PORTLAND, Ore. --- Portland's Jasmine Wooton poured in 30 points, Cassandra Brown added 22 points and Cassandra Thompson registered a double-double as the Pilots cruised past the Loyola Marymount Lions 83-65 in a West Coast Conference women's basketball game on Thursday night at the Chiles Center. Wooton becomes the first Pilot to score 30 points this season.
 
Wooton was also the last Portland (3-14, 1-5 WCC) player to reach the 30-point plateau when she dropped a career-best 36 points during a win at Pacific on Dec. 28, 2013. The senior point guard shot 8-for-13 overall against the Lions (2-15, 0-6 WCC) on Thursday night, was 2-for-2 on three-pointers and went 12-for-15 at the foul line.
 
Brown extends her streak of scoring at least 20 points to four straight games and she's reached 20 points in five of six conference games. She's averaging a team-best 17.9 points per game overall this season and she's putting up 20.8 points against league opponents. She was a perfect 7-for-7 on free throws on Thursday and she drained three three's.
 
Thompson secures her second double-double of the season with 11 points and a game-high 12 rebounds.
 
It was Kari Luttinen who was hot from the field early for the Pilots as she hit a pair of three-pointers during the game's opening minutes to help Portland claim an 18-8 lead. The Pilots' lead would grow to 13 points, with the help of a three from Thompson, before a scoring drought allowed LMU to pull within eight.
 
But that's when Wooton took over and scored Portland's final nine points of the first half to let the Pilots take a 46-33 lead into the locker room at the break. The native of Northridge, Calif., scored 16 points during the game's first 20 minutes.
 
Wooton then opened the second half with a steal near mid-court and a break-away lay-up before Thompson followed with a lay-up to give the Pilots their biggest lead to that point at 50-33.
 
Moments later Brown hit a couple from deep, Wooton converted a tough lay-up while getting fouled and Thompson scored on a move down low to cap a 10-0 Portland run. The run would stretch to 15-2 when Wooton knocked down an angle three-pointer, handing the Pilots a 65-38 lead with 11:31 left to play.
 
Kaylie Van Look then connected on a baseline jumper and Wooton hit a pair of free throws, and the Pilots were comfortably ahead by 29 points, courtesy a 19-4 outburst. LMU briefly pulled within 14 with 4:06 showing on the clock, but the Pilots re-grouped and quickly pushed the lead back to 20 points before claiming the win.
 
Luttinen finished with 12 points and the Pilots shot 44.4 percent (24-for-54) on the night. Portland was also nine of 13 from three-point range and went 26-for-33 on free throws.
 
Makenzie Cast had six three-pointers to lead the Lions with 20 points. LMU shot 34.4 percent (22-for-64) overall, went 10-for-32 from beyond the arc and was 11 of 17 at the foul line.
 
Turnovers weren't much of a factor as both teams finished with 12 and Portland out-rebounded LMU 44-34.
 
The Pilots next welcome the Pepperdine Waves to the Chiles Center on Saturday afternoon. Tip-off is set for 1 p.m.