Portland Pilots (4-3, 0-0 WCC) vs. Wyoming Cowboys (4-2, 0-0 Mountain West)
Date: Friday, Dec. 1, 2023
Time: 6 p.m.
Place: Portland, Ore.
Arena: Chiles Center
TV: ESPN+
Radio: 910 ESPN Portland (KMTT)
Live Coverage Links: Video I Audio I Stats
Tickets: PortlandPilots.com

Portland Pilots (4-3, 0-0 WCC) vs. Air Force Falcons (6-2, 0-0 Mountain West)
Date: Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023
Time: 1 p.m.
Place: Portland, Ore.
Arena: Chiles Center
TV: Portland's CW/ESPN+
Radio: 910 ESPN Portland (KMTT)
Live Coverage Links: Video I Audio I Stats
Tickets: PortlandPilots.com

THIS WEEK
• Portland returns home to the Chiles Center to host Wyoming on Friday at 6 p.m. and Air Force on Sunday at 1 p.m.
• Both games will feature a Family 4-Pack ticket offer for just $15. Visit PortlandPilots.com/FAM4 today to secure your tickets!

GAME COVERAGE
• Both games will be aired live on ESPN+, while Sunday's game will also be televised locally on Portland's CW (KRCW).
• Radio for all Portland men's basketball games is on 910 ESPN Portland (KMTT) with Jason Swygard and Joel Sobotka on the call. Pre-game coverage begins 30 minutes prior to tip-off and ends with a 30-minute post-game show.

LAST GAME: PORTLAND STATE 75, PILOTS 74 (Nov. 28 at Viking Pavilion)
• Ismail Habib's layup with 0.8 seconds left capped a Portland State comeback victory over the Pilots despite leading for just 36 seconds in the second half.
• Vukasin Masic hit a runner in the lane with 6.6 seconds left to give UP the lead before Habib went coast-to-coast for the win.
• Tyler Robertson led the Pilots with 28 points, five rebounds and four assists, while  Alimamy Koroma tacked on a double-double off the bench with 24 points and 12 rebounds, while Masic chipped in with 12 points.
• Portland out-rebounded Portland State 46-39, including 14 offensive rebounds, but the Vikings had 17 offensive boards and 22 second chance points.

ABOUT THE PILOTS
• Head Coach Shantay Legans and the Pilots bring back several key players from last year's team that finished 14-19 overall, including Tyler Robertson, a two-time All-West Coast Conference guard. Robertson led the team in scoring (15.6), assists (5.3) and was second in rebounds (5.5) last year.
• 2023 All-WCC Freshman Team guard Juanse Gorosito is back after setting the UP freshman record for three-pointers made (63).
• The Pilots will also welcome back Chris Austin, who averaged 14.4 points for the Pilots two seasons ago Austin took a medical redshirt this past year after breaking his leg in the final game of the 2021-22 season.
• Portland has integrated 2022-23 redshirts Vukasin Masic (Maine transfer) and freshmen Bol Dengdit to the rotation. Masic averaged 9.3 points, 4.1 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game during the 2021-22 season, while Dengdit competed with the NBA Academy in Australia and the Australian National Team.
• An intriguing group of newcomers includes transfers Alimamy Koroma (Cal Poly), Thomas Oosterbroek (Miami), Noah Jordan (West Virginia State) and Yuto Yamanouchi-Williams (Lamar).
• Alimamy Koroma started 75 games in his four years with the Mustangs and averaged 10.7 points and 4.6 rebounds throughout this career. He joins a short list of 17 players entering the 2023-24 season with career totals of at least 1,100 points, 500 rebounds and 90 blocked shots. Koroma scored 1,157 total points and grabbed 501 rebounds, while shooting 50 percent from the field and 71 percent at the free throw line. He twice garnered All-Big West honorable mention recognition.
• Thomas Oosterbroek went to the Elite Eight and the Final Four with Miami in his first two years of college hoops. He redshirted last season and has three years of eligibility remaining.
• Noah Jordan is a grad transfer that helped Division II WVSU win 44 total games and advance to the second round of the 2022 NCAA Tournament. He averaged 11.8 points and 6.6 rebounds per game, while shooting 52 percent overall and 40 percent from three-point range.
• Yuto Yamanouchi-Williams was an impact player as a true freshman for Lamar last season. He made 24 starts and averaged 6.9 points and a team-high 7.1 rebounds per game.
• Portland also welcomes four freshmen to the 2023-24 roster. G Tyler Harris (Hayward, Calif.) led Granada HS to the 2023 CIF NorCal Division I championship and a runner-up finish at the State Division I Boys Championship with a 17-point and 10-rebound effort in the title game loss to Notre Dame. G Vincent Delano (Phoenix, Ariz.) played for nationally recognized Arizona Compass Prep as a senior. F Cyprian Hyde (Oceanside, Calif.) Earned All-North County Coastal First Team honors as a senior after leading the team to the second round of the 2023 CIF San Diego Section Division II Championships. G Jude Harris (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) was a First Team All-Camino Real League in 2023 after averaging 15 points, eight rebounds and five assists per game.
• The Pilots are represented by eight different countries, tied for the most in the nation with Arizona and Hawaii. Portland players hail from the United States (10), Australia (2), Argentina (1), Japan (1), Montenegro (1), Netherlands (1), Serbia (1) and Sierra Leone (1).
 
