Beavers Headed to Eugene for Matchup with Ducks

THE GAME: The Oregon State men's basketball team will hit the road Wednesday for the Oregon State-Oregon Rivalry Series, presented by Safeway-Albertsons, PacificSource Health Plans, Your Local Toyota Dealers and First Interstate Bank.

TELEVISION: The game will be carried 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: Wednesday's game will mark the 364th all-time meeting between Oregon State and Oregon, the most-contested rivalry in college basketball ... The Beavers have defeated the Ducks 192 times, the second-most wins over a single team in NCAA history (Kansas has 204 wins over Kansas State) ... The last two meetings in the series have been decided by two points ... Neither side scored any bench points when the Beavers and Ducks met earlier this season ... The Beavers are 11-4 this season when scoring 70 points or more, and 7-1 when scoring over 80 ... The Beavers are second in the Pac-12 in 3-point percentage defense ... OSU is third in the conference in both free throws made and free throw percentage ... Oregon State has four of the top-14 sophomore scorers in the Pac-12 - Jordan Pope (1st), Tyler Bilodeau (2nd), Michael Rataj (8th) and KC Ibekwe (14th) ... Pope is 11th in the nation in sophomore scoring and is third amongst sophomores in Power-6 conferences ... Pope is fifth in the Pac-12 in points per game and sixth in 3-pointers made per game.

THE TEAM: Here are some quick-hitters about the 2023-24 Oregon State men's basketball team:
- 77.7 percent of Oregon State's total points this season have come from freshmen and sophomores with 67.9 percent of the Beavers' total scoring coming from the team's sophomore class.
- Oregon State has won 14 of its last 22 home games, and is a combined 21-12 at Gill over the last two seasons
- The Beavers have topped 70 points in 11 of 16 home contests this year.
- Oregon State returns 62.5 percent of its minutes played from last season, the third highest total in the Pac-12
- The Beavers are 12-4 this season when scoring 70 points or more.
- Oregon State has shot 70 percent or better from the free throw stripe in seven-straight seasons
- The Beavers have gone to overtime in four contests already this season, its highest total since the 2008-09 squad played four overtime games. OSU has played a total of six extra periods, the program's highest total since 2011-12.
- 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.
- Head coach Wayne Tinkle is three victories away from reaching 300 wins in his coaching career.
- Oregon State has held opponents to 69.4 points per game during the Wayne Tinkle era, and 67.3 points per contest at Gill Coliseum over that span.
- The Beavers are 103-62 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.

SATURDAY VS. STANFORD:
- Jordan Pope scored 30 points on 10-for-17 shooting from the floor
- Michael Rataj had 22 points and 10 rebounds, while going 7-for-9 from the floor
- The Beavers out-rebounded the Cardinal 39-22
- Dexter Akanno had 11 points and seven rebounds

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Players Mentioned

Dexter Akanno

Tyler Bilodeau

KC Ibekwe

Jordan Pope

Michael Rataj