Beavers Headed to Utah for Thursday Tilt

THE GAME: The Oregon State men's basketball team will hit the road on Thursday for a matchup with Utah.

TELEVISION: The game will be carried 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: Thursday's game will mark Oregon State's first contest in a full week, as the Beavers have been off since playing Stanford on Jan. 11 ... Oregon State is 18-22 all-time against Utah, with the Utes winning the last three matchups in the series ... The Beavers are 8-3 this season when scoring 70 points or more, and 4-1 when scoring over 80 ... Jordan Pope has gone over 20 points in four consecutive games, making him the first Beaver to do so since Tres Tinkle in 2018-19 ... The Beavers are second in the Pac-12 in free throw percentage and free throws made per game ... Thursday's game vs. Stanford marked OSU's fourth overtime game of the season, the team's highest total since 2008-09 ... Oregon State's six total overtime periods played matches the 2011-12 squad, which played two single-overtime games and a quadruple overtime contest ... Oregon State has led at halftime in five of its last six games ... Oregon State has four of the top-10 sophomore scorers in the Pac-12 - Jordan Pope (1st), Tyler Bilodeau (2nd), KC Ibekwe (8th) and Michael Rataj (9th) ... Pope is sixth in the nation in sophomore scoring and is fourth amongst sophomores in Power-6 conferences ... Oregon State is shooting 46.6 percent from the floor in its five conference games, and has shot 50 percent or better in two of those five contests ... The Beavers are shooting 47.3 percent in the second half and overtime this season, compared to 41.6 percent in the first half.

THE TEAM: Here are some quick-hitters about the 2023-24 Oregon State men's basketball team:
- 74.1 percent of Oregon State's total points this season have come from freshmen and sophomores with 63.3 percent of the Beavers' total scoring coming from the team's sophomore class.
- Oregon State has won 12 of its last 17 home games, and is a combined 19-9 at Gill over the last two seasons
- The Beavers have topped 70 points in nine of 11 home contests this year.
- Oregon State returns 62.5 percent of its minutes played from last season, the third highest total in the Pac-12
- The Beavers are 8-3 this season when scoring 70 points or more.
- 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 six victories away from reaching 300 win in his coaching career.
- Oregon State has held opponents to 69.2 points per game during the Wayne Tinkle era, and 67.3 points per contest at Gill Coliseum over that span.
- The Beavers are 101-59 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.

LAST WEEK: Here are some quick-hitters about last week's game against Stanford
- Oregon State led the Cardinal at halftime, and was up by as many as 12 in the second half.
- Jordan Pope scored 21 points, his fourth-straight 20-point game, and his fifth in his last six games.
- Dexter Akanno scored 14 points and played 27 minutes off the bench
- Oregon State shot 50.8 percent in the contest.

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Players Mentioned

Dexter Akanno

Tyler Bilodeau

KC Ibekwe

Jordan Pope

Michael Rataj

Tres Tinkle