Coming off a stunning loss to USC and bounce-back win against No. 18 UCLA, Oregon State will aim to keep pace in the Pac-12 title chase on its final regular-season road trip that begins Friday night at Colorado.
The No. 11 Beavers enter Friday tied with No. 9 Washington and a half-game behind No. 10 Stanford for the Pac-12 lead. Stanford beat rival California in Berkeley Thursday night.
After rising as high as No. 15 in the national polls during nonconfernce play, the Buffaloes have struggled during the Pac-12 slate. But they're coming off a weekend where they led at Stanford in the third quarter in an eventual 64-51 defeat and then beat Cal 64-59.