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PORTLAND PILOTS (11-9, 4-5 WCC)
vs. SAN FRANCISCO DONS (7-13, 2-7 WCC)
Date: Thursday, January 30, 2014
Tip-off: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Portland, Ore.
Arena (Capacity): Chiles Center (4,852)
Live Video: PilotsVideo.com
Live Stats: PortlandPilots.com
POR vs. USF
Overall Series: 31-26
Here: 19-7
There: 12-15
Neutral: 0-4
Last 5/10: 3-2/8-2
Last 1: POR 82, @USF 72 (Jan. 19, 2014)
PORTLAND PILOTS (11-9, 4-5 WCC)
vs. SANTA CLARA BRONCOS (7-13, 3-6 WCC)
Date: Saturday, February 1, 2014
Tip-off: 1:00 p.m.
Location: Portland, Ore.
Arena (Capacity): Chiles Center (4,852)
Live Video: PilotsVideo.com
Live Stats: PortlandPilots.com
POR vs. SCU
Overall Series: 29-35
Here: 14-12
There: 11-21
Neutral: 4-2
Last 5/10: 3-2/5-5
Last 1: @SCU 69, POR 62 (Jan. 17, 2014)
THIS WEEK
• The Pilots begin their second swing through the West Coast Conference with home games this week against the San Francisco Dons and Santa Clara Broncos at the Chiles Center.
• On Thursday night the Pilots will host the Dons at 7 p.m., while Saturday's game against the Broncos will begin at 1 p.m.
LAST WEEK
• The Pilots split a pair of WCC road games in Southern California last week, defeating Pepperdine 53-43 on Thursday night before dropping a 78-64 decision to LMU on Saturday afternoon.
• The Pilots used a 19-2 run to pull away from the Waves in the second half, and Cassandra Thompson led the way with 15 points and 11 rebounds.
• On Saturday the Lions led by 11 at the half before cruising to the win.
• Five Pilots scored in double figures against LMU, led by Jasmine Wooton with 14 points; JW also nabbed a season-best seven boards.
ABOUT THE PILOTS
• The 72-51 win over No. 24 San Diego on Jan. 8 was Portland's first win over a ranked opponent since Dec. 6, 2003, when the Pilots topped No. 20 Oregon 76-58 at the Chiles Center.
• Jasmine Wooton exploded for a career-high 36 points during a 73-65 win at Pacific on Dec. 28; it's the most points scored by a Pilot since Martha Sheldon also scored 36 in 1991.
• Cassandra Brown has scored 20 or more points five times this season; Brown, who has started and come off the bench for the Pilots, is averaging a career-best 14.5 points per game, which ranks 12th in the WCC.
• Brown, a redshirt-junior, missed all of last season while recovering from off-season surgery.
• Earlier this season Kari Luttinen became the first UP player to score 20 points or more in three straight games since January of 2012; Luttinen posted 20 points against Columbia (Nov. 29), 21 against Oregon State (Dec. 6) and a career-high 25 points vs. Boise State (Dec. 8).
• Both Luttinen, who was Portland's leading scorer last season with a 12.5 per game mark, and Brown have scored in double figures 14 times this year, while both Cassandra Thompson and Jasmine Wooton have reached double figures in scoring in five of the past six games.
• On Nov. 15 in Seattle, Portland notched the program's first ever win against the Washington Huskies with a 91-77 victory.
• The Pilots matched a program record with 15 three's against the Huskies, while the 91 points were the most for the Pilots since also scoring 91 against Washington State in 2010.
• Portland freshman Hannah Mattson was named the 2012 Alaska State High School Player of the Year; she missed most of her senior year with an injury.
SOLLARS SAYS GOODBYE
• Jim Sollars, who is in his 28th year as head coach of the Pilots, will retire following the 2013-14 season.
• Sollars, who also served the university as a history professor during his first 11 years on The Bluff, ranks second all-time in WCC wins (168) and he's been named league coach of the year five times.
• He has won 385 games at UP, 408 victories overall at the NCAA Division I level, has posted a 562-506 career record as a collegiate head coach and he led the Pilots to four straight NCAA Tournaments (1994, 1995, 1996 & 1997) in the mid-1990's.
• Under Sollars' leadership at Portland, 39 players have earned All-WCC honors, four players have been named the WCC Player of the Year, and he has coached two Pilots (Laura Sale and Deana Lansing) to honorable mention All-America status.
• He's also guided 40 WCC All-Academic Team selections, 14 CoSIDA Academic All-Region Team picks and one WCC Scholar Athlete of the Year, while two athletes earning first team CoSIDA Academic All-America honors.
SECOND TIME AROUND
• This the second time this season to face San Francisco and Santa Clara for the Pilots, who split with the two teams two weeks ago in the Bay Area.
• On Jan. 17 the Pilots fell behind at Santa Clara 40-13 at the half before almost coming all the way back in the second half; the Pilots climbed within 7 points with about two minutes remaining, but the Broncos were able to hold on for the win.
• Amy Pupa had 16 points and 10 rebounds against the Broncos.
• Two days later, the Pilots defeated the Dons 82-72 on Jan. 19 in San Francisco behind 23 points from Kari Luttinen.
THAT'S A LOT OF POINTS
• Junior guard Jasmine Wooton had a historic day when she erupted for 36 points during a 73-65 win at Pacific on Dec. 28.
• The 36 points are the most scored by a Pilot since Martha Sheldon also scored 36 back in 1991, and Wooton is the first Portland player to score 30 or more points since Cassandra Brown dropped 32 on Santa Clara at the WCC Tourney on March 1, 2012.
• Wooton also hit 10 free throws against the Tigers, the most by a Pilot since Alexis Byrd in 2011, and she hit a career-best six three-pointers.
THAT TOO IS A LOT OF POINTS
• Portland has scored 80 or more points five times this year after accomplishing that feat just once last year.
• The 91 points against Washington were the most points scored by the Pilots since also putting up 91 points against Washington State in 2010.
• Cassandra Brown, Alexis Byrd, Kari Luttinen and Jasmine Wooton all have games of 20 or more points this season; CB has reached the 20-point plateau five times, while Luttinen has scored 20 or more points four times.
CB FOR 3
• Cassandra Brown is enjoying a break-out season after missing all of last year while recovering from off-season surgery.
• The redshirt-junior guard leads the Pilots in scoring (14.5 ppg) and she's scored 20 or more points during five times.
• She ranks 12th in the WCC in scoring and is ninth in free throw shooting (.805).
• During the 91-77 win at Washington, she registered her first career double-double with 28 points and 12 boards, while also burying six three-pointers.
THE BLOGGER
• Junior guard Kari Luttinen has taken on blogging duties for the Pilots this season, so visit PortlandPilots.com/WBBblog to follow Kari and the Pilots and year long.
