Beavers Set For Tuesday Tilt With Buffs

THE GAME: Oregon State continues its home slate with a 6 p.m. tilt on Tuesday against the Colorado Buffaloes at Gill Coliseum.
 
TELEVISION: The game will be televised on Pac-12 Network with Roxy Bernstein and Bill Walton 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 YouTube at this link.
 
RADIO: The game will air live on Beaver Sports Radio Network with Mike Parker calling the action. It can also be heard online at this link.
 
LIVE STATS: There will be live stats at this link.
 
TICKETS: Single-game tickets can be purchased at this link. A "Weekend at Benny's Plan" is also available for the nine games that are scheduled on Saturday and Sunday. Seats will be assigned "Best Available" for each game and can be purchased at this link.
 
QUICKLY: Oregon State was originally scheduled to play Colorado on Jan. 1 but the game was postponed due to COVID-19 protocols within the Buffaloes' program ... Jarod Lucas has a career free throw percentage of 88.4% (199-for-225), the best in Oregon State history; Chris Stephens (2003-06) is second at 86.2% (224-for-260 ... Glenn Taylor Jr. has started the last three games and is averaging 11.3 points and 3.7 rebounds; he averaged 4.8 points and 1.7 rebounds in the first 19 games coming off the bench ... Dexter Akanno has gone 13-for-31 (41.9%) from beyond the arc over the last 10 games; he was 4-for-20 (20.0%) from deep in the first 12 games ... Dashawn Davis is first in the Pac-12 in assists at 5.37 per game; the last Oregon State player to lead the conference in assists was Gary Payton in 1989-90 (8.1 per game) ... Ahmad Rand has gone 2-for-3 from beyond the arc over the last two games ... Xzavier Malone-Key (back) has missed the last five games and Isaiah Johnson (concussion) has missed the last four games.
 
vs. COLORADO: Oregon State and Colorado are meeting for the 30th time with the Buffaloes holding a 19-10 advantage. The Beavers have a 6-5 edge in games played in Corvallis.
 
Colorado won the first meeting this season, 86-63, on Feb. 5 at the CU Events Center in Boulder. Glenn Taylor Jr. scored a career-high 15 points in his first career start for Oregon State. Keeshawn Barthelemy led the Buffs with 16 points.
 
LAST SEASON: The 2020-21 season was highlighted by one of the greatest runs in program history:

• Won nine straight road and neutral-site games that included the first Pac-12 Conference Tournament championship in program history.
• Won an NCAA Tournament game and advanced to the Elite Eight for the first time since 1982.
• Won three games in the NCAA Tournament, tying the 1963 Final Four team for the most tournament wins in program history.
• Ranked No. 20 in the final coaches poll; it's the first time the Beavers have been ranked in any poll since March 13, 1990.
• Defeated five Top 25 teams, the most in a season since the 1975-76 team also won five against ranked opponents.
• Beat a Top 25 team on the road for the first time since 1985 (at No. 21 Oregon).
• Defeated four Top 25 teams at a neutral site; the last time Oregon State beat a ranked opponent at a neutral site came in 1992 (vs. No. 25 BYU in Portland).

 
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