Beavers Headed to Lone Star State to Face Texas A&M

THE GAME: Oregon State will return to nonconference action this week, as the Beavers take on Texas A&M Sunday in College Station. The game is slated to tip at 5 p.m. CT/3 p.m. PT

TELEVISION: The game will be televised on ESPN2

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 coming off back-to-back conference games, having faced Washington and USC ... Sunday will mark the sixth ever matchup between Oregon State and Texas A&M, and the fourth in the last five seasons ... The first meeting between the Beavers and Aggies came back in 1942 in Springfield, Ill. OSU took a 36-30 win in that contest ... Sunday's game in College Station will mark Oregon State's only nonconference contest this season played outside the state of Oregon ... Four of the Beavers' nine games this season have been decided by three points or fewer ... The Beavers went 8-for-8 at the free throw line vs. USC on Sunday, the first time OSU has shot 100 percent from the line since Jan. 2, 2010 at Washington State (min 8 attempts) ... Jordan Pope, Tyler Bilodeau and Michael Rataj are all among the top-13 freshmen in the Pac-12 in points per game ... Pope has scored in double-figures in eight of his nine collegiate games ... 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'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 - 12th, Jayden Stevens - 23rd, Nick Krass - 24th)
- Beaver freshmen have accounted for 41.9 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 43.1 percent in their five losses.
- Oregon State has allowed an average of 61 points per game in its four victories.
- The Beavers have shot 53.8 percent over the course of their last two first-halfs, a significant increase over the 41.5 percent Oregon State shot in the first half of its first seven games.
- Oregon State led USC by as many as 11 points in Sunday's contest, and did not trail until the final three minutes of the game.
- OSU shot 45.5 percent from 3-point range against the Trojans, by far its best percentage of the season.
- 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 PK Legacy 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

Tyler Bilodeau

Nick Krass

Jordan Pope

Michael Rataj

Jayden Stevens

Glenn Taylor Jr.