2017-18 SCHEDULE/RESULTS PORTLAND PILOTS (2-1, 0-0 WCC) Overall: 2-1 • WCC: 0-0 WEEK 3: PK80 - Phil Knight Invitational H: 2-1 • A: 0-0 • N: 0-0 OT: 0-0 • vs. Ranked: 0-0 vs. #9 North Carolina Tar Heels Up Next... DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME (3-0) Arkansas/Oklahoma Oct. 29 Eastern Wash. (Exh.) L, 70-76 Date: Thursday, Nov. 23 Date: Friday, Nov. 24 Nov. 4 Lewis & Clark (Exh.) W, 103-61 Place: Portland, Ore. (Moda Center) Place: Portland, Ore. (Memorial Coliseum) Nov. 11 Portland State (NBCSNW) L, 75-80 Time: 11:30 AM Time: 12:30/3:00 PM Nov. 14 Walla Walla W, 89-52 TV: ESPN TV: ESPN Family of Networks Nov. 19 Oregon Tech W, 86-59 Video: WatchESPN Nov. 23-26 PK80 Invitational (Portland, Ore.) Radio: 910 ESPN-Portland Sunday, Nov. 26 Nov. 23 North Carolina (ESPN) 11:30 AM Stats: ESPN.com Place: Moda/Coliseum Nov. 24 TBA (ESPN Networks) TBA POR vs. UNC Time: TBA Nov. 26 TBA (ESPN Networks) TBA First Meeting TV: ESPN Family of Networks Nov. 30 Multnomah 7:00 PM Potential Opponents:DePaul, Michigan Dec. 3 Boise State (MW Network) 1:00 PM State, UConn, Oregon Dec. 6 CS Fullerton (NBCSNW) 7:00 PM Dec. 9 San Jose State 7:00 PM PK80 - PHIL KNIGHT INVITATIONAL Dec. 16 Seattle 7:00 PM Portland will be playing in the Victory Bracket at the much-anticipated PK80 - Phil Dec. 19 Hartford 7:00 PM Knight Invitational. The Pilots open the tournament against defending NCAA champion Dec. 21 Sacramento State 5:30 PM and No. 9-ranked North Carolina at the Moda Center on Thanksgiving morning at 11:30 Dec. 28 BYU* (BYUtv) 6:00 PM a.m. The tournament continues on Friday and concludes on Sunday. Visit PKInvitational. Dec. 30 San Francisco* (ROOT) 6:00 PM com for complete brackets, ticket information and all other details. Jan. 4 San Diego* (ROOT) 7:00 PM Jan. 6 Santa Clara* 7:00 PM EVENT COVERAGE All PK80 games will be televised on the ESPN Family of Networks. Portland’s opener Jan. 11 Gonzaga* (ROOT) 6:00 PM against UNC will be aired on ESPN with Roxy Bernstein and Bill Walton on the call. Jan. 13 Pacific* (ROOT) 7:00 PM Radio coverage for all Pilot games will be on 910 ESPN-Portland (KMTT) with pregame Jan. 18 San Diego* (Spectrum SN) 7:00 PM programming starting 30 minutes prior to tip-off with play-by-play voice Jason Swygard. Jan. 20 LMU* (Spectrum SN) 7:00 PM Jan. 25 Gonzaga* (ESPN Networks) 8:00 PM STARTERS LAST GAME Jan. 27 Saint Mary’s* (ROOT) 8:00 PM Pos. No. Player PPG RPG APG Feb. 1 Pepperdine* 7:00 PM G 2 JoJo Walker (6-1, 170, Fr., Carolina, Puerto Rico) 6.0 1.7 2.7 Feb. 3 LMU* (ROOT) 1:00 PM G 13 Franklin Porter (6-4, 215, RSo., Portland, Ore.) 11.0 4.0 2.3 Feb. 8 San Francisco* 7:00 PM C 15 Philipp Hartwich (7-2, 250, Sr., Cologne, Germany) 8.0 12.0 4.7blk Feb. 10 Pacific* 7:00 PM F 14 Tahirou Diabate (6-9, 210, Fr., Bamako, Mali ) 7.7 4.3 1.0blk Feb. 15 Santa Clara* 7:00 PM F 11 Josh McSwiggan (6-7, 200, RSo., Loughborough, England) 14.3 5.0 2.7 Feb. 17 Saint Mary’s* (ROOT) 7:00 PM Feb. 22 BYU* (ESPNU) 8:00 PM PILOTS OFF THE BENCH Feb. 24 Pepperdine* 5:00 PM Pos. No. Player PPG RPG APG Mar. 1-6 WCC Championships (Las Vegas) G 1 Malcolm Porter (6-4, 195, RFr., Portland, Ore.) 5.7 1.7 4.3 *WCC game; All times are Pacific; Home G 3 Rashad Jackson (6-4, 190, Jr., Bakersfield, Calif.) 9.0 1.3 0.3 G 5 D’Marques Tyson (6-5, 215, Sr., Bothell, Wash.) 7.7 3.3 0.0 games in bold G 10 Marcus Shaver Jr. (6-2, 180, Fr., Phoenix, Ariz.) 8.7 2.0 2.0 G 22 Brian Smith (6-2, 185, Fr., Boise, Idaho) 2.5 0.5 1.0 F/C 34 Austin Stone (6-8, 225, Jr., Lake Wylie, S.C.) 2.5 3.0 0.0 MEN’S HOOPS CONTACT F 41 Joseph Smoyer (6-11, 230, So., Portland, Ore.) 2.0 1.7 0.7blk Jason Brough 2017-18 REDSHIRTS Office: 503-943-8439 Pos. No. Player PPG RPG APG Cell: 503-706-3460 G 0 Crisshawn Clark (6-4, 210, Jr., Dayton, Ohio) - - - G 20 Takiula Fahrensohn (6-6, 175, Fr., Auckland, New Zealand) - - - E-mail: [email protected] F/C 32 Hugh Hogland (6-9, 235, Fr., Waimanalo, Hawaii) - - - PortlandPilots.com @PortlandPilots facebook.com/PortlandPilots PortlandPilots 2017-18 Portland Men’s Basketball • Week 3 • PortlandPilots.com • Page 2 PORTLAND NOTES • The Pilots (2-1) posted a pair of dominant wins against NAIA opponents Walla Walla (89-52) and Oregon Tech (86-59) last week after opening the season with an 80-75 loss to Portland State at the Chiles Center. The Pilots led by seven with less than three min- utes left in regulation, but the Vikings closed the game with a 12-0 run to steal the win. • Senior C Philipp Hartwich has had a breakout start to the season and leads the WCC in rebounds (12.0), field goal percentage (.900) and blocked shots (4.7). 2017-18 QUICK FACTS • Sophomore transfers Josh McSwiggan (14.3) and Franklin Porter (11.0) have led a bal- Started Men’s Basketball/NCAA DI: 1922-23/1958-59 anced scoring attack featuring nine players averaging five or more points per game. All-Time Overall Record: ................1168-1299 (.473) • The Pilots hosted an exhibition game against Eastern Washington on October 29 to Chiles Center Record/Years: ........ 