It was a tremendous season for Portland Pilots Women's Basketball. From broken records to program firsts, the 2024-25 season will go down as one of the best in program history. To honor the accomplishments of the team, let's take a look back at what they did by the numbers.
11 and 14
The Pilots started the year a perfect 14-0, including an 11-0 finish to nonconference play. It was the first time in program history they'd won every regular season game against nonconference opponents and also the longest win streak overall since the 1996-97 season.
31
Portland's 31 total wins broke a program record set back in the 1983-84 season. Their win total was four more than their previous Division I record as well. They were one of just nine teams in NCAA Division I to win at least 31 games this season, and their win total was the second highest ever by a WCC team.
21
21 of Portland's 31 wins came by double-digits. They were one of just 27 teams in NCAA Division I to have won at least 20 games against Division I opponents by 20 points or more.
17
The Pilots won 17 games in WCC play as well, breaking a program record for conference wins in a season. Their 17-3 record was tied for the best in the WCC this season.
4
For the fourth time in program history, the Pilots won at least a share of the WCC Regular Season title. The Pilots also advanced to the WCC Tournament Championship for the fourth time in the last six seasons under head coach Michael Meek. The Pilots also beat four teams this season that had won their respective conferences, either winning a regular season title, conference tournament title or both: Hawaii, Eastern Washington, California Baptist and Princeton. In the 2023-24 season, between the four teams, they won a combined seven titles.
5
The Pilots recorded their fifth season of 20+ wins since head coach Michael Meek and his staff took over in the 2019-20 season. This was also the fifth time the Pilots have played in a postseason tournament since Meek took over the helm and the Pilots earned their fifth ever postseason win as a Division I program this season.
1
This was the first time in program history that the Pilots had qualified for the Women's Basketball Invitation Tournament (WBIT). During the tournament, the Pilots earned their first ever win over the Stanford Cardinal and their first ever win against a Big East opponent in the Seton Hall Pirates. Those were also their first two postseason wins ever on the road.
10
The Pilots led the WCC in 10 different statistical categories, including free throws made per game (16.44), winning percentage (.861), free throw percentage (78.0%), assists per game (17.3), free throw attempts per game (21.08), turnover margin (4.56), steals per game (10.3), scoring offense (75.7), assist/turnover ratio (1.16) and scoring margin (12.4). The Pilots ranked in the top 35 nationally in nine of those 10 categories and also ranked 35
th in turnovers forced per game (19.47). Their free throws made per game average ranked fifth nationally.
3
Three Pilots earned All-WCC First Team honors on the year: Maisie Burnham, Alexis Mark and Emme Shearer. The Pilots had individuals lead the WCC across three categories. Maisie Burnham was first in both free throw attempts (206) and free throws made (173) and McKelle Meek was first in assist/turnover ratio (3.21). Burnham's 173 made free throws are also the third most ever by a Pilot in a single season and McKelle Meek's third selection to the WCC All-Academic Team also made her the first Pilot in three years to make the team three times.
2
For the second year in a row, the Pilots got a huge impact form transfers, with two starting every game for Portland: Trista Hull and Alexis Mark. Hull averaged a career-high 8.6 points and 5.5 rebounds per game, ranked second in the WCC in total blocks (64) and fourth in blocks per game (1.78). Mark was one of the most versatile players in the conference, ranking third in total rebounds (259), fourth in total steals (70), fifth in steals per game (1.94) and eighth in total assists (123). Mark was one of just two players in all of NCAA Division I to post at least 400 points, 250 rebounds, 65 steals and 120 assists.
12
The Pilots set 10 season records as a Division I program. They set a season record for games played (36), points scored (2,726), scoring average (77.8), field goals made (946), field goals attempted (2,165), free throw percentage (78.0%), free throws made (592), free throws attempted (759), total rebounds (1,288), defensive rebounds (844), offensive rebounds (444) and assists (620).
108
The Pilots' 108 points against the Corban Warriors were the most by the Pilots in a single game since 1985.
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