Beavers to Host Sun Devils Saturday

THE GAME: The Oregon State men's basketball team will host Arizona State Saturday at Gill Coliseum

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: The Beavers will honor the 1963 Final Four Team on Saturday when Arizona State visits Gill. Players Rex Benner, Mel Counts, Jim Jarvis, Jim Kraus, Steve Pauly and Frank Peters will be in attendance and will be recognized during the game ... Saturday will also be OSU's DamWorthIt game, as the team works to raise awareness for mental health ... Oregon State's win over No. 9 Arizona on Thursday as the Beavers' first victory over a top-10 opponent since they beat No. 7 Arizona in 2015 ... The victory was the 25th win over a top-10 opponent in program history ... The Beavers are 9-3 this season when scoring 70 points or more, and 5-1 when scoring over 80 ... Jordan Pope scored 31 points on Thursday. He is the first Beaver to go over 30 points in a game since 2022, and the first OSU player to score 30 points and convert a game-winning buzzer beater since Mario Jackson in 1991 vs. Washington State ... The Beavers are second in the Pac-12 in free throw percentage ... Oregon State has played four overtime games this season, the team's highest total since 2008-09. Overall the Beavers have played a total of six extra periods ... 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 10th in the nation in sophomore scoring and is fifth amongst sophomores in Power-6 conferences ... Pope is sixth in the Pac-12 in points per game.

THE TEAM: Here are some quick-hitters about the 2023-24 Oregon State men's basketball team:
- 76.0 percent of Oregon State's total points this season have come from freshmen and sophomores with 64.5 percent of the Beavers' total scoring coming from the team's sophomore class.
- Oregon State has won 13 of its last 18 home games, and is a combined 20-9 at Gill over the last two seasons
- The Beavers have topped 70 points in 10 of 12 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 9-3 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 five victories away from reaching 300 win in his coaching career.
- Oregon State has held opponents to 69.4 points per game during the Wayne Tinkle era, and 67.3 points per contest at Gill Coliseum over that span.
- The Beavers are 102-59 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.

DAM WORTH IT: A message from the Dam Worth It program
Dam Worth It Oregon State works to end the stigma around mental health in athletics on and beyond our campus through story sharing and advocacy. We are a completely student and student-athlete volunteer-run branch of the Dam Worth It Company non-profit that relies on donations to support our work. You can donate directly to our branch at this link https://donorbox.org/dam-worth-it-oregon-state-university, thank you for your support and for being a part of the mission. You are Dam Worth It!"

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Players Mentioned

Tyler Bilodeau

KC Ibekwe

Jordan Pope

Michael Rataj