Beavers Remain Home to Host Huskies

THE GAME: The Oregon State men's basketball team will remain at Gill Coliseum Saturday to host Washington.

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 144-167 all-time against Washington ... Beavers and Huskies have played 311 times dating back to 1904. It is the third-most played rivalry in NCAA Division I basketball ... Oregon State has lost two-straight in the series, but took the win when Washington visited Gill Coliseum last season - a thrilling 66-65 win ... 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 32.0 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 17th 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 75.6 points per game at home and shooting 48.1 percent from the floor at Gill ... OSU has shot over 50 percent from the floor in six of its last nine games at Gill Coliseum ... Jordan Pope scored 29 points when the Beavers faced the Huskies earlier this season.

THE TEAM: Here are some quick-hitters about the 2023-24 Oregon State men's basketball team:
- 76.9 percent of Oregon State's total points this season have come from freshmen and sophomores with 65.9 percent of the Beavers' total scoring coming from the team's sophomore class.
- Oregon State has won 14 of its last 20 home games, and is a combined 21-10 at Gill over the last two seasons
- OSU is shooting 53.4 percent from the floor over its last five home games
- The Beavers have topped 70 points in 11 of 14 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 67.3 points per contest at Gill Coliseum over that span.
- The Beavers are 103-60 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.

RECENTLY VS. WASHINGTON:
- Jordan Pope scored 29 points on 10-for-17 shooting from the floor when the Beavers played at Washington earlier this season
- Tyler Bilodeau had 21 points in Seattle last month
- The last time the Huskies visited Gill Coliseum came in December of 2022. The Beavers won that contest 66-65, scoring the winning points with eight seconds on the clock as Dexter Akanno converted a 3-point play
- Akanno tallied 13 points in that game.

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Players Mentioned

Dexter Akanno

Tyler Bilodeau

KC Ibekwe

Jordan Pope

Michael Rataj