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PORTLAND PILOTS (5-3) at OREGON DUCKS (6-0)
Date: Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011
Tip-off: 2:00 p.m.
Location: Eugene, Ore.
Arena: Matthew Knight Arena (12,541)
Live Video: GoDucks.com ($)
Live Stats: GoDucks.com
Live Audio: PortlandPilots.com
POR vs. ORE
Overall Series: 4-23
Here: 4-8
There: 0-15
Last 5: 1-4
Last 1: ORE 83, @POR 79 (November 22, 2010)
• The Pilots, who recently endured a stretch of three games in five days, have just one game this weekend as they travel south to Eugene, Ore., to face the Oregon Ducks on Sunday.
• Tip-off at Matthew Knight Arena is set for 2 p.m.
LAST WEEK
• The Pilots went 2-1 last week during a three-game homestand against three Big Sky opponents at the Chiles Center.
• On Friday Natalie Day scored 22 points and Alexis Byrd scored a career-high 21 during a 62-54 win over Portland State; Amy Pupa had a career-high 15 rebounds.
• Then on Sunday Day grabbed a career-best 19 rebounds to help the Pilots past Montana; Day scored 14 points for her first double-double of the season.
• The Pilots couldn’t overcome a spirited Eastern Washington squad on Tuesday as the Eagles raced to a 76-60 win; Day had 22 points in the loss.
• On Monday, Day nabbed her third straight WCC Player of the Week Award.
ABOUT THE PILOTS
• Natalie Day, who leads the Pilots in both scoring (20.0) and rebounding (8.0) has earned all three WCC Player of the Week Awards this season.
• The Pilots, who went 16-15 overall last season, have posted three straight winning seasons and four straight years with a record of .500 or better.
• Portland has been to the post-season during two of the past three seasons, going to the WNIT in 2009 and the inaugural WBI in 2010.
• UP was selected to finish sixth in the WCC this year, while Day and fellow senior ReZina TecleMariam were voted to the pre-season all-conference team; UP joined conference favorite Gonzaga as the only two teams to place more than one player on the pre-season all-league team.
• Both Day and TecleMariam are on pace to reach the 1,000 career point plateau this year; Day, who transferred to UP from Howard as a sophomore, already has 1,067 career points and has scored 858 career points with the Pilots.
• Head coach Jim Sollars is in his 26th year at the helm of the Pilots; Sollars has more WCC wins (155) than any other coach in the 23-year history of the league, has compiled 355 career wins at UP and has been named league coach of the year an unprecedented five times.
• UP’s game at Santa Clara on Jan. 5 will be Sollars’ 1,000 career game as a head coach.
THE TRIFECTA
• The West Coast Conference has handed out three Women’s Basketball Player of the Week Awards this season, and Natalie Day has earned both of them.
• Day nabbed her third straight player of the week honor after averaging 18.0 points and 13.0 rebounds, while also grabbing the most boards in a game by a Pilot since 1998 as Portland defeated both Portland State and Montana at home.
• During a 62-54 win over the Vikings last Friday, Day scored a game-high 22 points to go along with seven rebounds.
• Then on Sunday, Day grabbed a career-best 19 rebounds as the Pilots defeated the Lady Griz 55-46; she added 14 points for her first double-double of the year.
THAT’S A LOT OF POINTS
• During the 2011-12 opening weekend, Day became a 1,000 career-point scorer with her 22-point outburst against UC Irvine on Nov. 13.
• Day, who began her collegiate career at Howard before transferring to UP prior to the 2009-10 season, scored 209 points as a freshman with the Bison, and she’s tallied 916 career points so far with the Pilots for a career total of 1,125 points.
• The native of Germantown, Md., is on the verge of becoming the 20th career 1,000 point scorer in UP program history.
• Day also currently ranks eighth all-time at Portland with a career scoring average of 13.9 points per game, and is ninth with 86 career three-pointers made.
• She currently leads the WCC and ranks 29th nationally in scoring (20.0 ppg).
THAT TOO IS A LOT OF POINTS
• Senior ReZina TecleMariam is also poised to reach 1,000 career points this season as the native of Puyallup, Wash., currently sits at 841 career points.
• TecleMariam and Day would become the first Pilot teammates to reach 1,000 career points in the same season since Deanna Lansing and Wendy Toonen accomplished the feat back in 1997.
