PORTLAND PILOTS (1-4, 0-0 WCC)
WEEK 4: vs. #15 Washington
 
No. 15 Washington Huskies (4-1, 0-0 PAC-12)
Day: Sunday
Date: Nov. 27, 2016
Place: Portland, Ore.
Time: 2:00 PM
Gym: Chiles Center
Video: TheW.tv
Stats: PortlandPilots.com
 
POR vs. UW
Overall: 1-13  •  Last 5/10: 1-5/1-9
H: 0-4  •  A: 1-8  •  N: 0-1
Last: @UW 83, POR 65 (12/2/2016)
 
THIS WEEK
• The Pilots play their first official home game of the season on Sunday when they host the No. 15 Washington Huskies at 2 p.m. at the Chiles Center.
• UW is the third Pac-12 opponent that the Pilots have faced in their last four games.
• A live stream will be available on both TheW.tv and Twitter (@PortlandPilots).
 
LAST WEEK
• The Pilots advanced to the Great Alaska Shootout title game on Wednesday, where they pushed USC to the brink before the Trojans held on to win 67-54 in Anchorage.
• Portland led a handful of times during the first half against the Trojans and cut a 19-point third-quarter deficit to just six points early in the fourth.
• Previously Holly Blades drained seven three pointers en route to a career-high 21 points on Tuesday as the Pilots topped host Anchorage Alaska 66-57.
• The Seawolves entered the game as the sixth-ranked NCAA Division II Team.
• Blades was named to the all-tournament team after matching a UP program record for three-pointers in a game.
• Sophomore post Julie Spencer averaged 11.0 points and 8.0 boards during the trip.
 
ABOUT THE PILOTS
• Holly Blades matched a program record when she buried seven three-pointers, out of just 10 attempts, during Portland's win over UAA at the Great Alaska Shootout on Tuesday; Jenn Wassom, who is on the UW coaching staff, is the only other Pilot to notch seven three's, and that came back in 2005.
• Blades was named to the Great Alaska Shootout All-Tournament team after the Pilots advanced to the title game; with 21 points against the Seawolves, Blades also became Portland's first 20-point scorer since Cassandra Brown recorded 21 in February of 2015.
• Julie Spencer had a solid trip to Alaska, scoring a career-high 11 points during both games; she also had eight boards during both contests, coming up just one rebound shy of her career-high (9).
• Portland returned a veteran squad in 2016-17 as the Pilots feature a group of 10 returning letterwinners after losing just one player to graduation last season.
• Headlining the returners is a deep supply of guards, led by senior point guard Kaylie Van Loo; last season Van Loo averaged 7.9 points per game and 2.7 rebounds, and she ranked fifth in the WCC in assists, handing out 3.7 dimes per contest en route to All-WCC Honorable Mention.
• Van Loo also throws the javelin for the UP track & field team, and she was the first thrower in Portland women's track & field program history to compete at NCAA Nationals last spring; she earned All-American Honorable Mention with an 18th-place finish at the 2016 NCAA's.
• Van Loo just missed qualifying for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials by one spot.
• Holly Blades currently ranks second in the WCC in three-pointers (14), while Van Loo is second in minutes played and fourth in assists (4.6).
• Ashley Gray ranks 22nd nationally in free throws made (26) and Blades is 32nd in three-pointers.
• Blades buried a team-high 50 three's last year, which is the 10th most three-pointers during a season in program history.
• 2016-17 marks the third year for head coach Cheryl Sorenson, who was previously an assistant for the Pilots; she assumed the reins of the program after long-time head coach Jim Sollars retired following the 2013-14 season.
• Sorenson, who starred collegiately at Washington, was a high school All-American at nearby Clackamas High School.
• Back on the Portland bench are third-year assistant coaches Steve Lowe and Brianna Chambers; assistant coach Drew Muscatell returns for his second year on the Portland bench.
• Three of Portland's scheduled opponents this season are currently ranked in the national polls, while one opponent is receiving votes.
• Portland has been to four NCAA Tournaments (1994-97), two WNIT's (1998 & 2009) and one WBI (2010).
 
ABOUT THE OPPONENT
• UW's lone loss this season was an 11-point setback at No. 1 Notre Dame.
• The Huskies are No. 1 in the country in three-pointers (67) and three's per game (13.4).
• They're averaging 89.0 points per contest and are led by the nation's leading scorer, senior guard Kelsey Plum (27.8 ppg); senior post Chantel Osahor leads the country in rebounding (13.4 rpg).
• In his fourth year as head coach, Mike Neighbors has led the Huskies to a pair of NCAA appearances; UP alum Jenn Wassom is in her first year as UW's Coordinator of Player Develo