2017-18 PORTLAND STATE VIKINGS SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time W-L N.5 EVERGREEN STATE (EXH) W, 122-67 NBCSNW 2017-18 Portland State Vikings Basketball • Game 10 Notes N.11 at Portland W, 80-75 1-0 N.14 WILLAMETTE W, 111-60 2-0 N.18 at UC Riverside W, 94-82 3-0 PORTLAND STATE VIKINGS vs. SANTA CLARA BRONCOS N.20 UTAH STATE (MC) W, 83-79 4-0 Saturday, December 9, 2017, 7 p.m. • Leavey Center (4,700), Santa Clara, CA PK80 TOURNAMENT presented by State Farm PORTLAND STATE VIKINGS GAME BREAKDOWN N.23 vs. #1 Duke ESPN L, 81-99 4-1 N.24 vs. Butler ESPNU L, 69-71 4-2 2017-18 Record: 7-2 TEAM STATS PSU SC ESPNU Head Coach: Barret Peery (7-2/1st year) Scoring Average 91.6 74.3 N.26 vs. Stanford W, 87-78 5-2 SANTA CLARA BRONCOS Opp. Scoring Avg. 74.5 70.0 D.2 PORTLAND BIBLE W, 125-50 6-2 FG Percentage .455 .470 D.6 at Loyola Marymount W, 94-85 7-2 2017-18 Record: 3-5 3-pt Percentage .389 .383 Head Coach: Herb Sendek (20-21/2nd year/433-316/24th year) D.9 at Santa Clara 7 p.m. 3-pt FG per game 10.7 9.0 D.13 at Oregon 7 p.m. Pac-12 Live Video and Audio: TheW.tv FT Percentage .682 .740 D.16 LINFIELD 1 p.m. Live Stats: www.ViksLive.com Rebounding +/- -0.4 -3.0 D.21 at California 8 p.m. Pac-12 Turnover +/- +9.8 +3.8 BIG SKY CONFERENCE GAMES THE OPENING TIP D.30 at Sacramento State* 7:05 p.m. J.4 at Eastern Washington* 6:05 p.m. Portland State will go after a sweep of its three West Coast Conference opponents in non-conference play this J.6 at Idaho* 7 p.m. Eleven Saturday when the Vikings take on the Santa Clara Broncos. PSU comes off a 94-85 win Wednesday night at Loyola Marymount. Coupled with a Nov. 11 win at Portland, J.11 MONTANA STATE* 8 p.m. the Vikings are 2-0 against the WCC. More important, the Vikings are 7-2 overall which matches their best nine-game J.13 MONTANA* 1 p.m. record as a Division I program and member of the Big Sky Conference. PSU has won three games in a row and is also J.18 at Idaho State* 6 p.m. PT 3-0 on the road. J.20 at Weber State* 6 p.m. PT Santa Clara is 3-5 overall, 3-2 at home. The Broncos share no common opponents with the Vikings but Portland J.27 SACRAMENTO STATE* 1 p.m. State Head Coach Barret Peery will have a chance to match strategies with his former mentor, Herb Sendek. Peery was F.1 IDAHO* 8 p.m. an associate head coach for Sendek last season with the Broncos, and also his assistant at Arizona State in 2014-15. F.3 EASTERN WASHINGTON* 1 p.m. The Broncos have not played since Dec. 2 so they will have had a full week to prepare for the Vikings. F.8 at Montana* 6 p.m. PT Wednesday’s win at LMU should not be underestimated. It marked the start of a brutal stretch of road games F.10 at Montana State* 1 p.m. PT (seven of eight) that includes two WCC opponents, two Pac-12 opponents and the first three Big Sky Conference games. F.15 WEBER STATE* 8 p.m. Portland State’s pressure befuddled the Lions, forcing them into 33 turnovers on the night. The Vikings converted F.17 IDAHO STATE* 1 p.m. those into 34 points in a game in which they never trailed. SR G Bryce Canda matched his career high with 20 points F.22 at Southern Utah* 5:30 p.m. PT and set a new career high with 13 rebounds. He added four assists and three steals. FR G Holland Woods also had a F.24 at Northern Arizona* 5:30 p.m. PT FSN-AZ career high with 20 points as well as four assists and three steals off the bench. JR F Jamie Orme came off the bench M.1 NORTHERN COLORADO* 8 p.m. for a great all-around game with nine points, six rebounds, six steals and three blocked shots. M.3 NORTH DAKOTA* 1 p.m. The only other time Portland State had a nine-game record of 7-2 was in 2008-09. That team lost game 10 to go 7-3, so this year’s version of the Vikings has a chance for its best 10-game mark in 22 seasons as a member of the Big BIG SKY CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT, Reno, NV Sky Conference. M.6 1st round (if necessary) The Vikings are 3-0 in home games, 3-0 in road games and 1-2 in neutral site games so far. Portland State cur- M.8 