Oregon State University (OSU) traces its roots to 1856, when Corvallis Academy was founded as the first community school in the area. In 1858, the academy incorporated and became Corvallis College, run by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. On October 27, 1868, the state legislature designated Corvallis College as Oregon’s land-grant institution under the provisions of the Morrill Act of 1862. In 1871 the college purchased (with funding from 100 local citizens) a 35-acre farm west of downtown and slowly developed curricula mandated by the Morrill Act—agriculture, engineering, and military science. In 1937, the school was renamed Oregon State College (OSC) and in 1961 Gov. Mark Hatfield changed the named to Oregon State University.
Today OSU sits on 400 acres, has an enrollment of 37,121 (32,014 undergrad) and an endowment of $820M. USN&WR rank No. 142 for public schools, WSJ No. 167
Famous alumni – Linus Pauling, one of the founders of modern quantum chemistry, father of molecular biology, discovered sickle cell anemia, 1954 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1962 Nobel Peace Prize. George Poinar, Jr - entomology professor whose work extracting DNA from insects fossilized in amber inspired Jurassic Park. Ernest H. Wiegand, inventor of the modern Maraschino cherry
OSU Athletics: 4 NCAA championships – 3 Baseball (2006, 2007, 2018) and 1961 Men’s Cross Country. 1962 Heisman Trophy - QB Terry Baker, 12 Olympic Gold medals, 4 Silver, 5 Bronze
Colors- Orange and Black, nickname Beavers, mascot Benny Beaver since 1910, from 1893 was Jimmie the Coyote.
Basketball started in 1901-02 (1783-1375, .565), 2 Final Fours (1949, 1963), 8 Elite Eights, 7 Sweet Sixteen, 18 NCAA appearances (last 2021), 15 Conf. championships, 1 Conf. Tourney title (2021), 2 Naismith Memorial HOF coaches Ralph Miller and Amory T. “Slats” Gill (Gill Coliseum is named after him), 5 retired numbers: 20 - Gary Payton, 21 – Mel Counts, 25 – Ed Lewis, 33 – Steve Johnson, 45 – AC Green, 9 AP AA’s (6 1st Team), 75 all-conference players, 5 Pac-10 POY, 42 NBA draft picks. OSU basketball alums have won 4 Olympic gold medals, 7 players have won 11 NBA titles (A.C. Green 3, Brent Barry 2, Mel Counts 2, and 1 by Red Rocha, Dave Gambee, Lonnie Shelton, and Gary Payton.)
Winningest coaches: Slats Gill 599-392, Ralph Miller 359-186, Wayne Tinkle 138-168
Wayne Tinkle (10th season): 138-168, .451, 2 NCAAs, including Elite Eight in 2021 (with a 10-10 Pac-12 record, a Pac-12 tournament championship, all the way to the Elite Eight! -There is hope for SC yet!) Tinkle has 5 winning seasons at OSU, after only 2 in their previous 24 yrs! At Montana, Tinkle was 158-91, .640, 3 NCAAs, 2X Big Sky COY (2012, 2013).
All-time vs. USC (64-71, .474), OSU won the last one 86-70 in Corvallis. SC has won 7 of last 8 vs OSU at Galen.
Currently: 11-10 (3-7), W: Linfield, Troy, Appalachian St, Cal Poly, Utah Valley, UTSA, ID State, USC, AZ, ASU; L: Nebraska, Baylor, Pitt, UC Davis, UCLA (2), WSU, UW, Stanford, Utah, Colorado.
