Beavers Set to Host Gonzaga

THE GAME: Oregon State will host No. 16 Gonzaga Thursday at Gill Coliseum.

TELEVISION: The game will be televised on CBS Sports Network

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: Thursday will mark the 28th all-time meeting between Oregon State and Gonzaga, and the first since the 1991-92 season (also the last time Gonzaga visited Gill Coliseum) ... The Beavers have won 12-straight games in the series. The Bulldogs last beat OSU in 1932 ... Fifteen of the teams' 27 meetings came prior to 1933, including the first meeting, which took place 1912 ... Oregon State has had the same starting five in 13-straight games, and is one of 14 Division I teams with an active streak of 13+ games with the same starters ... The Beavers went 31-for-32 from the free throw stripe Saturday at Pacific, a program record for free throw percentage in a game with 30+ attempts ... The Beavers are 19th in the nation in scoring defense, holding opponents to 63.2 points per game ... Oregon State is on pace for it's best season in defensive points per game since the 2014-15 team allowed 59.2 points per contest ... OSU has held 11 of its 18 opponents below 38 percent shooting from the floor, and has allowed over 65 points just six times ... The Beavers have held their last three opponents to a combined 18-for-70 shooting from 3-point range ... Michael Rataj and Damarco Minor are both in the top six in the WCC in steals per game ... Oregon State has shot 45 percent or better from the floor 12 times this season ... Oregon State's average margin of victory in its 12 wins is 22.5 ... Three of the Beavers' losses this year (Oregon, North Texas and Santa Clara) were decided by three points or fewer ... Michael Rataj is top-13 in the WCC in points per game, rebounds per game, field goal percentage, free throw percentage, blocks per game and steals per game

THE TEAM: Here are some quick-hitters about the 2024-25 Oregon State men's basketball team:

The Beavers' team features nine international players, representing eight different countries (Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Iran, Lithuania, Turkey, United Kingdom). Counting the USA, Oregon State's nine nations represented is the second most of any Division I men's basketball team trailing only UT Martin with 12.
The Oregon State men's basketball squad is one of 10 OSU programs slated to compete in the West Coast Conference beginning in the fall of 2024 as part of the two-year conference affiliation agreement announced on Dec. 22.
The 2024-25 WCC schedule will see the Beavers face some foes they have not often seen during their history. The following is Oregon State's total games played against each WCC opponent (excluding Washington State) along with the last season the two teams met. Portland - 71 meetings, last in 2020-21; Gonzaga - 27 meetings, last in 1991-92; Santa Clara - 10 meetings, last in 1997-98; San Francisco - 10 meetings, last in 1968-69; Pepperdine - 5 meetings, last in 2018-19; LMU - 5 meetings, last in 2017-18; Saint Mary's 4 meetings, last in 1968-69; San Diego - 3 meetings, last in 2012-13; Pacific - 3 meetings, last in 1994-95.
The Oregon State men's basketball program received a $1.5 million endowment from Joth Ricci and his family, part of a $3 million gift to the Beavers' men's and women's basketball programs. Ricci, known for leadership roles with Dutch Bros, Stumptown Coffee Roasters, Adelsheim Vineyards, Jones Soda and, most recently, Burgerville, is a 1990 Oregon State graduate now serving as executive in residence for the College of Business.

SATURDAY at Pacific:

Oregon State's 36-point margin of victory was its biggest in a road game since 1989.
Parsa Fallah led the Beavers with 25 points

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Players Mentioned

Parsa Fallah

Damarco Minor

Michael Rataj