2014-15 SCHEDULE/RESULTS 4 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES Overall: 4-25 • WCC: 2-16 7 TOTAL POSTSEASON APPEARANCES • 3 WCC TITLES Home: 3-10 • Away: 0-15 Neutral: 1-0 • Overti me: 0-0 WEEK 16: The WCC Tourney DATE OPPONENT TIME PORTLAND PILOTS (4-25, 2-16 WCC) Nov. 5 Western Oregon (Ex.) W, 70-60 Nov. 11 Concordia (Ex.) W, 83-46 vs. SANTA CLARA BRONCOS (10-17, 5-13 WCC) vs. Nov. 14 #21 Oregon State L, 65-87 Date: .........Thursday, March 5, 2015 POR vs. SCU Nov. 21 Cal State Northridge L, 41-45 Tip-off : .................... Appx. 2:00 p.m. Overall Series: ....................... 30-37 Nov. 23 Cal Poly L, 67-76 Locati on:...................Las Vegas, Nev. Here: ...................................... 15-13 Nov. 28-29 Nevada Tournament (Reno, Nev.) Arena (Capacity): ............................. There: .................................... 11-22 Nov. 28 Nevada L, 59-84 Nov. 29 vs. Utah W, 58-50 ...................... Orleans Arena (7,845) Neutral: ..................................... 4-2 Dec. 5 Oregon L, 49-72 TV: ..........................................BYUtv Last 5/Last 10: .................... 2-3/4-6 Dec. 7 Washington L, 45-80 Live Video:.......................... TheW.tv Last 1: .................SCU 64, @POR 55 Dec. 12 Portland State W, 91-63 Live Stats: .......... PortlandPilots.com .....................................Feb. 7, 2015 Dec. 14 Montana L, 55-69 Dec. 17 Eastern Washington L, 65-72 Dec. 21 Boise State L, 58-94 PROBABLE STARTERS Dec. 27 San Diego* L, 65-87 G #3 Kaylie Van Loo F #30 Cassandra Thompson Dec. 29 Brigham Young* L, 79-83 ppg: 2.9 rpg: 2.6 apg: 2.3 ppg: 8.8 rpg: 6.6 apg: 1.4 Jan. 3 Gonzaga* L, 57-79 Notes: Career-high 6 assists twice ... Notes: Season-high 20 pts at Pacifi c ... 2 Jan. 8 Santa Clara* L, 68-83 career-high 10 points vs. Portland State double-doubles this season ... matched (12/12) ... has started 7 of the past 8 games ... sat career-high w/ 14 rebs vs UW ... 6th all-ti me at UP in Jan. 10 San Francisco* L, 68-85 out last season aft er transferring from Idaho. blocks (106) & 7th in rebs (689). Jan. 15 Loyola Marymount* W, 83-65 Jan. 17 Pepperdine* W, 80-61 G #22 Cassandra Brown G #32 Jasmine Wooton Jan. 22 Pacifi c* L, 69-71 ppg: 17.7 rpg: 6.4 apg: 1.0 ppg: 11.6 rpg: 3.4 apg: 3.4 Jan. 24 Saint Mary’s* L, 53-66 Notes: Ranks 8th nati onally in 3pt% (.444) Notes: 1,123 career points ... 30 pts vs LMU; Jan. 31 Gonzaga* L, 63-85 & 16th in FT% (.874) ... 7th all-ti me at UP career-high 36 pts at Pacifi c (12/28/13) ... 5th w/ 1,377 career pts; is also 3rd in 3’s (177) & FT% (.800) all-ti me at UP in FT% (.795), 9th in assts (356) & 17th in Feb. 5 San Francisco* L, 44-79 & is 4th in 3-pt % (.392) ... season-high 30 pts vs PEPP. pts ... career-best 9 assts vs BYU ... Preseason All-WCC. Feb. 7 Santa Clara* L, 55-64 Feb. 12 Pepperdine* L, 72-76 G #23 Kari Luttinen Feb. 14 Loyola Marymount* L, 73-77 ppg: 14.2 rpg: 3.7 apg: 1.5 Feb. 19 Pacifi c* L, 78-80 Notes: 1,352 career points, which ranks Feb. 21 Saint Mary’s* L, 58-62 10th all-ti me at UP ... ranks 5th all-ti me with 158 career 3’s ... 17 straight games of double- Feb. 26 Brigham Young* L, 63-65 digit points ... matched career high w/ 25 pts vs SCU. Feb. 28 San Diego* L, 72-80 Mar. 5-10 WCC Championships (Las Vegas, Nev.) Mar. 5 Santa Clara (1st Round) 2:00 p.m. *WCC game; Home games in bold; All ti mes Pacifi c WOMEN’S HOOPS CONTACT ADAM LINNMAN O: 503-943-7731 C: 503-860-9494 E: [email protected] #GoPilots CCassandraassandra BBrownrown PortlandPilots.com @PortlandPilots facebook.com/PortlandPilots PortlandPilots • 2014-15 University of Portland Women’s Basketball • Week 16 Game Notes • Page 2 • PortlandPilots.com • THIS WEEK • The Portland Pilots travel to Las Vegas, Nev., this week for the 2014-15 West Coast Confer- ence Championships at the Orleans Arena. • The No. 10 seed Pilots will open against No. 7 Santa Clara in a First Round game on Thurs- day at approximately 2 p.m. LAST WEEK • Following a similar script as the past few weeks, both of Portland’s games came down to 2014-15 QUICK FACTS the wire last week, and this ti me it was BYU and San Diego who held on for wins. • First on Thursday in Provo, Utah, Jasmine Wooton got off a three-point att empt as the Started Women’s Basketball/NCAA DI: .....1977/1986 buzzer sounded, but it was off by inches and the Cougars held on 65-63. All-Time Overall Record: .....................559-525 (.516) • Cassandra Brown had previously ti ed the game with a clutch three and a tough lay-up with All-Time Overall DI Record:................. 392-456 (.462) 14 seconds left ; but the Cougars went back ahead aft er two free throws, which followed a Chiles Center Record/Years: .......256-172 (.598)/31st foul called on the Pilots with 1.3 seconds remaining. All-Time WCC Record/Years: ......173-231 (.429)/28th • Brown scored a game-high 19 points. WCC Regular Titles: ....................3 (1995, ‘96, ‘97) • On Saturday during an 80-72 loss in San Diego, the Pilots trailed by double digits for most of WCC Tournament Titles: .........................1 (1994) the aft ernoon before climbing within six a couple of ti mes during the closing minutes. NCAA Tournament Appearances (years): .. 