OSU NET 156, KenPom 148 (Note: SC NET 106, KenPom 98)
OSU scores 70.6 ppg (-1.6), 44.6% FG, 33.2% 3FG, 6.2 3’s/g, 72.4% FT. Rebs 33.8 rpg (-0.4), Assists 11.2 pg, 13.1 TO (-0.5), 13.1 ppg off TO, Steals 6.3, Blks 3.8
OSU Leaders
Scoring: Jordan Pope 17.6 ppg (46.4% FG, 39.3% 3FG, 85.7% FT), Tyler Bilodeau 13.7 ppg (52.6% FG, 30% 3FG, 79.5% FT), Dexter Akanno 10.9 ppg (38.3% FG, 34.3% 3FG, 70.2% FT)
Rebounds: Michael Rataj 6.1 pg, Bilodeau 5.8, Assists - Pope 3.6, Steals – Josiah Lake 1.1, Blks – KC Ibekwe 1.2, Chol Marial 1.0
SC scores: 74.2 ppg (-0.7), 44.5% FG, 35.9% 3FG, 8.1 3’s/g, 70.8% FT, Rebs 36.2 rpg (+0.0), Assists 15.5 apg, TOs 13.7 pg (-0.8), 14.7 ppg/TO, Steals 6.7, Blks 5.2
SC Leaders
Scoring: Boogie 18.0 ppg (No. 5 Pac) (44.4% FG, 43.8% 3FG, 75.9% FT), Collier 15.4 ppg (50.6% FG, 31.3% 3FG, 66.3% FT), Kobe 10.9 ppg (36.8% FG, 26.7% 3FG, 75.9% FT)
Rebounds: DJ 4.8 pg, Kobe 4.6, Vince 4.6, Assists – Collier 4.1 apg (No. 5 Pac), Kobe 3.5, Steals Kobe 2.0 (No. 2 Pac), Blks – Josh 2.4 (No. 1 Pac)
Pregame
Only 1 student is in line 10 mins before doors open, so I ask Crash what time he gets there to always be first. He said it depends; bigger games mean earlier arrivals. Today he only arrived 15 mins ago. At the x-ray scanners, I chatted up a security worker and we agreed that this was the day we ended the streak!
Attendance in Founders is sparse. Guest speaker Chris Capko always takes time for Q&A and half-jokingly asks for suggestions for fixing issues they are having. A couple of seasons ago it was poor FT shooting. Not even “the shot doctor”, an NBA shooting consultant, and our current head coach, could break the code. Enfield is in the MAC and Johns Hopkins HOFs, holds 18 JHU records, incl: single season FTs 95.3%, career FTs 92.5% (431- 466) – then an NCAA record, career 3FGs (47%). Last season Capko asked for suggestions on rebounding as it was the first Enfield team with a negative margin in rebs vs. opponents. Today it was about turning this season around.
Capko said that in the loss in Corvallis we had 20 TOs and OSU had 31 FT attempts (we had 8). The keys today: good defense without fouling and taking care of the ball.
In Q&A, he said Brandon Gardner was redshirting after a foot injury kept him out a month. It’s a developmental yr for him to build up his body and learn the plays and schemes. Arrinten and Oziyah will start again today, and Bronny is starting as well (translation - Kobe is being benched). He said Oziyah is doing great and is one of the more efficient guards in the Pac – he’s interrupted with “how do we get him to shoot more 3’s?!” – Capko says, ‘that IS the question,’ they have been trying to get him to do so, but he thinks Oziyah is still adjusting to his new role of coming off the bench for spot duty to being a guy they need to score. Asked about rebounding from the bigs, he thinks they will respond to Andy’s comments that they were all poor defensive rebounders, after giving up 17 offensive rebs to the Ducks. Hornery didn’t play vs. OU because they didn’t feel he was a good matchup defensively against their bigs. He will get time today.
Individually SC wants to clamp down on OSU leading scorer Jordan Pope who had 31 pts, including the game winner in the upset of AZ.
Someone asked about recruiting and he said it’s a different world with the portal, not knowing who is staying or going, but they will use the portal to address their needs. He is emphatic that they will bring in another top class. For starters, they are happy with the 3 signees - PG Trent Perry (McD’s AA), former teammate at Harvard-Westlake SG Liam Campbell (Idaho Gatorade POY) a good shooter, defender, rebounder and PF Brody Kozlowski (MaxPreps Utah POY) a “tough as nails” player who averages a double-double and made 65 threes this season.
Doesn’t know if Bronny will be back but says he is a real pleasure to have on the team. He is coachable, humble, a team player, a hard worker and he hopes he stays. He said ‘with all the pressure that comes with being who he is’, they are so impressed with how Bronny handles himself and goes about his business.
The last comment by a Founder is that Kijani is the one guy he’s seen real improvement from, and he hopes he gets more mins. Capko says, “duly noted” and thanks everyone again before exiting.
Game
There is a nice crowd (6541), considering this is a battle for last place. No celebrity sightings, but former player Chris Penrose is here as always, Trent Perry is in his usual seat opposite the SC bench, Jen Cohen and Carol Folt are courtside and I see Arrinten’s parents, in from Atlanta. Pops wears a 22 jersey; mom has a purse strap with ‘22 Arrinten Page’ emblazoned on it.
