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Game Information
The Portland Pilots close West Coast Conference play when they host the Santa Clara Broncos on Saturday at 8 p.m. at the Chiles Center. The game will be televised live on Comcast SportsNet Northwest with Scott Lynn and Dustin Geddis providing the commentary. Portland will then finish the regular season against Lewis & Clark on Tuesday at 7 p.m. with Senior Night. Saturday will be aired live on 750 AM (KXL) and Tuesday will be aired at 8 p.m. on 95.5 FM.
Ticket Information
Tickets are still available for all three games through all Ticketmaster outlets, online at www.ticketmaster.com, over the phone at (800) 745-3000 or in-person at the Pilot Box Office. General admission tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for youths if bought in advance, or $8/$6 at the door.
Promotions
Saturday’s game will feature a pregame Winter Brew Fest for fans 21 and older at the plaza in front of the main entrance to the Chiles Center. Food and adult beverages will be available from 6-8 p.m. Fans wearing purple will receive $10 lower level seating for Saturday’s game at the Pilot Box Office, while all upper level general admission seating for Tuesday’s Senior Night will be $5.
Pilots Briefly
*Jared Stohl had a game-high 22 points and Nemanja Mitrovic scored a career-high 20 points to lead the Pilots over San Francisco (70-59) on Thursday
*Portland was 12-for-26 from three-point range in the game and is now seventh nationally in team three-point percentage this year (.406)
*UP locked up third-place in the WCC standings for the second straight season (first time in school history) and the 18 WCC wins in a two-year period is a program record
*Pilots are 11-2 at home this year and 23-4 at the Chiles Center over the last two seasons
*Jared Stohl is the school’s career leader in three-pointers made (235) and is third nationally in three-point percentage (.481)
*Leading scorer Nik Raivio has missed the last 10 games (Achilles’ strain) and will miss Saturday’s game as well with the ailment; Pilots are 8-2 in his absence
*Stohl replaced Raivio in the starting lineup and is averaging 16.6 points in those games
*Robin Smeulders is 18 points shy of 1,000 career points
*UP leads the WCC in scoring defense during league games (63.8)
*T.J. Campbell is the first Pilot in history to earn three WCC player of the week honors in one year
*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 Santa Clara
The Broncos (11-19, 3-10 WCC) were dealt an 88-51 loss at No. 15 Gonzaga on Thursday and have lost three of their last four games. Santa Clara has fared better on the road than at home, with a a 5-7 record away from the Leavey Center. SCU lost leading scorer Kevin Foster (19.8 ppg) for the season with a knee injury after only six games and has one of the youngest rosters in the league. Sophomore F Marc Trasolini paces the Broncos at 14.0 points and 6.2 rebounds per game. Freshman G Robert Smith adds 12.3 points per contest. SCU averages 64.5 points per game and shoots 40.9 percent from the field and 29.7 percent from the three-point line. Third-year head coach Kerry Keating returns two starters and eight lettermen from last year’s team that finished 16-17 overall and 7-7 in the WCC (4th place). The Broncos lead the all-time series over Portland by a 54-25 margin, although the Pilots posted a dominating 74-52 win at Santa Clara earlier this year. Jared Stohl scored 16 points and Luke Sikma added 15 points and 12 rebounds in the win for the Pilots. The teams each won at home last year, including a narrow 53-52 victory for the Pilots at the Chiles Center.
