Oregon State begins its final regular season road trip of the season when the Beavers play Washington State at 8 p.m. Thursday at Pullman, Wash.
OSU is looking to win its second consecutive game after beating USC 61-58 last Saturday. Washington State is also coming off a win, but the Cougars have lost five of their past seven games.
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Oregon State (10-16, 4-11) at Washington State (11-15, 6-9)
Time: 8 p.m. Thursday
Where: Beasley Coliseum, Pullman, Wash.
On air: ESPNU
NCAA NET ranking: Oregon State 212, Washington State 80
KenPom ranking: Oregon State 202, Washington State 64
Betting line: Cougars by 13
Projected starters for Oregon State
G – Jordan Pope (6-2 freshman)
G – Glenn Taylor Jr. (6-6 sophomore)
G – Christian Wright (6-3 sophomore)
C – K.C. Ibekwe (6-10 freshman)
F – Tyler Bilodeau (6-9 freshman)
Up next for OSU: at Washington, 5 p.m. Saturday (Pac-12 Network)
Previous meetings: OSU leads the series 175-128. The Cougars have won the past two games.
Notable: This is the only regular season came between Oregon State and Washington State. The Beavers play WSU and UCLA once, and all over Pac-12 teams twice this season. … T.J. Bamba is WSU’s leading scorer at 14.7 points a game, while Mouhamed Gueye tops the Cougars with 8.5 rebounds a game. … Former Beaver Jack Wilson has played 15 minutes over six games this season. Wilson, a freshman post at OSU in 2018-19, transferred to Idaho then eventually Washington State, where he played football for two years. Wilson, now a senior, joined the Cougar basketball program this season. … The last time OSU won back-to-back games was Green Bay and Denver in December. The Beavers haven’t won back-to-back conference games since the 2020-21 season.
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–Nick Daschel | ndaschel@oregonian.com | @nickdaschel
