Pilots @ SMC, Saturday, 4:30pm, Root Sports

Pilots Open Second Half of WCC Schedule at Saint Mary’s

Portland Pilots (8-15, 1-7) at Saint Mary’s Gaels (18-4, 7-1)
Date: Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013
Tip-off: 4:30 p.m. (PST)
Location: Moraga, Calif.
Arena: McKeon Pavilion (3,500)
Television: ROOT Sports/CSN-CA
Radio: 800 AM
Overall Series: 29-55
At UP: 21-21
At SMC: 7-31
At Neutral: 1-3
Last: SMC 60, POR 38 (Jan. 19, 2013 at Portland)

GAME INFORMATION
• Portland continues its Bay Area road trip at Saint Mary’s on Saturday at 4:30 p.m.
• The Pilots dropped a 70-46 decision at Santa Clara on Thursday.
• Saturday’s game will be televised live on ROOT Sports Northwest and CSN California as Glen Kuiper and Dan Belluomini provide the commentary.
• All Portland basketball games will be on the radio live on True Talk 800 AM with Bill Johnson calling the play-by-play and a 30-minute pregame show.

COMING UP
• Portland returns home to host Loyola Marymount on Thursday, Feb. 7 at 7 p.m. and then Pepperdine on Saturday, Feb. 9 at 1 p.m.
• Thursday will feature the popular Halftime Mile promotion as Pilot track runners and other elite distance competitors will do a mile race at halftime on the Chiles Center upper level track.
• Saturday’s game is Military Appreciation Day as the 204th Army Band will be on hand. All active and retired military personnel will receive free admission to the game.
• Tickets are still available by calling the Pilot Box Office at (503) 943-7525.

ABOUT SAINT MARY’S
• The Gaels (18-4, 7-1 WCC) finished the first half of conference play with a 67-63 road win at San Francisco on Wednesday.
• Junior G Jorden Page led the way with 19 points for Saint Mary’s, including two clutch free throws with four seconds remaining to ice the win.
• The Gaels lead the WCC in rebound margin (+9.2) and are second in scoring (77.7), field goal percentage (.492) and three-point percentage (.381). rebound margin (1st, +9.2) and 3-point field goals (2nd,
• Senior PG Matthew Dellavedova, the reigning WCC Player of the Year, leads the league in assists (6.6) and is sixth in scoring (16.0).
• Portland native and former Jesuit HS standout Stephen Holt is averaging 12.5 points and had a career-high 14 rebounds at USF.
• Head coach Randy Bennett is in his 12th season with the Gaels and posts a 252-122 record. He has guided SMC to four NCAA Tournaments and two NIT appearances.
• The Gaels have won the last four meetings with Portland.

dholcombe wrote:Did not watch...or listen. Apparently nobody else did either or it was just that bad. Do I want to go to espn.com to check?