The big one: #24 SMC @ Portland, Saturday 4pm

Purplegeezer wrote:Best student cheer.

"you need Patti" , with him sitting court side.

Pilots Knock off No. 24 Saint Mary’s, 85-70

PORTLAND, Ore. --- The University of Portland Pilots improved to 12-0 at the Chiles Center with a convincing 85-70 victory over the No. 24-ranked Saint Mary’s Gaels Saturday before 3,833 rowdy fans. Freshman point guard Tim Douglas erupted for 26 points, five rebounds and four assists for the Pilots (16-6, 4-3) who led by as much as 27 points and dealt the Gaels (18-4, 6-1) their first loss in West Coast Conference play.

Senior guard Jared Stohl finished with 21 points and five rebounds, while junior wing Nemanja Mitrovic added 13 points for the Pilots. The 26 points by Douglas were one off of his career-high set earlier this season against Portland State.

Saint Mary’s senior guard Mickey McConnell led all scorers with 32 points, while Rob Jones added 11.

It marked the third consecutive Portland win over Saint Mary’s at the Chiles Center, two of which came when the Gaels were nationally ranked.

The Pilots came out of halftime with a two-point lead and energized the crowd with a 16-0 run over the first five minutes to create separation. Stohl and Mitrovic hit consecutive three-pointers and then Douglas added eight straight points on a layup and two three-pointers. Stohl capped the rally with a baseline jumper to give the Pilots a 49-31 lead before McConnell temporary stopped the onslaught with a jumper at the 14:27 mark.

Portland would use another big surge capped by a Kramer Knutson one-handed putback dunk to take the largest lead of the game at 60-33 with 11:23 remaining. Saint Mary’s would cut the deficit to nine at 74-65 with 1:38 left, but the Pilots made free throws down the stretch for the final margin.

Saint Mary’s entered the game as one of three teams nationally shooting above 50 percent, but was held to 39 percent shooting for the game. The Gaels also converted just 10-of-31 three-pointers. Portland finished at 48 percent from the field and 13-for-20 from beyond the arc. The Pilots also gained a 41-35 rebounding advantage.

Portland trailed by seven early in the first half before back-to-back three-pointers by Mitrovic and Douglas gave the home team a 28-20 lead. Jones and McConnell closed the half with two threes to cut the margin to 33-31 at the break.

The Pilots will begin the second half of WCC play by hosting the Gonzaga Bulldogs on Thursday at 8 p.m. The game is sold out, but will be televised nationally on ESPN2. The Pilots and Bulldogs are currently tied in the league standings at 4-3.




Newspaper Box Score
Saint Mary's vs Portland
01/29/11 4:00 PM at Portland, Ore. {Chiles Center}
At Portland, Ore. {Chiles Center}
PORTLAND 85, SAINT MARY'S 70

SAINT MARY'S (18-4, 6-1 WCC)
McCONNELL, Mickey 11-21 5-6 32; JONES, Rob 3-13 3-4 11; WALKER II, Kenton
4-5 0-0 8; DELLAVEDOVA, Matthew 2-9 0-0 5; HOLT, Stephen 2-4 0-1 5; YOUNG,
Mitchell 1-5 2-4 4; STEINDL, Clint 1-4 0-0 3; WILLIAMS, Tim 1-3 0-0 2;
BENSON, Phil 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-64 10-15 70.

PORTLAND (16-6, 4-3 WCC)
DOUGLAS, Tim 10-16 2-2 26; STOHL, Jared 6-12 4-4 21; MITROVIC, Nemanja 4-10
2-2 13; HANNIBAL, Jasonn 3-7 0-0 6; KNUTSON, Kramer 2-6 2-5 6; WATERFORD,
Eric 2-4 0-0 4; BARKER, Riley 2-2 0-0 4; RILEY, Tanner 1-3 0-0 3; SIKMA,
Luke 0-3 2-2 2; RODGERS, Derrick 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 30-63 12-15 85.

