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PORTLAND STATE VIKINGS (3-4) vs. OREGON STATE BEAVERS (6-1)
Sunday, December 1, 2019, 3 p.m. • Gill Coliseum (9,301), Corvallis, OR
Television: Pac-12 Network • Play-by-play: Rich Burk • Analyst: Matt Muehlebach
Live Stats: http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statmonitr.php?gid=orst
Complete notes and stats in pdf

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THE OPENING TIP
Knowing that "if you haven't got your health, you haven't got anything," the Portland State Vikings have battled to keep things together early in the 2019-20 non-conference season.
     
First, the Vikings lost JR G Kimani Binder to an achilles injury during preseason practice. SR G Lamar Hamrick missed the first few games with a wrist injury. Lately, starting SR C Sal Nuhu has missed three games with an ankle sprain, and then starting SR F Alonzo Walker was unable to go on Wednesday with a heel injury.
     
So, with a 3-4 record heading into a Sunday contest at Oregon State, perhaps the Vikings have done fairly well for themselves. In the past week they won a road game at San Jose State, then a neutral site game over defending SWAC Champion Grambling State, before losing 81-70 at UC Santa Barbara on Wednesday night.
     
The Vikings were playing undermanned and undersized at UCSB without Nuhu and Walker, but managed to stay in the game late. Strong play from the PSU backcourt of Holland Woods and Matt Hauser has buoyed the Vikings through challenging times.
     
Woods, the Vikings' junior point guard, comes off a 22-point, five-assist game at UCSB. He leads the Vikings this season with a Big Sky-best 19.0 points per game and 5.4 assists. Hauser, a graduate transfer, comes in at 16.6 points and 5.0 rebounds per game. Senior forward Rashaad Goolsby has played well in the absence of Nuhu, grabbing 31 rebounds in the last three games and 7.7 per game this season.
     
Oregon State poses one of the most challenging matchups of the non-conference schedule for PSU. The Beavers are 6-1, including 4-0 at home, and have been convincing in their play, outscoring opponents by more than 15 per game. Just who will be available to go for Portland State at OSU is yet to be determined, but either way it will be a major test for the Vikings.
     
Portland State will also be going up against history as the Viking program has never beaten Oregon State (0-13). The most recent meeting was a 79-74 Beavers win on Dec. 12, 2012 in PSU's old Stott Center arena. Since the Viking program was reinstated in 1996-97 and joined the Big Sky Conference, OSU holds a 6-0 edge in the series, with four wins coming at Gill Coliseum. Four of those games have been decided by five points or less.
     
Sunday's game will be televised on the Pac-12 Network at 3 p.m. Live stats are available at www.ViksLive.com.
 
COMING UP
Portland State returns home after a 16-day absence to play CSUN of the Big West Conference on Dec. 6. Tip-off is 7:35 p.m. at Viking Pavilion, following the PSU women's game with Grand Canyon. The Vikings' next home game is Dec. 12 against Portland Bible.
 
GAME NOTES: PORTLAND STATE vs. OREGON STATE
• ALL-TIME SERIES: Oregon State leads the all-time series, 13-0, including 9-0 in Corvallis. The most recent meeting was a 79-74 OSU win at the old Stott Center on Dec. 12, 2012. PSU's last appearance in Corvallis, Dec. 18, 2011, was not a pretty one, a 101-68 loss to the Beavers. Despite that game, four of the previous five meetings have been decided by five points or less.
• COMMON OPPONENTS: Portland State and Oregon State have played San Jose State, Grambling State and UC Santa Barbara as part of the Las Vegas Holiday Classic... OSU is 3-0 against those opponents, beating Grambling State and UC Santa Barbara in Corvallis, and San Jose State in Las Vegas... the Vikings are 2-1 against those opponents, winning at San Jose State and beating Grambling State in Santa Barbara. The Vikings lost at UCSB.
• PORTLAND STATE vs. THE PAC-12 CONFERENCE: Portland State is 7-54 all-time against current members of the Pac-12 Conference. Barret Peery is 2-3 as Vikings Head Coach, with an 87-78 win over Stanford in the PK80 Invitational, then a 79-67 loss at Stanford last year. Peery has a 106-81 win at Cal and two losses to Oregon over the past two seasons, 95-84 and 84-57, ... PSU has wins over Oregon (2), Arizona State (2), USC (1), Stanford (1) and Cal (1) in its history - all coming during PSU's Big Sky Conference era.
• COACHES: Vikings Coach Barret Peery (Southern Utah, 1996) is in his third season on the Park Blocks and has a 39-34 career record. Peery has never faced Oregon State... Peery's only other head coaching experience is at the junior college level where he was 178-30 in six seasons (2005-08, College of Southern Idaho; 2011-14, Indian Hills (IA) CC)... the Beavers are coached by Wayne Tinkle (Montana, 2005) in his sixth season. Tinkle has an 81-84 record at Oregon State and is 239-175 in 14 seasons as a collegiate coach... Tinkle has not faced Portland State as an OSU coach, but was 11-6 against the Vikings in eight seasons at Montana.
 
