MEN’S BASKETBALL NOTES UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND Sports Information Sports Information Director: Julie Lapomarda Chiles Center • 5000 N. Willamette Blvd. • Portland, Ore. 97203 Assistant SID: Jason Brough Phone: 503.943.7439/7731 • Fax: 503.943.7242 Intern: Adam Linnman Date: Dec. 21, 2003 • Portland Men’s Basketball • Portland vs. Oregon • Dec. 22 • 7:00 p.m. (PT) • Chiles Center (5,000) • Portland, Ore. 2003-04 SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME DATA: Portland returns home to Probable Starters DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULTS the Chiles Center to battle the Oregon No. Name Yr. Pos. NOVEMBER Ducks on Dec. 22 at 7:00 p.m. at the Chiles 4 Donald Wilson So. G/F 5 Basketball Travelers (Exhibition)W, 81-69 Center. 10 Andreas Gahlmann Jr. C 14 Concordia (Exhibition) W, 95-72 11 Pooh Jeter So. G 21 Boise State L, 76-66 15 Adam Quick Sr. G 25 Oregon State W, 97-89 (2OT) PILOTS ON TV: The Pilots’ game vs. the 44 Dustin Geddis Sr. F 29 Long Beach State W, 65-59 Oregon Ducks at the Chiles Center on Dec. 22 at 7:00 p.m. will air LIVE on the Oregon Off the Bench DECEMBER Sports Network (cable channel 14). No. Name Yr. Pos. 3 Brant Minor So. G 1 New Mexico W, 77-71 Joe Giansante will do the play-by-play 4 Nevada W, 86-70 13 Karl Aaker Jr. G/F 6 Portland State (RiverCity Rivalry) W, 60-53 and the color analyst for Portland’s game 14 Christopher JacksonFr. F/C 14 Duke (Fox Sports Net) L, 84-43 vs. Oregon is Rob Closs. 22 Sean Smith Fr. G 16 Weber State L, 58-51 23 Devin Peal Fr. G/F 19 Portland State L, 74-55 WHAT’S AHEAD: Portland hits the road 24 Dreshawn Vance Fr. F 2 2 Oregon (Oregon Sports Network)7:00 p.m. again on Sun., Dec. 28 to face Boise State 32 Patrick Galos Jr. F 28 Boise State 2:00 p.m. 34 Samario Clancy Fr. G 31 San Diego State 1:05 p.m. for a 2:00 p.m. tip-off. 45 Ben Sullivan* TR C 55 Casey Frandsen Sr. G JANUARY A QUICK LOOK AT PORTLAND: * will sit our this season due to 3 Northern Arizona 7:05 p.m. Poor shooting and turnovers continued to NCAA transfer rules 8 Loyola Marymount* 7:05 p.m. plague the University of Portland men’s 10 Pepperdine* (Fox Sports West2) 5:00 p.m. basketball team, as they dropped their third-straight game with a 74-55 loss to in-state 15 Saint Mary’s* 7:00 p.m 17 San Francisco* 7:00 p.m rival Portland State at the Stott Center on Fri., Dec. 19. The University of Portland men’s 2 3 Gonzaga* (Fox Sports NW/Bay Area) 7:30 p.m. basketball team dropped a 58-51 decision to Weber State at the Dee Events Center on 29 Santa Clara* 7:00 p.m. Tues., Dec. 16. Portland is on a three-game losing skid and currently posts a 5-4 overall 31 San Diego* 7:00 p.m. record heading into Monday’s game. The Pilots are currently No. 3 in the nation in three-point accuracy, shooting 40 percent FEBRUARY 5 Loyola Marymount* 7:00 p.m from behind the arc. Overall, the Pilots have connected on 63-of-158 attempts from three- 7 Pepperdine* 7:00 p.m point land. Pooh Jeter is also on fire from three-point land. Jeter is No. 13 in the country 12 Saint Mary’s* 7:05 p.m. with a 49.8 three-point field goal percentage. 14 San Francisco* 7:00 p.m. Sophomore Donald Wilson has twice been named a WCC Men’s Basketball Co-Player 18 Gonzaga* (Fox Sports NW) 7:30 p.m. of the Week in the 2003-04 season. 26 Santa Clara* 7:00 p.m 28 San Diego* 7:00 p.m Possible starters for the Pilots in the match-up with Oregon are: Donald Wilson (So., G/ F); Andreas Gahlmann (Jr., C); Adam Quick (Sr., G); Dustin Geddis (Sr., F) and Pooh Jeter MARCH (So., G). 4-8 WCC Tournament TBA The Pilots return all five starters, nine letterwinners and add six newcomers to this year’s roster. Last year, the Pilots finished the West Coast Conference regular-season in a (All Times Local To Site) three-way tie for sixth place. Portland ended its season with an 11-17 (.393) overall record 2003-04 and a 4-10 (.286) conference mark. The 11-17 (.393) overall record comprises the fourth- Overall Record ............................... 5-4 best win-loss record over the last 10 years. Portland’s 7-6 start in non-conference play WCC Record .................................... 0-0 was the best start since 2000-01 and surpassed the number of wins Portland posted in Home .............................................. 3-1 2001-02. The Pilots posted a 6-7 (.462) home record, a 5-9 (.357) away record and a 0-1 Away ................................................ 2-3 Neutral ............................................ 0-0 (.000) neutral site record in 2002-03. Head coach Michael Holton is the 19th head coach in school history. In three seasons, 2002-03 Holton has a 22-45 (.328) career overall record and a 6-22 (.214) career WCC record. His Overall Record ............................ 11-17 2002-03 team almost doubled the win output from the previous season and no one will WCC Record ................................... 