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Portland (12-4, 0-1 WCC) vs. Loyola Marymount (8-8, 1-1)
January 13, 2011 • 8:00 PM • Portland, Ore. (Chiles Center - 4,852)
TV: ESPN2
Radio: 800 AM (KPDQ)
Live Audio/Stats: PortlandPilots.com
Series: LMU leads 46-39
Last Meeting: LMU 77, UP 68 (OT) (2/20/10 at LMU)
This Week in Pilots Hoops…
The Portland Pilots (12-4, 0-1 WCC) return to the Chiles Center for a pair of West Coast Conference home games against the Loyola Marymount Lions and Pepperdine Waves. Portland hosts the Lions (8-8, 1-1) on Thursday at 8 p.m. in a game nationally televised on ESPN2. The Pilots will then welcome the Waves (7-12, 1-1) on Saturday at 7 p.m.
Game Coverage
Thursday’s game will be aired live on ESPN2 with Dave Flemming and Sean Farnham providing the call. Saturday’s game against Pepperdine will have a free video stream courtesy of portlandpilots.com All Portland games will be aired live on the radio in the Portland market on 800 AM (KPDQ) with Bill Johnson providing the play-by-play, including a 30-minute pregame show. The radio feed will be simulcast online at PortlandPilots.com.
Portland Briefly...
• Portland had its five-game win streak snapped in the WCC opener at Gonzaga, 74-61. Nemanja Mitrovic paced the Pilots with 16 points, while Luke Sikma added 10 points and 11 rebounds.
• The Pilots are 8-0 this year and 33-4 at the Chiles Center since 2008-09.
• The Pilots are rated No. 41 nationally according to the NCAA RPI as of Jan. 10.
• Portland is ranked No. 14 in the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 (Jan. 10).
• Portland is No. 1 in the nation in team three-point percentage (.450).
• Mitrovic (50) and Jared Stohl (48) have made the most 3-pointers of any teammates in the nation (98). Mitrovic is No. 2 nationally in 3-point percentage (.562).
• Luke Sikma is leading the WCC and is 11th in the nation in rebounding (10.8).
• Stohl led the nation in three-point percentage last season (.478) and is No. 2 all-time in the WCC in career three-pointers. He currently has 293 career threes and trails only Jeff Fryer (LMU, 363).
• Stohl was named to the 10-player WCC Preseason All-Conference Team.
• Portland returns one starter from last year’s 21-11 squad (Kramer Knutson) along with Sikma and Stohl, both All-WCC honorable mention honorees last season.
• Head coach Eric Reveno returns with his staff for their fifth season together at Portland. He is the third longest tenured head coach in the WCC.
About Loyola Marymount
• Head coach Max Good is in his third year at LMU and returns four starters and 10 lettermen from a squad that finished 18-16 and was invited to the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT).
• The Lions (8-8, 1-1 WCC) split a homestand last weekend to open WCC play, falling to Saint Mary’s (98-75) before knocking off San Diego (67-58).
• Drew Viney and Vernon Teel, both All-WCC First Team selections last season, lead the Lions in scoring at 14.7 and 14.6 ppg, respectively.
• LMU was picked second in the WCC Preseason Coaches Poll.
About Pepperdine
• Head coach Tom Asbury is in his ninth overall year at Pepperdine, returning to the Waves prior to the 2008-09 season for his second head coaching stint with the Waves.
• Pepperdine opened WCC by defeating San Diego (75-55) and losing to Saint Mary’s (85-60).
• Junior G Keion Bell is averaging 20.7 ppg, but has missed the last three games (ankle).
• The Waves have lost games at Portland State (83-81) and Utah (67-60), and defeated Nevada (76-75).
• Pepperdine was picked seventh in the WCC Preseason Poll after finishing 7-24 and 3-11 in the WCC last year.