OREGON STATE BEAVERS
• Oregon State is a member of the Pac-12 Conference, located in Corvallis.
• The Beavers were 18-13 last season, including 10-8 and tied for fourth in the Pac-12. Four starters and eight letterwinners return from that team.
• Oregon State is averaging 80.0 points and allowing only 64.9 points per game. The Beavers are shooting .488 from the field and holding opponents to .388 from the field. OSU shoots .388 from three-point range to only .288 for opponents.
• All-Pac-12 forward Tres Tinkle, son of Head Coach Wayne, is having a big year averaging 20.7 points, 8.6 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game. He shoots .541 from the field and .424 from three-point range.
• Junior guard Ethan Thompson is averaging 14.1 points, 5.1 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game.
• Big man Kylor Kelley averages 11.6 points and 4.3 blocked shots per game while shooting .604 from the field.
 
SUSTAINABLE AND RECYCLABLE VIKING QUICK NOTES
 
WHO IS HOT
• PSU has 72 steals, opponents just 30. The Vikings lead the Big Sky in steals (10.3) and rank 16th in the nation.
• Portland State leads the Big Sky in offensive rebounding (15.9) and turnover margin (+5.0).
• JR G Holland Woods had his best field goal shooting game of the season (8-13 FG, 3-5 3-pt) in a 22-point effort at UC Santa Barbara. Woods is averaging 20.5 points and 6.5 assists over the last four games while shooting .518 from the field, .438 from three-point range and .895 at the line.
• SR F Rashaad Goolsby has averaged 10.3 rebounds in the last three games, also his first three career starts.
• SR F Alonzo Walker was averaging 13.7 points and 9.0 rebounds over three games before missing the contest at UC Santa Barbara (heel).
 
WHO IS NOT
• SR C Sal Nuhu three games with an ankle sprain.
• SR F Alonzo Walker missed the game at UC Santa Barbara with a heel injury.
• Portland State has been out-shot by opponents in all three categories (.426/.299/.711). Opponents shoot .480/.367/.716.
• The Vikings are last in scoring defense in the Big Sky Conference (78.6).
 
BOO BOO ON THE VERGE
Portland State point guard Holland "Boo Boo" Woods is on the verge of becoming the number one helper in Viking basketball history. Woods has 394 career assists in 72 games (5.5 pg). That total has him ranked second all-time at PSU. Woods, a junior, is only 27 assists away from the record held by Terry Adolph in 1976-78. Adolph was a prolific assist man in his two-season career at PSU, no doubt benefiting from having the second all-time leading scorer in NCAA history playing alongside him in Freeman Williams. Adolph averaged 7.8 assists per game in each of his two seasons, totaling 421 in 54 games. Behind Adolph is teammate Chucky Smith (1974-78, 392 assists) and "modern-era" star Derek Nesland (1996-2000, 371 assists).
     
As for Woods, at his current pace he would break the Portland State assist mark some time in late December of this season.
     
Woods is also on pace to reach 1,000 career points in December. He would be the 19th Viking in history to reach that milestone (currently 955).
     