4-10 forget the Pilots’ 72-68 wire-to-wire win last season over WCC rival Gonzaga in front of a Home ............................................... 6-7 sell out crowd at the Kennel in Spokane, Wash. Away ................................................. 5-9 Portland returns two players selected to the 2002-03 all-West Coast Conference Men’s Neutral ............................................. 0-1 Basketball Team. Casey Frandsen and Donald Wilson, were 2002-03 honorable mention all-WCC picks. In a vote of the league’s eight head coaches, the Pilots are picked to finish in seventh- place in this year’s WCC race. www.portlandpilots.com UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND 2003-04 Men’s Basketball Quick Facts CHECKING OUT OREGON: Oregon comes off an 87-86 loss to Alabama at the General Information Thomas & Mack Center’s Las Vegas Showdown on Sat., Dec. 20. The loss dropped Mailing Address: ........... 5000 N. Willamette Blvd. Oregon’s overall record to 4-2. Monday’s game will be the Ducks’ final non-conference ...................................... Portland, OR 97203-5798 Website: ........................... www.portlandpilots.com match-up of the 2003-04 season. Oregon is currently 3-0 at home, 0-0 away and 1-2 at a National Affiliation: ................... NCAA Division I neutral site. A three-game road swing begins next week when the Ducks start Pac-10 play. Conference: ........................................... West Coast Flashing back to the last time the Ducks faced the Pilots, the low point of this young Founded: ............................................................1901 decade came at the Chiles Center during the 2001-02 season when a talented and veteran Enrollment: .................................................... 3,200 Duck squad helplessly watched every bounce go Portland’s way (including a memorable Nickname: ...................................................... Pilots second half UP shot off the top of the backboard that fell in for a three) in a stunning 79- Colors: ..................... Purple (PMS 268) and White Home Court/Capacity: ....... Chiles Center (5,000) 78 loss. But that setback served to refocus the future Pac-10 Champions, who would not President: ..... Rev. E. William Beauchamp, C.S.C. lose again in the State of Oregon for more than a year (winning 22 straight), on the way to Athletic Director: ..................................... Joe Etzel the NCAA Elite 8. SWA: ........................................... Christina Van Tol The Ducks return two starters and eight letterwinners from last year’s NCAA First Academic Advisor Sr., Mary Kay Lampert, S.N.J.M. Round team that went 23-10 overall, 10-8 (5th) in Pac-10 play. Head coach Ernie Kent Faculty Athletic Rep. ........ Robert W. Duff, Ph. D Ticket Manager .................................. Aaron Jones enters his seventh season at the helm with a 117-68 record at Oregon and a 207-148 career Ticket Office Phone: .................. (503) 943-7525 record. Oregon Quick hits: Rebounding. The Ducks have out-rebounded the opposition in Sports Information four of six games, including their biggest advantage of the season 34-20 (plus-14) Sports Information Director (MBX Contact): Julie Lapomarda Wednesday night against Santa Clara. Oregon forged a slight edge against Kansas (43- E-mail: ........................................ [email protected] Office Phone: ............................... (503) 943-7731 41) and overcame early first half disadvantages to post positive numbers in its first two Home Phone: ............................... (503) 784-9700 games. UO was slightly outrebounded (33-30) Dec. 6 against Marshall -- though shooting Assistant SID: ..................................... Jason Brough a season-best 53 percent from the field will certainly drop your rebound numbers. Depth Office Phone: ............................... (503) 943-7439 (or Oregon’s 11). When healthy, Oregon will go 11 players deep. Ten players are averag- Home Phone: ............................... (503) 289-3861 ing at least 8.0 minutes per game, and eight guys average 16.5 minutes or more per game. E-mail: ............................................ [email protected] But no one -- aside from All-America candidate Luke Jackson -- is averaging more than 30 Intern: .............................................Adam Linnman E-mail: .......................................... [email protected] minutes per game. All-America and Pac-10 player of the year candidate Luke Jackson Office Phone: ..................... (503) 943-7439/7731 enters the game as the conference’s active career leader in points (1,442), rebounds (565) SID Fax: ........................................ (503) 943-7242 and games played (101) and is second in assists (306). Awesome Aussie. Forward Ian Press Row Phone: ........................ (503) 943-7527 Crosswhite has scored 10 or more points in each game this season, while hitting 91.2 percent at the free throw line.