Beavers To Host ASU Saturday Afternoon

Saturday, February 4

Corvallis, OR

3:00 PM

Oregon State

Arizona State

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Photo by: Scobel Wiggins/Oregon State Athletics

February 03, 2017 | Men's Basketball

Oregon State Game Notes

By: Oregon State Communications

THE GAME: Oregon State (4-19, 0-10 Pac-12) looks for its third straight home win over Arizona State (10-13, 3-7) when it hosts the Sun Devils at 3 p.m. on Saturday at Gill Coliseum.

TELEVISION: The game will be televised on Pac-12 Network with Guy Haberman and Eldridge Recasner calling the action.

For information on how to watch the game online or on a mobile device, click on this link. If you live overseas and want to watch the game, it is available via Eversport or YouTube at this link.

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.

HALFTIME CELEBRATION: The 1965-66 Oregon State men's basketball team will be honored at halftime during Saturday's game.

QUICKLY: JaQuori McLaughlin has 13 assists and no turnovers in 76 minutes the last two games ... McLaughlin needs six 3-pointers to break the Oregon State freshman record set last season by Stephen Thompson Jr. (48) ... Thompson Jr. has scored in double figures in a team-best 16 consecutive games, including 20-plus points five times ... Thompson Jr. is third in the Pac-12 in scoring in conference games (19.0) ... Gligorije Rakocevic tied a career high with 12 points against Arizona ... Rakocevic is averaging 10.0 points and 5.0 rebounds in 30.5 minutes the past two games ... Drew Eubanks had at least one blocked shot in 17 consecutive games, the second-longest streak in Oregon State history ... Eubanks is shooting 58.7 percent from the field in his two seasons, the fourth-best percentage in program history (Steve Johnson .678, Vic Bartolome .607, A.C. Green .602) ... Kendal Manuel went 3-for-6 from beyond the arc against Arizona and has knocked down multiple triples in eight games this season ... Tres Tinkle (wrist) and Cheikh N'diaye (shoulder) are out indefinitely with injuries.

vs. ARIZONA STATE: Oregon State and Arizona State meet for the 86th time with the Sun Devils holding a narrow 43-42 advantage. The Beavers have a 24-14 edge in games played in Corvallis, including wins in the last two games at Gill Coliseum.

Oregon State has won three of the past five meetings after winning only once in the previous 11 matchups.

The teams split last season. ASU won 86-68 on Jan. 28 at Wells Fargo Arena in Tempe as five Sun Devils scored in double figures. Oregon State bounced back to win 75-66 on March 9 in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament in Las Vegas. Stephen Thompson Jr. led the Beavers in scoring in both games with 14 in Tempe and 13 in Vegas.

Oregon State won the last meeting between the teams at Gill Coliseum in Corvallis, 55-47, on Jan. 8, 2015. Cheikh N'diaye is the only player on the current roster who played in the game.

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