Portland Pilots (2-1) vs. Maine Black Bears (1-1)
Date: Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019
Time: 7:00 p.m. (PT)
City: Portland, Ore.
Arena: Chiles Center
Video: WCC Network
Radio: 910 ESPN-Portland (KMTT)
Live Coverage Links: Video I Audio I Stats
Tickets: PortlandPilots.com/Tickets or 503-943-GO-UP (4687)

GAME INFORMATION
• Portland returns home to the Chiles Center to host the University of Maine Black Bears (1-1) on Saturday at 7 p.m.
• The Pilots (2-1) split a road trip last week with a loss at USC and victory against San Jose State.
• Live video coverage will be available on the WCC Network with Bryan Sleik commentating.
• All Pilot games are on the radio on 910 ESPN-Portland (KMTT) with Jason Swygard providing the play-by-play. The pre-game show begins 30 minutes prior to tip-off.
• Links for live video, audio and stats for all Portland games can be found at PortlandPilots.com.
• Follow @PilotHoops on Twitter for in-game updates.

LAST WEEK
• The Pilots opened the season with an 86-36 win against Willamette on Nov. 5 and then split a road trip last weekend. UP lost a close game at USC (76-65) on Friday and then defeated San Jose State (72-57) on Sunday.
• Portland was tied with USC 48-48 early in the second half, but the Trojans rallied late. Graduate transfer Isaiah White, who played the last two years at Maine, buried six three-pointers and scored a game-high 22 points, while Takiula Fahrensohn added 10 points and six rebounds.
• JoJo Walker scored a game-high 22 points in Sunday's win, while White added 17 points and seven assists. Portland led nearly start-to-finish and held SJSU to 39 percent shooting from the field.

PORTLAND NOTES
• The team returns two starters, nine lettermen and adds five newcomers along with a returning redshirt to the 2019-20 roster.
• Freshman PG Chase Adams moved into the starting lineup and has been a difference-maker at both ends of the court. He leads the WCC with nine steals and has a team-high 13 assists through three games.
• C Hugh Hogland (concussion) missed the team's last three games, while C Theo Akwuba is expected to return to the lineup in mid-December.
• JoJo Walker entered the 2019-20 season as the Pilots' active leader in points, minutes played, steals, free throws made and three-pointers made after starting his first two years on The Bluff.
• The Pilots return their entire frontcourt rotation from last year. Tahirou Diabate, Jacob Tryon, Hugh Hogland, Theo Akwuba and Josh Phillips combined to average 16.7 points and 12.2 rebounds per game and the five big men also were the top five players in field goal percentage last season.
• Hogland spent time with the Japanese National Team this year.
• Lavar Harewood (South Carolina State) joins Isaiah White as a grad transfer adding experience as Portland has no true seniors on the roster.
• Portland will return to Hawai'i for a non-conference tournament for the second straight season. The Pilots will take part in the 2019 Diamond Head Classic Dec. 22-25 after playing last season in the Rainbow Classic.
• The roster features players 12 different states, countries or territories including four from California and one each from Alabama, Hawai'i, Illinois, Mali, Maryland, New Zealand, Oregon, Puerto Rico, New York, Texas and Washington.
• The Pilots were picked to finish 10th in the WCC Preseason Head Coaches Poll.
• A total of 12 former Pilots are currently playing professionally overseas, while alum Erik Spoelstra ('92) is the head coach of the Miami HEAT and Ben Sullivan ('07) is on the Milwaukee Bucks coaching staff.
• Former NBA All-Star Terry Porter is in his fourth year as the head coach of the Pilots and is one of 11 Division I coaches in the nation to coach his son this season.
• The Pilots signed Zac Triplett, a 6-5 guard from Melbourne, Australia, to a NLI on Wednesday.
 
ABOUT MAINE
• The Black Bears defeated Merrimack (84-64) and lost to Harvard (67-46) to open the 2019-20 season.
• Maine went 5-27 and 3-13 in the America East Conference last year. Senior Andrew Fleming was named to league's Preseason All-Conference Team.
• Head coach Richard Barron is in his second season at the helm. He previously served as Maine's women's head coach from 2011-17.
• Edniesha Curry is the only woman currently serving as a full-time assistant coach at the D-I level.