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Game Information
The Portland Pilots return to the Chiles Center and continue West Coast Conference play with games against the Loyola Marymount Lions (10-9, 1-2 WCC) and Pepperdine Waves (7-12, 3-0). The Pilots and Lions tip-off on Thursday at 7 p.m., while Portland and Pepperdine are a 7 p.m. tip-off on Saturday. Thursday’s game will be on the radio at 970 AM with a 30 minute pregame show, while both games will have a free audio simulcast at portlandpilots.com. Saturday will also be ‘Mascot Night’, as 10 renowned mascots from the area will join Wally Pilot throughout the game.
Ticket Information
Tickets for Portland home games are available through all Ticketmaster outlets, online at www.ticketmaster.com, over the phone at (800) 745-3000 or in-person at the Pilot Box Office. For complete basketball ticket information, visit portlandpilots.com.
Pilots Briefly
*UP split a tough road trip last week with a win at San Diego (63-54) and narrow loss at Saint Mary’s (77-72)
*It was Portland’s first win at USD since the 2003-04 season as Robin Smeulders led Portland with 19 points and nine rebounds
*Smeulders then scored a career-high 29 points in Saturday’s loss, in which the Pilots had the ball and a chance to tie or take the lead with less than 40 seconds remaining
*UP dropped an 81-78 decision vs. Gonzaga to open WCC play on Jan. 9
*Smeulders is averaging 24 ppg and shooting 70 percent from the field in three WCC games
*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
*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)
*Four high school seniors singed NLI’s with Portland on Nov. 11, 2009: Riley Barker, John Bailey, Ryan Nicholas and Tanner Riley
About Loyola Marymount
The Lions (10-9, 1-2 WCC) entered WCC play on a six-game winning streak, but have dropped two of their first three games to open league play. After losing at Pepperdine (79-75) and at home to San Francisco (70-67), the Lions defeated Santa Clara (81-70) on Saturday. Sophomore G Jarred DuBois led four LMU players in double figures with 17 points, while Ashley Hamilton had a double-double with (15 pts, 10 rebs) in the win. The Lions played without leading scorer Drew Viney (16.5 ppg) for the second straight game with a sore tibia. Viney is doubtful for Thursday. LMU also lost freshmen big men Edgar Garibay and Quincy Lawson to season ending injuries earlier this year. LMU has impressive road wins at Notre Dame (87-85) and at USC (67-59) already this season. Head coach Max Good is in his second season at the helm of LMU, taking over midseason last year Bill Bayno. Good has one of the youngest teams in the country and regularly starts four underclassmen. Junior PG Vernon Teal averages 14.4 ppg and a WCC-high 6.3 assists per game. Dubois (12.7) and Larry Davis (11.1) are also in double figures.