SC starts their 10th different lineup (Boogie, Josh, Oziyah, Bronny, Arrinten). To open play, Arrinten dunks off an assist from Bronny. OSU answers with a Pope 3 and a Dexter Akanno jumper. Their 5-2 lead would be their only lead of the game. Kijani’s layup at the buzzer gives SC their largest lead of the half 15 pts (38-23).
SC made 50% FGs, OSU 39.1%. SC outrebounded OSU 18-10 and 9 of the 10 Trojans to play score, Hornery missed his only shot. Kobe entered the game at the 4:57 mark and made 1-3 FGs.
SC had 19 bench pts (OSU 4), 22 pts in the paint (OSU 8), 14 2nd chance pts (OSU 5) and 12 pts off TO (OSU 7).
OSU scored the first 4 pts of the 2nd half, then it was all SC, SC outscored OSU 44-31 to win 82-54 – FINALLY! 54 pts is a season-low for an SC opponent. SC held them to 34.6% FG and has held the last 5 opponents to 38.3% FG. When OSU won at Corvalis they shot 59.6% FG, an SC opponent high.
SC outrebounded OSU 44-24 (season high 20 offensive rebs). They outscored OSU 17-13 at the FT line. SC had 22 assists on 30 made baskets (OSU 10 assts on 18 made FGs).
SC outscored Oregon State 40-16 in the paint, 25-11 on 2nd chance points and 47-16 in bench points.
Scoreless in the first half, Hornery scored all his pts in the 2nd half and led the team with 14 pts (5-7 FG, 4-5 FT) in 14:40 of play. Kijani matched his career high 12 pts (5-6 FG, 2-5 FT) and added 5 rebs, 2 assts. Oziyah had 12 pts (5-10 FG, 2-5 3FG, 3 rebs, 2 assts. He has made 20 of his last 37 3FG attempts (54.1%). DJ had a double-double, 12 pts & career high matching 14 rebs. Bronny scored 9 pts with a game-high 6 assists. He’s had 5 or more assists in 4 of the last 5 games. Boogie and Josh had 6 and Kobe 4 pts.
SC held OSU’s leading scorer Pope to 14 pts and turned him over 6 times.
Lost in all the euphoria of the win was Vince exiting after scoring 5 pts in 6 min of action with a sprained left ankle. He’s listed as day-to-day.
Looking to keep the momentum going SC (9-13, 3-8) heads to Berkeley to face Cal (9-13, 5-6) on Feb. 7 at 8:00 p.m. on Pac-12 Network.
Fight on! Beat the Bears!
Today OSU sits on 400 acres, has an enrollment of 37,121 (32,014 undergrad) and an endowment of $820M. USN&WR rank No. 142 for public schools, WSJ No. 167
Famous alumni – Linus Pauling, one of the founders of modern quantum chemistry, father of molecular biology, discovered sickle cell anemia, 1954 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1962 Nobel Peace Prize. George Poinar, Jr - entomology professor whose work extracting DNA from insects fossilized in amber inspired Jurassic Park. Ernest H. Wiegand, inventor of the modern Maraschino cherry
OSU Athletics: 4 NCAA championships – 3 Baseball (2006, 2007, 2018) and 1961 Men’s Cross Country. 1962 Heisman Trophy - QB Terry Baker, 12 Olympic Gold medals, 4 Silver, 5 Bronze
Colors- Orange and Black, nickname Beavers, mascot Benny Beaver since 1910, from 1893 was Jimmie the Coyote.
Basketball started in 1901-02 (1783-1375, .565), 2 Final Fours (1949, 1963), 8 Elite Eights, 7 Sweet Sixteen, 18 NCAA appearances (last 2021), 15 Conf. championships, 1 Conf. Tourney title (2021), 2 Naismith Memorial HOF coaches Ralph Miller and Amory T. “Slats” Gill (Gill Coliseum is named after him), 5 retired numbers: 20 - Gary Payton, 21 – Mel Counts, 25 – Ed Lewis, 33 – Steve Johnson, 45 – AC Green, 9 AP AA’s (6 1st Team), 75 all-conference players, 5 Pac-10 POY, 42 NBA draft picks. OSU basketball alums have won 4 Olympic gold medals, 7 players have won 11 NBA titles (A.C. Green 3, Brent Barry 2, Mel Counts 2, and 1 by Red Rocha, Dave Gambee, Lonnie Shelton, and Gary Payton.)
