2024–25 Portland Pilots women's basketball team

2024–25 Portland Pilots women's basketball
WCC regular season co-champions
WBIT, quarterfinals
ConferenceWest Coast Conference
Record31–5 (17–3 WCC)
Head coach
  • Michael Meek (6th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Tom Batsell
  • Sharon Rissmiller
  • Jerod Gibson7
  • Kianna Hamilton
Home arenaChiles Center
2024–25 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Gonzaga 17 – 3   .850 24 – 11   .686
17 – 3   .850 31 – 5   .861
Washington State 14 – 6   .700 21 – 14   .600
Oregon State † 12 – 8   .600 19 – 16   .543
San Francisco 11 – 9   .550 15 – 16   .484
Saint Mary's 10 – 10   .500 14 – 17   .452
Pacific 9 – 11   .450 15 – 19   .441
Santa Clara 8 – 12   .400 14 – 17   .452
Loyola Marymount 7 – 13   .350 14 – 16   .467
Pepperdine 3 – 17   .150 8 – 22   .267
San Diego 2 – 18   .100 7 – 24   .226
† 2025 WCC tournament winner

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" 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 W 66–64  21–3
(10–3) 		 22 – Burnham   7 – Mark   5 – Meek  Jenny Craig Pavilion (142)
San Diego, CA
February 10, 2025
3:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Pepperdine
Rescheduled from January 9 		W 77–75 OT 22–3
(11–3) 		 21 – Burnham   12 – Mark   5 – Tied  Firestone Fieldhouse (153)
Malibu, CA
February 13, 2025
6:30 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Saint Mary's W 71–69  23–3
(12–3) 		 26 – Shearer   9 – Mark   11 – Mark  University Credit Union Pavilion (275)
Moraga, CA
February 15, 2025
3:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Washington State W 84–79  24–3
(13–3) 		 31 – Burnham   9 – Mark   11 – Meek  Chiles Center (1,518)
Portland, OR
February 20, 2025
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		San Diego W 81–65  25–3
(14–3) 		 21 – Shearer   7 – Hull   7 – Meek  Chiles Center (756)
Portland, OR
February 22, 2025
5:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Santa Clara W 73–66  26–3
(15–3) 		 23 – Mark   11 – Mark   4 – Tied  Chiles Center (1,158)
Portland, OR
February 27, 2025
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at San Francisco W 68–67  27–3
(16–3) 		 20 – Shearer   10 – Hull   5 – Meek  Sobrato Center (305)
San Francisco, CA
March 1, 2025
1:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Pacific W 94–88 OT 28–3
(17–3) 		 28 – Shearer   10 – Mark   3 – Shearer  Alex G. Spanos Center (640)
Stockton, CA
WCC tournament
March 10, 2025
2:30 p.m., ESPN+ 		(2) vs. (3) Washington State
Semifinals 		W 72–57  29–3
  19 – Burnham   12 – Mark   4 – Shearer  Orleans Arena (2,936)
Paradise, NV
March 11, 2025
1:00 p.m., ESPN2 		(2) vs. (4) Oregon State
Championship 		L 46–59  29–4
  16 – Burnham   6 – Shearer   4 – Burnham  Orleans Arena (1,737)
Paradise, NV
WBIT
March 20, 2025*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at (2) Stanford
First round 		W 69–68 OT 30–4
  28 – Shearer   8 – Burnham   4 – Mark  Maples Pavilion (1,106)
Stanford, CA
March 23, 2025*
1:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at (3) Seton Hall
Second round 		W 61–55  31–4
  15 – Shearer   6 – Tied   8 – Meek  Walsh Gymnasium (736)
South Orange, NJ
March 27, 2025*
4:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at (4) Villanova
Quarterfinals 		L 61–71  31–5
  17 – Shearer   10 – Hull   7 – Meek  Finneran Pavilion (1,153)
Villanova, PA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific Time.

See also

Rankings

Main article: 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415161718Final
AP—————————RV————————Not released
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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