Beavers Set For Friday’s Season Opener

THE GAME: Oregon State opens its regular season at 6 p.m. on Friday against the Prairie View A&M Panthers at Gill Coliseum.

TELEVISION: The game will be televised on Pac-12 Oregon with Guy Haberman and Drew Shiller calling the action.

For information on how to watch the game online or on a mobile device, click on this link. If you live overseas and want to watch the game, it is available via Eversport or YouTube at this link.

RADIO: The game will air live on Beaver Sports Radio Network with Jon Warren calling the action. It can also be heard online at this link.

LIVE STATS: There will be live stats at this link.

SOCIAL MEDIA: Live updates will be available on Twitter and Facebook.

TICKETS: Fans can secure Oregon State men's basketball season tickets and single-game tickets by visiting this link or calling 800-GO-BEAVS. Dam City Classic tickets will be included for all Oregon State men's basketball season ticket holders, giving fans a total of 19 games to watch in Corvallis and Portland during the 2016-17 season (including the exhibition game).

QUICKLY: Oregon State opens the regular season with four games in eight days ... The Beavers are coming off back-to-back winning seasons (17-14 in 2014-15 and 19-13 in 2015-16) for the first time since 1988-89 (22-8) and 1989-90 (22-7) ... Wayne Tinkle is 2-0 in season openers at Oregon State ... Tres Tinkle was one of 20 NCAA Division I student-athletes named to the Julius Erving Award Watch List for the nation's top small forward ... Drew Eubanks and Stephen Thompson Jr. played on the Pac-12 All-Star Team that toured Australia this past summer ... Only two of the 14 players on the roster have been in the program more than a year (Cheikh N'diaye and Matt Dahlen) ... Tres Tinkle was fully cleared for all basketball related activities on Oct. 20 ... Former walk-ons Daine Muller and Tanner Sanders were awarded scholarships for this season ... Matt Dahlen, a walk-on the past two seasons, rejoined the program on Nov. 4 ... Oregon State defeated Corban 96-58 in an exhibition game on Nov. 4 ... Ben Koné (knee) will miss the start of the season ... Eight Oregon State players have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher.

vs. PRAIRIE VIEW A&M: Oregon State and Prairie View A&M meet for the fourth time with the Beavers winning the three previous meetings. The teams played three consecutive seasons, from 2003 to 2005, with the first and third games in Corvallis and the middle contest in Prairie View, Texas.

Oregon State won the first meeting, 70-53, in the 2003 season opener on Nov. 22 behind a team-high 16 points from David Lucas. The Beavers won the next season on the road, 67-63, on Dec. 21 with Nick DeWitz scoring a game-high 20 and Sasa Cuic adding 12. Oregon State completed the sweep on Nov. 22, 2005 when five Beavers scored in double figures for an 88-71 victory. Cuic led the way with 19 points, while Marcel Jones added 18 off the bench, Chris Stephens and DeWitz scored 15 apiece and Lamar Hurd chipped in 14.

EXHIBITION GAME: Oregon State defeated Corban in an exhibition game last Friday, 96-58, before a Gill Coliseum crowd of 4,663.

JaQuori McLaughlin had 17 points, four rebounds and three assists to pace OSU's balanced attack. The Beavers never tailed, led by as many as 38 points and shot .593 (32-54) from the field and .526 (10-19) on 3-pointers.

Tres Tinkle had 15 points, six rebounds and five assists in 21 minutes and Stephen Thompson Jr. added 14 points and two assists in just 19 minutes, while hitting 4 of 5 from deep.

Gligorije Rakocevic had 12 points and a game-high 10 rebounds to lead OSU's 48-29 edge on the boards. Cheikh N'diaye, Drew Eubanks and Daine Muller had 10 points apiece.

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Players Mentioned

Matt Dahlen

Drew Eubanks

JaQuori McLaughlin

Daine Muller

Cheikh N'diaye

Gligorije Rakocevic

Tanner Sanders

Stephen Thompson Jr.

Tres Tinkle