

vs. CALIFORNIA: Oregon State and California meet for the 148th time with the Golden Bears holding an 85-62 advantage, including a 43-24 edge in Berkeley.

Since the 1994-95 season, the Golden Bears are 15-3 on their home court with the Oregon State wins coming in 1998, 2006 and 2009.

California won the first meeting between the teams this season, 69-58, on Jan. 21 at Gill Coliseum. Drew Eubanks posted a double-double with 22 points and 10 rebounds, and Stephen Thompson Jr. added 19 points, six rebounds and five assists. Four players scored in double figures for the Golden Bears: Ivan Rabb (18), Charlie Moore (15), Grant Mullins (12) and Jabari Bird (12).

The teams played three times last season. Oregon State won the first meeting, 77-71, on Jan. 9 at Gill Coliseum to snap a five-game losing streak in the series. Cal won the next two games, 83-71 on Feb. 13 in Berkeley and 76-68 on March 10 in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 Tournament in Las Vegas.

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