• Additionally, the Pilots have had a winning record during each of TecleMariam’s three years on The Bluff, and she currently ranks seventh all-time in career three-point percentage (.351) and career three-pointers made (104) and she ranks eighth with 348 career assists.
• Z ranks 45th in the nation in assists with a 5.0 per game mark.
$$$$$$$$$$$
• Against Portland State on Nov. 25, sophomore Alexis Byrd set a new Chiles Center record by going a perfect 11-for-11 at the free throw line.
• The 11 free throws without a miss tops the previous Chiles Center record by one; former Portland stand-out Laiken Dollente went 10-for-10 at the line in 2009, while Cal Poly’s Bria Fields accomplished the feat in 2006.
• Byrd, who scored a career-high 21 points against the Vikings, also missed matching a program mark for most free throws without a miss by one; Lorena Legarde went a perfect 12-for-12 for the Pilots back in 1984.
THEY DON’T CALL IT ‘GAMECENTRAL’ FOR NOTHING
• UP is entering its second year of providing fans with ‘GameCentral’, which is a free portal via PortlandPilots.com that offers live video, live audio and live stats all on the same page.
• ‘GameCentral’ is available for every home game that is not scheduled for a national television broadcast.
• The internet broadcast will feature a three camera production this season, instant replays, in-game live and taped interviews and on-screen graphics.
YO! CHECK US OUT
• Of course the Portland Pilots are on the Facebook, but the Pilots didn’t settle for just one page, they have two!
• Just visit Portland Pilots Women’s Basketball or Portland Pilots WBB and be sure to ‘like’ the page, or add the team as a friend.
A NEW LOOK
• For the first time in more than 30 years, the West Coast Conference has a new member as Brigham Young University formally joined the WCC last summer.
• With the change in membership, the WCC launched its new brand identity with a new logo (which can be seen in the far right column).
• It’s the WCC’s first visual change since 1995.
THE BLOGGER... OR BLOGGERS
• The Pilots will combine efforts this year on a season-long blog, as members of the team and coaching staff will take turns sharing their thoughts on the season.
• Visit, and make sure to bookmark, PortlandPilots.com/WBBblog.
PORTLAND PILOTS (5-3) at OREGON DUCKS (6-0)
Date: Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011
Tip-off: 2:00 p.m.
Location: Eugene, Ore.
Arena: Matthew Knight Arena (12,541)
Live Video: GoDucks.com ($)
Live Stats: GoDucks.com
Live Audio: PortlandPilots.com
POR vs. ORE
Overall Series: 4-23
Here: 4-8
There: 0-15
Last 5: 1-4
Last 1: ORE 83, @POR 79 (November 22, 2010)
THIS WEEK
• The Pilots, who recently endured a stretch of three games in five days, have just one game this weekend as they travel south to Eugene, Ore., to face the Oregon Ducks on Sunday.
• Tip-off at Matthew Knight Arena is set for 2 p.m.
LAST WEEK
• The Pilots went 2-1 last week during a three-game homestand against three Big Sky opponents at the Chiles Center.
• On Friday Natalie Day scored 22 points and Alexis Byrd scored a career-high 21 during a 62-54 win over Portland State; Amy Pupa had a career-high 15 rebounds.
• Then on Sunday Day grabbed a career-best 19 rebounds to help the Pilots past Montana; Day scored 14 points for her first double-double of the season.
• The Pilots couldn’t overcome a spirited Eastern Washington squad on Tuesday as the Eagles raced to a 76-60 win; Day had 22 points in the loss.
• On Monday, Day nabbed her third straight WCC Player of the Week Award.
ABOUT THE PILOTS
• Natalie Day, who leads the Pilots in both scoring (20.0) and rebounding (8.0) has earned all three WCC Player of the Week Awards this season.
• The Pilots, who went 16-15 overall last season, have posted three straight winning seasons and four straight years with a record of .500 or better.
• Portland has been to the post-season during two of the past three seasons, going to the WNIT in 2009 and the inaugural WBI in 2010.
• UP was selected to finish sixth in the WCC this year, while Day and fellow senior ReZina TecleMariam were voted to the pre-season all-conference team; UP joined conference favorite Gonzaga as the only two teams to place more than one player on the pre-season all-league team.