And finally, Woods now has 114 career steals, ranking fifth all-time at PSU. The school record is 128 by Calaen Robinson (2015-17). Woods would be on pace to set that record later this season.
 
VIKINGS CAREER ASSIST LEADERS

1.	Terry Adolph (1976-78)	421
2.	Holland Woods (2017-20)	394
3.	Chucky Smith (1974-78)	392
4.	Derek Nesland (1996-00)	371
5.	Will Funn (2003-05)	328
6.	Freeman Williams (1974-78)	317
7.	Willie Stoudamire (1969-72)	314
8.	Gary Winston (2011-15)	298
9.	Jerry Stephens (1970-72)	293
10.	Dominic Waters (2008-10)	248

 
VIKINGS CAREER STEALS LEADERS

1.	Calaen Robinson (2015-17)	128
2.	Anthony Lackey (1998-02)	121
3.	Zach Gengler (2013-17)	120
4.	Jeremiah Dominguez (2007-09)	115
5.	Holland Woods (2017-20)	114
6.	Will Funn (2003-05)	111
7.	Julius Thomas (2006-10)	110
8.	Kevin Briggs (1999-03)	107
9.	Terry Adolph (1976-78)	94
10.	Bryce Canda (2016-18)	90
	Derek Nesland (1996-00)	90

 
BOO BOO, PART TWO
A few more highlights from Holland Woods:
• Currently leads the Big Sky in scoring (19.0) and leads the team assists (5.5).
• Ranks second in assists, fifth in steals (2.1) and fourth in free throw percentage (.860).
• Has led the team in scoring four times and has four 20-point games.
• Boo Boo has led the team in assists six times this season and in 59 of 72 career games.
• Had 22 points (8-13 FG, 3-5 3-pt, 3-4 FT) and five assists at UC Santa Barbara.
• Tallied 20 points (6-14 FG, 2-4 3-pt, 6-6 FT) and five assists in a win over Grambling State.
• Posted 18 points (6-13 FG, 1-3 3-pt, 5-6 FT), 11 assists and three steals in the win over San Jose State.
• Scored 22 points (9-16 FG, 1-4 3-pt, 3-3 FT) with five assists and four rebounds against Portland.
• Had a game-high 27 points at Indiana (5-13 FG, 4-8 3-pt, 13-16 FT) and three assists.
• Named 2nd team All-Big Sky Conference in 2018-19. Was Big Sky Freshman of the Year in 2017-18.
• Led the Vikings in scoring (15.0), assists (5.3) and steals (1.6) last season.
 
HAUSER FILLING A VOID
SR G Matt Hauser is a graduate transfer from Santa Clara where he made 113 three-pointers in three seasons. The hope for Hauser is that he will provide that kind of production for a Viking team that was sub-par from outside last season. So far, so good.
• Hauser is averaging 16.6 points while shooting .449 from the field, .360 from three-point range and .833 at the free throw line. He has a team-high 18 three-point field goals.
• Has led the team in scoring three times this season and has two 20+ point games.
• Ranks seventh in the Big Sky in scoring.
• Posted a career-high 24 points (9-15 FG, 4-9 3-pt, 2-2 FT) with six rebounds, three assists and three steals in the win over San Jose State.
• Scored 21 points at Indiana (7-9 FG, 4-6 3-pt, 3-3 FT).
• He averaged 8.4 points and 2.4 assists in his 85-game career at Santa Clara. Included was a career-high 22 points against Portland State on Dec. 9, 2017 (a PSU win).
 
TALKING THE WALKER
The Vikings' other graduate transfer newcomer, SR F Alonzo Walker, has started every game for PSU and been productive. In 25.2 minutes per night, he averages 10.6 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.6 steals.
• Walker has led the team in rebounding twice.
• Posted 13 points with nine rebounds and two blocked shots in the win at San Jose State.
• Scored 13 points with eight rebounds and two steals against Portland.
 
YAHOO FOR NUHU
SR C Sal Nuhu opened the season just as Vikings fans would have expected; by swatting away shots. Nuhu had six blocks against Puget Sound to go with 12 points and seven rebounds. Nuhu led the Big Sky Conference last season with 64 blocked shots (2.0 pg). That total ranked fourth in Portland State history for a season. Nuhu now has 73 career blocks, ranking fifth all-time at PSU.
 