257-200 (.562)/33 raise money for the Red Cross and Puerto Rico’s Hurricane Maria relief efforts. Fresh- All-Time WCC Record/Years: ........ 210-379 (.357)/41 man PG JoJo Walker is from Puerto Rico and still has many family and friends that have WCC Regular Titles: .............................................0 WCC Tournament Titles: .........................1 (1996) been impacted by the hurricanes. Walker’s family will be in attendance at PK80. NCAA Tournament Appearances: .........2 (1959, 1996) • Terry Porter’s 2017 recruiting class was ranked No. 10 nationally by HoopScoop.com. CIT Appearances: ........................... 4 (2009-11, 2015) The class was the highest rated in the WCC and No. 2 class nationally among mid-ma- 2016-17 Overall Record: ......................... 11-22 (.333) jors. Nine newcomers comprised the class with seven freshmen and two JC transfers. 2016-17 WCC Record/Place:.......................2-16/10th • The Pilots feature just four returning lettermen from last year and two returning red- 2016-17 Postseason: ............................................N/A shirts - Franklin and Malcolm Porter, sons of head coach Terry Porter. Letterwinners Returning/Lost: ............................. 4/9 • Portland took an August foreign tour to England and went 3-1 on the trip. The Pilots Starters Returning/Lost: ....................................... 2/3 defeated 2017 British Basketball League runner-up Newcastle on a buzzer-beater by Newcomers/Returning Redshirts: ........................ 9/2 Franklin Porter, dropped a buzzer beater to BBL Champions Leicester, and posted two Head Coach: ............................................Terry Porter ..............................(1st year, UW-Stevens Point ‘85) comfortable wins against academy teams. Career Record/Years: .....................13-23 (.361)/2 • Saint Mary’s was the unanimous pick to win the WCC, according to head coaches in Record at School/Years: ............................... Same the league’s preseason poll. Gonzaga was second, while the Pilots were picked ninth. WCC Record/Years: ........................................2-16 • Portland signed prep senior Josh Phillips (Huntington Beach, Calif./Edison HS) to a Assistants: .................................Bob Cantu (2nd year) National Letter of Intent in November. Phillips (6-8, 190) is long and athletic post player .............................................. Ben Johnson (2nd year) that Portland targeted this summer. .........................................Kramer Knutson (2nd year) Dir. of Ops.: .................... Whitney Robison (2nd year) ABOUT NORTH CAROLINA Video Manager: ..........................Tim Grass (4th year) • The defending NCAA Champion Tar Heels (3-0) are ranked No. 9 in both the AP and Strength Coach: ................... Griffin Waller (2nd year) Athletic Trainer: ................Richard Bennett (9th year) Coaches Polls this week. Last year’s run marked the sixth NCAA title for the storied Team Chaplain: ........ Fr. Dan Parrish, C.S.C. (3rd year) program which boasts 20 NCAA Final Four appearances. GENERAL INFO • UNC posted home wins over Northern Iowa (86-69) and Bucknell (93-81), before visit- Location: ....................................................Portland, Ore. ing Stanford on Monday and winning by a 96-72 margin. Website: .................................. www.PortlandPilots.com • Luke Maye leads five players averaging double figures with 19.3 points and 9.3 National Affiliation: ................................ NCAA Division I rebounds per game. Joel Berry has averaged 18.5 points in two games since returning Conference: ................................................... West Coast from injury. Founded: ................................................................. 1901 • Hall of Fame head coach Roy Williams is in his 15th year at North Carolina and the Enrollment: ............................................................. 4,164 only coach in NCAA history with 400 wins at two schools (401 at UNC, 418 at Kansas). Nickname: .............................................................. Pilots • This is the first meeting between Portland and North Carolina. Colors: .................................................... Purple & White Home Court (Capacity): ..................Chiles Center (4,852) President: .......................... Rev. Mark L. Poorman, C.S.C. PORTLAND AT REGULAR SEASON TOURNAMENTS Athletics Director: ....................................... Scott Leykam Portland has taken part in various regular season tournaments throughout the years. Athletic Department Phone: .....................503-943-8420 The most notable Pilot appearance came at the 2009 Anaheim 76 Classic during Thanksgiving weekend. Portland crushed UCLA in the opener by a 74-47 margin, then Why The Pilots? defeated No.