Beavers To Battle Aggies Saturday In #DamCity

THE GAME: Oregon State (6-2) will battle Texas A&M (3-4) at 8 p.m. on Saturday at the Moda Center in Portland in the Dam City Classic presented by Your Local Toyota Dealers.

TELEVISION: The game will be televised on Pac-12 Network with Guy Haberman and Mike Montgomery calling the action.

For information on how to watch the game online or on a mobile device, click on this link. If you live overseas and want to watch the game, it is available via YouTube at this link.

RADIO: The game will air live on Beaver Sports Radio Network with Mike Parker calling the action. It can also be heard online at this link.

LIVE STATS: There will be live stats at this link.

SOCIAL MEDIA: Live updates will be available on Twitter and Facebook.

TICKETS: Fans can secure men's basketball season tickets by calling 541-737-2050. For returning ticket holders, season tickets will be $349 for chair back and $199 for bench seats as part of the "Committ2Wayne" plan. All new chair back season tickets will be $384 and new bench season tickets will be $219.

Dam City Classic tickets will be included for all Oregon State men's basketball season ticket holders, giving fans a total of 17 games to watch in Corvallis and Portland during the 2018-19 season.

QUICKLY: Oregon State's next seven games are all in the state of Oregon ... The Beavers lead the Pac-12 in scoring defense (65.0) and are second in assists (16.0), steals (6.5) and assist/turnover ratio (1.3) ... Oregon State is outscoring its opponents 314-204 in the paint ... Over the last three games, Ethan Thompson leads the team with 62 points (20.7 average), 27 rebounds (9.0 average) and seven steals (2.3 average) ... Kylor Kelley leads the Pac-12 and is third in the nation in blocked shots per game (3.4) ... If Kylor Kelley blocks two or more shots against Texas A&M he'll tie Scott Haskin for the Oregon State record with multiple blocked shots in nine consecutive games ... Stephen Thompson Jr. needs two points to become the 10th player in Oregon State history to reach the 1,400-point mark ... Tres Tinkle has five double-doubles in the first eight games this season, tied for the most in the Pac-12 (Nick Rakocevic, USC); he had 11 double-doubles in his 65 games entering this season ... Gligorije Rakocevic is out indefinitely with a stress fracture in his left foot.

vs. TEXAS A&M: Oregon State and Texas A&M are meeting for the third time in history with the Beavers leading the series, 2-0.

This will mark the first time the teams have played each other in 42 years.

Oregon State won the first meeting, 36-30, in a game that was played on Jan. 2, 1942 in Champaign, Ill.

The Beavers won again on Dec. 29, 1976 at the Far West Classic, 80-58, at Portland Memorial Coliseum. Tom Glanders (16) and Steve Johnson (14) came off the bench to combine for 30 points, and George Tucker added 15 for Oregon State. Wally Johnson scored 11 points and Steve Jones chipped in 10 to lead the Aggies.

Oregon State is 10-19 all-time against current members of the SEC: Alabama (0-2), Arkansas (1-0), Auburn (0-1), Florida (0-0), Georgia (1-1), Kentucky (0-3), LSU (1-5), Mississippi (0-1), Mississippi State (1-2), Missouri (1-2), South Carolina (0-0), Tennessee (3-1), Texas A&M (2-0), Vanderbilt (0-1).

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Players Mentioned

Kylor Kelley

Gligorije Rakocevic

Ethan Thompson

Stephen Thompson Jr.

Tres Tinkle