Mid Coast Times

Beavers to Open Pac-12 Tournament vs. Arizona State

THE GAME: No. 11-seed Oregon State will  take on No. 6-seed Arizona State Wednesday evening in the opening round of the Pac-12 Tournament at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

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 44-53 all-time against Arizona State, and 2-1 in Pac-12 Tournament matchups ... The Beavers and Sun Devils last met in the postseason at the 2016 Pac-12 Tournament, with OSU winning 75-66 ... The Beavers have won four of their last seven Pac-12 Tournament first-round games ... Eleven different Oregon State players have started at least one game this season, and no player has started all 31 contests ... 502 of OSU's 883 points over the last 13 games have been scored by freshmen - over 56.8 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 ... Glenn Taylor Jr. exploded for 28 points Saturday vs. Cal, the highest scoring game by a Beaver this season. Taylor wen 15-for-16 from the free throw stripe in the contest ... 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 22 of his 31 collegiate games ... Pope passed Gary Payton and Steve Johnson to move up to second on the Beavers' freshman scoring list on Saturday ... 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 six players among the top-27 Pac-12 freshmen in total minutes played (Jordan Pope - 1st, Michael Rataj - 6th, Tyler Bilodeau - 8th, Nick Krass - 22nd, Jayden Stevens - t23rd, KC Ibekwe - 26th)
- Beaver freshmen have accounted for 48.7 percent of Oregon State's overall minutes played this season, and Oregon State has accounted for 22.8 percent of the total minutes played by freshmen in the Pac-12 this season.
- Oregon State is 7-2 this season when holding its opponents under 60 points, incluing three of its five Pac-12 wins.
- The Beavers have held their opponents to 36.8 percent shooting from the floor in their wins, compared to 46.2 percent in their losses.
- OSU leads the Pac-12 in free throw percentage at 75.0 percent, and is third in the conference in bench points per game with 20.4
- Oregon State has allowed an average of 57.6 points per game in its 11 victories.
- Oregon State has limited its opponents to 30.7 percent shooting from 3-point range during the second half of games this season.
- Oregon State has held opponents to 69.2 points per game during the Wayne Tinkle era, and 67.3 points per contest at Gill Coliseum over that span.
- The Beavers are 91-57 at Gill Coliseum under Tinkle's leadership
- 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.

SATURDAY VS. CAL: 
- Oregon State trailed by as many as 16 during the first half, before mounting a comeback to take the win. It marked the Beavers' second comeback of 16+ points this season, as OSU also flipped a 19-point differential vs. Tulsa in the season opener.
- Glenn Taylor scored 28 points, the highest total by a Beaver since Dashawn Davis scored 31 vs. USC last season
- Taylor's 15 free throws made is the highest total since Ethan Thompson made 15 against Oklahoma State in the 2021 NCAA Tournament. 

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