THIS WEEK:
Wednesday, Nov. 22: at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 7 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 24: at Texas-Pan Am, 7 p.m.

THE OPPONENTS:
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi: The Islanders beat D-III Sul Ross State 80-56 last weekend, picking up 16 points from Michael Hicks, 15 from Damian Kirkaldy, 13 from Lee Denmon, and 10 from C.J. McBride. The Islanders outrebounded SRS 46-33, but shot only 12-of-27 at the free throw line.
Portland beat TAMU-CC 83-75 last year behind Ryan Jones’ 24 points, and 20 points, seven rebounds and four blocks from Tim Frost.

Texas-Pan Am: The Broncs hammered Sul Ross State 102-60, as Brian Merriweather hit eight 3-pointers and finished with 28 points. John Braxton added 20 points, Mire Chatman 16, and Kyle Sanders 13. Pan Am forced 27 SRS turnovers and held Sul Ross to 36.5% field goal shooting.
Portland has never faced Texas-Pan Am in basketball.

RADIO BROADCASTS FROM TEXAS DELAYED
Portland’s two contests from Texas this week will be broadcast on a tape-delayed basis. Normally set to air on KOTK 1080 at the same time as tipoff, this week’s games will air at 7 p.m. Portland time on Wednesday and Friday.

PILOT GAMES NOW ON THE INTERNET:
Can’t get to the game, but need to follow the Pilots?
The University of Portland Athletic Department is pleased to announce that all Pilot men’s basketball games will be broadcast on the internet through agreements with flagship radio station Hot Talk 1080 KOTK, and BroadcastSports.com.
Beginning with Portland’s Nov. 17 season-opener with Southern Oregon, Pilot fans can log on to websites at KOTK (www.1080kotk.com), BroadcastSports.com (www.sports.broadcastamerica.com), or the University of Portland (www.up.edu/athletics), and either click on the provided broadcast link, or navigate to the Pilot broadcast.

LAST WEEK’S RESULT:
Portland 78, Southern Oregon 65: The University of Portland made six free throws in the final 2:23 Friday night to beat Southern Oregon 78-65 in the season opener for both teams.
Portland led just 68-63 with 3:26 remaining after SOU’s Chad Paris sparked a 15-3 Raider run with six points, but Portland forced four SOU turnovers and allowed just two points to Southern Oregon the rest of the way. Paris led all scorers with 20 points and a game-high eight rebounds.
Junior guard Ryan Jones led Portland with 16 points on 10-of-14 free throws, but was just 3-of-11 from the field. Sophomore center Tim Frost had 15 points, six rebounds, three blocks and four steals. Senior forward Philip Dejworek added 13 points and five rebounds off the bench.
The Pilots built a 40-24 halftime lead behind Dejworek (nine points) and Jones (eight), and stretched the lead to 20 three times before leading 65-48 with 7:39 left to play. A 9-0 run by the Raiders cut the lead to 65-57, and after a Frost jumper, SOU’s Paris scored six unanswered points to pull the Raiders within five points.
Portland shot only 46.4% from the field (26-56), but were 26-of-37 at the free throw line, and scored 27 points off 25 Raider turnovers.

TOM’S BUSY AGAIN - BAD NEWS:
Last season, Portland athletic trainer Tom Fregoso got the Pilots through the season relatively uninjured, but already this year, two Pilots will miss at least the first two weeks.
Freshman guard Casey Frandsen had surgery nearly two weeks ago to reconstruct a badly broken nose suffered in practice. He’ll be cleared for play this week, but will have to wear a mask until at least late December.
Junior forward Coky Rochin had surgery last week on his right knee to repair torn meniscus and minor ligament damage. He is expected to miss a minimum of three to four weeks.

MULTIPLY BY THE COEFFECIENT OF X, THEN DIVIDE BY YOUR BIRTHDATE PLUS 3: Call them Hustle Points or the Good Hands Team - any way you look at it, these are only numbers.
Using a complex scientific formula (assists + blocks + steals - turnovers, divided by total games played), to determine Portland’s top positive performers, here is the list :
Player Points Per Game
Frost 4 4.0
Jones 3 3.0
Dejworek 3 3.0
Quick 3 3.0
Olowoyo 3 3.0
Andrews 2 2.0
Mills 2 2.0
Kamara 1 1.0
Jorgusen 0 0.0
TEAM 21 21.0
Last season, Andrews led the team with 77 points (2.85 per game), and finished 20 points ahead of Frost’s 57. The team averaged 10.70 “points” per game.