Winningest coaches: Slats Gill 599-392, Ralph Miller 359-186, Wayne Tinkle 138-168
Wayne Tinkle (10th season): 138-168, .451, 2 NCAAs, including Elite Eight in 2021 (with a 10-10 Pac-12 record, a Pac-12 tournament championship, all the way to the Elite Eight! -There is hope for SC yet!) Tinkle has 5 winning seasons at OSU, after only 2 in their previous 24 yrs! At Montana, Tinkle was 158-91, .640, 3 NCAAs, 2X Big Sky COY (2012, 2013).
All-time vs. USC (64-71, .474), OSU won the last one 86-70 in Corvallis. SC has won 7 of last 8 vs OSU at Galen.
Currently: 11-10 (3-7), W: Linfield, Troy, Appalachian St, Cal Poly, Utah Valley, UTSA, ID State, USC, AZ, ASU; L: Nebraska, Baylor, Pitt, UC Davis, UCLA (2), WSU, UW, Stanford, Utah, Colorado.
OSU NET 156, KenPom 148 (Note: SC NET 106, KenPom 98)
OSU scores 70.6 ppg (-1.6), 44.6% FG, 33.2% 3FG, 6.2 3’s/g, 72.4% FT. Rebs 33.8 rpg (-0.4), Assists 11.2 pg, 13.1 TO (-0.5), 13.1 ppg off TO, Steals 6.3, Blks 3.8
OSU Leaders
Scoring: Jordan Pope 17.6 ppg (46.4% FG, 39.3% 3FG, 85.7% FT), Tyler Bilodeau 13.7 ppg (52.6% FG, 30% 3FG, 79.5% FT), Dexter Akanno 10.9 ppg (38.3% FG, 34.3% 3FG, 70.2% FT)
Rebounds: Michael Rataj 6.1 pg, Bilodeau 5.8, Assists - Pope 3.6, Steals – Josiah Lake 1.1, Blks – KC Ibekwe 1.2, Chol Marial 1.0
SC scores: 74.2 ppg (-0.7), 44.5% FG, 35.9% 3FG, 8.1 3’s/g, 70.8% FT, Rebs 36.2 rpg (+0.0), Assists 15.5 apg, TOs 13.7 pg (-0.8), 14.7 ppg/TO, Steals 6.7, Blks 5.2
SC Leaders
Scoring: Boogie 18.0 ppg (No. 5 Pac) (44.4% FG, 43.8% 3FG, 75.9% FT), Collier 15.4 ppg (50.6% FG, 31.3% 3FG, 66.3% FT), Kobe 10.9 ppg (36.8% FG, 26.7% 3FG, 75.9% FT)
Rebounds: DJ 4.8 pg, Kobe 4.6, Vince 4.6, Assists – Collier 4.1 apg (No. 5 Pac), Kobe 3.5, Steals Kobe 2.0 (No. 2 Pac), Blks – Josh 2.4 (No. 1 Pac)
Pregame
Only 1 student is in line 10 mins before doors open, so I ask Crash what time he gets there to always be first. He said it depends; bigger games mean earlier arrivals. Today he only arrived 15 mins ago. At the x-ray scanners, I chatted up a security worker and we agreed that this was the day we ended the streak!
Attendance in Founders is sparse. Guest speaker Chris Capko always takes time for Q&A and half-jokingly asks for suggestions for fixing issues they are having. A couple of seasons ago it was poor FT shooting. Not even “the shot doctor”, an NBA shooting consultant, and our current head coach, could break the code. Enfield is in the MAC and Johns Hopkins HOFs, holds 18 JHU records, incl: single season FTs 95.3%, career FTs 92.5% (431- 466) – then an NCAA record, career 3FGs (47%). Last season Capko asked for suggestions on rebounding as it was the first Enfield team with a negative margin in rebs vs. opponents. Today it was about turning this season around.
Capko said that in the loss in Corvallis we had 20 TOs and OSU had 31 FT attempts (we had 8). The keys today: good defense without fouling and taking care of the ball.
In Q&A, he said Brandon Gardner was redshirting after a foot injury kept him out a month. It’s a developmental yr for him to build up his body and learn the plays and schemes. Arrinten and Oziyah will start again today, and Bronny is starting as well (translation - Kobe is being benched). He said Oziyah is doing great and is one of the more efficient guards in the Pac – he’s interrupted with “how do we get him to shoot more 3’s?!” – Capko says, ‘that IS the question,’ they have been trying to get him to do so, but he thinks Oziyah is still adjusting to his new role of coming off the bench for spot duty to being a guy they need to score. Asked about rebounding from the bigs, he thinks they will respond to Andy’s comments that they were all poor defensive rebounders, after giving up 17 offensive rebs to the Ducks. Hornery didn’t play vs. OU because they didn’t feel he was a good matchup defensively against their bigs. He will get time today.
