Portland Pilots (5-3, 0-0 WCC) at Stanford Cardinal (6-1, 0-0 ACC)
Date: Monday, Dec. 1, 2025
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Place: Stanford, Calif.
Arena: Maples Pavilion
TV: ACC Network Extra
Live Coverage Links: Video I Stats

THIS WEEK
• The Pilots (5-3) visit the Stanford Cardinal (6-1) on Monday with tip-off set for 7 p.m. at Maples Pavilion.
• Portland returns home to host Lewis & Clark on Friday at 7 p.m.
• Tickets for all UP home games are available at PortlandPilots.com/Tickets.

GAME COVERAGE
• All Portland home games will be aired live on ESPN+.
• Radio for all Portland men's and women's basketball home games – and select road games – will be streamed on PortlandPilots.com with Jason Swygard calling the action. Pre-game coverage begins 20 minutes prior to tip-off and ends with a 15-minute post-game show. The Stanford game is not on the radio.
• Live coverage links for Portland games can be found at PortlandPilots.com.

LAST TIME OUT: Pilots 93, Long Beach State 73 (Nov. 26, 2025 — Portland, Ore.)
• Portland never trailed and shot 70 percent from the field in a 93-73 victory over the Beach. The 70 percent from the field was the best by a Pilot team since shooting 72.2 percent in a 55-54 loss to Cal State Fullerton on Dec. 21, 1982 in Portland.
• Freshman G Joel Foxwell had 19 points, seven assists and two steals and freshman F Timo George added 19 points, six rebounds, four assists and two blocks.
• Portland had 26 assists on 35 made field goals, drilled 6 of 12 three-pointers and went 17 of 19 at the free throw line. The Pilots forced 13 Long Beach State turnovers and turned those takeaways into 15 points on the offensive end of the floor.
• The Pilots went up early and took a 42-35 lead at the break. The Beach pulled within one possession early in the second half before the Pilots rattled off a 10-2 run punctuated by a George layup for a 56-44 lead. Back-to-back buckets by Foxwell pushed the margin to 79-59 and the Beach go no closer than 16 the rest of the way.

MORE WEEKLY HONORS FOR FOXWELL
• Portland freshman PG Joel Foxwell has earned WCC Freshman of the Week honors two out of the first three weeks after taking home the award on Nov. 24.
• Foxwell averaged 14.7 points, 7.3 rebounds and 7.3 assists while playing 35.3 minutes per game for the Pilots over three games at the Portland Invitational. He shot 49 percent from the field and 44 percent from three-point range.
• The Melbourne, Australia native also was honored Nov. 10 after leading the Pilots to a 3-0 start.
• This is the 12th time a Portland player has garnered the award over the last three seasons, which is nearly one out of every three opportunities and four more then the next closest institution.

FRESHMAN PHENOMS
• Joel Foxwell leads the WCC in assists per game (6.1), while his 15.6 points and 5.4 rebounds per game are both second for freshmen in the league. Among freshmen nationally he is tops in assists per game, No. 11 in 3-pointers made (17), No. 17 in scoring and No. 23 in steals per game (1.6).
• He recorded his first career double-double of 12 points and 10 assists to go along with six rebounds in Portland's 83-74 win against Arkansas Pine Bluff on Nov. 6.
• Timo George ranks No. 2 nationally and leads the WCC in field goal percentage (.750). He is second on the team in scoring (13.4) and tied with Foxwell for the team high in rebounding (5.4). George's 13 dunks are also tops in the WCC. He has reached double figures in 7 of 8 games despite playing just 21.0 minutes per game.
• Guard Dante Censori-Hercules has been a defensive stopper off the bench and appeared in seven of eight games.

BALLEW IS BALLIN
• Sophomore G Mikah Ballew moved into the starting lineup for the first time Wednesday against Long Beach State. Ballew is averaging 11.6 points through the first eight games.
• He scored a career high 20 points in the opener vs. Willamette, added 15 points against Arkansas Pine Bluff and made clutch plays late in a narrow 67-63 win against UC Davis.
• Ballew has made 26 of 31 free throws – both team highs – and his 13 three-pointers made are second best on the roster.
• He was a key contributor last season off the bench for Portland and the most experienced Pilot returner in terms of minutes played and scoring.

HRONSKY FINDING A RHYTHM
• Duquesne senior transfer Matus Hronsky has reached double figures in three straight games after struggling to find his shot early in the season.
• He had 12 points against Northern Colorado and followed with 10 versus St. Thomas and then matched a career high with 16 against Long Beach State.
• Hronsky is 13 for 25 from the field and 8 of 8 at the foul line in those games.