2000-01 SEASON PREVIEW:
“Vous ne pouvez pas gagner si vous ne jouez pas de défense”1
“Obligue al jugador a la línea de fondo”2
“Mach deine Freiwurfe”3
“Samaya kharochaya napada budit kharochaya zachita”4
With a roster boasting six international players, you’ll have to forgive University of Portland head coach Rob Chavez if his briefcase is full of Berlitz phrase books. Rest assured, however, his 2000-01 Pilot team communicates in the most important language – basketball.
With four starters returning among seven letterwinners, Chavez and the Pilots are confident the coming season results in an improvement over last season’s 10-18 overall record, 4-10 in West Coast Conference matchups.

THE RETURNERS: After earning WCC Freshman of the Year honors in his rookie season, junior guard Ryan Jones (Olympia, WA), was an honorable mention all-WCC selection as a sophomore and at times was an explosive player. Jones led Portland in scoring (14.4 ppg) and minutes per game (31.0), and also added 3.2 rebounds while shooting 76.4% at the free throw line.
Senior guard Travis Andrews (New Orleans, LA), returns opposite Jones at the point, and his solid play is reminiscent of former Detroit Pistons sparkplug Vinnie “the Microwave” Johnson. Andrews led the team with 4.0 assists per game, and added 8.7 points and 3.2 rebounds. He had a career-high 21 points at San Francisco, and led the team with 40 3-pointers. He’s tied for eighth all-time in 3-pointers (84), and ranks sixth in career 3-point percentage (.370). Andrews also needs just 30 assists to reach that top 10 list, and 30 more steals.
It’s not much of a leap to label sophomore Tim Frost (Klamath Falls, OR), as Portland’s key to success this season, as the lanky 6-10 center set a Pilot single-season blocks record with 48 in his initial campaign. He averaged 8.0 points and 4.0 rebounds per game while shooting 50.3% from the field and 68.6% at the free throw line. His 48 blocks also rank sixth on the career list, and he needs just eight to move into third all-time.
Sophomore swing player Bryan Mills (Eugene, OR), earned a starting position with his versatile skills, and will be counted on for a variety of contributions. Mills played in all 28 games with 10 starts, and was second on the team with 60 assists. He also added 4.4 points, 3.6 rebounds and also had nine blocks.
Senior post Philip Dejworek (Ulm, Germany), has seen varying levels of success in a Pilot uniform, and has oustanding shooting range. His 14 3-pointers were fourth on the team, and hit five treys off the bench en route to a career-high 19 points at San Diego.
Fan favorite, junior guard Ross Jorgusen (Toledo, WA), is a gritty backup who provides never-ending hustle and determination. In 26 games, Jorgusen averaged 2.6 points, 1.2 rebounds and 8.0 floor burns per game. At the free throw line, Jorgusen was the team leader at 81% (18-21).
Sophomore forward Diaby Kamara (Bussy St. George, France), spent his freshman acclimating to the U.S. college game, and has shown a heightened climb in his skills. He had nine points and nine rebounds in 21 minutes vs. Seattle, and averaged 1.8 rebounds per game.

