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Meet The Beavers: Derrick Bruce

The Oregon State men’s basketball team opens its regular season on Saturday, Nov. 14 against Northwest Christian at Gill Coliseum. To help preview the 115th season in school history, and Year II of the Wayne Tinkle coaching era, we sat down with the team’s newcomers to find out more about them.

Freshman point guard Derrick Bruce spent a year at West Oaks Academy in Orlando following his graduation from Colony High School in Moreno Valley, Calif. He was MVP of the Mt. Baldy League, a first-team Inland Valley all-star as a senior and ranked no.