ABOUT THE RETURNERS
• Portland returns six players from last year's roster, three of which redshirted.
• Mikah Ballew averaged 4.9 points as a true freshman in 31 games.
• Senior C Jermaine Ballisager Webb started eight games and appeared in 29 total. He averaged 4.3 points and 1.8 rebounds while shooting 64 percent from the field, including 9-of-13 from three-point range.
• RS-sophomore G Kelson Gebbers played 19 games and averaged 1.7 points and 1.1 rebounds.
• Carlin Briggs, NaVaughn Long and Preston Lee each utilized their redshirt season. Briggs is returning from a knee injury and working his way back into playing shape. Long made his debut against Willamette and recorded two rebounds with a pair of assists. Lee also debuted against the Bearcats and scored five points with a steal.

INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR
• Portland's current roster features players from seven different countries including nine international student-athletes.
• The Australian pipeline continues to flow with four Pilots hailing from Down Under: Riley Parker, James O'Donnell, Carlin Briggs and Joel Foxwell.
• Throughout his five-year tenure with the Pilots, Legans has had nine different Aussies on the roster and 21 total international players from 12 different countries.

BUILDING A WINNING ROSTER
• The Portland coaching staff focused on building the 2025-26 roster with experienced players from winning programs and Portland's five transfers fit the bill.
• Junior transfers Garrett Nuckolls and Cameron Williams were the top two scorers for Trinity Valley JC, which won the JUCO Division I national title last year.
• Riley Parker was a starter and team captain for St. Francis, which won the Northeast Conference Tournament to reach the 2025 NCAA Tournament.
• Senior F Matúš Hronský spent three years with Duquesne and played in two NCAA Tournament games in 2024, while sophomore C James O'Donnell was a key contributor for San Francisco, who won 25 games and played in the NIT.
• Additionally, Portland's three true freshmen all played for high level clubs or have national team experience: Timo George prepped at IMG Academy in Florida, Joel Foxwell played with pros in the Australian NBL and NBL1, while Dante Censori-Hercules competed at Hodan Prep, which has multiple alums playing in the NBA.

STAFF UPDATE
• Portland added two new assistant coaches to staff this offseason in Mark Berokoff and Anthony Separovich, while Decclan Mclean was promoted to an assistant coach after serving two years as a graduate assistant.
• Berokoff brings vast experience to the bench with more than 400 career wins along with multiple state and national championships as a head coach. Berokoff most recently served four seasons as head coach at NAIA Oklahoma City University.  He led Randall University to three national titles and five national semifinals appearances in nine years (2012-21) at the National Christian College Athletic Association Division II level while serving as both head coach and athletic director.
• Separovich and Mclean are Australians that have helped solidified a strong pipeline for the Pilots Down Under. Separovich served as the AUSA Hoops Program and Recruiting Director from 2022-25. He was instrumental in recruiting, mentoring and guiding boys and girls players from Australia to earn college scholarships in the U.S. More than 500 student-athletes represented AUSA in AAU Tournaments across the U.S. in 2025. He helped place more than 100 student-athletes at U.S. colleges over the past three years, including a record 50 in 2024.

NATIONAL TEAM DUTY
• Four different players have been regular representatives on their home country's national teams either at the youth or senior level.
• Jermaine Ballisager Webb (Denmark) played on youth national teams from U15 on and represented the Senior National Team this Summer at the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027 European Pre-Qualifiers. He averaged 10.8 points and 4.8 rebounds over four games as Denmark secured a qualifying spot.
• Timo George (Netherlands) helped the Netherlands U20 National Team to a fourth-place finish at the 2024 FIBA EuroBasket where he averaged 12.3 points and 7.3 rebounds per game. He also represented the Netherlands at the U18 European Championships in 2023.
• Matúš Hronský (Slovakia) represented Slovakia at the 2021 U20 European Championships where he averaged 15.8 points in five games. Hronský also played for Slovakia's Senior National Team at the 2021 World Cup where he scored eight points in four games.
• Dante Censori-Hercules (Canada) also trained this Summer with the U-19 National Team.

ABOUT STANFORD
• The Cardinal (6-1) have wins against Portland State, Montana, Montana State, Louisiana, Minnesota and Saint Louis with their lone loss to Seattle U at home.
• Freshman G Ebuka Okorie averages a team high 23.0 points per game.
• Head coach Kyle Smith is in his second season at the helm.
• Portland owns a 2-1 all-time record against the Cardinal with a 66-59 win at Stanford on Dec. 8, 1979 and an 82-69 win at home on Dec. 22, 1980. Stanford beat UP 83-47 to open the 1967-68 season.

PORTLAND-STANFORD SERIES HISTORY
Series: Portland leads 2-1
H / A / N: 1-0 / 1-1 / 0-0
Streak: Portland W2
Last: Pilots 82, Stanford 69 (Dec. 22, 1980 at Portland)

WE'RE RIVERBOAT PILOTS, NOT AIRPLANE PILOTS!
• Though a 1935 student contest resulted in the nickname "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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