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 2 Notes N.11 at Portland W, 80-75 1-0 N.14 WILLAMETTE 8 p.m. N.18 at UC Riverside 4 p.m. PORTLAND STATE VIKINGS vs. WILLAMETTE BEARCATS N.20 UTAH STATE (MC) 7 p.m. Tuesday, November 14, 2017, 8 p.m. • Lewis and Clark College (2,200), Portland, OR PK80 TOURNAMENT presented by State Farm PORTLAND STATE VIKINGS GAME BREAKDOWN N.23 vs. Duke ESPN 1:30 p.m. ESPN N.24 vs. Butler/Texas Noon or 2:30 p.m. ESPNU 2017-18 Record: 1-0 TEAM STATS PSU WILL N.26 vs. Florida/Stanford/Gonzaga/Ohio State ESPNU Head Coach: Barret Peery (1-0/1st year) Scoring Average 80.0 NA WILLAMETTE BEARCATS Opp. Scoring Avg. 75.0 NA D.2 PORTLAND BIBLE 1 p.m. FG Percentage .400 NA D.6 at Loyola Marymount 7 p.m. 2017-18 Record: 0-0 3-pt Percentage .476 NA D.9 at Santa Clara 7 p.m. Head Coach: Kip Ioane (53-148/9th year) 3-pt FG per game 10.0 NA D.13 at Oregon 7 p.m. Pac-12 Live Streaming Video and Audio: Pluto TV Channel 232 (www.pluto.tv), FT Percentage .452 NA D.16 LINFIELD 1 p.m. www.WatchBigSky.com • Play-by-play: Tom Hewitt Rebounding +/- +4.0 NA D.21 at California 8 p.m. Pac-12 Live Stats: www.ViksLive.com Turnover +/- +4.0 NA BIG SKY CONFERENCE GAMES D.30 at Sacramento State* 7:05 p.m. THE OPENING TIP J.4 at Eastern Washington* 6:05 p.m. The Portland State Vikings will open their home schedule on a high, following a season-opening road win at J.6 at Idaho* 7 p.m. Eleven Portland on Saturday night. The Vikings host Willamette University on Tuesday at Lewis and Clark College in an 8 p.m. J.11 MONTANA STATE* 8 p.m. contest. J.13 MONTANA* 1 p.m. The game with Willamette is the first of 13 home contests for the Vikings this season. Portland State is using Lewis and Clark as a temporary home while Viking Pavilion construction is completed on the PSU campus. J.18 at Idaho State* 6 p.m. PT Head Coach Barret Peery’s squad is feeling pretty good after a come-from-behind win at Portland. The first-year J.20 at Weber State* 6 p.m. PT Viking mentor introduced his style of basketball to the faithful - a relentless 94-foot pressure game - that ultimately J.27 SACRAMENTO STATE* 1 p.m. led to a win in the opener. The Vikings trailed 75-68 with 2:33 to play, but scored the last 12 points of the game to win. F.1 IDAHO* 8 p.m. PSU forced two key Pilot turnovers down the stretch and converted them to fast-break layins. Then SR G Bryce Canda F.3 EASTERN WASHINGTON* 1 p.m. buried a go-ahead three-pointer with 34.3 seconds left to put the Vikings up for good at 78-75. F.8 at Montana* 6 p.m. PT Canda scored a game-high 18 points, leading five Vikings in double figures. And while PSU did not shoot partic- F.10 at Montana State* 1 p.m. PT ularly well (40% FG, 45% FT), the team was strong in the areas Peery has emphasized; forcing opponent turnovers (17 F.15 WEBER STATE* 8 p.m. for 19 Viking points) and offensive rebounding (26 for 26 second-chance points). F.17 IDAHO STATE* 1 p.m. Now the Vikings face Division III Willamette in the first of two games this week. PSU will travel to UC Riverside F.22 at Southern Utah* 5:30 p.m. PT on the weekend. Willamette is one of four home opponents on the non-conference schedule. F.24 at Northern Arizona* 5:30 p.m. PT FSN-AZ A live video stream of the game is available at www.pluto.tv (channel 232) and www.WatchBigSky.com. Live M.1 NORTHERN COLORADO* 8 p.m. stats are available at www.ViksLive.com. M.3 NORTH DAKOTA* 1 p.m. BIG SKY CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT, Reno, NV COMING UP M.6 1st round (if necessary) Portland State plays at UC Riverside on Saturday night. It will be the first of five games over a nine-day stretch M.8 Quarterfinals for PSU. The Vikings will host Utah State at Memorial Coliseum next Monday, then take part in the PK80 Tournament at M.9 Semifinals the Rose Quarter, Nov. 23-26. PSU battles top-ranked Duke on Thanksgiving Day, then TBA opponents on Nov. 24 and M.10 Championship 26. The Utah State game marks the first time that Portland State has used Memorial Coliseum as a home court since * Big Sky Conference game • All home games at Lewis and Clark College except (MC) at Memorial Coliseum Mar. 5, 2005 - a Big Sky Conference Tournament semifinal game against Weber State. Portland State has four home games, six road games and three neutral site games during the non-conference schedule. However, eight of the 13 non-conference games will be played within the city of Portland. 