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#4 PORTLAND PILOTS Schedule
Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record
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11/06/51 Western Carolina 19-13 95 W 84-78 1-0
11/07/51 Houston 20-10 31 W 83-72 2-0
11/08/51 #6 California 24-6 2 W 80-70 3-0
11/11/51 at North Carolina Wesleyan 17-12 158 W 77-67 4-0
11/16/51 at Niagara 21-10 48 L 92-83 4-1
11/19/51 at #3 Southern California 25-4 3 L 82-79 4-2
11/24/51 at Hofstra 22-10 30 L 118-86 4-3
11/30/51 North Texas 21-7 42 W 79-66 5-3
12/03/51 Virginia Tech 18-11 45 W 73-64 6-3
12/07/51 Evansville 20-11 37 W 100-65 7-3
12/09/51 at Holy Cross 18-12 131 W 84-54 8-3
12/14/51 at Washington (Mo.) 14-15 339 W 78-64 9-3
12/17/51 at Texas A&M-CC 20-12 114 W 89-81 10-3
12/22/51 at Stanford 19-10 14 L 84-77 10-4
12/29/51 at Wichita State 20-11 91 L 79-65 10-5
12/31/51 at Fordham 12-17 294 W 70-42 11-5
01/04/52 Loyola Marymount 14-15 129 W 90-78 12-5 (1-0)
01/06/52 at #23 San Diego 21-9 40 L 77-64 12-6 (1-1)
01/11/52 Denver 14-15 186 W 91-72 13-6 (2-1)
01/13/52 Seattle 19-13 67 W 80-72 14-6 (3-1)
01/18/52 at Seattle 19-13 67 L 83-61 14-7 (3-2)
01/20/52 at Brigham Young 16-13 100 W 82-79 15-7 (4-2)
01/25/52 at Santa Clara 13-16 147 W 75-59 16-7 (5-2)
01/27/52 Saint Mary's 14-17 149 W 85-58 17-7 (6-2)
02/01/52 at Denver 14-15 186 W 96-77 18-7 (7-2)
02/03/52 Pacific 22-10 19 W 98-53 19-7 (8-2)
02/08/52 at Loyola Marymount 14-15 129 W 91-64 20-7 (9-2)
02/10/52 San Francisco 9-20 256 W 93-76 21-7 (10-2)
02/15/52 Brigham Young 16-13 100 W 81-67 22-7 (11-2)
02/17/52 at #19 Pepperdine 24-8 27 W 94-60 23-7 (12-2)
02/22/52 at Gonzaga 19-11 54 W 57-47 24-7 (13-2)
02/24/52 #23 San Diego 21-9 40 W 92-69 25-7 (14-2)
03/02/52 vs. #23 San Diego 21-9 40 W 86-77 26-7
03/03/52 vs. Pacific 22-10 19 W 84-47 27-7
Portland is the #2 seed in the West region. Nebraska State and Texas A&M-CC both made the NIT. UCLA is in the NCAAs again as a 7-seed in the West region after going 20-11 this year. If we win our respective first round matchups, we'll face each other in the 2nd round.
NCAA TOURNAMENT
The AD only expects us to make the Sweet 16. What a difference a conference makes.
1st round: vs. 15-seed Ball State (W, 98-51)
2nd round: vs. 7-seed UCLA (W, 61-43)
Obviously this is as about as horrible a matchup as you could want, in the sense that we know them very well, but realize that they were woefully underseeded no matter what anyone says. This game will end up as a referendum on whether or not the program should've let Sue Muldowney go. Portland fans won't see it that way win or lose, but UCLA fans will care and so, Muldowney has a lot at stake in this game personally.
Sweet 16: vs. 3-seed West Virginia (W, 65-63)
Once again, Sue Muldowney stands in the way of her former player Aiyana Taylor's path to a Final Four. "I can't lie. Part of me hates when I have to play her. She deserves everything and whenever we have to face each other in these situations, I feel like I'd rather be rooting for her than coaching against her," said Muldowney.
For her part, Taylor said that she "feels no kind of stress at all. Coach prepared me for these moments years and years ago. And it's not even about us, it's about those girls on the court."
For the 2nd straight year, another WCC team is also in the Elite 8 in the form of 10th seed Gonzaga in the East region.
Elite 8: vs. 1-seed USC
Code:
Portland 88, Southern California 78
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Portland (31-7, 14-2):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Teagan Leeds C 37 9-11 8-12 1 5 1 1 26
Ivy Kamp SF 37 7-15 6-8 0 13 3 1 21
Michelle Smith PF 26 2-5 4-4 4 7 2 4 8
Kaylynn Mendiola SG 29 5-11 2-4 3 6 2 4 13
Jessica Ledesma PG 37 4-10 4-4 2 5 9 4 14
Bailey Bennett PG 19 0-1 4-4 0 2 2 1 4
Lisa Robertson SG 5 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
Brianna King PF 10 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 2
Jamie Carrizales C 2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
Turnovers: 14 (T.Leeds 2, I.Kamp 2, M.Smith 2,
K.Mendiola 4, J.Ledesma 2, L.Robertson 2)
Blocked Shots: 11 (T.Leeds 7, I.Kamp 2, M.Smith 1,
J.Ledesma 1)
Steals: 1 (K.Mendiola 1)
3P FGs: 4-18 (I.Kamp 1-6, K.Mendiola 1-3, J.Ledesma
2-8, B.Bennett 0-1)
Southern California (30-5, 15-3):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Angel Walker C 21 4-4 0-0 4 5 1 5 8
Alayah Pulley PF 20 3-8 0-0 5 11 2 5 6
M. Deleaulcourt SF 33 7-21 1-2 1 3 4 4 19
S. Willhite SG 29 8-18 5-5 0 2 1 5 23
Mikaela Medley PG 27 4-9 0-0 3 5 4 1 9
Ellie Lawson PG 13 1-1 0-1 1 2 3 0 2
Ximena Session PF 16 2-6 0-0 1 1 0 2 5
Liliana Wilson SF 16 1-8 0-0 2 4 1 0 2
Chloe Fiore C 12 2-5 0-2 3 5 0 3 4
Lilly James PF 9 0-2 0-0 1 3 0 2 0
Kelsey Piercy C 3 0-1 0-0 1 1 1 0 0
Turnovers: 7 (A.Walker 2, A.Pulley 1, M.Deleaulcourt 1,
M.Medley 2, L.James 1)
Blocked Shots: 1 (C.Fiore 1)
Steals: 6 (A.Pulley 1, M.Deleaulcourt 2, M.Medley 1,
E.Lawson 1, L.Wilson 1)
3P FGs: 8-30 (M.Deleaulcourt 4-8, S.Willhite 2-5,
M.Medley 1-5, X.Session 1-4, L.Wilson 0-5, C.Fiore
0-2, L.James 0-1)
Player of Game: C Teagan Leeds (PORTL)
For the first time in 11 years, a Sue Muldowney led team will be headed to the Final Four. Joining them will be 10th seeded Gonzaga out of the East Region. The head coach of that team? Former Nebraska State head coach and Muldowney disciple Juliette Chaplin. She is in her first year at Gonzaga. It's their first Final Four in school history. 3rd seed Duke will take on Portland and 2nd seed Indiana State, who are also in their first Final Four will take on the Zags in the other semi-final.