VIKINGS CAREER BLOCKED SHOTS LEADERS

1.	Scott Morrison (2004-08)	187
2.	Seamus Boxley (2000-05)	128
3.	Collin Spickerman (2014-16)	117
4.	Jamie Jones (2008-10)	105
5.	Sal Nuhu (2017-19)	73
6.	Chehales Tapscott (2010-12)	62
	Julius Thomas (2006-10)	62
8.	Jamaal Sanford (1996-98)	60
9.	Ryan Edwards (2017-18)	57
10.	Seth Scott (2002-04)	48

 
NO START, NO PROBLEM
SR F Rashaad Goolsby does not normally start, but he leads the team with 7.7 rebounds per game. He is averaging 7.4 points and 2.4 steals in 28.4 minutes per game. Last season, he averaged 4.3 points, 3.7 rebounds and 0.7 steals off the bench in 18.3 minutes per game.
• Has led the team in rebounding five times this season.
• Averaging 10.3 rebounds in last three game, all starts.
• In his first start, a win at San Jose State, posted 10 points, 10 rebounds, five steals and three assists.
• Made a career-high five steals against Portland.
• Goolsby grabbed 10 rebounds in the win over Puget Sound.
 
SEASON HIGHLIGHT REEL
• Nov. 5: PSU 94, Puget Sound 69: Five Vikings scored in double figures, led by 13 points from SR G Matt Hauser. SR C Sal Nuhu tied his career high with five blocked shots, and SR F Rashaad Goolsby set a new career high with 10 rebounds. PSU made 18 steals, forcing UPS into 31 turnovers in the game.
• Nov. 9: Indiana 85, PSU 74: The much bigger Hoosiers out-rebounded the Vikings, 41-24, in the contest while shooting over 50% from the field. JR G Holland Woods had 27 points for the Vikings and back-court mate SR G Matt Hauser added 21. The Vikings shot just .412 from the field.
• Nov. 15: Hawai'i 83, PSU 75: It was a single-digit game the entire way, but the Rainbow Warriors maintained the lead for most of it. In an otherwise even contest, Hawai'i just shot the ball better, hitting .508 from the field compared to .391 for the Vikings. SR G Matt Hauser led PSU with 18 points and seven rebounds.
• Nov. 20: Portland 82, PSU 75: The Vikings led the entire first half, but Portland grabbed the lead early in the second half and had it most of the rest of the way. A late 14-3 run by the Pilots was the difference. UP shot .528 from the field to only .409 for the Vikings. JR G Holland Woods had his second 20-point game of the season with 22 points, five assists and four rebounds.
• Nov. 23: PSU 91, San Jose State 76: Portland State never trailed in the game, led by 10 at halftime and as many as 24 in the second half on the way to the first road victory of the season. SR G Matt Hauser led six Vikings in double figures with a career-high 24 points, six rebounds, three assists and three steals. JR G Holland Woods added 18 points and 11 assists, while SR F Rashaad Goolsby went for 10 points, 10 rebounds, five steals and three assists in his first start.
• Nov. 26: PSU 84, Grambling State 74: Portland State broke away from a halftime tie to win its second game in a row away from home. The Vikings took advantage of 19 GSU turnovers, scoring 27 points off them. JR G Holland Woods had 20 points and five assists, while SR G Matt Hauser added 19 points and five steals. The Vikings made a season-best 18-19 at the line (.947).
• Nov. 27: UC Santa Barbara 81, PSU 70: The Gauchos led the entire way, but the Vikings had the game within five on two occasions inside the final four minutes. UCSB shot .525 from the field to only .419 for the Vikings. PSU was without starting big men SR C Sal Nuhu and SR F Alonzo Walker. JR G Holland Woods scored 22 points (8-13 FG, 3-5 3-pt, 3-4 FT) with five assists to lead the Vikings. SR F Rashaad Goolsby had his third straight 10+ rebound game.