PORTLAND PILOTS (9-7, 6-4 WCC)
WEEK 12: vs. Pacific (6-8, 4-7 WCC)
Day: Monday
Date: Feb. 8, 2021
Time: 1 p.m.
Place: Portland, Ore.
Gym: Chiles Center
Online: Video I Stats
 
POR vs. PAC
Overall: 11-15  •  Last 5/10: 2-3/4-6
H: 18-17  •  A: 12-23  •  N: 6-4
Last: POR 65, @PAC 59 (1/30/21)
 
THIS WEEK
• The Pilots open a three-game homestand by hosting the Pacific Tigers in a West Coast Conference contest on Monday at the Chiles Center, with tip-off scheduled for 1 p.m.
• An online video stream and live stats are available, for the game and links for those can be found at PortlandPilots.com.
 
1,000-POINT MILESTONE
• Early in the first half against San Diego last Monday (Feb. 1) at the Chiles Center, junior point guard Haylee Andrews connected on a three-pointer from the left wing that pushed her past 1,000 career points.
• Andrews is the 29th player in program history to reach the 1,000 career point milestone, and she enters the week with 1,012 points.
 
ABOUT THE PILOTS
• In addition to her joining the 1,000 point club, Andrews entered the top 10 at UP in career assists, compiling 349 during her 2+ years; she's only 12 assists shy of catching alum Jasmine Wooton for ninth all-time.
• Andrews is also 10th all-time in program history in career points per game (14.1), and she's 11th in field goal percentage (.475).
• Sophomore Alex Fowler is already all over Portland's record books, and on Feb. 1 against San Diego, the forward corralled a career-best 18 rebounds; she was only two boards short of the UP single-game record at the DI level of 20, which was set by Sarah Green back in 1998, and it's the most rebounds by a Pilot in a game since Amy Pupa claimed 19 vs. Pepperdine in 2013.
• The Pilots started 3-0 in the WCC for the first time since the 1996-97 season.
• During the home win over Saint Mary's on Jan. 4, the Pilots handed out 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.
• 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 22nd in the nation and second in the WCC averaging 17.1 dimes per contest.
• Portland is 24th nationally and No. 2 the conference in steals per game (10.9).
• Individually, Haylee Andrews ranks 29th in the country and first in the WCC with a 5.2 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 .538 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 OPPONENT
• The Pacific Tigers have lost four of their last five games, and they split their two WCC games on the road last weekend, winning 86-62 at Santa Clara before suffering a 75-67 setback at San Francisco.
• The Tigers are scoring 69.6 points per game and allowing 72.7; they're 26th nationally in free throw percentage (.766).
• Valerie Higgins leads the team in both scoring (16.5 ppg) and rebounds (9.2 rpg), and she ranks eighth in the country and first in the WCC in steals (3.4 spg).
• Pacific is led by sixth-year head coach Bradley Davis, and the Pilots won the first meeting with the Tigers 65-59 in Stockton on Jan. 30; Haylee Andrews scored 24 points during the win.