2024–25 Portland Pilots women's basketball team

2024–25 Portland Pilots women's basketball
ConferenceWest Coast Conference
Record20–3 (8–3 WCC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Tom Batsell
  • Sharon Rissmiller
  • Jerod Gibson
  • Kianna Hamilton
Home arenaChiles Center
Seasons
2024–25 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Gonzaga 10 2   .833 15 8   .652
Portland 9 3   .750 20 3   .870
Washington State 10 4   .714 15 10   .600
Saint Mary's 7 5   .583 11 10   .524
Pacific 7 6   .538 11 12   .478
Oregon State 7 6   .538 11 13   .458
San Francisco 7 6   .538 10 12   .455
Santa Clara 6 7   .462 12 11   .522
Loyola Marymount 3 9   .250 9 11   .450
Pepperdine 3 9   .250 8 13   .381
San Diego 0 12   .000 4 17   .190
2024 WCC tournament winner
As of February 1, 2025

The 2024–25 Portland Pilots women's basketball team represents the University of Portland in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Pilots are led by sixth year coach Michael Meek. They play their home games at Chiles Center and are members of the West Coast Conference.

The team achieved its best start in program history.[1]

Previous season

The Pilots finished the season 21–13, 10–6 in WCC play to finish in 3rd place. As the No. 3 seed in the WCC Tournament, they defeated Loyola Marymount in the quarterfinals, Santa Clara in the semifinals and Gonzaga in the championship to win the WCC Tournament. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where as the No. 13 seed in the Albany 2 region, they were lost in the first round by Kansas State.

Offseason

Departures

Portland Departures
Name Num Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Kennedy Dickie 12 F 6'0" Graduate Student Kelowna, BC Graduated
Kianna Hamilton 25 G 6'0" Redshirt Senior Woodland Hills, CA Graduated
Lucy Cochrane 30 F 6'6" Senior Melbourne, Australia Graduated
Piath Gabriel 36 C 6'5" Senior Manchester, NH Gradauted

Incoming

Portland Incoming Transfers
Name Num Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous School
Trista Hull 16 F 6'2" Senior Yakima, WA Boise State
Alexis Mark 35 F 5'11" Graduate Student Chatsworth, CA Loyola Marymount[2]

Recruiting

There were no recruiting classing class of 2024.

Roster

2024–25 Portland Pilots women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 1 McKelle Meek 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Southridge Beaverton, OR
F 2 Dyani Ananiev 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Wyndham St. Andrews, Australia
G 3 Florence Dallow 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS So Epsom Girls' Beaverton, OR
G 4 Melika Samia 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS So Mount Maunganui College Napier, New Zealand
G 5 Emme Shearer 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Westlake Girls Auckland, New Zealand
G 7 Tiffany Barbosa 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr RIG Luleå Stockholm, Sweden
G 10 Natalie Fraley 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Kelso
Utah State
Kelso, WA
G 11 Emma Strelein 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS Jr Kennedy Baptist Perth, Australia
G 14 Caitlin Monahan 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Mercer Island Mercer Island, WA
F/C 16 Trista Hull 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr La Salle
Boise State
Yakima, WA
F 20 Lainey Spear 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Beaverton Beaverton, OR
G 21 Anna Eddy 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Sr St. Mary's Academy
Seattle Pacific
Portland, OR
G 22 Rhyan Mogel 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Clackamas Happy Valley, OR
G 24 Maisie Burnham 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Liberty HS
Eastern Washington
Spangle, WA
F/C 42 Ella Zimmerman 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Fr Redondo Union Redondo Beach, CA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule and results