Quarterfinals rently owns the best non-conference mark of any team in the Big Sky Conference. M.9 Semifinals PSU’s game at Santa Clara will be available via live stream at the www.TheW.tv. Live stats are available at www. M.10 Championship ViksLive.com. * Big Sky Conference game • All home games at Lewis and Clark College except (MC) at Memorial Coliseum COMING UP The Vikings are in the midst of playing seven of eight games on the road, leading into the first two weeks of Big 2017-18 BIG SKY Sky Conference play. PSU’s game with Santa Clara is the second in that eight-game stretch. Looking ahead are games CONFERENCE STANDINGS at Oregon (Dec. 13) and Cal (Dec. 21) before Christmas. Sandwiched in is a Dec. 16 home game against Linfield. Big Sky Conference play begins at Sacramento State (Dec. 30), followed by games at Eastern continued on page 3 (as of Dec. 6) Big Sky Season Portland State 0-0 7-2 2017-18 PORTLAND STATE VIKINGS LINEUP Idaho 0-0 6-2 PROBABLE STARTERS Pos Hgt Yr ppg, rpg, apg Notes Hometown Northern Colorado 0-0 6-3 11 Deante Strickland G 5-11 JR 5.8, 2.2, 3.7 .452 3-pt FG% Portland, OR Montana 0-0 5-3 3 Deontae North G 6-4 SR 17.9, 4.0, 3.4 leads team in scoring Corona, CA Southern Utah 0-0 5-3 0 Bryce Canda G 6-4 SR 17.2, 7.4, 2.7 20 pts, 13 reb, 4 ast, 3 st vs. LMU Portland, OR Montana State 0-0 6-4 1 Brandon Hollins F 6-6 SR 7.3, 5.2, 0.2 14 pts (4-5 FG, 6-6 FT), 4 reb vs. LMU St. Louis, MO Weber State 0-0 4-4 44 Ryan Edwards C 7-1 SR 7.4, 3.3, 0.5 team-high 14 blocked shots Kalispell, MT North Dakota 0-0 4-4 Eastern Washington 0-0 3-5 OFF THE BENCH 5 Traylin Farris F 6-8 SR 8.5, 4.3, 1.5 DNP-ankle sprain vs. LMU Pearland, TX Idaho State 0-0 2-5 23 Holland Woods G 6-0 FR 10.2, 3.2, 4.9 20 pts, 4 ast, 3 st vs. LMU Phoenix, AZ Sacramento State 0-0 2-7 2 Michael Mayhew G 6-2 JR 10.8, 2.1, 1.6 12 pts vs. LMU Flower Mound, TX Northern Arizona 0-0 2-7 13 Jamie Orme F 6-7 JR 5.4, 4.5, 0.8 9 pts, 6 reb, 6 st, 3 blk vs. LMU Seattle, WA Contact: Mike Lund 4 Brendan Rumel F 6-10 SO 4.8, 2.3, 0.0 .583 FG%, .833 FT% Tucson, AZ Associate AD/Media and Communications 10 Devyn Wilson G 6-3 JR 1.8, 0.5, 0.3 played in four games Brooklyn, NY 503.725.5602 • [email protected] • @mikelund65 30 Vonte Carter G 6-2 JR 7.0, 0.3, 0.0 played in three games Portland, OR The Viking Basketball Media Guide can be found at 15 Braxton Tucker F 6-6 SR NA injured - knee Tacoma, WA www.GoViks.com. Click on the basketball link, then the media guide link at the top of the basketball page. 2017-18 Viking Basketball • 1 VIKING QUICK FACTS 2017-18 PORTLAND STATE VIKINGS ROSTER No. Name Pos. Hgt. Wgt. Yr. Exp. Hometown (Schools) _______________ School_________________ Portland State University 0 Bryce Canda G 6-4 200 SR 1V Portland, OR (Grant HS/Central Wyoming JC) Location ________________________ Portland, OR Founded ______________________________1946 1 Brandon Hollins F 6-6 200 SR 1V St. Louis, MO (Jennings HS/Paris JC) Enrollment __________________________ 28,407 2 Michael Mayhew G 6-2 195 JR 1V Flower Mound, TX (Marcus HS/Hill (TX) College) Nickname ___________________________ Vikings 3 Deontae North G 6-4 190 SR 1V Corona, CA (Centennial HS/Long Beach St./South Plains (TX) JC) Colors _ Green (PMS 3435C), White, Silver (PMS 877C) 4 Brendan Rumel F 6-10 235 SO 1V Tucson, AZ (Rincon HS) National Affiliation _____________ NCAA Division I 5 Traylin Farris C 6-8 225 SR 1V Pearland, TX (Manvel HS/Incarnate Word/Odessa (TX) JC) Conference __________________________ Big Sky President ________________ Dr. Rahmat Shoureshi 10 Devyn Wilson G 6-3 175 JR JC Brooklyn, NY (South Shore HS/Panola (TX) College) Director of Athletics ______________ Valerie Cleary 11 Deante Strickland G 5-10 175 JR JC Portland, OR (Central Catholic HS/Casper (WY) College) Home Court 13 Jamie Orme F 6-7 200 JR JC Seattle, WA (O’Dea HS/Highline CC) (2017-18 only) _____Lewis and Clark College/2,200 15 Braxton Tucker F 6-6 220 SR 2V Tacoma, WA (Spanaway Lake HS/North Idaho JC) (coming in 2018-19) Viking Pavilion/approx.