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    The Portland Pilots will look for a road sweep when they travel to Saint Mary’s on Saturday night. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. and the game will be broadcast live on Comcast SportsNet Northwest. Tune in on the radio 30 minutes prior to tip-off on 95.5 The Game FM (KXTG) with a free audio simulcast at www.portlandpilots.com. The Pilots (10-6, 1-1 WCC) earned a 63-54 win at San Diego on Thursday, while Saint Mary’s (15-3, 2-1) dropped an 89-82 decision to No. 14 Gonzaga.

Pilots Briefly

*UP improved to 2-3 in road games with a 63-54 win at San Diego on Thursday

*It was Portland’s first win at USD since the 2003-04 season
*Senior F Robin Smeulders led Portland with 19 points and nine rebounds

*Junior F Luke Sikma added 14 points and five rebounds off the bench
*Portland made 19-of-24 free throws and gained a 37-25 rebounding edge in the victory

*UP dropped an 81-78 decision vs. Gonzaga to open WCC play last Saturday
*Junior G Jared Stohl was named the Dec. 28 WCC Player of the Week after breaking his own school record with 10 three-pointers in an 82-52 win over Idaho on Dec. 22

*Stohl finished the Idaho game with 30 points, becoming the first college basketball player in a decade to do so without making a free throw or two-point field goal

*UP also set a team and Chiles Center record for total three-pointers (16) in the win vs. Idaho

*UP cracked the AP Top 25 for the first time in 50 years on Nov. 30

*Portland defeated UCLA (74-47) and No. 16 Minnesota (61-56), before falling to No. 8 West Virginia (84-66) at the 76 Classic in Anaheim over Thanksgiving weekend

*Senior PG T.J. Campbell earned 76 Classic All-Tournament Honors and his second consecutive WCC Co-Player of the Week award after averaging 16.7 points in the three games

*Campbell also was named the November WCC Co-Player of the Month

* Raivio recorded his 1,000th career point on Dec. 2 vs. Portland State

*Portland was picked second in the WCC Preseason Coaches Poll behind Gonzaga

*Campbell and Raivio were named to the 10-player WCC Preseason All-Conference Team

*Raivio was also named an honorable mention mid-major All-America by CollegeInsider.com

*Portland appeared in the inaugural CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) last year, the program’s first postseason appearance since 1996

*The Pilots tied for second in school history last year in total wins (19) and WCC wins (9)

*Portland returns 12 players and all five starters

*2009 WCC Coach of the Year Eric Reveno and his staff remain together and enter their fourth year at the helm of the Pilots (assistants Joel Sobotka, Eric Jackson and Michael Wolf)

About Saint Mary’s

     The Gaels (15-3, 2-1 WCC) dropped an 89-82 decision at home to No. 14 Gonzaga on Thursday. Senior C Omar Samhan led the way for Saint Mary’s with 31 points and 12 rebounds. Freshman G Matthew Dellavedova added 23 points and seven assists, but Gonzaga shot 59 percent from the field and gained a 45-27 edge on the boards to pull out the win. Previously, SMC defeated Santa Clara (80-72) and San Francisco (83-62) on the road to open WCC play. The Gaels other losses this year came versus Vanderbilt (72-70) and USC (60-49). Key wins came against San Diego State (80-58), at Oregon (81-76) and at Utah State (68-63). Samhan has been a load all year long and averages 21.3 points and 10.9 rebounds per game. Dellavedova adds 13.9 points, while junior PG Mickey McConnell contributes 12.8 points and 6.2 assists. SMC also is among the national leaders in three-point percentage (.410) and shoots 49.4 percent from the field. Head coach Randy Bennett is in his ninth year with the Gaels and has led SMC to two NCAA Tournament bids. Last year the Gaels advanced to the NIT quarterfinals and finished 28-7.