Beavers, Bears To Battle At Pac-12 Tourney

THE GAME: Oregon State will face California in the opening round of the Pac-12 Tournament at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

TELEVISION: The game will be televised on Pac-12 Network with Roxy Bernstein and Don MacLean calling the action, and Jill Savage reporting from the sideline.

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QUICKLY: Drew Eubanks needs five blocked shots to break the Oregon State single-season record of 73 held by Eric Moreland ... Eubanks has eight double-doubles in 31 games this season after getting one in 32 games last season ... Stephen Thompson Jr. has made multiple 3-pointers in 15 of his 25 games ... Thompson Jr. leads the Pac-12 in minutes per game (36.1) ... JaQuori McLaughlin (57) and Kendal Manuel (51) have combined to make more 3-pointers (108) than any freshman tandem in Oregon State history ... Manuel has made two 3-pointers in each of the past four games ... McLaughlin had an assist/turnover ratio of 1.9 in Pac-12 games, the third best by a freshman ... Gligorije Rakocevic is averaging 6.8 points, 5.0 rebounds and 26.7 minutes in 13 games as a starter; he averaged 2.7 points, 2.5 rebounds and 11.9 minutes in the first 18 games as a reserve ... Oregon State players have missed 66 games due to injuries this season (Tres Tinkle 25, Cheikh N'diaye 22, Ben Koné 9, Stephen Thompson Jr. 6 and Daine Muller 4) ... Wayne Tinkle needs one win to reach 200 in his career.

Pac-12 Tournament Notes: Oregon State is the No. 12 seed and opens the tournament against No. 5-seed California at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday:

Oregon State was the No. 12 seed one other time, in 2013, and lost to No. 5 Colorado, 74-68, on March 13 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
The No. 12 seed is 1-5 against the No. 5 seed (No. 12 USC defeated No. 5 Arizona State, 67-64, on March 11, 2015 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas).
Oregon State is 9-17 all-time in the Pac-12 Tournament. California is 14-19.
The Beavers went 1-1 last year in the Pac-12 Tournament as the No. 6 seed. They defeated No. 11-seed Arizona State, 75-66, in the first round on March 9 and lost to No. 3-seed California, 76-68, in the quarterfinals on March 10.
Before last year, Oregon State's previous five wins in the Pac-12 Tournament came as the lower seed. The Beavers were the No. 9 seed in 2012 and defeated No. 1-seed Washington, 86-84, in the quarterfinals on March 8, which was the biggest upset in tournament history at the time.
Oregon State is 1-4 all-time against California in the Pac-12 Tournament:
- March 6, 1987: No. 4 California 64, No. 5 Oregon State 57
- March 10, 1989: No. 4 Oregon State 79, No. 4 California 66
- March 13, 2003: No. 3 California 69, No. 6 Oregon State 46
- March 7, 2007: No. 8 California 70, No. 9 Oregon State 51
- March 10, 2016: No. 3 California 76, No. 6 Oregon State 68.
California won both meetings between the teams this season. The first was 69-58 on Jan. 21 at Gill Coliseum in Corvallis and the second was 76-46 on Feb. 24 at Haas Pavilion in Berkeley.
Stephen Thompson Jr. averaged 15.5 points in the two games against California this season, while Drew Eubanks averaged 12.5 points and 8.0 rebounds, and Kendal Manuel averaged 11.0 points.
The Oregon State-California winner will play No. 4-seed Utah at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday in the quarterfinals.

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Players Mentioned

Drew Eubanks

Kendal Manuel

JaQuori McLaughlin

Daine Muller

Cheikh N'diaye

Gligorije Rakocevic

Stephen Thompson Jr.

Tres Tinkle