Beavers Head to Southland to Face Bruins

THE GAME: The Oregon State men's basketball team will head to Los Angeles Thursday for a matchup with UCLA

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: Jordan Pope received a number of weekly awards for his performance last week, taking ESPN, Naismith and Pac-12 Player of the Week honors ... Oregon State swept the Arizona schools last weekend for the first time since the 2014-15 season ... The Beavers were named Dick Vitale's Team of the Week ... With a win on Thursday, Oregon State would secure its first three-game Pac-12 winning streak since it beat Cal , Stanford and Utah from Feb. 25-March 3, 2021 ... The Beavers are looking to notch their first win at Pauley Pavilion since the 2015-16 season ... OSU's last win over the Bruins came in the 2021 Pac-12 Tournament ... The Beavers are 10-3 this season when scoring 70 points or more, and 6-1 when scoring over 80 ... Oregon State attempted 49 free throws on Saturday against Arizona State, the highest total by the program since the Beavers shot 49 against Prairie View A&M in 2016 ... The Beavers lead the Pac-12 in 3-point percentage defense ... The Beavers shot 56.4 percent over the course of their two games last week ... 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 sixth in the nation in sophomore scoring and is fourth 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:
- Dick Vitale selected Oregon State as his Team of the Week after the Beavers' two wins last week.
- 76.5 percent of Oregon State's total points this season have come from freshmen and sophomores with 65.2 percent of the Beavers' total scoring coming from the team's sophomore class.
- Oregon State has won 14 of its last 19 home games, and is a combined 21-9 at Gill over the last two seasons
- The Beavers have topped 70 points in 11 of 13 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 10-3 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 four victories away from reaching 300 wins in his coaching career.
- Oregon State has held opponents to 69.4 points per game during the Wayne Tinkle era, and 67.4 points per contest at Gill Coliseum over that span.
- The Beavers are 103-59 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.
- Oregon State is second in the Pac-12 in free throw attempts per game

LAST TIME VS. UCLA:
- Dexter Akanno led the Beavers with 22 points, going 6-for-6 from the free throw line and knocking down four 3-pointers
- Tyler Bilodeau had a double-double with 10 points and 14 rebounds.
- Oregon State led by four at halftime and was in front by as many as nine in the game.
- The Beavers shot 44 percent from the floor in the contest.

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Players Mentioned

Dexter Akanno

Tyler Bilodeau

KC Ibekwe

Jordan Pope

Michael Rataj