Pilots @ Pepperdine Saturday @ 7pm (No TV)

PilotNut wrote:with as awful as we started;

An_Undergrad wrote:I feel like we consistently play 30 minutes of good basketball... However, the game is 40 minutes long.

DoubleDipper wrote:I didn't see Carr's injury....what happened?

oldtimer wrote:Revision- I am saying prayers for David and his knee, that didn’t look good.

Waves Complete Second Half Comeback to Knock off Pilots

Shorthanded Pilots suffer another injury as David Carr goes down in the second half

MALIBU, Calif. --- The Portland Pilots led by 12 points midway through the second half, but the host Pepperdine Waves used a 21-4 run to escape with a 54-47 West Coast Conference victory Saturday night at Firestone Fieldhouse.

The Pilots (7-10, 0-2 WCC) lost more than just the lead during the game-deciding run as sophomore guard David Carr went down with a right knee injury at the 9:54 mark of the second half with the Pilots leading 39-34. Carr had to be helped off the court and did not return to the game. Portland also missed second leading scorer Kevin Bailey for the second straight game with a broken nose.

A Ryan Nicholas jumper with 6:46 remaining that gave the Pilots a 43-41 lead, but that would be the last field goal Portland would make on the night.

Ahead 28-21 at the half, the Pilots came out of the locker room and pushed the margin to 35-23 following a Korey Thieleke fast break dunk and Carr three-pointer. Tanner Riley also got free for a breakaway dunk to make it 39-27 Portland, but the Waves (9-6, 1-1) then got a big spark from their bench in the form of walk-on freshman guard Austin Mills.

Mills, who did not appear in the first half and has played just 46 minutes this season, went on a personal 7-0 run that ignited the decisive Waves rally. Jordan Baker’s layup with 4:50 remaining gave Pepperdine just their second lead of the night at 45-43. A jumper by Stacy Davis pushed the margin to 48-43, but Pilot freshman Bryce Pressley had a tip-in to bring it back to a one possession game with 1:32 left.

Pepperdine freshman Jett Raines made a driving layup to make it 50-45 and the teams traded free throws in the final minute for the final margin.

Freshman guard Oskars Reinfelds scored a team-high 11 points for Portland, including 10 in the first half. Senior guard Derrick Rodgers added 10 points, while leading scorer Ryan Nicholas finished with eight points and nine rebounds.

The Pilots held Pepperdine to 36 percent shooting from the field for the game and outrebounding the Waves by a 43-38 margin. Portland shot just 33 percent from the field and committed 15 turnovers which led to a 17-8 deficit in points off of turnovers.

Davis paced the Waves with 14 points and 10 rebounds, while Baker added 10 points and nine rebounds.

Portland will take a week break from action before returning to Southern California to face the Loyola Marymount Lions on Saturday at 7 p.m. The game will be broadcast on the new WCC Digital Package at WCCSports.com and on the radio with a 30-minute pregame show on True Talk 800 AM.




Newspaper Box Score
Portland vs Pepperdine
01/05/13 7:05 p.m. at Malibu, Calif. (Firestone Fieldhouse)
At Malibu, Calif. (Firestone Fieldhouse)

PEPPERDINE 54, PORTLAND 47
PORTLAND (7-10, 0-2 WCC)

REINFELDS, Oskars 4-6 1-2 11; RODGERS, Derrick 3-9 4-6 10; NICHOLAS, Ryan
2-11 4-4 8; CARR, David 2-6 0-0 6; RILEY, Tanner 2-5 0-0 4; PRESSLEY, Bryce
2-5 0-0 4; THIELEKE, Korey 1-4 0-2 2; VAN DER MARS, Thomas 1-4 0-0 2;
BAILEY, John 0-0 0-1 0; BARKER, Riley 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 17-51 9-15 47.

PEPPERDINE (9-6, 1-1 WCC)
DAVIS, Stacy 5-13 4-8 14; BAKER, Jordan 4-14 2-2 10; JACKSON, Lorne 3-7 2-3
9; MILLS, Austin 2-4 3-4 8; RAINES, Jett 3-6 0-2 6; SKOUEN, Nikolas 2-5 0-0
5; WILLIS, Caleb 1-4 0-1 2; DE FREITAS, Moriba 0-0 0-0 0; RUSSELL, Atif 0-2
0-0 0; MAEHLEN, Jan 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 20-56 11-20 54.

Portland...................... 28 19 - 47
Pepperdine.................... 21 33 - 54

3-point goals--Portland 4-13 (REINFELDS, Oskars 2-3; CARR, David 2-4;
NICHOLAS, Ryan 0-2; RILEY, Tanner 0-2; PRESSLEY, Bryce 0-2), Pepperdine 3-6
(JACKSON, Lorne 1-1; SKOUEN, Nikolas 1-2; MILLS, Austin 1-1; BAKER, Jordan
0-2). Fouled out--Portland-None, Pepperdine-JACKSON, Lorne.

Rebounds--Portland 43 (VAN DER MARS, Thomas 10), Pepperdine 38 (DAVIS, Stacy
10). Assists--Portland 8 (VAN DER MARS, Thomas 2; CARR, David 2), Pepperdine
10 (BAKER, Jordan 4). Total fouls--Portland 18, Pepperdine 16. Technical
fouls--Portland-None, Pepperdine-None. A-892

up7587 wrote:

DoubleDipper wrote:I didn't see Carr's injury....what happened?

Trying to defend in the key, slid side ways, maybe got a little push, anyway he collapsed holding his right knee.

Heart breaks for David Carr. Knee doesn't look good and will confirm status Monday. Kids giving their all right now and David is one of them