2017-18 BIG SKY continued on page 3 CONFERENCE STANDINGS (as of Nov. 12) Big Sky Season 2017-18 PORTLAND STATE VIKINGS LINEUP Portland State 0-0 1-0 PROBABLE STARTERS Pos Hgt Yr ppg, rpg, apg Notes Hometown Weber State 0-0 1-0 11 Deante Strickland G 5-11 JR 5.0, 3.0, 2.0 started first game as a Viking Portland, OR Montana 0-0 1-0 0 Bryce Canda G 6-4 SR 18.0, 4.0, 1.0 hit go-ahead 3-pt at Portland Portland, OR Montana State 0-0 1-0 3 Deontae North G 6-4 SR 14.0, 5.0, 3.0 played team-high 34 minutes at UP Corona, CA North Dakota 0-0 1-1 30 Traylin Farris F 6-8 SR 11.0, 12.0, 4.0 third career double-double at UP Pearland, TX Eastern Washington 0-0 1-1 44 Ryan Edwards C 7-1 SR 12.0, 4.0, 1.0 started first game as a Viking Kalispell, MT Idaho 0-0 0-1 OFF THE BENCH Sacramento State 0-0 0-1 23 Holland Woods G 6-0 FR 10.0, 2.0, 1.0 played 27 minutes at UP Phoenix, AZ Northern Colorado* 0-0 0-1 1 Brandon Hollins F 6-6 SR 5.0, 4.0, 0.0 played 11 minutes at UP St. Louis, MO Northern Arizona 0-0 0-1 2 Michael Mayhew G 6-2 JR 5.0, 2.0, 3.0 played 15 minutes at UP Flower Mound, TX Idaho State 0-0 0-1 13 Jamie Orme F 6-7 JR 0.0, 3.0, 0.0 played 3 minutes at UP Seattle, WA Southern Utah 0-0 0-2 4 Brendan Rumel F 6-10 SO 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 played 1 minute at UP Tucson, AZ Contact: Mike Lund 10 Devyn Wilson G 6-3 JR NA DNP-CD at UP Brooklyn, NY Associate AD/Media and Communications 30 Vonte Carter G 6-2 JR NA DNP-CD at UP Portland, OR 503.725.5602 • [email protected] • @mikelund65 15 Braxton Tucker F 6-6 SR NA injured - knee Tacoma, WA The Viking Basketball Media Guide can be found at 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. 3,000 23 Holland Woods G 6-0 170 FR HS Phoenix, AZ (Apollo HS) 25 Derek Brown G 6-0 170 JR JC Seattle, WA (Auburn Riverside HS/Everett (WA) CC) COACHING STAFF 30 Vonte Carter G 6-2 170 JR JC Portland, OR (Benson Tech/Eastern Arizona College) Head Coach _____________________ Barret Peery 44 Ryan Edwards C 7-1 290 SR TR Kalispell, MT (Glacier HS/Gonzaga) Alma Mater ______________ Southern Utah/1996 RS Tyrell Henderson G 6-3 180 SO 1V Tempe, AZ (Corona del Sol HS) Division I Record _________________1-0/1st year Junior College Record __________ 178-30/6 years HEAD COACH: Barret Peery (1st year/Southern Utah, 1996) Assistant Coach __________________ Jase Coburn ASSISTANT COACHES: Jase Coburn (5th year/Arizona State, 2006) Alma Mater _________ Arizona State, ‘06/5th year Chris Skinkis (2nd year/Wisconsin-Parkside, 2006) Assistant Coach __________________ Chris Skinkis Alma Mater _____Wisconsin-Parkside, ‘06/2nd year Kahil Fennell (1st year/Redlands, 2004) Assistant Coach __________________ Kahil Fennell DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS: Ron Fudala (1st year/Carnegie Mellon, 2014) Alma Mater _____________ Redlands, ‘04/1st year TEAM MANAGER: Trent Lawton Director of Basketball Operations ______ Ron Fudala TEAM ATHLETIC TRAINER: Jim Wallis Team Athletic Trainer _________________ Jim Wallis NAME PRONUNCIATIONS Kahil Fennel kuh-HILL fen-NELL Deante Strickland DEE-on-tay Deontae North DEE-on-tay Vonte Carter VON-tay TEAM INFORMATION Brendan Rumel RUM-ul Jamie Orme ORM 2016-17 Season Record __________________ 15-16 Big Sky Conference Record _____________ 7-11/8th TICKETS MEDIA RELATIONS Big Sky Tournament ___________Quarterfinals (1-1) Season tickets begin at $150 for general admis- Media Relations Director ______________Mike Lund Letterwinners Returning/Lost ________________ 8/5 sion, $250 for reserved seats.