Beavers Head Across Rockies to Face Buffs

THE GAME: The Oregon State men's basketball team will head to Boulder on Saturday for a matchup with Colorado.

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 11-21 all-time against the Buffaloes and 3-12 in Boulder ... Oregon State won the last meeting between the two sides - a 60-52 contest last season in Corvallis ... The Beavers held Colorado to 35 percent shooting in the sides' last meeting, and Jordan Pope scored 19 points ... The Beavers are 8-3 this season when scoring 70 points or more, and 4-1 when scoring over 80 ... The Beavers are second in the Pac-12 in free throw percentage ... Last 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 seven 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 (10th) ... Pope is tied for 11th in the nation in sophomore scoring and is tied for sixth amongst sophomores in Power-6 conferences ... Pope failed to score in double-figures on Thursday for the first time since Feb. 22, 2023 ... The Beavers are shooting 46.5 percent in the second half and overtime this season, compared to 40.9 percent in the first half ... Oregon State has turned the ball over eight or fewer times in three of its last four games.

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 62.3 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 69.3 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.

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Players Mentioned

Tyler Bilodeau

KC Ibekwe

Jordan Pope

Michael Rataj