PORTLAND RUMORS & GOSSIP

Ducks rally against Portland, await OSU

It was another day and another rally for George Horton’s Oregon Ducks squad. The No. 5 ranked Ducks (42-14) knocked off the Portland Pilots (25-24) on Wednesday night at PK Park by a final score of 2-1 for their ninth straight victory, and set the stage for a crucial three-game series against No. 23 Oregon State this weekend.
Via oregon.scout.com  |  6 days ago

Portland Pilots In The WCC Tournament

March is here! If you are a true sports fan or at least a basketball fan, I do not need to say anymore. The WCC Tournament is one of the first conference tournaments to tip off and the Pilots ended the second round with a fifty percent success rate. The Portland women’s basketball team finally got their vengeance Thursday afternoon against Santa Clara University. After losing...
Via Oregon Sports News  |  March 02, 2012

Portland 74, Santa Clara 70

Ryan Nicholas scored a career-high 24 points to lead Portland to a 74-70 victory Wednesday night over Santa Clara in the opening game of the West Coast Conference tournament. Kevin Bailey scored 13 and Riley Tanner added 12 points for the eighth-seeded Pilots (7-23), who advance to play No. 5 seed San Francisco on Thursday. The ninth-seeded Broncos (8-22) cut the Pilots' lead...
Via AP on Fox  |  March 01, 2012

Pilots Overcome Creighton In A Game 1 Thriller

The University of Portland baseball team has started the 2012 season 4-0 with a nail biting extra inning pitchers’ duo Friday afternoon at Joe Etzel Stadium. For eight innings, the game was dictated by great pitching between two solid pitchers: right hander Kyle Kraus (Portland) and left hander Ty Blach (Creighton). Kraus worked 8 innings and gave up 2 earned runs, both hits by...
Via Oregon Sports News  |  February 25, 2012

Portland Pilots Baseball Start 2012 3-0

Coming off of a down year in 2011, the 2012 Portland Pilots baseball team has shown that they won’t let it happen again. The Pilots started their season Feb. 17-19 in Beaumont, Texas and played two games at Lamar University, winning both matchups against Stephen. F. Austin. Portland left Texas with a 2-0 record and a world of optimism. The Pilots arrived back home and continued...
Via Oregon Sports News  |  February 22, 2012

Portland Pilots Even The Score

With all of the exciting basketball action that happened Thursday night, and a night the Blazers choked against the Clippers at home, the most exciting Oregon sports event took place in the Chile’s Center where the Portland Pilot’s women’s basketball team hosted Pepperdine. Coming off a heart breaking loss in Malibu in their last meeting, the Pilots had their eyes set on some...
Via Oregon Sports News  |  February 18, 2012

Portland Pilots Recap & Preview

Frustrating might be an understatement describing the Portland Pilots women’s basketball team season thus far. Coming into this season, the Pilots have had three straight winning seasons including two trips to the postseason. This season, they currently have a 9-17 record and are 2-10 in the West Coast Conference and next year, their leader in scoring, blocked shots and rebounds...
Via Oregon Sports News  |  February 14, 2012

Williams named new Marquette A.D.

MILWAUKEE Marquette has its man. Marquette University announced Monday that Larry Williams will serve as the school's next vice president and director of athletics. Williams had been the director of athletics at the University of Portland since 2004. Williams will assume his new post at Marquette starting Jan. 2, 2012. He will report directly to Father Scott R. Pilarz. After...
Via Fox Sports Wisconsin  |  December 05, 2011

SLU back at home against Portland

Saint Louis' first appearance in the Top 25 in almost two decades could be a brief one. The 23rd-ranked Billikens look to bounce back from their first defeat when they host Portland on Saturday night. Off to a 6-0 start and coming off impressive victories over Boston College, Villanova and Oklahoma to win the 76 Classic in Anaheim, Calif., last weekend, Saint Louis was rewarded...
Via Fox Sports Midwest  |  December 03, 2011

Lewis and Clark at Portland 11/29/2011

Game #8-157: Lewis and Clark at Portland PilotsNovember 29, 2011 10:30 pmChiles CenterBBState Stats/RecapI'll be honest here: Before Portland's game with the Lewis and Clark Pioneers, a Division III school on the other side of the city, I was hoping for a blowout win. It had been a rough stretch for the Pilots. They had lost four straight since opening the season with two...
Via The Mid-Majority  |  November 30, 2011

Portland 76, Lewis & Clark 64

Thomas van der Mars scored 19 points to lead Portland to a hard-fought 76-64 victory over Lewis & Clark Tuesday night. Portland (3-4) led most of the way over the Pioneers, a Division III team, but never managed a double-digit lead until the final minute. The final score was its largest lead. Lewis & Clark's last lead came at 36-34 when James Hollins, who led the Pioneers...
Via AP on Fox  |  November 30, 2011

VIDEO: Filthy Kidd-Gilchrist Dunk

Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, one of Kentucky's talented freshmen, throws down a monster dunk versus the Portland Pilots.
Via Sports-at-Work  |  November 27, 2011

Life in La Palma: My Rookie Year of Spanish Hoops

Hey World...my name is Luke Sikma and this is the first installment of my column with Beyond the Beat covering my first year playing professional basketball in Europe. For those who don’t know me I’m a 6-foot-8 forward from Bellevue, Washington and I played for and graduated from THE University of Portland (Go Pilots). Currently, I play for UB La Palma, a Spanish club thatâ...
Via Beyond the Beat  |  November 20, 2011

Video Highlights - Portland

SEATTLE - Here's video highlights of Washington's 93-63 win over the Portland Pilots to earn themselves the World Vision Basketball Classic Monday at Alaska Airlines Arena.
Via washington.scout.com  |  November 15, 2011

Portland 66, Georgia St. 61

Nemanja Mitrovic scored 13 points and Portland pulled away in the final minutes to defeat Georgia State 66-61 Sunday at the World Vision Classic. Rashaad Richardson made a 3-pointer to pull Georgia State within 57-55 with 3:16 left, but the Pilots (2-0) answered with a 7-0 run to regain control down the stretch. Brandon McGee had 14 points for Georgia State (0-2), which led only...
Via AP on Fox  |  November 13, 2011
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