Beavers To Face 49ers Sunday In Long Beach

THE GAME: Oregon State (4-1) hits the road again, this time to play Long Beach State (2-4) at 2 p.m. on Sunday at Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, Calif.

TELEVISION: The game will not be televised.

LIVE STREAM: The game will be available via a live video stream for free 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 men's basketball season tickets by calling 541-737-2050. For returning ticket holders, season tickets will be $349 for chair back and $199 for bench seats as part of the "Committ2Wayne" plan. All new chair back season tickets will be $384 and new bench season tickets will be $219.

Dam City Classic tickets will be included for all Oregon State men's basketball season ticket holders, giving fans a total of 17 games to watch in Corvallis and Portland during the 2018-19 season.

QUICKLY: Oregon State leads the Pac-12 in scoring defense (61.2) ... The Beavers have held three of their five opponents below 60 points this season; they held three of their 32 opponents below 60 points last season ... Oregon State has a better field goal percentage and more rebounds and assists than its opponent in all five games ... Tres Tinkle has posted a double-double in four consecutive games, while averaging 22.5 points and 11.3 rebounds ... Tinkle is second in the Pac-12 in scoring (21.8), third in rebounding (10.6) and sixth in assists (4.6) ... Stephen Thompson Jr. leads the Pac-12 in steals (2.6) and minutes (37.0) ... Thompson Jr. needs six 3-pointers to break the Oregon State career record of 185 ... Gligorije Rakocevic is sixth in the Pac-12 in field goal percentage at 65.4 percent; his career field goal percentage entering this season was 47.1 percent ... Kylor Kelley is second in the Pac-12 and eighth in the nation in blocked shots per game (3.2) ... Alfred Hollins (8-for-8) and Ethan Thompson (10-for-12) have combined to go 18-for-20 from the free throw line.

vs. LONG BEACH STATE: Oregon State and Long Beach State are meeting for the eighth time with the 49ers leading the series, 4-3.

The teams split a pair of games last season with the Beavers winning 89-81 in Corvallis and Long Beach State taking a 74-69 victory at the AdvoCare Invitational in Orlando, Fla. Stephen Thompson Jr. averaged 20.5 points in the two games and Tres Tinkle averaged 17.5.

The teams played two years ago at the Dam City Classic in Portland, Ore, Long Beach State won 71-67 in a game that came down to the final seconds.

The teams first played on Dec. 8, 1990, which Oregon State won 75-72 at the Illini Classic in Champaign, Ill. They had a home-and-home in 1995-1996 with Long Beach State winning both (65-54 in Corvallis and 68-56 in Long Beach, Calif.). The other meeting came on Nov. 25, 2000 at the Big Island Invitational in Hilo, Hawai'i, which the Beavers won, 78-66.

2019 Recruiting Class: The 2019 class includes Julien Franklin, a 6-foot-7, 190-pound shooting guard from Villa Park, Calif., Gianni Hunt, a 6-foot-3, 180-pound point guard from Torrance, Calif., and Jarod Lucas, a 6-foot-3, 185-pound point guard from Hacienda Heights, Calif.

Franklin attends Villa Park High School in Villa Park, Calif., and is a three-star recruit by Rivals.com and 247 Sports. Hunt attends Bishop Montgomery High School in Torrance, Calif., and is a four-star recruit by ESPN. Lucas attends Los Altos High School in Hacienda Heights, Calif., and is a three-star recruit by ESPN, Rivals.com and 247 Sports.

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Players Mentioned

Alfred Hollins

Kylor Kelley

Gligorije Rakocevic

Ethan Thompson

Stephen Thompson Jr.

Tres Tinkle