The Portland Pilots will look for their second West Coast Conference road sweep of the season when they visit the Loyola Marymount Lions on Saturday at 7 p.m. The game will be on 95.5 The Game FM (KXTG) with an audio simulcast available at portlandpilots.com. The Lions (14-13, 5-6) are coming off of an impressive win over the No. 9 Gonzaga Bulldogs and have hopes of a fourth place finish and first round by in the WCC Tournament. The Pilots (17-8, 8-3) are eyeing their best WCC record in school history after an 83-62 win at Pepperdine on Thursday. Portland is a half game behind Saint Mary’s for second place, which receives a bye to the semifinals of the WCC Tournament.

Pilots Briefly

*Four players reached double figures in Thursday’s win at Pepperdine, led T.J. Campbell and Jared Stohl with 18 points each
*Sophomore G Nemanja Mitrovic added a career-high 10 points off the bench
*Portland made 13-of-25 three-pointers and are now eighth nationally in three-point pct. (.403)
*The Pilots have won seven of their last eight games and are 10-2 at home

*Portland swept San Francisco and Santa Clara earlier this season and a win on Saturday would be the first time in school history to sweep two WCC road trips
*Campbell earned his third WCC Player of the Week honor after averaging 21.0 points in wins over San Diego and Saint Mary’s last week
*Campbell is the first Pilot in history to earn three league player of the week awards in one season
*Stohl is the school’s career leader in three-pointers made (225)

*Leading scorer Nik Raivio has missed the last eight games (Achilles’ strain) and will miss Saturday’s game as well
*Stohl replaced Raivio in the starting lineup and is averaging 16.0 points in his absence

*Sikma leads the WCC in FG percentage (.579) and is second in rebounding (8.1)

*Stohl leads the WCC in 3-pointers made (3.1) and is third nationally in 3-point percentage (.473)

*Senior F Robin Smeulders is averaging 14.5 points in WCC games
*Stohl went 10-for-15 from the three-point line vs. Idaho on Dec. 22 with 30 points, becoming the first college player in a decade to score 30 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 (#25)

*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

*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 at the 76 Classic

*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 (14-13, 5-6 WCC) carry momentum into Saturday night’s game after a thrilling 74-66 upset of No. 9 Gonzaga Thursday night. Freshman Ashley Hamilton scored 17 points and sophomore Drew Viney added 16 points and 10 rebounds to lead LMU to their first win over a ranked opponent in 20 years. Four Lions reached double figures in the win, as Davis came off the bench to add 12 points and four assists. LMU 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. Viney leads the way at 16.8 ppg, while junior PG Vernon Teal averages 14.6 ppg and a WCC-high 6.0 assists per game. Dubois (12.8), Kevin Young (11.0) and Davis (10.5) are also in double figures. UP defeated the Lions 79-39 earlier this year in Portland, althought DuBois did not play. The Pilots have won four straight against the Lions, but LMU leads the all-time series 45-39.