Beavers Ready to Host Cougs

THE GAME: The Oregon State men's basketball team will return to the friendly confines of Gill Coliseum Thursday for a matchup with Washington State.

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 175-130 all-time against Washington State ... Beavers and Cougars have played 305 times dating back to 1907. It is tied for the sixth-most played rivalry in NCAA Division I basketball ... Oregon State has lost four-straight in the series ... The Beavers are 10-3 this season when scoring 70 points or more, and 6-1 when scoring over 80 ... The Beavers lead the Pac-12 in 3-point percentage defense at 31.2 percent ... 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-12 sophomore scorers in the Pac-12 - Jordan Pope (1st), Tyler Bilodeau (2nd), Michael rataj (8th) and KC Ibekwe (12th) ... Pope is 13th in the nation in sophomore scoring and is sixth 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 is averaging 76.9 points per game at home and shooting 48.3 percent from the floor at Gill ... The Beavers have gone over 83 points in four-straight home games ... OSU has shot over 50 percent from the floor in six of its last eight games at Gill Coliseum ... Jordan Pope scored 20 points when the Beavers faced the Cougars earlier this season.

THE TEAM: Here are some quick-hitters about the 2023-24 Oregon State men's basketball team:
- 76.6 percent of Oregon State's total points this season have come from freshmen and sophomores with 65.6 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.

LAST TIME VS. WASHINGTON STATE:
- Oregon State led the Cougars 24-21 at halftime, and was up as many
- Jordan Pope scored 20 points on 8-for-16 shooting from the floor
- KC Ibekwe scored 12 points on 5-for-8 shooting, his highest scoring game during Pac-12 play
- Ibekwe scored nine-straight points in the second half to get the Beavers back within two
- The Beavers played the game without the services of Dexter Akanno, who was unavailable due to injury.

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Players Mentioned

Dexter Akanno

Tyler Bilodeau

KC Ibekwe

Jordan Pope