PORTLAND PILOTS (16-10, 9-6 WCC)
WEEK 16: at Pepperdine / LMU

Pepperdine Waves (14-10, 8-6 WCC)
Day: Thursday
Date: Feb. 20, 2020
Place: Malibu, Calif.
Time: 7 p.m.
Gym: Firestone Fieldhouse
Online: Video | Stats

POR vs. PEPP
Overall: 31-38  •  Last 5/10: 4-1/7-3
H: 21-12  •  A: 9-24  •  N: 1-2
Last: @POR 69, Pepperdine 67 (1/25/20)

Loyola Marymount Lions (7-20, 3-11 WCC)
Day: Saturday
Date: Feb. 22, 2020
Place: Los Angeles, Calif.
Time: 2 p.m.
Gym: Gersten Pavilion
Online: Video | Stats

POR vs. LMU
Overall: 33-35  •  Last 5/10: 1-4/2-8
H: 21-12  •  A: 12-20  •  N: 0-3
Last: @POR 74, LMU 49 (1/23/20)

THIS WEEK 
• The Pilots embark on their final road trip of the regular season as they travel to Malibu and Los Angeles for games against the Pepperdine Waves and Loyola Marymount Lions.
• First is a Thursday night match-up with the Waves, who sit a half game back of the fourth-place Pilots in the WCC standings; tip-off is set for 7 p.m. at Firestone Fieldhouse.
• The Pilots then make the short trek to LA to play the Lions on Saturday at 2 p.m. at Gersten Pavilion.
• Links for a live stream and live stats for both games can be found at PortlandPilots.com.

TICKETS/PROMOTIONS 
• Fans can visit PortlandPilots.com/Tickets or call/text 503-943-GoUP for information on every Pilot home game this season.
• For information on all fan promotions, please visit PortlandPilots.com/Promotions.

LAST WEEK 
• The Pilots swept their two games at home last weekend, cruising past Santa Clara 84-62 on Thursday before pulling away from San Francisco for a 69-49 win on Saturday.
• The Pilots led the Broncos by as many as 30 points, and they held the Dons to just seven points in the opening quarter and to only 19 points in the first half.
• Both Haylee Andrews and Alex Fowler scored 25 points against the Waves, and Andrews led a balanced scoring attack on Saturday with a team-high 16 points.
• Andrews shot .577 from the field during the weekend and averaged 20.5 points per game to claim her second WCC Player of the Week honor this season. 

ABOUT THE PILOTS 
• Haylee Andrews is the reigning WCC Player of the Week after averaging 20.5 points, 4.5 assists, and 3.0 rebounds during home wins over Santa Clara and San Francisco.
• Previously, Andrews was named the WCC's inaugural player of the week after she averaged 23 points and 8.5 rebounds during wins at Utah State and Weber State.
• Alex Fowler has also been named the league's player of the week twice, and Portland and Gonzaga are the only two teams to claim four WCC weekly awards this season.
• Fowler nabbed the WCC's weekly award on Nov. 25 when she averaged 23.5 points and 7.0 rebounds during Portland's games at CSUN and Air Force.
• She was named the WCC's Player of the Week for the second after averaging 26 points and eight rebounds, and shooting 65 percent from the field during a road sweep at San Francisco and Santa Clara.
• Fowler exploded for 35 points at Santa Clara (1/18), which are the most scored by a Pilot since Jasmine Wooton went off for 36 points in 2013, and Fowler became the first Pilot to score at least 30 points since Cassandra Brown in 2015.
• It's also the most points scored by a player in the WCC this year.
• Kate Andersen became the second Pilot this season to score at least 30 points when she poured in a career-high 32 at Pacific (2/8).
• Andersen shot 11 of 14 from the field, she was nine of 11 on free throws, and she easily surpassed her previous career-best of 24 points, which came in 2018 at Pepperdine.
• At 9-6 in the WCC, the Pilots have their most conference wins since 2008-09.
• The 16 wins are also the most since for the Pilots since 2010-11 when the team claimed 16 W's for the entire season.
• Portland's five-game winning streak earlier this winter was their longest since 09-10.
• The Pilots began the season 4-0 for only the third time ever in program history, and it was the first time since 2010-11.
• The Pilots swept the regular season series vs. Saint Mary's for the first time since 2008-09.
• On Jan. 4, the Pilots won 57-48 at BYU, ending a 20-game losing streak to the Cougars; it was the first win for Portland over BYU since the 1998-99 season.
• The wins at USF and SCU marked the first WCC weekend road sweep for the Pilots since 2009-10 (also at USF & SCU).
• The Pilots lead the league in scoring (70.0), field goal percentage (.450), assists (17.2), and three-point percentage defense (.261), and they're second in margin of victory (+7.7) and steals (11.0).
• Portland is 11th nationally in three-point defense, 15th in steals, 16th in assists, and 22nd in field goal percentage.
• Fowler leads the WCC in scoring (17.7 ppg) and she's second in field goal percentage (.546).
• Her .546 field goal percentage ranks No. 1 on Portland's all-time single season charts since the Pilots began playing at the NCAA DI level in 1986.
• Fowler ranks 3rd nationally in field goals made (195).
• Haylee Andrews leads the conference in assists (5.7), she's third in scoring (16.3), and she's fourth in FG% (.515); she ranks 14th nationally in assists.
• During wins over Saint Mary's (1/11) and Santa Clara (1/18), Andrews dished a career-best 12 assists.
• The 12 assists are the most by a Portland player since ReZina TecleMariam also collected 12 dimes in 2011; the program record for assists in a game is 13.
• Portland has just one senior on the roster, local product Kate Andersen (Jesuit HS), who's averaging a career-high 14.6 points; she ranks 16th nationally in steals (2.9) and has scored 928 career points.
• Maddie Muhlheim ranks fourth all-time at UP with 166 career three-pointers, and last year she set a program single-game record when she buried nine three's against USD.
• The Pilots are under the guidance of first-year head coach Michael Meek.
• In nine years at George Fox, Meek led the Bruins to eight NCAA DIII Tournaments, which included national title game appearances in 2012 and 2015.
• Meek ranks fourth in career winning percentage (246-45, .845) among active coaches with five-plus years of experience at all divisions of women's college basketball.
• First-year assistant coach Sharon Rissmiller ('01) is a UP alum who starred on the court for the Pilots from 1997 to 2001; she still ranks ninth all-time with a .770 career free throw percentage, and she compiled 1,069 career points.

ABOUT THE OPPONENTS 
• The Pepperdine Waves have won five straight since losing at Portland.
• The Waves are scoring 66.3 points per contest and allowing 65.8; they're eighth nationally in turnovers per game (11.4).
• Hannah Friend (10.6) and Malia Bambrick are the only Waves scoring in double digits.
• Kristen Dowling is in her first year as head coach at Pepperdine.
• The LMU Lions have lost seven straight games, and they're averaging 64.4 points, while allowing 69.8.
• Three Lions are scoring in double digits, led by Chelsey Gipson at 13.0 ppg.
• Charity Elliott is in her eighth year as head coach at LMU.