[3]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
November 1, 2024*
6:00 p.m.
Willamette W 93–44 
 18  Burnham   5  Mark   8  Meek  Chiles Center (334)
Portland, OR
Non-conference regular season
November 7, 2024*
6:00 p.m., KRCW/ESPN+
Hawaii W 76–65  1–0
 18  Burnham   6  Tied   4  Tied  Chiles Center (512)
Portland, OR
November 12, 2024*
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
Corban W 108–41  2–0
 17  Mark   7  Mark   7  Meek  Chiles Center (403)
Portland, OR
November 17, 2024*
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Eastern Washington W 71–62  3–0
 22  Burnham   11  Burnham   4  Meek  Reese Court (1,090)
Cheney, WA
November 19, 2024*
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
Seattle W 78–55  4–0
 15  Hull   6  Tied   7  Meek  Chiles Center (415)
Portland, OR
November 23, 2024*
3:00 p.m., ESPN+
California Baptist W 85–66  5–0
 18  Shearer   8  Mark   6  Meek  Chiles Center (667)
Portland, OR
November 29, 2024*
3:00 p.m.
vs. Southern Utah
Nugget Classic
W 77–63  6–0
 23  Burnham   12  Burnham   4  Mark  Lawlor Events Center 
Reno, NV
November 30, 2024*
4:00 p.m.
vs. Central Michigan
Nugget Classic
W 68–58  7–0
 18  Shearer   8  Mark   3  Tied  Lawlor Events Center 
Reno, NV
December 1, 2024*
1:00 p.m., MW Network
at Nevada
Nugget Classic
W 88–72  8–0
 26  Shearer   8  Mark   4  Mark  Lawlor Events Center 
Reno, NV
December 6, 2024*
6:00 p.m., KRCW/ESPN+
Princeton W 74–55  9–0
 19  Shearer   7  Hull   4  Tied  Chiles Center (665)
Portland, OR
December 8, 2024*
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
UTEP W 83–67  10–0
 25  Burnham   8  Mark   7  Shearer  Chiles Center (603)
Portland, OR
December 13, 2024*
6:00 p.m., KRCW/ESPN+
Portland State W 71–46  11–0
 16  Burnham   5  Burnham   8  Burnham  Chiles Center (557)
Portland, OR
WCC regular season
December 19, 2024
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Loyola Marymount W 83–48  12–0
(1–0)
 17  Shearer   8  Mark   5  Meek  Gersten Pavilion (219)
Los Angeles, CA
December 21, 2024
3:30 p.m., ESPN+
Pacific W 84–71  13–0
(2–0)
 22  Shearer   11  Shearer   4  Tied  Chiles Center (623)
Portland, OR
December 28, 2024
12:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Santa Clara W 81–54  14–0
(3–0)
 14  Mark   13  Mark   6  Meek  Leavey Center (291)
Santa Clara, CA
December 30, 2024
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
Oregon State L 72–76 OT 14–1
(3–1)
 21  Tied   6  Tied   6  Tied  Chiles Center (2,064)
Portland, OR
January 2, 2025
6:00 p.m., KRCW/ESPN+
Gonzaga L 71–76  14–2
(3–2)
 18  Hull   5  Hull   5  Tied  Chiles Center (1,116)
Portland, OR
January 4, 2025
3:00 p.m., ESPN+
Loyola Marymount W 80–61  15–2
(4–2)
 16  Shearer   7  Burnham   11  Meek  Chiles Center (636)
Portland, OR
January 11, 2025
5:00 p.m., KRCW/ESPN+
San Francisco W 74–60  16–2
(5–2)
 18  Burnham   10  Hull   4  Mark  Chiles Center (1,097)
Portland, OR
January 16, 2025
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Gonzaga L 65–66  16–3
(5–3)
 20  Burnham   6  Hull   3  Tied  McCarthey Athletic Center (5,414)
Spokane, WA
January 18, 2025
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Oregon State W 86–61  17–3
(6–3)
 26  Burnham   7  Tied   6  Shearer  Gill Coliseum (4,695)
Corvallis, OR
January 23, 2025
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Washington State W 83–65  18–3
(7–3)
 24  Shearer   12  Mark   7  Meek  Beasley Coliseum (1,015)
Pullman, WA
January 30, 2025
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
Saint Mary's W 66–58  19–3
(8–3)
 25  Burnham   11  Mark   10  Shearer  Chiles Center (1,039)
Portland, OR
February 1, 2025
5:00 p.m., ESPN+
Pepperdine W 76–52  20–3
(9–3)
 24  Shearer   11  Hull   4  Tied  Chiles Center (1,240)
Portland, OR
February 6, 2025
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
at San Diego       Jenny Craig Pavilion 
San Diego, CA
February 10, 2025
3:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Pepperdine
Reschedule from January 9
      Firestone Fieldhouse 
Malibu, CA
February 13, 2025
6:30 p.m., ESPN+
at Saint Mary's       University Credit Union Pavilion 
Moraga, CA
February 15, 2025
3:00 p.m., ESPN+
Washington State       Chiles Center 
Portland, OR
February 20, 2025
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
San Diego       Chiles Center 
Portland, OR
February 22, 2025
5:00 p.m., ESPN+
Santa Clara       Chiles Center 
Portland, OR
February 27, 2025
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
at San Francisco       Sobrato Center 
San Francisco, CA
March 1, 2025
1:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Pacific       Alex G. Spanos Center 
Stockton, CA
WCC tournament
March 6–11, 2025
TBA
vs. TBD       Orleans Arena 
Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific Time.

See also

Rankings

Ranking movements
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— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
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Coaches

References

  1. ^ Daschel, Nick (December 14, 2024). "Portland Pilots' women rolling with nation's best 11–0 record: 'We can do special things this year'". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
  2. ^ "Alexis Mark commits to Portland". USBasket.com. June 27, 2024. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
  3. ^ "University of Portland - 2024–25 Women's Basketball Schedule". Portlandpilots.com.

 

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