Friday, November 27
UTEP (4-0) vs. Southern Illinois (5-0) 12:30 p.m. (PT)
Portland (3-2) vs. Colorado State (4-0) 5:30 p.m. (PT)

Saturday, November 28
UTEP (4-0) vs. Portland/Colorado State 2:00 p.m. (PT)
Southern Illinois vs. Portland/Colorado State 4:30 p.m. (PT)

THIS WEEK
• The Pilots won their hosted games of the Corpus Christi Coastal Classic with victories over Abilene Christian (87-57) and Alcorn State (97-65) earlier this week at the Chiles Center.
• Portland now travels to Corpus Christi for the bracketed tournament to face Colorado State on Friday at 5:30 p.m. (PT) and then either UTEP or Southern Illinois on Saturday.

GAME COVERAGE
• Radio coverage for both games will be on the home of the Pilots, 910 ESPN-Portland (KMTT) with a 30-minute pregame show. Travis Demers and Jason Brough will call both games this weekend.
• Online audio simulcasts are available via 910 ESPN-Portland.
 
ABOUT THE PILOTS
• The Pilots (3-2) scored 58 first half points and cruised to a 97-65 win over Alcorn State on Tuesday. Sophomore G D'Marques Tyson came off the bench for a game-high 20 points, including six three-pointers. Tyson has reached double figures in four straight games. Portland made 15-of-31 threes collectively, one shy of the school record.
• Portland also beat Abilene Christian (87-57) after racing out to a 48-15 halftime lead on Sunday night. Junior PG Alec Wintering paced Portland with 17 points, while all 13 players scored for the Pilots.
• Portland ranks third nationally in three-pointers made per game (12.2), eight in steals per game (11.2) and 10th in three-point percentage (.433). The Pilots lead the WCC in all three categories.
• Portland is attempting 28.2 three-pointers per game, including 31 against UC Davis which was the most for the Pilots since they attempted 34 in a 2004 game.
• Portland has played up-tempo with a lot of new faces on the roster. The team attempted 80 field goals against UC Davis, the most since the team hoisted 84 on Nov. 25, 2001 against Duke.
• Senior G Bryce Pressley is averaging a team-high 14.0 points per game, including 30 in the season opener versus Oregon Tech.
• Wintering, a two-year starter and Preseason All-WCC selection, is averaging 11.4 points and ranks second in the WCC in both assists (6.8) and steals (2.4).
• Junior F Jarrel Marshall, along with junior C Ray Barreno, are incoming JC transfers that have contributed immediately. Marshall has recorded back-to-back season-highs after missing the UC Davis game with an ankle sprain, while Barreno has started all five games and is leading the team in rebounds.
• Head coach Eric Reveno returns an experienced backcourt and seven lettermen from a 2014-15 squad that finished 17-16 overall and earned an invitation to the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament. 
• The Pilots were picked fifth in the West Coast Conference Preseason Coaches' Poll, while Wintering was named to the 10-player Preseason All-WCC Team.
• Wintering earned All-WCC second team honors last year after averaging 12.3 points and 5.7 assists per game. He ranked third in the league in both assists and three-point percentage (.449), fifth in steals (1.5), and ninth in free throw percentage (.794).
• Pressley, a two-year starter like Wintering, ranks fourth in Portland career three-point field goal percentage (.426). He and Wintering are co-captaining the Pilots this season.
• Portland also returns four sophomores that played key minutes last year in Gabe Taylor, Jason Todd, Tyson and Philipp Hartwich.
• The Pilots added five true freshmen to the roster, including local standout Jazz Johnson (Lake Oswego HS). Johnson broke the prestigious Les Schwab Invitational scoring record last winter by averaging 35.0 points over four games. Rashad Jackson (Bakersfield, Calif./Garces Memorial HS/IMPACT Academy) scored more than 2,100 points as a four-year prep standout and then spent last year training at the IMPACT Academy in Las Vegas. Colin Russell (Folsom, Calif./Folsom HS) led his high school to the 2014 Nor Cal State Title and consecutive Section Division titles. Xavier Hallinan (Portland, Ore./Central Catholic HS) was a two-sport prep standout in basketball and football and joins the Pilots as a walk-on. Chier Maker (Sydney, Australia/Newington College) is redshirting the 2015-16 season and will have four years of eligibility remaining beginning next season.
• Reveno picked up a pair of his former players to join the coaching staff this offseason. Mitch Johnson, a former Stanford point guard, comes on as an assistant coach, while former Pilot center Kramer Knutson also joined the staff as director of basketball operations.
• Portland announced that 6-10 center Joseph Smoyer (Portland, Ore./Franklin HS) signed a National Letter of Intent and will join the Pilots next season.
 
ABOUT COLORADO STATE
• The Rams (4-0) held off Abilene Christian in double overtime by a 108-100 margin on Tuesday at home. CSU also has home wins over LMU and Oakland after opening the year with a road victory over Northern Iowa.
• The Rams have only played eight players this season, five of which are averaging double figures. Gian Clavell (18.3 pts, 8.0 rebs), Antwan Scott (15.8) and John Gillon (15.3) lead the way.
• Head coach Larry Eustachy is in his fourth year and returns two starters and five lettermen from a squad that finished 27-7 and advance to the NIT a year ago.
• The Rams are a member of the Mountain West and were picked to finish seventh.