Portland Pilots (5-4, 0-0 WCC) vs. Lewis & Clark River Otters (3-3, 0-0 NWC)
Date: Friday, Dec. 5, 2025
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Place: Portland, Ore.
Arena: Chiles Center
Video: YouTube
Radio: PortlandPilots.com
Live Coverage Links: Video I Audio | Stats
Tickets: PortlandPilots.com/Tickets

THIS WEEK
• The Pilots (5-4) will host the NCAA Division III Lewis & Clark River Otters on Friday at 4 p.m. The game was originally scheduled for a 7 p.m. tip-off, but was moved due to Portland men's soccer hosting an NCAA Championships Quarterfinals match at 7 p.m.
• Portland will then take a break for finals before returning to host Kent State on Sunday, Dec. 14 at 2 p.m.
• Tickets for all UP home games are available at PortlandPilots.com/Tickets.

GAME COVERAGE
• Friday's game will have live video streaming on YouTube, while all other Pilot home games are 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: Stanford 94, Pilots 72 (Dec. 1, 2025 — Stanford, Calif.)
• Turnovers and Stanford's efficient offense was the difference as the Cardinal turned 18 Pilot turnovers into a 33-9 edge in points from takeaways. Stanford also shot 52 percent overall including 14-of-33 three-pointers.
• Cameron Williams finished with a game-high 22 points on 9-of-12 shooting, Mikah Ballew added 14 points and James O'Donnell finished with nine points and a team-best nine rebounds.
• Portland raced out to a 5-0 lead behind a Williams three and a Joel Foxwell floater, but Stanford responded with an 11-0 run to seize control. The Cardinal drilled 11 first-half threes and used a 22-0 edge in points off first half turnovers to take a 51-31 halftime lead.
• The Pilots battled back in the second half, shooting 48 percent from the floor and converting 12-of-14 free throws. Portland pulled within 83-68 on a Timo George three-point play with 2:43 remaining before the Cardinal closed the game with an 11-4 run.
• Portland finished the night shooting an efficient 51 percent overall and 79 percent from the line, but Stanford's perimeter shooting and second-chance points proved decisive.

FRESHMAN PHENOMS
• Freshman PG Joel Foxwell has taken two of the first four WCC Freshman of the Week awards and leads the WCC in assists per game (5.8) and is second among league freshmen in scoring (14.1). He is the NCAA freshman leader in assists per game and ranks No. 31 among first year players in scoring.
• 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.
• Freshman F Timo George briefly led the nation in field goal percentage last week, but dropped below the makes threshold to qualify. His 73.3 percent from the floor would rank No. 4 nationally, but he is one made field goal shy of qualifying. George is second on the team in both scoring (12.9) and rebounding (5.2). George's 14 dunks are second most in the WCC and No. 31 nationally. He has reached double figures in 7 of 9 games despite playing just 20.7 minutes per game.
• Guard Dante Censori-Hercules has been a defensive stopper off the bench and appeared in eight of nine games.

BALLEW IS BALLIN
• Sophomore G Mikah Ballew moved into the starting lineup for the last two games is averaging 11.9 points through the first nine 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 31 of 36 free throws – both team highs – and his 16 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 of the last four games and averaging 11.5 points over those four contests.
• 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 16 for 30 from the field and 9 of 10 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 LEWIS & CLARK
• The River Otters (3-3) compete in the Division III Northwest Conference.
• Andre Treadwell averages a team-high 19.6 points per game.
• Head coach Shanan Roseburg returns for his first season at the helm after previously serving as associate head coach from 1999-2002.
• 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-LEWIS & CLARK SERIES HISTORY
Series: Portland leads 27-1
H / A / N:  16-0 / 4-1 / 6-0
Streak: Portland W18
Last 10 / 5: 10-0 / 5-0
Last: Pilots 83, Lewis & Clark 70 (Nov. 6, 2024 at UP)

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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