Saint Mary's.................. 31 39 - 70
Portland...................... 33 52 - 85

3-point goals--Saint Mary's 10-31 (McCONNELL, Mickey 5-9; JONES, Rob 2-9;
HOLT, Stephen 1-3; DELLAVEDOVA, Matthew 1-6; STEINDL, Clint 1-4), Portland
13-20 (STOHL, Jared 5-7; DOUGLAS, Tim 4-4; MITROVIC, Nemanja 3-6; RILEY,
Tanner 1-2; WATERFORD, Eric 0-1). Fouled out--Saint Mary's-None,
Portland-None. Rebounds--Saint Mary's 35 (YOUNG, Mitchell 6; JONES, Rob 6),
Portland 41 (SIKMA, Luke 8 ). Assists--Saint Mary's 12 (DELLAVEDOVA, Matthew
5), Portland 16 (MITROVIC, Nemanja 4; DOUGLAS, Tim 4). Total fouls--Saint
Mary's 18, Portland 15. Technical fouls--Saint Mary's-None, Portland-None.
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onetouchfutbol wrote:Mesa--

I just saw Kramer's dunk as the #5 highlight on a Top 10 plays of the day list on SportsCenter. I couldn't find it...though I did find this highlight piece:

http://search.espn.go.com/highlights/videos/6

Thanks OTF, although we dont always agree in strategy and you have to put up with my distain for Ken P.s" chosen proffesision that he created for himself, one thing we both do ,and Stoney and I also.....We bleed Purple when it comes to College Basketball and u guys soccer too....mine I just got in a "transplant" at the hospital, you guys picked yours up in your time on the Bluff as students.....

If we keep looking around on YouTube and the ESPN site, I'm sure it will turn up. Stoney usually finds these clips pretty fast...

MesaPilot1 wrote:

onetouchfutbol wrote:Mesa--

I just saw Kramer's dunk as the #5 highlight on a Top 10 plays of the day list on SportsCenter. I couldn't find it...though I did find this highlight piece:

http://search.espn.go.com/highlights/videos/6

Thanks OTF, although we dont always agree in strategy and you have to put up with my distain for Ken P.s" chosen proffesision that he created for himself, one thing we both do ,and Stoney and I also.....We bleed Purple when it comes to College Basketball and u guys soccer too....mine I just got in a "transplant" at the hospital, you guys picked yours up in your time on the Bluff as students.....

If we keep looking around on YouTube and the ESPN site, I'm sure it will turn up. Stoney usually finds these clips pretty fast...

Bleed Purple....Lets hope the young men dont have a letdown against the Zaggettes,or UP7587 will have no hair left on his next fishing trip after the game and will have to buy a Pilot beanie like the students wear on his next outdoor expedition to fly fish . I doubt it though...the guys are playing their best basketball in spurts...I just hope they can put together a couple of games like this at the WCC championships...u alum and locals are WAY OVERDUE FOR A ROAD TRIP to Bum f#3k east coast and a first round NCAA game...


MesaPilot1

Stonehouse wrote:Boom:

Stonehouse wrote:Well, I do what I can for our friend from the desert!

Here's a collection of links I have come across about the game:

Photos from the Oregonian (including an AWESOME one of Jasonn):
http://photos.oregonlive.com/oregonian/2011/01/university_of_portland_vs_sain_12.html

Oregonian recap from Jim Beseda:
http://www.oregonlive.com/pilots/index.ssf/2011/01/portland_85_saint_marys_70_sec.html

Recap from Beyond the Beat's Wendell Maxey (awesome to see this... he's a great basketball writer! Even if he does call Tim Douglas Tim Reynolds.):
http://www.beyondthebeat.net/articles-2011/january/stmarys-gets-upset-as-portland-pilots-push-the-tempo.html

Also, some tidbits from Twitter:

From John Canzano: "yo, @CoachReveno has the best basketball team in the state. It's not even close. And it's not accidental. Great job."

"@w_maxey is teasing some great stuff this week as he covers @CoachReveno I look forward to it."

And Wendell Maxey... it's worth going to his page to read his live tweets. Pretty fun. But most notable is this (and what Canzano was referring to):

"will have a couple feature stories coming this week on tim douglas, coach reveno and jared stohl's plan after college."

http://twitter.com/#!/w_maxey

PilotNut wrote:How awesome was it to have TJ participate in the time out dunk routine?!

Purplegeezer wrote:

Stonehouse wrote:Boom:

You just made Mesa very happy.

Stonehouse wrote:Here are more video highlights... can't help but be amazed by how well Tim played!