PORTLAND PILOTS (7-6, 4-3 WCC)
WEEK 10: at Saint Mary's / Pacific
 
vs. Saint Mary's Gaels (5-10, 3-6 WCC)
Day: Thursday
Date: Jan. 28, 2021
Place: Moraga, Calif.
Time: 1 p.m.
Gym: UCU Pavilion
Online: Video I Stats
 
POR vs. SMC
Overall: 24-47  •  Last 5/10: 3-2/4-6
H: 16-18  •  A: 7-26  •  N: 1-3
Last: @POR 81, SMC 58 (1/4/21)
 
vs. Pacific Tigers (5-5, 3-4 WCC)
Day: Saturday
Date: Jan. 30, 2021
Place: Stockton, Calif.
Time: 12 p.m.
Gym: Alex G. Spanos Center
Online: Video I Stats
 
POR vs. PAC
Overall: 10-15  •  Last 5/10: 1-4/3-7
H: 4-6  •  A: 4-7  •  N: 2-2
Last: POR 76, PAC 69 @Vegas (3/7/20)
 
THIS WEEK
• The Pilots are on the road this week for West Coast Conference games against the Saint Mary's Gaels and Pacific Tigers.
• On Thursday, the Pilots and Gaels will tip-off at 1 p.m. at the UCU Pavilion in Moraga, Calif.
• Saturday's game against the Tigers is scheduled for 12 p.m. in Stockton, Calif., at the Alex G. Spanos Center.
• An online video stream and live stats are available for both games, and links for those can be found at PortlandPilots.com.
 
ABOUT THE PILOTS
• Junior point guard Haylee Andrews is on the verge of scoring 1,000 career points as she enters the weekend with 957; Andrews should become the 28th 1,000-point scorer in program history and the first since both Darian Slaga and Julie Spencer accomplished the feat in 2019.
• Last time out Andrews poured in a season-high 25 points against Gonzaga.
• Andrews is No. 10 all-time at UP in career points per game (13.9), is 12th in field goal percentage (.474), and is tied for 12th with 332 assists.
• The Pilots started 3-0 in the WCC for the first time since the 1996-97 season.
• During the recent win over Saint Mary's, the Pilots handed out an impressive 28 assists, which is a program record against a DI opponent; the previous record of 25 came against Pepperdine in 2014, and in 1983 the Pilots recorded 45 assists vs. Concordia.
• The Pilots also nearly set a program record when they registered 30 steals during a win over Northwest; twice the Pilots have made 31 steals in a game, against Southern Oregon in 1984 and Concordia in 1996.
• The 31 steals are the most for the Pilots since compiling 25 at UC Riverside in 2000, which is the program record for steals against a DI program.
• Haylee Andrews was named the WCC player of the Week after averaging 22.0 points, 8.5 rebounds, and 4.0 assists during road wins at Pepperdine and LMU; Andrews was the second Pilot to earn the award this season, and it's the third time Andrews has been named the WCC's Player of the Week during her career.
• Sophomore forward Alex Fowler was named WCC Player of the Week (Dec. 7) after averaging 16.0 points vs. Seattle U and Oregon; it's the fourth career weekly conference honor for Fowler.
• Fowler's week included a 20-point performance during a win over Seattle U, and she netted 12 against the No. 9 Ducks.
• Against Montana State, Fowler recorded her second career game with 30 or more points, finishing with 31, which is the second most scored by a WCC player this season; as a freshman, Fowler scored a career-best 35 at Santa Clara.
• The Pilots have compiled 20 or more assists five times this year and they rank 28th in the nation and second in the WCC averaging 16.9 dimes per contest.
• Portland is 14th nationally and lead the conference in steals per game (11.2).
• Individually, Haylee Andrews ranks 34th in the country and first in the WCC with a 5.1 assists per game mark.
• Senior sharpshooter Maddie Muhlheim ranks third all-time at UP with 201 career three-pointers; Deana Lansing holds the school career record with 223 three's and Laiken Dollente sits in second with 214.
• As a sophomore in 2018-19, Muhlheim she set a program single-game record when she hit nine three's against USD.
• The Pilots were picked to finish third in the WCC this season in the preseason coaches poll, and they received a first-place vote.
• Andrews and Fowler were both voted to the Preseason All-WCC Team.
• Fowler is coming off perhaps one of the best seasons in program history; the forward led the conference in scoring with an 18.0 points per game mark, she was named the WCC's Newcomer of the Year, was voted to the All-WCC First Team, was tabbed the WCC Tournament MVP, and she joined Andrews on the all-tournament team.
• Her .534 career 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; all-time, Fowler is second in program history in field goal percentage and is fifth in points per game (17.2).
• The Pilots, who are led by second-year head coach Michael Meek, are coming off a historical season as Portland made a magical run at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nev., to win the West Coast Conference Tournament Championship and earn a berth into the NCAA Tournament.
• It was a the first WCC Tourney title for the Pilots since 1994, and Portland would have made their first appearance at March Madness since 1997, had the tourney not been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• The game vs. Seattle U on Dec. 6 was No. 300 as a head coach for Meek.
 
ABOUT THE OPPONENTS
• The Saint Mary's Gaels have won three straight wins, defeating Pepperdine, LMU, and San Diego.
• The Gaels are averaging 64.4 points per contest and allowing 72.0.
• Leading scorer Taycee Wedin (12.5 ppg) ranks 12th nationally in three-pointers with 40; Madeline Holland (11.1) and Finau Tonga (10.6) are also scoring in double-digits.
• Long-time head coach Paul Thomas is in his 15th year at Saint Mary's, who were picked fifth in the conference.
• The Pacific Tigers resumed play in mid-January and have gone 1-2 since, with a win over Pepperdine and losses to LMU and BYU.
• Valerie Higgins ranks third in the conference in scoring, averaging a team-best 17.1 points; she's fourth in the WCC in rebounding at 8.1 boards per game.
• Brooklyn McDavid (11.6 ppg) is also scoring in double figures.
• As a team, Pacific is averaging 69.7 points and allowing 73.9.
• The Tigers, who were picked to finish sixth in the WCC, are led by sixth-year head coach Bradley Davis.