The University of Portland women’s basketball team dropped its season opener, 86-74 to the Montana State Bobcats on Friday night in Bozeman, MT. The Pilots drop to 0-1 on the season, while the Bobcats improve to 1-0 overall.

Portland had four players score in double-digits on the night. Senior Ashlee Giles led the way with 18 points and seven rebounds on 6-of-8 shooting from the field, a perfect 3-of-3 shooting from behind the arc and 3-of-4 shooting from the free-throw line. Teammates Whitney Grant, Hanna Seltzer and Amy Botto each tallied 10 points in the game. Khalila O’Rielly-Williams led the Pilots on the boards with eight, and Grant added seven rebounds in the effort. As a team, the Pilots shot 35 percent (20-of-57) from the field, 48 percent (10-of-21) from three-point range and 64 percent (16-of-25) from the charity stripe.

Isabel Stubbs led all scorers with 24 points and 18 rebounds. Stubbs shot 10-of-20 from the field and 4-of-8 from the free-throw line. Teammate Kati Burrows added 16 points and nine boards, while Jinnifer Jersek added 14 points. On the night, Montana State shot 32-of-74 (43 percent) from the field, 5-of-15 (33 percent) from three-point range and 20-of-31 (65 percent) from the free-throw line.

“We played really hard tonight, we just gave up too many points in transition,” said Head Coach Jim Sollars. “Khalila (O’Rielly-Williams) was in foul trouble and didn’t play a whole lot in the second half, that hurt us. We made some good improvements and we competed very hard for 35 minutes.”

UP NEXT: On Sun., Nov. 24, the Pilots will match-up with Montana at 2:00 p.m. in Missoula, MT. Portland will host Oregon State on Tues., Nov. 26 at 7:00 p.m. and Tulane on Sun., Dec. 1 at 2:00 p.m. in the Chiles Center in Portland, OR. The Pilots take on Pacific (CA) on Tues., Dec. 3 at 7:00 p.m. at the Chiles Center in Portland, OR. Portland hits the road on Thurs., Dec. 5, taking on in-state rival Oregon at 7:00 p.m. in Eugene, OR. On Mon., Dec. 16, the Pilots face the Boise State Broncos at 7:00 p.m. in Boise, ID. Portland will match-up with Weber State on Thurs., Dec. 19 in Ogden, UT at 7:05 p.m. The Pilots are back at home on Sun., Dec. 22, facing Illinois State at 1:00 p.m. On Mon., Dec. 30, Portland heads to Riverside, CA to take on UC Riverside at 7:00 p.m.