Beavers to Host Buffs for Senior Day

THE GAME: The Oregon State men's basketball team will host Senior Day Saturday at Gill Coliseum, when Colorado visits Corvallis.

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 celebrate players Dexter Akanno, Chol Marial and Felipe Palazzo, along with manager Hayato Kanai in a pregame Senior Day ceremony ... Oregon State is 11-22 all-time against Colorado and 7-6 at Gill Coliseum ... OSU defeated the Buffaloes last season at Gill Coliseum. Jordan Pope led the Beavers with 19 points in that contest ... The Beavers have gone over 70 points in four-straight games, including three 80+ point performances over that stretch ... The Beavers are 12-5 this season when scoring 70 points or more, and 8-1 when scoring over 80 ... The Beavers are first in the Pac-12 in 3-point percentage defense ... OSU is second in the conference in free throw percentage ... 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 and Bilodeau have combined to average 32.3 points per game, the fourth-highest total of any sophomore duo in the nation, and the highest by any pair of power conference sophomores (narrowly edging Syracuse's JJ Starlin and Chris Bell at 32.2) ... Pope and Bilodeau have both scored over 20 points in back-to-back games ... Pope is 10th in the nation in sophomore scoring and is third amongst sophomores in Power-6 conferences

THE TEAM: Here are some quick-hitters about the 2023-24 Oregon State men's basketball team:
- 78.0 percent of Oregon State's total points this season have come from freshmen and sophomores with 68.3 percent of the Beavers' total scoring coming from the team's sophomore class.
- Oregon State has won 15 of its last 23 home games, and is a combined 22-13 at Gill over the last two seasons
- The Beavers have topped 70 points in 12 of 17 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 12-5 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 two victories away from reaching 300 wins in his coaching career.
- Oregon State has held opponents to 69.5 points per game during the Wayne Tinkle era, and 67.4 points per contest at Gill Coliseum over that span.
- The Beavers are 104-62 at Gill Coliseum under Tinkle's leadership
- The Beavers will enter next week's Pac-12 Tournament as the No. 12 seed and will play Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. Depending on Saturday's results, the Beavers could face Utah, UCLA or Washington.

LAST TIME OUT:
- Oregon State set a season-high with 92 points in Thursday's win over Utah
- The Beavers went 31-for-37 from the stripe and shot 51.0 percent from the floor.
- The game marked OSU's first win this season when shooting a worse percentage than their opponent.

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Players Mentioned

Dexter Akanno

Tyler Bilodeau

KC Ibekwe

Chol Marial

Felipe Palazzo

Jordan Pope

Michael Rataj