Individually SC wants to clamp down on OSU leading scorer Jordan Pope who had 31 pts, including the game winner in the upset of AZ.
Someone asked about recruiting and he said it’s a different world with the portal, not knowing who is staying or going, but they will use the portal to address their needs. He is emphatic that they will bring in another top class. For starters, they are happy with the 3 signees - PG Trent Perry (McD’s AA), former teammate at Harvard-Westlake SG Liam Campbell (Idaho Gatorade POY) a good shooter, defender, rebounder and PF Brody Kozlowski (MaxPreps Utah POY) a “tough as nails” player who averages a double-double and made 65 threes this season.
Doesn’t know if Bronny will be back but says he is a real pleasure to have on the team. He is coachable, humble, a team player, a hard worker and he hopes he stays. He said ‘with all the pressure that comes with being who he is’, they are so impressed with how Bronny handles himself and goes about his business.
The last comment by a Founder is that Kijani is the one guy he’s seen real improvement from, and he hopes he gets more mins. Capko says, “duly noted” and thanks everyone again before exiting.
Game
There is a nice crowd (6541), considering this is a battle for last place. No celebrity sightings, but former player Chris Penrose is here as always, Trent Perry is in his usual seat opposite the SC bench, Jen Cohen and Carol Folt are courtside and I see Arrinten’s parents, in from Atlanta. Pops wears a 22 jersey; mom has a purse strap with ‘22 Arrinten Page’ emblazoned on it.
SC starts their 10th different lineup (Boogie, Josh, Oziyah, Bronny, Arrinten). To open play, Arrinten dunks off an assist from Bronny. OSU answers with a Pope 3 and a Dexter Akanno jumper. Their 5-2 lead would be their only lead of the game. Kijani’s layup at the buzzer gives SC their largest lead of the half 15 pts (38-23).
SC made 50% FGs, OSU 39.1%. SC outrebounded OSU 18-10 and 9 of the 10 Trojans to play score, Hornery missed his only shot. Kobe entered the game at the 4:57 mark and made 1-3 FGs.
SC had 19 bench pts (OSU 4), 22 pts in the paint (OSU 8), 14 2nd chance pts (OSU 5) and 12 pts off TO (OSU 7).
OSU scored the first 4 pts of the 2nd half, then it was all SC, SC outscored OSU 44-31 to win 82-54 – FINALLY! 54 pts is a season-low for an SC opponent. SC held them to 34.6% FG and has held the last 5 opponents to 38.3% FG. When OSU won at Corvalis they shot 59.6% FG, an SC opponent high.
SC outrebounded OSU 44-24 (season high 20 offensive rebs). They outscored OSU 17-13 at the FT line. SC had 22 assists on 30 made baskets (OSU 10 assts on 18 made FGs).
SC outscored Oregon State 40-16 in the paint, 25-11 on 2nd chance points and 47-16 in bench points.
Scoreless in the first half, Hornery scored all his pts in the 2nd half and led the team with 14 pts (5-7 FG, 4-5 FT) in 14:40 of play. Kijani matched his career high 12 pts (5-6 FG, 2-5 FT) and added 5 rebs, 2 assts. Oziyah had 12 pts (5-10 FG, 2-5 3FG, 3 rebs, 2 assts. He has made 20 of his last 37 3FG attempts (54.1%). DJ had a double-double, 12 pts & career high matching 14 rebs. Bronny scored 9 pts with a game-high 6 assists. He’s had 5 or more assists in 4 of the last 5 games. Boogie and Josh had 6 and Kobe 4 pts.
SC held OSU’s leading scorer Pope to 14 pts and turned him over 6 times.
Lost in all the euphoria of the win was Vince exiting after scoring 5 pts in 6 min of action with a sprained left ankle. He’s listed as day-to-day.
Looking to keep the momentum going SC (9-13, 3-8) heads to Berkeley to face Cal (9-13, 5-6) on Feb. 7 at 8:00 p.m. on Pac-12 Network.
Fight on! Beat the Bears!