4 (1994-97) • The Pilots were a perfect 14-for-14 from the foul line and Wooton scored 17 points. WNIT Appearances: .............................2 (1998, 2009) WBI Appearances: .........................................1 (2010) 2014-15 Overall Record: ........................... 4-25 (.139) ABOUT THE PILOTS 2014-15 WCC Record:............................... 2-16 (.111) • Cassandra Brown was named to the All-WCC Second Team. 2013-14 Overall Record: .........................14-16 (.467) • Kari Lutti nen was named to the WCC’s All-Academic team, while Hannah Matt son and Kay- 2013-14 WCC Record:........................ 7-11 (.389)/6th lie Van Loo earned all-academic honorable menti on. 2013-14 Postseason: .................... WCC Quarterfi nals • Brown, a senior, is having a remarkable year and ranks 8th nati onally in three-point per- Lett erwinners Returning/Lost: ............................. 8/4 centage (.426) and 16th in free throw percentage (.874); she has 72 three-pointers this year, Starters Returning/Lost: ....................................... 4/1 which ranks second on Portland’s all-ti me single-season list. Newcomers: .............................................................6 • Brown (1,377), Lutti nen (1,352) and Jasmine Wooton (1,123) have each become 1,000 Head Coach: .....................................Cheryl Sorenson career point scorers this season, with Wooton accomplishing the feat most recently against ..... (1st year, 4th year overall at UP, Washington ‘03) Pepperdine (Jan. 17); Lutti nen scored her 1,000th career point during a win against Utah Career Record/Years: ................... 4-25 (.139)/1st (Nov. 29), while Brown reached the milestone during the win over Portland State (Dec. 12). Record at School/Years: ............................... Same • This the fi rst ti me in program history to have three players reach 1,000 career points during WCC Record/Years: .......................2-16 (.111)/1st the same season, and all three reached the milestone during a win. Assistants: .. Steve Lowe (1st year, Cent. Washington ’01) • Wooton had a career-best nine assists against BYU (Dec. 29), which was the most assists by ......Brianna Chambers (1st year, CSU Bakersfi eld ’02) a Pilot since ReZina TecleMariam handed out nine dimes on Jan. 2, 2012. .............................. Megan Osmer (1st year, Lynn ’06) • The Pilots have lost their last six games by a combined 24 points. Dir. of Ops.: ......Jazmine Foreman (4th year, BYU ‘11) • Brown was named to the Nugget Classic All-Tournament Team (Nov. 28-29) aft er averaging Strength Coach: ..Cat Wade (4th year, Oklahoma ‘05) 14.0 points per game to help the Pilots claim the consolati on trophy. Athleti c Trainer: ........Amy Carroll (1st year, WSU ‘06) • Brown is fi rst in the WCC in three-point percentage (.426) and is fourth in scoring (17.8 GENERAL INFO ppg); Lutti nen is ninth in scoring (14.2 ppg). • Portland as a team leads the league and is 15th in the country in three-point percentage Locati on: ....................................................Portland, Ore. (.371); the Pilots rank 20th nati onally in free throw percentage (.751). Website: .................................. www.PortlandPilots.com • Head coach Cheryl Sorenson is in her fi rst year at the helm of the UP women’s basketball Nati onal Affi liati on: ................................ NCAA Division I Conference: ................................................... West Coast program; Sorenson spent three years as an assistant coach with the Pilots before replacing Founded: ................................................................. 1901 long-ti me head coach Jim Sollars, who reti red aft er 28 years on The Bluff . Enrollment: ............................................................. 4,164 Nickname: .............................................................. Pilots ABOUT THE BRONCOS Colors: .................................................... Purple & White • Santa Clara senior guard Nici Gilday ranks second in the conference in scoring with a 19.2 Home Court (Capacity): ..................Chiles Center (4,852) points per game mark. President: .......................... Rev. Mark L. Poorman, C.S.C. • The Broncos topped Portland 83-68 at the Leavey Center on Jan. 8 and defeated the Pilots Athleti cs Director: .......................................Scott Leykam 64-55 at the Chiles Center on Feb. 7. Athleti c Department Phone: .....................503-943-7117 • Santa Clara is led by fi rst-year head coach JR Payne. MEDIA INFO THE WCC TOURNEY Women’s Basketball SID: .........................Adam Linnman • The WCC Championships return to the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nev., for the seventh E-mail:.................................................