Beavers to Host Wolverines Saturday

THE GAME: The Oregon State men's basketball team will host Utah Valley Saturday at 2 p.m.

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 5-0 at home this season, and has won eight-straight nonconference home games ... Oregon State is 0-1 all-time against Utah Valley, with the Wolverines winning a 70-68 decision at Gill Coliseum on Dec. 1, 2010 ... The Beavers are 5-1 this season when scoring 70 points or more, and 3-0 when scoring over 80 ... OSU is currently the only team in the nation to have played multiple double-overtime games this season ... The Beavers have gone to overtime in three contests already this season, its highest total since the 2013-14 squad played three overtime games ... OSU has played a total of five extra periods, the program's highest total since 2011-12 ... Oregon State has four of the top-13 sophomore scorers in the Pac-12 - Jordan Pope (1st), Tyler Bilodeau (4th), KC Ibekwe (8th) and Michael Rataj (13th) ... Pope is tied for 22nd in the nation in sophomore scoring ... Oregon State has held its opponents to 34.9 percent shooting in its five wins, as opposed to 46.3 percent in its three losses ... Saturday's game will mark the third in a string of seven-straight home games for the Beavers ... 69.4 percent of Oregon State total points this season have come from freshmen and sophomores ... 57.8 percent of the Beavers' total scoring has come from the team's sophomore class ... Pope was named to the Preseason All-Pac-12 Second Team

THE TEAM: Here are some quick-hitters about the 2023-24 Oregon State men's basketball team:
- Oregon State has scored first in seven of its eight games this season
- The Beavers lead the Pac-12 in free throws made per game at 19.0
- OSU is shooting 45.9 percent in the second halves and overtime of games this season, compared to 37.6 percent in the first halves of games.
- Oregon State returns 62.5 percent of its minutes played from last season, the third highest total in the Pac-12
- OSU is currently the only team in the nation to have played multiple double-overtime games this season.
- The Beavers have gone to overtime in three contests already this season, its highest total since the 2013-14 squad played three overtime games. OSU has played a total of five extra periods, the program's highest total since 2011-12.
- Eleven of the Beavers' first 14 games of the season will be at Gill Coliseum, with the other three being neutral site games.
- Oregon State will not play its first true road game of the season until Jan. 4.
- The Beavers welcome four new scholarship players on to this year's squad - freshmen Gavin Marrs, Thomas Ndong and DaJohn Craig, along with junior-college transfer Nate Meithof. Meithof is expected to miss the season due to injury.
- 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.
- Oregon State competed in a pair of prestigious neutral-site events during the nonconference season, as the Beavers took on Nebraska at the Sanford Pentagon Saturday in Sioux Falls, S.D. before heading to Brooklyn for the NIT Season Tip-Off, which also featured Baylor, Florida and Pittsburgh.
- Oregon State has held opponents to 69.2 points per game during the Wayne Tinkle era, and 67.2 points per contest at Gill Coliseum over that span.
- The Beavers are 96-57 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.

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Players Mentioned

Tyler Bilodeau

DaJohn Craig

KC Ibekwe

Nate Kingz

Gavin Marrs

Thomas Ndong

Jordan Pope

Michael Rataj