ROBERTSON PILES UP THE STATS
• Tyler Robertson has scored at least 13 points in each of the first seven games, including a season-high 28 points at Portland State.
• Robertson leads the WCC in assist/turnover ratio (2.9) and is third in scoring (18.1) and assists per game (5.3)..
• Last season, Robertson and Jalen Pickett (Penn State) were the only Division I players to average at least 15 points, 5.0 rebounds and 5.0 assists per game. Robertson also led the WCC in assists, assists per game and free throws made (163).
• He entered the 2023-24 season ranked on the UP career charts in assists per game (4.9, 5th), scoring average (15.4, 11th), free throw percentage (.823, 11th), assists (312, 13th) and free throws made (284, t-15th).
• Robertson scored his 1,000th career point as a Pilot in the season opener versus Long Beach State.

HARRIS CONTINUES TORRID START
• Tyler Harris' double-double with 17 points and 12 rebounds in 36 minutes of action against LBSU made him the first freshman in UP history to debut with a double-double. He also is the first true freshman to start a season-opener for Shantay Legans in his seven seasons as a head coach.
• The red-hot start to the season has already earned him two WCC Freshman of the Week awards in the first three weeks.
• Harris currently ranks second nationally among freshmen in rebounds per game (8.9) and 13th in scoring (15.4) and blocked shots (1.4).
• He sits at third in the WCC in blocked shots per game (1.4) and field goal percentage (.603), fourth in rebounds (8.9), seventh in scoring (15.4) and eighth in free throw percentage (.806).
• Harris also is shooting 59 percent from three-point range (13-for-22).

RECORD DEBUTS FOR MASIC
• Vukasin Masic's 25 points in the season-opening win versus Long Beach State were the most ever scored by a Portland player in their debut. Masic, who was denied an immediate eligibility waiver last year by the NCAA after transferring from Maine, made the most of his return by scoring 22 second half points to lift Portland to the win.

GETTING OFFENSIVE
• The Pilots are second in the WCC in scoring offense (81.7) and third in effective field goal percentage (.550).
• The team also is shooting 72.6 percent from the free throw line, which has been a consistent strength under Legans. His first UP team set a new school single-season record (.791) and last year's squad is No. 4 all-time (.745).

AUSTIN BACK IN ACTION
• Chris Austin made his much-anticipated return to action nearly 19 months after suffering a broken leg in Portland's College Basketball Classic loss to Southern Utah on March 26, 2022. He played 24 minutes against Long Beach and followed with 12 points in 32 minutes two days later against Lewis & Clark.

