Beavers Head Across Bay to Face Stanford

THE GAME: The Oregon State men's basketball team heads across the Bay for a Saturday matchup at Stanford

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 76-77 all-time against Stanford ... The Beavers have won two of the last three meetings at Maples Pavilion ... The Beavers are 10-4 this season when scoring 70 points or more, and 6-1 when scoring over 80 ... The Beavers are third in the Pac-12 in 3-point percentage defense ... OSU is fourth in the conference in scoring defense ... 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-14 sophomore scorers in the Pac-12 - Jordan Pope (1st), Tyler Bilodeau (2nd), Michael Rataj (8th) and KC Ibekwe (14th) ... Pope is 17th in the nation in sophomore scoring and is third amongst sophomores in Power-6 conferences ... Pope is fifth in the Pac-12 in points per game and sixth in 3-pointers made per game ... Oregon State has turned the ball over nine times or fewer in three of its last four games ... Tyler Bilodeau recorded his third career double-double on Thursday, going for 19 points and 10 rebounds ... Oregon State led for over 32 minutes of game time on Thursday, going in front by as many as 11.

THE TEAM: Here are some quick-hitters about the 2023-24 Oregon State men's basketball team:
- 77.3 percent of Oregon State's total points this season have come from freshmen and sophomores with 67.0 percent of the Beavers' total scoring coming from the team's sophomore class.
- Oregon State has won 14 of its last 22 home games, and is a combined 21-12 at Gill over the last two seasons
- The Beavers have topped 70 points in 11 of 16 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 10-4 this season when scoring 70 points or more.
- Oregon State has shot 70 percent or better from the free throw stripe in seven-straight seasons
- 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 67.3 points per contest at Gill Coliseum over that span.
- The Beavers are 103-62 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 MEETING VS. STANFORD:
- The Beavers and Cardinal battled to overtime last month, with Stanford claiming the 88-84 victory in the extra period
- Jordan Pope led the Beavers with 21 points on 8-for-14 shooting.
- Tyler Bilodeau, KC Ibekwe and Dexter Akanno also finished in double-figures
- Oregon State led by 12 points in the second half, before Stanford battled back

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Players Mentioned

Dexter Akanno

Tyler Bilodeau

KC Ibekwe

Jordan Pope

Michael Rataj