Oregon State Heads to Pac-12 Tournament

THE GAME: The Oregon State men's basketball team will begin its Pac-12 Tournament run on Wednesday, when the Beavers take on UCLA at 2:30 p.m. at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nev.

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: Oregon State is 40-104 all-time against UCLA, but the Beavers are 3-2 against the Bruins in neutral site games, and 8-3 historically in postseason matchups ... OSU's last victory over UCLA came in the teams' last Pac-12 Tournament meeting, an 83-79 overtime victory in 2021 ... Tyler Bilodeau had 18 points and six rebounds in the last meeting between the Beavers and Bruins, while Jordan Pope had 14 points on 6-for-9 shooting ... The Beavers are 12-5 this season when scoring 70 points or more, and 8-1 when scoring over 80 ... The Beavers are first in the Pac-12 in 3-point percentage defense ... OSU is third in the conference in free throw percentage, free throws attempted and free throws made per game ... 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 and Bilodeau have combined to average 32.0 points per game, the fourth-highest total of any sophomore duo in the nation, and the highest by any pair of power conference sophomores (narrowly edging Syracuse's JJ Starlin and Chris Bell at 31.8) ... Pope is 10th in the nation in sophomore scoring and is third amongst sophomores in Power-6 conferences

THE TEAM: Here are some quick-hitters about the 2023-24 Oregon State men's basketball team:
- 78.0 percent of Oregon State's total points this season have come from freshmen and sophomores with 68.3 percent of the Beavers' total scoring coming from the team's sophomore class.
- Oregon State has won 15 of its last 24 home games, and is a combined 22-14 at Gill over the last two seasons
- The Beavers have topped 70 points in 12 of 18 home contests this year.
- Oregon State returned 62.5 percent of its minutes played from last season, the third highest total in the Pac-12
- The Beavers are 12-5 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 two victories away from reaching 300 wins in his coaching career.
- Oregon State has held opponents to 69.5 points per game during the Wayne Tinkle era, and 67.4 points per contest at Gill Coliseum over that span.
- The Beavers are 104-63 at Gill Coliseum under Tinkle's leadership

LAST TIME OUT:
- Four Beavers finished in double-figures Saturday when Oregon State took on Colorado
- Dexter Akanno led the Beavers with 15 points
- Jordan Pope matched a career-high with seven rebounds.
- Tyler Bilodeau had 14 points and seven rebounds.

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Players Mentioned

Dexter Akanno

Tyler Bilodeau

KC Ibekwe

Jordan Pope

Michael Rataj