PORTLAND PILOTS (12-15, 4-12 WCC)
WEEK 16: vs. LMU / Pepperdine
 
Loyola Marymount Lions (16-12, 9-7 WCC)
Day: Thursday
Date: Feb. 28, 2019
Place: Portland, Ore.
Time: 7:00 PM
Gym: Chiles Center
Live Video: PortlandPilots.com
Live Stats: PortlandPilots.com
 
POR vs. LMU
Overall: 32-34  •  Last 5/10: 1-4/2-8
H: 20-11  •  A: 12-20  •  N: 0-3
Last: @LMU 76, POR 59 (12/31/18)
 
Pepperdine Waves (19-8, 12-4 WCC)
Day: Saturday
Date: March 2, 2019
Place: Portland, Ore.
Time: 4:30 PM
Gym: Chiles Center
Live Video: PortlandPilots.com
Live Stats: PortlandPilots.com
 
POR vs. PEPP
Overall: 29-38  •  Last 5/10: 3-2/6-4
H: 19-12  •  A: 9-24  •  N: 1-2
Last: @PEPP 82, POR 68 (12/29/18)
 
THIS WEEK
• The Pilots conclude the regular season this week when they host the Loyola Marymount Lions and Pepperdine Waves in a pair of West Coast Conference games at the Chiles Center.
• First is a visit from the Lions on Thursday night for a 7 p.m. tip-off.
• Saturday brings the regular season finale against the Waves, with the game scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m.
• Saturday is senior day for the Pilots, who will be honoring Lisa Kaempf, Darian Slaga, and Julie Spencer with a pre-game ceremony.
• The contest with the Waves is also part of a UP basketball double header as the men's team follows with a game against Santa Clara.
• Portland is offering half-off ticket prices for both games Saturday, and a ticket to either game gets you into both.
 
LAST WEEK
• The Pilots split their two WCC games on the road, winning at San Francisco on Thursday night before succumbing to Santa Clara on Saturday.
• Julie Spencer scored 20 points and Jayce Gorzeman finished with a career-best 17 as the Pilots outlasted the Dons 69-66.
• Spencer connected on four three-pointers, and she scored at least 20 points for the eighth time this season.
• Gorzeman was also Portland's top rebounder with six boards.
• The win gives Portland its first regular season sweep of the Dons since 2011-12, and the Pilots matched a season-low with nine turnovers, which they've done twice in the past four games.
 
ABOUT THE PILOTS
• With two games remaining in the regular season, the Pilots have already set a program single-season record with 228 three-pointers; that's one better than the previous mark of 227, which was accomplished in 2010-11.
• Individually, sophomore Maddie Muhlheim's 66 three-pointers this season rank third all-time on Portland's single-season charts; she's nine shy of moving up to second on that list, and Deana Lansing holds the program record with 80 three's, which came back in 1995-96.
• On Saturday. Feb. 16, during the win over San Diego at the Chiles Center, Muhlheim hit six three-pointers in the third quarter, connected on eight in the second half, and finished with nine in the game to set a new program record.
• Muhlheim, a Portland native who scored a career-best 27 points against the Toreros, topped the previous UP record of seven three-pointers, which was held by Jennifer Wassom (2005) and Holly Blades (2016).
• The win gave Portland its first regular season sweep of USD since 2003-04.
• Senior guard Darian Slaga was named UP's US Bank Student-Athlete of the Month for January, along with Portland runner Logan Orndorf; Slaga averaged 19.1 points per contest during the month, which included back-to-back 25-point games against USF and at Saint Mary's, and she scored her 1,000th career point.
• With 22 points against Pacific on Jan. 3, Slaga became the 25th player in program history to reach the 1,000-career point milestone.
• Slaga currently has 1,182 career points, which ranks 16th all-time at UP.
• Slaga is also third all-time with an .805 career free throw percentage, and she's sixth in career three-pointers with 144.
• In the conference, Slaga ranks fifth in three-pointers made (49), is seventh in free throw percentage (.786), and she's ninth in scoring (14.6 ppg); the six three's she buried against Pacific are a career high.
• With 25 points against Santa Clara on Jan. 24, Julie Spencer became the 26th player in program history, and the second this season, to reach 1,000 career points; she enters the weekend with 1,120 points
• Spencer also ranks No. 5 all-time at Portland with 729 career boards, and she's 10th in free throw percentage (.767).
• Spencer is fifth in the WCC in rebounds (7.6) and is seventh in points (15.3).
• The senior has six double-doubles this year, and she corralled 14 boards in a game twice, at Weber State (Nov. 12) and vs. USF (Jan. 26).
• Guard Haylee Andrews is the No. 2 scoring freshman in the WCC, putting up 11.6 points a game.
• The Pilots lead the WCC in three-pointers per game (8.4) and are second in scoring (74.5).
• Portland shot a perfect 17-for-17 at the line at Pepperdine (Dec. 29) to match a program record for most free throws made in a game without a miss.
• Portland's 7-2 record after nine games was the Pilots' best start to a season since 1997-98, while 8-3 was the program's best mark since 2010-11.
• The Pilots also opened the year with three straight road wins, which hadn't happened since 2010-11.
• The Pilots have easily surpassed last year's win total of seven victories.
• Portland has been to four NCAA Tournaments (1994-97), two WNIT's (1998 & 2009) and one WBI (2010).
 
ABOUT THE OPPONENTS
• The LMU Lions is averaging 65.6 points per game, while allowing 66.1
• Bree Alford (9.3 rpg) leads the WCC in rebounding, while Chelsey Gipson (17.5 ppg) and Andee Velasco (4.7 apg) are second in the conference in scoring and assists, respectively.
• Charity Elliott is in her seventh year as head coach at LMU.
• The Pepperdine Waves have won eight straight games, which includes a home sweep of Pacific and Saint Mary's last weekend.
• The Waves are the top rebounding team in the conference with a 41.0 per game mark, and they lead the league in fewest turnovers (12.3).
• They're out-scoring opponents 72.5 to 67.0, and they're led by the WCC's top scorer, senior forward Yasmine Robinson-Bacote (20.6 ppg).
• Robinson-Bacote is also the team's top rebounder (7.9 rpg).
• Three-time WNBA all-star and two-time Olympic gold medalist DeLisha Milton-Jones is in her second year as Pepperdine head coach.