Portland vs. UCSB basketball

wrv wrote:At the outset of this season I recall there was some musing about who would start at the point, or that Waterford might well get limited minutes. Waterford may not offer a great deal of flash and pizzaz, but he certainly gets us into our offense. He appears to be a steady hand at the helm and has, to this point, been the better option at the point.

wrv wrote:At the outset of this season I recall there was some musing about who would start at the point, or that Waterford might well get limited minutes. Waterford may not offer a great deal of flash and pizzaz, but he certainly gets us into our offense. He appears to be a steady hand at the helm and has, to this point, been the better option at the point.

Pilots Cruise Past UC Santa Barbara Behind Stohl’s 26 Points
PORTLAND, Ore. --- Senior Jared Stohl drilled six three-pointers and scored a season-high 26 points as the Portland Pilots led from start-to-finish in a 75-63 rout of UC Santa Barbara Saturday night at the Chiles Center. Portland led by as much as 25 points in the first period after holding the Gauchos to 15 points before halftime.

The Pilots (5-2) improve to 4-0 at the Chiles Center this season and have yet to trail on their home court. The Gauchos (2-3), an NCAA Tournament team last year with all five starters returning, suffered their largest defeat of the season.

Senior forward Luke Sikma recorded his third double-double of the season with 12 points and 13 rebounds, while matching his career high with seven assists. Juniors Eric Waterford and Nemanja Mitrovic added 11 points each for the Pilots.

Portland forced 16 turnovers by the Gauchos in the first half en route to a 37-15 lead at the break. The Pilots gained a 16-3 edge in points off of turnovers in the period and made 8-of-16 three-pointers.

UCSB would score 48 second-half points, but the deficit never got closer than nine points. A three-pointer by Kyle Boswell with 5:18 remaining made it 60-51, but Waterford answered with a three of his own on the ensuing Portland possession to spark a 10-2 run. The spurt was finished by Stohl’s sixth three-pointer of the night with 3:10 left.

Stohl entered the game leading the nation with 22 three-pointers made and extended his margin with a 6-for-9 performance on Saturday. He is looking to become the first player in NCAA history to lead the nation in three-point percentage in two separate seasons. After posting a nation’s best 47.8 percent last year, he is 28-for-54 (.519) early on this season.

UCSB was led by James Nunnally with 22 points and 11 rebounds. Guard Orlando Johnson came into the game averaging 26.3 points, sixth nationally, but was held to 18 points on 6-of-13 shooting and committed five turnovers.

Portland will return to the court on Tuesday to host the Saint Louis Billikens (3-2), coached by Rick Majerus. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the Chiles Center.

NOTES: Jared Stohl made his first 22 free throw attempts of the season before missing the second of two attempts with 4:37 remaining … Stohl also moved into fifth place in WCC history for career three-pointers made (273) and trails Craig Davis (Pepperdine, 1985-90) by one for fourth place … Nemanja Mitrovic came off the bench today while nursing a knee injury suffered at Washington State on Tuesday … Luke Sikma recorded his 13th career double-double … Portland has led by at least 20 points in each of its four true home games at the Chiles Center this season.



Newspaper Box Score

UC Santa Barbara vs Portland

11/27/10 7:00 PM at Portland, Ore. (Chiles Center)

At Portland, Ore. (Chiles Center)

PORTLAND 75, UC SANTA BARBARA 63

UC SANTA BARBARA (2-3)

Nunnally, James 7-15 6-6 22; Johnson, Orlando 6-13 3-3 18; Serna, Jaime 3-5

2-2 8; Somogyi, Greg 3-3 0-0 6; Boswell, Kyle 1-3 0-0 3; Brew, Will 1-4 1-1

3; Leaf, Troy 1-4 0-0 3; Pastorek, Jon 0-1 0-0 0; Devenny, Lucas 0-0 0-0 0;

Joyner, Justin 0-0 0-0 0; Weiner, Jordan 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 22-50 12-12 63.

PORTLAND (5-2)

STOHL, Jared 6-10 8-9 26; SIKMA, Luke 4-10 4-4 12; MITROVIC, Nemanja 3-8 2-2

11; WATERFORD, Eric 4-9 0-3 11; KNUTSON, Kramer 2-4 5-7 9; HANNIBAL, Jasonn

2-2 0-0 4; BARKER, Riley 0-2 2-2 2; NICHOLAS, Ryan 0-1 0-0 0; RODGERS,

Derrick 0-1 0-0 0; DOUGLAS, Tim 0-0 0-0 0; RILEY, Tanner 0-2 0-0 0. Totals

21-49 21-27 75.

UC Santa Barbara.............. 15 48 - 63

Portland...................... 37 38 - 75

3-point goals--UC Santa Barbara 7-24 (Johnson, Orlando 3-7; Nunnally, James

2-7; Leaf, Troy 1-3; Boswell, Kyle 1-2; Weiner, Jordan 0-2; Brew, Will 0-3),

Portland 12-24 (STOHL, Jared 6-9; MITROVIC, Nemanja 3-7; WATERFORD, Eric

3-6; RILEY, Tanner 0-2). Fouled out--UC Santa Barbara-Serna, Jaime,

Portland-None. Rebounds--UC Santa Barbara 30 (Nunnally, James 11), Portland

30 (SIKMA, Luke 13). Assists--UC Santa Barbara 14 (Johnson, Orlando 4),

Portland 16 (SIKMA, Luke 7). Total fouls--UC Santa Barbara 21, Portland 14.

Technical fouls--UC Santa Barbara-None, Portland-None. A-1389

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