Beavers to Open Pac-12 Play vs. UCLA

THE GAME: The Oregon State men's basketball team will open Pac-12 play Thursday when UCLA visits Gill Coliseum.

TELEVISION: The game will be carried on Pac-12 Networks

RADIO: The game will air live on Beaver Sports Radio Network with Jon Warren calling the action.

LIVE STATS: Live stats will be available at this link

QUICKLY: Oregon State is 8-0 at home this season, and has won 11-straight nonconference home games ... The eight-game home winning streak to start the season is the team's longest since the 2014-15 season ... Oregon State's last victory over UCLA was an 83-79 overtime triumph in the 2021 Pac-12 Tournament ... The Beavers are 7-1 this season when scoring 70 points or more, and 3-0 when scoring over 80 ... The Beavers are second in the Pac-12 in free throw percentage ... OSU led at halftime in last Thursday's game against Idaho State, snapping a streak of seven-straight games trailing at the intermission ... The Beavers have gone to overtime in three contests already this season, its highest total since the 2013-14 squad played three overtime games ... OSU has played a total of five extra periods, the program's highest total since 2011-12 ... Oregon State has four of the top-nine sophomore scorers in the Pac-12 - Jordan Pope (1st), Tyler Bilodeau (4th), KC Ibekwe (8th) and Michael Rataj (9th) ... Pope is tied for 17th in the nation in sophomore scoring and is eighth amongst sophomores in Power-6 conferences ... Oregon State has held its opponents to 37.6 percent shooting in its eight wins, as opposed to 46.3 percent in its three losses ... Thursday's game will mark the sixth in a string of seven-straight home games for the Beavers ... Oregon State is shooting 48.8 percent from the floor over its last three games ... ... 73.1 percent of Oregon State's total points this season have come from freshmen and sophomores ... 60.1 percent of the Beavers' total scoring has come from the team's sophomore class.

THE TEAM: Here are some quick-hitters about the 2023-24 Oregon State men's basketball team:
- Oregon State's opponent has scored first in the last four games, after the Beavers opened the scoring in six of their first seven contests of the year
- The Beavers shot 37.5 percent or better from beyond the arc over their last three games, posting a combined percentage of 40.8 percent over that span.
- OSU is shooting 46.8 percent in the second halves and overtime of games this season, compared to 40.5 percent in the first halves of games.
- Oregon State returns 62.5 percent of its minutes played from last season, the third highest total in the Pac-12
- The Beavers are 7-1 this season when scoring 70 points or more.
- The Beavers have gone to overtime in three contests already this season, its highest total since the 2013-14 squad played three overtime games. OSU has played a total of five extra periods, the program's highest total since 2011-12.
- 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 competed in a pair of prestigious neutral-site events during the nonconference season, as the Beavers took on Nebraska at the Sanford Pentagon Saturday in Sioux Falls, S.D. before heading to Brooklyn for the NIT Season Tip-Off, which also featured Baylor, Florida and Pittsburgh.
- Oregon State has held opponents to 69.2 points per game during the Wayne Tinkle era, and 67.1 points per contest at Gill Coliseum over that span.
- The Beavers are 100-57 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.

FORT WAYNE: Here are some quick-hitters about the Beavers at Gill Coliseum
- With their win over Idaho State, the Beavers have now won 100 home games during the Wayne Tinkle era.
- Oregon State has won 11 of its last 14 home games, and is a combined 18-7 at Gill over the last two seasons
- The Beavers have topped 70 points in seven of eight home contests this year.

Players Mentioned

Tyler Bilodeau

DaJohn Craig

KC Ibekwe

Nate Kingz

Gavin Marrs

Thomas Ndong

Jordan Pope

Michael Rataj