Portland vs. Washington 12/6 7 pm FSN NW

Pilots Visit No. 22 Washington Monday Night

Portland Pilots (7-2) at #22 Washington Huskies (5-2)
December 6, 2010 • 7 PM • Seattle, Wash. (Bank of America Arena – 10,000)
Television: FSN NW
Radio: 800 AM (KPDQ)
Live Audio: PortlandPilots.com
Series: UW leads 12-2
Last Meeting: UW 89, UP 54 (2009-10 at UW)

This Week in Pilots Hoops…
The Portland Pilots (7-2) visit the No. 22-ranked Washington Huskies on Monday night in the
second of four consecutive road games for Portland. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. (PST) at Bank
of America Arena. Portland enters the game having won three straight after dealing the Montana
Grizzlies a 58-54 loss in Missoula, Mont. on Friday. Washington (5-2) has yet to lose to an unranked
opponent and puts its 24-game home non-conference win streak on the line.

Game Coverage
Monday’s game will be televised live on FSN Northwest with Kevin Calabro and Lenny Wilkens
providing the commentary. All Portland games will be aired live on the radio in the Portland market
on 800 AM (KPDQ) with Bill Johnson providing the play-by-play, including a 30-minute pregame
show. The feed will be simulcast online at PortlandPilots.com.

About Washington
• The Huskies (5-2) defeated Texas Tech on Saturday, 108-79, marking the fourth time in seven
games that UW has reach 100 points.
• UW is 4-0 at home this year, scoring 100 points three times and 98 in the fourth win.
• The Huskies have won 24 consecutive non-conference home games.
• Other UW wins have come against Long Beach State (102-75), Virginia (106-63), Eastern Washington
(98-72) and McNeese State (118-64).
• Washington’s two losses came to then-No. 8 Kentucky (74-67) and then-No. 2 Michigan State
(76-71) at the Maui Invitational.
• UW leads the nation in scoring (95.7) and three-point percentage (.463), while ranking No. 7
nationally in field goal percentage (.510).
• Junior G Isaiah Thomas leads fi ve Huskies averaging double figures at 15.0 points per game.
Senior C Matthew Bryan-Amaning adds 14.9 points.
• UW was an overwhelming favorite to win the Pac-10, receiving 33 of 35 fi rst place votes in the
preseason media poll.
• Head coach Lorenzo Romar returns four starters and eight lettermen from last year’s 26-10 team
that won the Pac 10 Tournament and advanced to the Sweet 16.
• UW leads the all-time series with Portland by a 12-2 margin including a 7-0 record at home. Last
year, the Huskies dealt UP an 89-54 defeat of BofA Arena avenging a season-opening loss at
Portland to open the 2008-09 season.

No. 22 Washington Snaps Portland Win Streak

SEATTLE, Wash. --- The Portland Pilots used a big second half to pull with six points late, but the No. 22 Washington Huskies came away with a 94-72 loss Monday night before 9,425 fans at Bank of America Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion. Trailing by 15 at the half Portland used a 10-0 run to pull within 68-62 with 8:25 remaining, but Washington’s exceptional perimeter shooting proved to be too much.

Senior forward Luke Sikma had a big homecoming for the Pilots (7-3). The Bellevue, Wash. native finished with 14 points and 16 rebounds for his fourth double-double of the season. Junior guard Nemanja Mitrovic added 15 points, while senior guard Jared Stohl added 12. Freshman point guard Tim Douglas had his best game of the season, finishing with 12 points and three assists before fouling out.

Washington (6-2) entered the game leading the nation in three-point shooting at 46 percent. They lived up to the billing by going 13-for-23 from beyond the arc (.567). Portland, meanwhile, entered No. 4 nationally in three-point percentage but finished just 8-for-25 from three-point range (.320). The Huskies entered the game leading the nation in scoring average (95.7) and had scored 100 or more points in four games.

Portland used a 10-0 run to cut the Husky lead to 68-62 with 8:25 remaining. Consecutive three-pointers by Mitrovic and two layups by Sikma pulled the Pilots within six. Washington answered with yet another three-pointer, this time by Scott Suggs to make it 71-62 with 8:10 left. That sparked an 11-0 run to push the margin to 17 points and the Pilots would never get it back down to single digits.

Justin Holiday and Isaiah Thomas paced the Huskies with 20 points each, while Matthew Bryan-Amaning and Suggs added 15 and 13, respectively.

Washington shot 59 percent from the field in the first half and took their largest lead of the period on a layup by Thomas 10 seconds before the halftime buzzer.

Washington extended their non-conference home winning streak to 25 games, while the Pilots dropped their first road game of the season and fall to 6-47 all-time against ranked opponents. The Huskies also improved to 8-0 all-time against Portland at home and 13-2 overall against the Pilots.



Portland will return home before traveling to Denver for a Saturday, Dec. 11 matchup with the Denver Pioneers. Tip-off is scheduled for 3 p.m. (PST) and the game will be televised live on FSN Rocky Mountain as well as on the radio at 800 AM (KPDQ).


Newspaper Box Score

Portland vs Washington

12/06/10 7:00 p.m. at Seattle, WA Hec Edmundson Pavilion

At Seattle, WA Hec Edmundson Pavilion

WASHINGTON 94, PORTLAND 72

PORTLAND (7-3)

MITROVIC, Nemanja 5-12 0-0 15; SIKMA, Luke 7-10 0-2 14; STOHL, Jared 5-14

0-0 12; DOUGLAS, Tim 4-9 4-5 12; RODGERS, Derrick 2-4 4-5 8; KNUTSON, Kramer

2-3 2-4 6; WATERFORD, Eric 1-5 0-0 3; BARKER, Riley 1-1 0-0 2; HANNIBAL,

Jasonn 0-1 0-0 0; NICHOLAS, Ryan 0-0 0-0 0; THIELEKE, Korey 0-2 0-0 0;

RILEY, Tanner 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-61 10-16 72.

WASHINGTON (6-2)

Holiday, Justin 5-7 7-8 20; Thomas, Isaiah 7-13 5-9 20; Bryan-Amaning, Matt

5-7 5-8 15; Suggs, Scott 4-7 2-2 13; Gaddy, Abdul 3-6 0-0 8; Wilcox, C.J.

2-5 0-0 6; Ross, Terrence 2-3 0-0 5; Gant, Darnell 1-2 0-0 3; N'Diaye, Aziz

1-3 0-0 2; Overton, Venoy 1-3 0-0 2; Sherrer, Brendan 0-1 0-0 0; Hosley,

Antoine 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 31-58 19-27 94.

Portland...................... 31 41 - 72

Washington.................... 46 48 - 94

3-point goals--Portland 8-25 (MITROVIC, Nemanja 5-10; STOHL, Jared 2-8;

WATERFORD, Eric 1-3; THIELEKE, Korey 0-2; DOUGLAS, Tim 0-2), Washington

13-23 (Holiday, Justin 3-4; Suggs, Scott 3-6; Wilcox, C.J. 2-4; Gaddy, Abdul

2-3; Ross, Terrence 1-1; Thomas, Isaiah 1-2; Gant, Darnell 1-1; Hosley,

Antoine 0-1; Overton, Venoy 0-1). Fouled out--Portland-DOUGLAS, Tim,

Washington-None. Rebounds--Portland 32 (SIKMA, Luke 16), Washington 36

(Thomas, Isaiah 7). Assists--Portland 12 (WATERFORD, Eric 4), Washington 20

(Gaddy, Abdul 6). Total fouls--Portland 23, Washington 16. Technical

fouls--Portland-None, Washington-None. A-9425