SETTING PROGRAM RECORDS
• In his first two seasons leading the Pilots, head coach Shantay Legans already began rewriting the program record books.
• The Pilots have scored the most single-season points in school history each of the last two years. Portland scored 2,524 points in his inaugural 2021-22 season and then broke that record with 2,566 total points last year.
• The 2021-22 team set a new free throw percentage record (.791), while last year's 317 three-pointers made shattered the previous record of 289 (2016-17).
• The Pilots set a single game scoring record in a 122-78 victory over Willamette on Nov. 11, 2021, eclipsing the 115 scored against St. Martin's in 1978.
• Portland also broke the program's single game three-pointers made record with 18 against VMI on Dec. 3, 2021.
• Individually, Robertson broke the school record for free throws made when he converted 22-of-24 against Portland State on Nov. 11, 2022, eclipsing a record held by Jim Winters (20-of-23) which dated back to a matchup with Seattle U on Feb. 12, 1956. He also set the program single-game assists record with 15 against New Orleans on Dec. 10, 2022.
• Mike Meadows and Robertson also became the first Pilots to ever record triple-doubles. Meadows had one against Willamette, while Robertson posted a 31-point, 11-rebound, 11-assist triple-double in a win over LMU. He added another triple-double last year with 12 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists against Multnomah.

ROSTER NOTES
• Thomas Oosterbroek (ankle) missed Tuesday's game at Portland State and is questionable for this weekend.
• True freshmen Vincent Delano, Kelson Gebbers, Cyprian Hyde and Jude Harris, as well as sophomore Yuto Yamanouchi-Williams, are expected to redshirt the 2023-24 season.

ABOUT WYOMING
• The Cowboys (4-2) have notable wins against Cal Poly, College of Charleston and Furman, with losses to Saint Louis and No. 15 Texas.
• Senior Sam Griffin leads three Wyoming players averaging double figures at 19.0 points per game. Freshman Cam Manyawu adds 10.3 points and 8.2 rebounds.
• Head coach Jeff Linder is in his fourth year at the helm of the Cowboys.
 
PORTLAND-WYOMING SERIES DETAILS
Series Information: Wyoming leads 2-0
H / A / N: 0-1 / 0-1 / 0-0
Streak: Wyoming W2
Last Meeting: Cowboys 61, Pilots 59 (OT) -- Dec. 10, 1983 at Portland (Howard Hall)

ABOUT AIR FORCE
• The Falcons (6-2) opened the season with a 62-58 road loss at Bowling Green before bouncing back for a 75-71 home in against Delaware. Air Force dropped a 73-69 decision to Texas A&M-Commerce on Monday.
• Air Force returns three starters and nine lettermen from last year's 11-18 team (4-13 in the Mountain West) led by Jake Heidbreder.
• Head coach Joe Scott is in his second stint and seventh year at the helm of the Falcons.
 
PORTLAND-AIR FORCE SERIES DETAILS
Series Information: Tied 6-6
H / A / N: 4-1 / 1-5 / 1-0
Streak: Portland W1
Last 10 / 5: 5-5 / 3-2
Last Meeting: Pilots 43, Falcons 42 (Dec. 27, 2018 at Berkeley, Calif.)

WE'RE RIVERBOAT PILOTS, NOT AIRPLANE PILOTS!
• Though the original nickname that students chose in a 1935 contest resulted in "Chinooks" (after the Native American tribe that inhabited the area, and the largest of the salmon species in the Willamette River), the "Pilots" was chosen by presidential fiat. From that day forward, The Bluff had a new mascot, and he was Wally Pilot.
• When the University changed its name from Columbia University (its earliest sports teams were known as the Cliff dwellers or the Columbias), to the University of Portland in 1935, the name and University had already begun to adapt a more "nautical motif," suitable for a campus site overlooking the Willamette River. At the same time, the Pilot athletic teams became associated with Wally (a stylized riverboat pilot), and the pilot's wheel became the logical logo.
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