Beavers Headed South to Take On USC

THE GAME: Oregon State will hit the road this weekend to take on USC at the Galen Center. The game will be played Sunday at 4 p.m.

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: Sunday will mark the 146th all-time meeting between the Beavers and Trojans. The last meeting between the two sides required double-overtime, as USC took the 94-91 victory ... Oregon State won its Pac-12 opener vs. Washington on Thursday, marking the first time since 2018-19 that the Beavers have opened conference with a win. OSU won its first three league games that year, with the second victory coming against USC ... The Beavers led by as many as 18 in Thursday's win over the Huskies, and had a 21-0 run in the first half, holding Washington scoreless for over seven straight minutes ... Jordan Pope, Tyler Bilodeau and Michael Rataj are all amongst the top-11 freshmen in the Pac-12 in points per game ... Pope failed to score in double-figures on Thursday, snapping a streak of seven-straight double-figure scoring games to start his career ... Michael Rataj made his first career start Thursday vs. Washigton ... Following Sunday's game, the Beavers will take a break from Pac-12 action, and will play four non-conference games before facing Oregon on Dec. 31 ... Glenn Taylor Jr. was named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team last season ... Opponents are shooting 37.4 percent from the floor this season at Gill Coliseum ... Oregon State returns four players from last year's squad - Taylor, Dexter Akanno, Rodrigue Andela and Chol Marial. Of that group, Marial did not see action last season due to NCAA eligibility rules and Andela missed the bulk of the season due to injury ... Oregon State's squad features a total of 11 newcomers, eight of which are true freshmen ... The Beavers have announced the additions of signees Gavin Marrs and Thomas Ndong. Both will join Oregon State beginning in the 2023-24 season.

THE TEAM: Here are some quick-hitters about the 2022-23 Oregon State men's basketball team:
- Oregon State has five players among the top-24 Pac-12 freshmen in total minutes played (Jordan Pope - 1st, Michael Rataj - 7th, Tyler Bilodeau - 10th, Jayden Stevens - 22nd, Nick Krass - 24th)
- Beaver freshmen have accounted for 43 percent of Oregon State's overall minutes played this season, and Oregon State has accounted for over 20 percent of the total minutes played by freshmen in the Pac-12 this season.
- The Beavers have held their opponents to 35.2 percent shooting from the floor in their four wins, compared to 43.7 percent in their four losses.
- Oregon State has allowed an average of 61 points per game in its four victories.
- The Beavers shot 51.9 percent in the first half of Thursday's game vs. Washington, its best first-half shooting performance of the season. Entering the contest, Oregon State was shooting 41.5 percent in the first half of games, compared to 49.1 percent in the second half.
- Oregon State had a 21-0 run during the first half of Thursday's game vs. Washington, holding the Huskies scoreless for a stretch of over seven minutes.
- The Beavers opened the season with a 73-70 win over Tulsa, overcoming a 19-point deficit to take the win. OSU came back from 16 down at the break, the largest such comeback since Oregon State erased a 19-point lead against UNLV in 2005.
- The Beavers battled Duke to the wire in its first game of the PKL event, holding the Blue Devils to 26.7 percent shooting in the contest
- Oregon State has held opponents to 69.4 points per game during the Wayne Tinkle era, and 67.5 points per contest at Gill Coliseum over that span.
- The Beavers made an international trip to Italy this summer, playing three games over the 10-day trip, which included stops in Milan, Como, Venice, Florence and Rome.

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Players Mentioned

Dexter Akanno

Rodrigue Andela

Tyler Bilodeau

Nick Krass

Chol Marial

Jordan Pope

Michael Rataj

Jayden Stevens

Glenn Taylor Jr.