Mid Coast Times

Beavers Headed to Tucson to Face No. 5 Arizona

THE GAME: Oregon State will hit the road Saturday to face Arizona 

TELEVISION: The game will be televised 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 22-71 all-time against Arizona and 6-38 in Tucson ... The Beavers are looking for their first win at the McKale Center since 2010 ... Oregon State out-scored Arizona 48-42 in the second half when the two teams met earlier this season at Gill Coliseum ... Tyler Bilodeau and Michael Rataj both set their career-high with 18 points apiece aganist Arizona ... Jordan Pope was named Pac-12 Freshman of the Week for the second-straight week this week. It was his league-leading third award of the year ... Ten different Oregon State players have started at least one game this season, and no player has started all 21 contests ... 256 of OSU's 418 points over the last six games have been scored by freshmen - over 61.2 percent of the team's offensive output ... Oregon State is the second-least experienced Power 5 team in the nation per KenPom's experience rankings ... This week will mark the Beavers' penultimate road trip of the regular season. After this week, Oregon State will have five of its next seven games at Gill Coliseum ... Six of Oregon States first nine Pac-12 games were road contests ... Jordan Pope, Tyler Bilodeau and Michael Rataj are all amongst the top-10 freshmen in the Pac-12 in points per game ... Pope has scored in double-figures in 16 of his 23collegiate games ... The Beavers lead the Pac-12 in 3-point percentage during conference play at 36.7 percent ... Oregon State's squad features a total of 11 newcomers, eight of which are true freshmen

THE TEAM: Here are some quick-hitters about the 2022-23 Oregon State men's basketball team:
- Oregon State has seven players among the top-31 Pac-12 freshmen in total minutes played (Jordan Pope - 1st, Michael Rataj - 7th, Tyler Bilodeau - 8th, Nick Krass - 22nd, Jayden Stevens - 24th,  Justin Rochelin - 26th, KC Ibekwe 31st)
- Beaver freshmen have accounted for 48.1 percent of Oregon State's overall minutes played this season, and Oregon State has accounted for 22.2 percent of the total minutes played by freshmen in the Pac-12 this season.
- Oregon State is 8-3 this season when it pulls down as many or more rebounds than their opponent
- The Beavers have held their opponents to 36.4 percent shooting from the floor in their wins, compared to 45.4 percent in their losses.
- Oregon State has allowed an average of 56.7 points per game in its nine victories.
- OSU is second in the Pac-12 in free throw percentage at 73.9 percent
- Oregon State has limited its opponents to 29.5 percent shooting from 3-point range during the second half of games this season.
- Oregon State has held opponents to 69.1 points per game during the Wayne Tinkle era, and 67.3 points per contest at Gill Coliseum over that span.
- The Beavers made an international trip to Italy this summer, playing three games over the 10-day trip, which included stops in Milan, Como, Venice, Florence and Rome.
- The Beavers have announced the additions of signees Gavin Marrs and Thomas Ndong. Both will join Oregon State beginning in the 2023-24 season.
- The Beavers will not play at UCLA or at home vs. Washington State this season a part of the Pac-12 schedule rotation.
  

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