THE NEWCOMERS: The sextet of international athletes – four of which are new to the program - each bring a different quality to the Pilot lineup, and all figure prominently in Portland’s blueprint for success.
Most prominent on the list of newcomers is forward Jorge ‘Coky’ Rochin (Puerto Penasco, Mexico), a bruising 6-8 player with outstanding potential. As a sophomore at Mesa Community College in Arizona, Coky led the nation in field goal percentage (73.6%) and was second in rebounding (14.0 rpg). Averaging 22.3 points per game, Rochin had game highs of 43 points and 25 rebounds.
Junior guard/forward Carmie Olowoyo (Perth, Australia), is the consistent outside shooter Portland has craved for several seasons, but is also dangerous off the dribble. Olowoyo was a second-team all-Region player as a sophomore at Salt Lake Community College, and was fourth in the conference in scoring at 18.3 points. He scored 30 or more points five times as a sophomore.
Sophomore leaper Ghislain Sema (Yaounde, Cameroon), could be Portland’s best athlete, and after a year at Treasure Valley Community College, is beginning to understand the nuances of college basketball. He averaged just 9.8 minutes per game at TVCC, but averaged 3.3 points, 3.8 rebounds and 0.8 blocks while shooting 45.6% from the field.
Freshman guard Adam Quick (Wantirna, Australia), brings classic point guard skills in combination with solid shooting skills to the Pilot bench. A member of Australia’s U-20 team which participated in the 1999 World Championships, Quick was also named to the Aussie U-22 team for the FIBA World Championships.
Completing the Pilot roster are a pair of freshmen with starkly different backgrounds. Combination guard Casey Frandsen (Silver Lake, WA), prepped at tiny Toutle Lake High School, but was a two-time Washington 1A Player of theYear. In his senior season, Frandsen averaged 20.1 points, 5.1 rebounds, 5.5 assists, shot 49% from the field and had a game-high 37 points in a state title game loss.
Rookie center Matt Towsley (Corvallis, OR), played just one season of varsity basketball, but at 6-11 and 260 pounds, already possesses immense potential. He had 29 points and 22 rebounds against West Linn as a senior, and earned third-team all-Valley League honors.
Translations:
1You can’t win if you don’t play defense (French)
2Force the player to the baseline (Spanish)
3You’ve got to make your free throws (German)
4The best offense is a good defense (Russian)

1999-2000 SEASON REVIEW:
JONES, COLLINS EARN WCC HONORABLE MENTION HONORS: Pepperdine, the West Coast Conference champion, and Gonzaga, the number two seed, both placed three players on the men’s basketball all-conference team.
Portland sophomore guard Ryan Jones and senior forward Troy Collins were each honorable mention picks.
GU senior guard Matt Santangelo is back on the squad for the third year in a row, joined by backcourt mate Richie Frahm and junior forward Casey Calvary. Pepperdine placed seniors Tezale Archie and Kelvin Gibbs plus sophomore Brandon Armstrong on the list for the first time.
San Francisco senior center Kenyon Jones earned the Player of the Year honor, becoming the first Don since Quintin Dailey in 1982 to sit atop the league. The league’s rebounding leader (9.1 rpg) enters the WCC tournament ranked #2 in scoring (16.8) and #3 in field goal percentage (59.8%).

IS HE A FRESHMAN?: He probably should have been named Jack (born on Dec. 25), but freshman center Tim Frost is living up to his surname with his cool, solid play.
He led Portland with 16 points at home against San Diego, hitting 8-of-11 field goals, but had only two rebounds, one block and one steal in 24 minutes while battling a nasty flu bug. In Portland’s win over Saint Mary’s, Frost had three of his four blocks in the final seven minutes, scored 16 points, had three assists and two steals.
Frost played a career-high 33 minutes at home Pepperdine, with 11 points, five rebounds, two assists, one block and one steal. Against LMU, Frost had his first career double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds, and added one assist, five blocks and two steals.
Tim added 11 points and a block at LMU, and had two blocks at Pepperdine.
He scored six points, grabbed a career-best seven rebounds, had an assist, two blocks and a steal in his first career start (vs. Loyola), and in his second start (vs. Ohio), he scored 10 points, had four rebounds, one assist, one block and one steal.
In the team’s final non-conference game, Frost exploded for a career-high 20 points (8-of-9 from the field), added seven rebounds, 2 assists and 4 blocks.

FROST LEADS PILOTS TO NEW SEASON RECORD: Tim Frost’s 48 blocks led Portland to a new season record, as the Pilots had 104 blocks.
That total breaks the previous record of 91, set by the 1987-88 team. The Pilots averaged 3.8 blocks in 28 games.
In addition to Frost, Troy Collins had 22 swats, Travis Andrews 10, and Bryan Mills nine each. Ten players on the Pilot roster had at least one block.

FROST LEADS RECORD-TYING PERFORMANCE
Freshman center Tim Frost’s four blocks vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi led Portland to a single-game record tying 10 blocks, matching the previous game record set by the Pilots against Santa Clara in 1988.
In addition to Frost’s quartet of swats, Troy Collins and Bryan Mills each had two blocks, while Travis Andrews and Diaby Kamara each had one.