Pilots at LMU Saturday

Portland Pilots (5-16, 2-6) at Loyola Marymount Lions (12-9, 5-3)

Date: Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012
Tip-off: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Los Angeles, Calif.
Arena: Gersten Pavilion (4,156)
Television: CSN-NW/FSN-W
Radio: 800 AM
Overall Series: 40-44
At UP: 25-15
At LMU: 13-24
At Neutral: 2-5
Last: LMU 72, POR 68 (March 4, 2011 at Las Vegas)

ABOUT THE PILOTS
• Sophomore F Ryan Nicholas recorded his fourth double-double with 13 points and rebounds in the loss and leads the Pilots in scoring (11.3) and rebounding (7.7).
• UP underclassmen are accounting for 77 percent of the minutes played and 79 percent of the team’s scoring thus far.
• The Pilots played one of the most difficult non-conference schedules in the nation, including nine of 13 games away from the Chiles Center. Portland’s strength of schedule entering Friday is No. 10 nationally, tops in the WCC according to KenPom.com.


ABOUT LOYOLA MARYMOUNT
• After a road sweep of BYU (82-68) and Santa Clara (74-62) last week, the Lions (12-9, 5-3 WCC) dropped a 71-64 decision at home to No. 20 Saint Mary’s on Thursday.
• Senior F Drew Viney led the way against the Gaels with 18 points, while sophomore PG Anthony Ireland added 15 points and five assists.
• Signature non-conference wins for the Lions came against UCLA (69-58), Saint Louis (75-68). LMU also lost games to Florida State (77-61) and Harvard 77-67.
• Viney, who was named to the WCC Preseason All-Conference Team, is averaging 16.1 points per game. Ireland adds 15.8 ppg and is third in the WCC with 5.1 assists per game.
• Max Good is in his fourth season as the head coach of the Lions and posts a 44-71 overall record.
• Portland owns an 8-4 record over LMU under head coach Eric Reveno and have won three of the last five meetings.
• The Pilots won both regular season meetings a season ago, but the Lions knocked UP out of the WCC Tournament with a 72-68 win in the quarterfinals.


LINEUP NOTES
• Senior PG Eric Waterford (knee) is out for Saturday after suffering the injury last Saturday against San Francisco.
• Sophomore C Riley Barker has missed the last 14 games (knee) and will also not be available on Saturday.
• Head coach Eric Reveno has used eight different starting lineups this year.
• Sophomore Ryan Nicholas is the only Pilot to start all 21 games this year, while 11 different Pilots have started at least one game.
• Three different freshmen have started at least four games.

blacksheep wrote: I don't have csn where I'm at tonight, so I'm counting on pn for my updates. Keep me posted

up7587 wrote:

blacksheep wrote: I don't have csn where I'm at tonight, so I'm counting on pn for my updates. Keep me posted

Priorities!

Lions90045 wrote:Pretty good video coverage of the game is free on-line from the LMU website:
http://www.lmulions.com/allaccess/?media=290944

Good luck Pilots!

Tough one against LMU. Just like Thursday scored more field goals but lost at FT line. They shot 15 more making 11 more. Lost by 3.

up7587 wrote:Rev's review:

Tough one against LMU. Just like Thursday scored more field goals but lost at FT line. They shot 15 more making 11 more. Lost by 3.

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Late Three-Pointer Lifts LMU over Pilots, 62-59

LOS ANGELES, Calif. --- Loyola Marymount guard Jarred DuBois hit a game winning three-pointer with 17 seconds remaining to lead the Lions to a 62-59 win over the Portland Pilots on Saturday night at Gersten Pavilion. Portland freshman Kevin Bailey matched his season-high with 22 points in the loss.

The Pilots (5-17, 2-7 WCC) had the ball with less than one minute remaining and the game tied at 59-59, but miscommunication on a pass to the wing resulted in a turnover. The Lions (13-9, 6-3) took the shot clock down to the end before finding DuBois on the right wing for an uncontested three-pointer. After a timeout, Portland was unable to get a shot off as the Lions knocked the ball away at the top of the key as the final buzzer went off.

The game was tied 31-31 at halftime and the home Lions quickly grabbed the lead early in the second half. LMU would lead by as much as seven when sophomore Anthony Ireland hit a runner for a 46-39 lead with 12:59 remaining. Portland would fight back and tie the game on four occasions in the closing minutes, but could not get over the hump.

Bailey finished 9-of-12 from the field in his 34 minutes, matching his career-high set nine days ago against San Diego. Fellow freshman Thomas van der Mars added 10 points and five rebounds for the Pilots.

DuBois made 3-of-5 three-pointers to finish with a team-high 18 points for the Lions. Senior Drew Viney added 14 points, while sophomore guard Anthony Ireland was held to nine points, six below his average.

The game featured a total of 14 ties and 12 lead changes. Portland only committed 10 turnovers in the game, but was outrebounded by a 34-26 margin, including 14 offensive rebounds by the Lions. LMU was able to gain a 15-6 edge in second chance points. The Lions also made 18-of-26 free throws, compared to 7-of-11 for the Pilots. Portland shot 49 percent from the field for the game and held LMU to 42 percent shooting.

Portland will continue WCC play with a road game at Santa Clara on Thursday. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. and the game will be televised on Comcast SportsNet Northwest and CSN Bay Area. The Pilots will return home two days later on Saturday, Feb. 4 for a 7 p.m. game against the BYU Cougars. That game will be televised live on BYUtv.

PilotNut wrote:

Portland will continue WCC play with a road game at Santa Clara on Thursday. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. and the game will be televised on Comcast SportsNet Northwest and CSN Bay Area.

ShipstadPilot11 wrote:

PilotNut wrote:

Portland will continue WCC play with a road game at Santa Clara on Thursday. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. and the game will be televised on Comcast SportsNet Northwest and CSN Bay Area.

Pretty sure the game is on ESPNU. If it's not, there goes my plan to watch ESPN3 via Xbox Live...