Monday, November 6
Corvallis, OR
2:30 PM
Oregon State
vs
Linfield University
Beavers to Open Season Monday
November 01, 2023 | Men's Basketball
THE GAME:Â Oregon State will open the season Monday when Linfield visits Gill Coliseum.
TELEVISION:Â The game will be televised on Pac-12 Networks
RADIO: The game will air live on Beaver Sports Radio Network with Mike Parker calling the action.
LIVE STATS: Live stats will be available at this link
QUICKLY: Oregon State has won nine-straight season-openers - every one the team has played under head coach Wayne Tinkle ... This will mark the 14th-straight season the Beavers have opened their year at Gill Coliseum ... Monday will mark Oregon State's sixth all-time matchup with Linfield ... The Beavers last faced the Wildcats in the 1947-48 season, under the guidance of Slats Gill ... Oregon State and Linfield are separated by a distance of 47 miles ... The Beavers beat Southern Oregon 84-61 in exhibition action on Sunday ... Jordan Pope was named to the Preseason All-Pac-12 Second Team ... Oregon State returns a six-player sophomore classs, which combined for 64 games started and averaged a combined 33 points per game last season ... The Beavers were one of seven teams in the nation last season with three or more freshmen averaging 6.0 points or more per game (Pope, Bilodeau, Rataj) ... Prior to last season, the last Oregon State freshman trio to average over six points per contest was Tres Tinkle, Stephen Thompson Jr. and Drew Eubanks in 2015-16 ... Monday's game will count as a regular season game for the Beavers, but will serve as an exhibition contest for Linfield.
THE TEAM: Here are some quick-hitters about the 2023-24 Oregon State men's basketball team:
- Oregon State returns 62.5 percent of its minutes played from last season, the third highest total in the Pac-12
- Eleven of the Beavers' first 14 games of the season will be at Gill Coliseum, with the other three being neutral site games.
- Oregon State will not play its first true road game of the season until Jan. 4.
- The Beavers welcome four new scholarship players on to this year's squad - freshmen Gavin Marrs, Thomas Ndong and DaJohn Craig, along with junior-college transfer Nate Meithof. Meithof is expected to miss the season due to injury.
- Stephen Thompson is returning to an assistant coaching role this season, after spending last year as Assistant Athletic Director for Player Development. Former Beaver great Roberto Nelson is taking over Thompson's previous position.
- Oregon State will compete in a pair of prestigious neutral-site events during the nonconference season, as the Beavers will take on Nebraska at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D. before heading to Brooklyn for the NIT Season Tip-Off, which also features Baylor, Florida and Pittsburgh.
- Oregon State has held opponents to 69.2 points per game during the Wayne Tinkle era, and 67.3 points per contest at Gill Coliseum over that span.
- The Beavers are 91-57 at Gill Coliseum under Tinkle's leadership
- The Beavers will not play at Arizona or at home vs. California this season a part of the Pac-12 schedule rotation.
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TELEVISION:Â The game will be televised on Pac-12 Networks
RADIO: The game will air live on Beaver Sports Radio Network with Mike Parker calling the action.
LIVE STATS: Live stats will be available at this link
QUICKLY: Oregon State has won nine-straight season-openers - every one the team has played under head coach Wayne Tinkle ... This will mark the 14th-straight season the Beavers have opened their year at Gill Coliseum ... Monday will mark Oregon State's sixth all-time matchup with Linfield ... The Beavers last faced the Wildcats in the 1947-48 season, under the guidance of Slats Gill ... Oregon State and Linfield are separated by a distance of 47 miles ... The Beavers beat Southern Oregon 84-61 in exhibition action on Sunday ... Jordan Pope was named to the Preseason All-Pac-12 Second Team ... Oregon State returns a six-player sophomore classs, which combined for 64 games started and averaged a combined 33 points per game last season ... The Beavers were one of seven teams in the nation last season with three or more freshmen averaging 6.0 points or more per game (Pope, Bilodeau, Rataj) ... Prior to last season, the last Oregon State freshman trio to average over six points per contest was Tres Tinkle, Stephen Thompson Jr. and Drew Eubanks in 2015-16 ... Monday's game will count as a regular season game for the Beavers, but will serve as an exhibition contest for Linfield.
THE TEAM: Here are some quick-hitters about the 2023-24 Oregon State men's basketball team:
- Oregon State returns 62.5 percent of its minutes played from last season, the third highest total in the Pac-12
- Eleven of the Beavers' first 14 games of the season will be at Gill Coliseum, with the other three being neutral site games.
- Oregon State will not play its first true road game of the season until Jan. 4.
- The Beavers welcome four new scholarship players on to this year's squad - freshmen Gavin Marrs, Thomas Ndong and DaJohn Craig, along with junior-college transfer Nate Meithof. Meithof is expected to miss the season due to injury.
- Stephen Thompson is returning to an assistant coaching role this season, after spending last year as Assistant Athletic Director for Player Development. Former Beaver great Roberto Nelson is taking over Thompson's previous position.
- Oregon State will compete in a pair of prestigious neutral-site events during the nonconference season, as the Beavers will take on Nebraska at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D. before heading to Brooklyn for the NIT Season Tip-Off, which also features Baylor, Florida and Pittsburgh.
- Oregon State has held opponents to 69.2 points per game during the Wayne Tinkle era, and 67.3 points per contest at Gill Coliseum over that span.
- The Beavers are 91-57 at Gill Coliseum under Tinkle's leadership
- The Beavers will not play at Arizona or at home vs. California this season a part of the Pac-12 schedule rotation.
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