PORTLAND PILOTS (9-6, 6-3 WCC)
WEEK 11: vs. San Diego (5-4, 2-2 WCC)
Day: Monday
Date: Feb. 1, 2021
Place: Portland, Ore.
Gym: Chiles Center
Time: 2 p.m.
Online: Live Video I Live Stats
 
POR vs. USD
Overall: 35-44  •  Last 5/10: 3-2/3-7
H: 18-17  •  A: 11-23  •  N: 6-4
Last: POR 64, USD 63 OT (3/10/20 - WCC Championship Game in Las Vegas)
 
THIS WEEK
• The Pilots return home to host the San Diego Toreros in a West Coast Conference contest scheduled for Monday at 2 p.m. at the Chiles Center.
• The game, which was originally scheduled for Jan. 23 but was postponed, is Portland's only contest this week.
• An online video stream and live stats are available, and links for those can be found at PortlandPilots.com.
 
ABOUT THE PILOTS
• Junior point guard Haylee Andrews enters Monday's game sitting on 999 career points; she's on the verge of becoming the 28th 1,000-point scorer in program history and the first since both Darian Slaga and Julie Spencer accomplished the feat in 2019.
• Andrews is also No. 10 all-time at UP in career points per game (14.1), is 12th in field goal percentage (.478), and is tied for 11th with 343 assists.
• The Pilots started 3-0 in the WCC for the first time since the 1996-97 season.
• During a recent home win over Saint Mary's (Jan. 4), 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 25th in the nation and second in the WCC averaging 17.0 dimes per contest.
• Portland is 21st nationally and No. 2 the conference in steals per game (10.9).
• 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 .537 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 (17.1).
• 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 OPPONENT
• The San Diego Toreros dropped their only game since resuming play, which was a 63-56 setback at home against Saint Mary's on Jan. 26.
• The Toreros are only allowing 58.2 points per game, while scoring 64.2; they're No. 1 in the WCC and rank third nationally in steals (13.7 spg).
•  Jordy Edwards is the only player averaging double digits in points (10.8 ppg), and she's 10th in the country in with a 3.22 steals per game mark.
• Cindy Fisher is in her 16th year at the helm of the Toreros, and San Diego was picked to finish fourth in the WCC this season.
• Last year at the WCC Tournament Championship Game, the Pilots outlasted the Toreros to win 64-63 in overtime to claim the league title; Alex Fowler registered a double-double in that game with 21 points and 10 rebounds, and Haylee Andrews made the tying bucket in regulation before providing the go-ahead field goal in OT en route to 18 points.