• Both Day and TecleMariam are on pace to reach the 1,000 career point plateau this year; Day, who transferred to UP from Howard as a sophomore, already has 1,067 career points and has scored 858 career points with the Pilots.
• Head coach Jim Sollars is in his 26th year at the helm of the Pilots; Sollars has more WCC wins (155) than any other coach in the 23-year history of the league, has compiled 355 career wins at UP and has been named league coach of the year an unprecedented five times.
• UP’s game at Santa Clara on Jan. 5 will be Sollars’ 1,000 career game as a head coach.
THE TRIFECTA
• The West Coast Conference has handed out three Women’s Basketball Player of the Week Awards this season, and Natalie Day has earned both of them.
• Day nabbed her third straight player of the week honor after averaging 18.0 points and 13.0 rebounds, while also grabbing the most boards in a game by a Pilot since 1998 as Portland defeated both Portland State and Montana at home.
• During a 62-54 win over the Vikings last Friday, Day scored a game-high 22 points to go along with seven rebounds.
• Then on Sunday, Day grabbed a career-best 19 rebounds as the Pilots defeated the Lady Griz 55-46; she added 14 points for her first double-double of the year.
THAT’S A LOT OF POINTS
• During the 2011-12 opening weekend, Day became a 1,000 career-point scorer with her 22-point outburst against UC Irvine on Nov. 13.
• Day, who began her collegiate career at Howard before transferring to UP prior to the 2009-10 season, scored 209 points as a freshman with the Bison, and she’s tallied 916 career points so far with the Pilots for a career total of 1,125 points.
• The native of Germantown, Md., is on the verge of becoming the 20th career 1,000 point scorer in UP program history.
• Day also currently ranks eighth all-time at Portland with a career scoring average of 13.9 points per game, and is ninth with 86 career three-pointers made.
• She currently leads the WCC and ranks 29th nationally in scoring (20.0 ppg).
THAT TOO IS A LOT OF POINTS
• Senior ReZina TecleMariam is also poised to reach 1,000 career points this season as the native of Puyallup, Wash., currently sits at 841 career points.
• TecleMariam and Day would become the first Pilot teammates to reach 1,000 career points in the same season since Deanna Lansing and Wendy Toonen accomplished the feat back in 1997.
• Additionally, the Pilots have had a winning record during each of TecleMariam’s three years on The Bluff, and she currently ranks seventh all-time in career three-point percentage (.351) and career three-pointers made (104) and she ranks eighth with 348 career assists.
• Z ranks 45th in the nation in assists with a 5.0 pre game mark.
$$$$$$$$$$$
• Against Portland State on Nov. 25, sophomore Alexis Byrd set a new Chiles Center record by going a perfect 11-for-11 at the free throw line.
• The 11 free throws without a miss tops the previous Chiles Center record by one; former Portland stand-out Laiken Dollente went 10-for-10 at the line in 2009, while Cal Poly’s Bria Fields accomplished the feat in 2006.
• Byrd, who scored a career-high 21 points against the Vikings, also missed matching a program mark for most free throws without a miss by one; Lorena Legarde went a perfect 12-for-12 for the Pilots back in 1984.
THEY DON’T CALL IT ‘GAMECENTRAL’ FOR NOTHING
• UP is entering its second year of providing fans with ‘GameCentral’, which is a free portal via PortlandPilots.com that offers live video, live audio and live stats all on the same page.
• ‘GameCentral’ is available for every home game that is not scheduled for a national television broadcast.
• The internet broadcast will feature a three camera production this season, instant replays, in-game live and taped interviews and on-screen graphics.
YO! CHECK US OUT
• Of course the Portland Pilots are on the Facebook, but the Pilots didn’t settle for just one page, they have two!
• Just visit Portland Pilots Women’s Basketball or Portland Pilots WBB and be sure to ‘like’ the page, or add the team as a friend.
A NEW LOOK
• For the first time in more than 30 years, the West Coast Conference has a new member as Brigham Young University formally joined the WCC last summer.
• With the change in membership, the WCC launched its new brand identity with a new logo (which can be seen in the far right column).
• It’s the WCC’s first visual change since 1995.
THE BLOGGER... OR BLOGGERS
• The Pilots will combine efforts this year on a season-long blog, as members of the team and coaching staff will take turns sharing their thoughts on the season.
• Visit, and make sure to bookmark, PortlandPilots.com/WBBblog.
