Oregon State Set to Host Troy Friday

Friday, November 10

Corvallis, OR

4:00 PM

Oregon State

Troy

November 08, 2023 | Men's Basketball

Pac-12 Networks Game Program Game Notes

By: Athletic Communications

THE GAME: Oregon State will open the season Monday when Linfield visits Gill Coliseum.

TELEVISION: 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 will honor program legend Brent Barry during the game, as he prepares for his induction into the OSU Athletics Hall of Fame Friday evening ... With Monday's win over Linfield, Oregon State has now won 10-straight season-openers - every one the team has played under head coach Wayne Tinkle ... The Beavers have won back-to-back games to open a season in seven of the last nine seasons ... Friday will mark the Beavers' first ever game against Troy ... Friday will mark the first time the Beavers have faced a Sun Belt opponent since Oregon State defeated Old Dominion in 2018 ... Oregon State will play back-to-back Sun Belt opponents, as Appalachian State visits Gill on Tuesday ... 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.

BRENT BARRY:
- Oregon State legend Brent Barry will be inducted into the Oregon State Athletics Hall of Fame on Friday.
- Barry played for the Beavers from 1991-95. He is 11th on Oregon State's career scoring list with 1,304 points and is fourth with 199 career steals
- Barry averaged 21.0 points per game his senior season, on his way to All-Conference and All-District honors. He was the team MVP in 1993-94 and 1994-95
- The 15th pick in the NBA Draft, Barry played 14 seasons in the Association, winning world titles with the Spurs in 2005 and 2007.
- Joining Barry in this year's Hall of Fame class are the 2006 softball team, the 2016 women's basketball team, former athletics director Bob De Carolis, football coach Mike Riley, wide receiver Mike Hass, rower Josh Inman, running back Steven Jackson, gymnast Mandi Rodriguez, volleyball's Rachel Rourke and kicker Alexis Serna.

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 92-57 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.