2022–23 Portland Pilots women's basketball
St Pete Showcase champions
WCC Tournament champions
NCAA tournament, First Round
ConferenceWest Coast Conference
Record23–9 (15–3 WCC)
Head coach
  • Michael Meek (4th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Tom Batsell
  • Skyler Young
  • Sharon Rissmiller
Home arenaChiles Center
2022–23 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 19 Gonzaga171 .944285  .848
Portland153 .833239  .719
San Diego117 .6111914  .576
BYU99 .5001617  .485
San Francisco 99 .5001913  .594
Pacific810 .4441517  .469
Saint Mary's612 .3331318  .419
Santa Clara 612 .3331517  .469
Pepperdine513 .2781119  .367
Loyola Marymount414 .222723  .233
2023 WCC tournament winner
As of March 24, 2023
Rankings from AP poll

The 2022–23 Portland Pilots women's basketball team represents the University of Portland in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Pilots are led by fourth year coach Michael Meek. They play their homes games at Chiles Center and are members of the West Coast Conference.

Previous season

The Pilots finished the season at 20–11 and 8–7 in WCC play to finish in fourth place. They defeated in the quarterfinals WCC women's tournament to Loyola Marymount before losing to BYU in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the WNIT they defeated Colorado State in the first round before losing to Oregon State in second round.

Offseason

Departures

Due to COVID-19 disruptions throughout NCAA sports in 2020–21, the NCAA announced that the 2020–21 season would not count against the athletic eligibility of any individual involved in an NCAA winter sport, including women's basketball. This meant that all seniors in 2020–21 had the option to return for 2021–22.

Portland Departures
Name Num Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Rose Pflug2G5'10"Redshirt JuniorPortland, ORTBD
Camryn Collman3G5'10"FreshmanLa Grande, ORTransferred to Idaho State
Maddie Muhlheim15G5'8"SeniorPortland, ORGraduated

Recruiting

There were no recruiting classing class of 2022.

Roster

2022–23 Portland Pilots women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 1 McKelle Meek 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) SoSouthridge HS Beaverton, OR
F 2 Keeley Frawley 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) JrHaileybury College Melbourne, Australia
G 3 Florence Dallow 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) FrEpsom Girls' Beaverton, OR
G 4 Melika Samia 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) FrMount Maunganui College Napier, New Zealand
G 5 Emme Shearer 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) FrMount Maunganui College Auckland, New Zealand
G 10 Haylee Andrews 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SrTownsville State HS Townsville, Australia
G 11 Emma Strelein 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) SoKennedy Baptist Perth, Australia
F 12 Alex Fowler 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) JrSt Margaret Mary's College Townsville, Australia
G 14 Chance Bucher 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SoPinewood School Half Moon Bay, CA
F 21 Emily Sewell 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) SoCentre of Excellence Melbourne, Australia
G 22 MJ Bruno 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SoCentral Valley HS Spokane, WA
F 23 Liana Kaitu'u 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS JrEast HS Salt Lake City, UT
G 24 Maisie Burnham 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SoLiberty HS
Eastern Washington
Spangle, WA
F 30 Lucy Cochrane 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) JrCatholic Ladies College
Oregon
Melbourne, Australia
G 32 Kelsey Lenzie 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) JrWest Seattle HS Seattle, WA
C 34 Maddi Condron 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) JrBraemar College Woodend, Australia
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
November 2, 2022*
6:00 p.m.
Warner Pacific W 94–45 
 17  Tied  6  Shearer  7  Meek  Chiles Center (261)
Portland, OR
Non-conference regular season
November 7, 2022*
5:00 p.m.
Willamette W 92–56  1–0
 20  Kaitu'u  9  Burnham  6  Shearer  Chiles Center (294)
Portland, OR
November 9, 2022*
5:00 p.m.
Hawaii W 70–54  2–0
 22  Burnham  6  Fowler  9  Fowler  Chiles Center (492)
Portland, OR
November 13, 2022*
2:00 p.m., ESPN2
No. 2 Stanford L 47–87  2–1
 13  Kaitu'u  6  Burnham  3  Fowler  Chiles Center (2,047)
Portland, OR
November 18, 2022*
6:00 p.m.
at San Diego State L 53–55  2–2
 14  Fowler  11  Cochrane  7  Meek  Viejas Arena (1,490)
San Diego, CA
November 20, 2022*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
at UC San Diego L 76–85  2–3
 16  Fowler  8  Shearer  3  Fowler  LionTree Arena (312)
San Diego, CA
November 24, 2022*
2:30 p.m., FloSports
vs. Houston
St. Pete Showcase
W 66–60  3–3
 20  Fowler  8  Cochrane  4  Cochrane  McArthur Gymnasium (115)
St. Petersburg, FL
November 26, 2022*
11:00 a.m., FloSports
vs. Northeastern
St. Pete Showcase
W 67–41  4–3
 14  Fowler  9  Burnham  5  Cochrane  McArthur Gymnasium (128)
St. Petersburg, FL
November 30, 2022*
11:00 a.m.
Evergreen State W 87–35  5–3
 16  Fowler  6  Fowler  6  Meek  Chiles Center (881)
Portland, OR
December 3, 2022*
2:00 p.m., P12N
at No. 19 Oregon L 51–90  5–4
 19  Fowler  5  Cochrane  4  Andrews  Matthew Knight Arena (5,892)
Eugene, OR
December 7, 2022*
6:00 p.m., KRCW
Washington State L 63–69  5–5
 15  Fowler  6  Tied  4  Meek  Chiles Center (519)
Portland, OR
December 10, 2022*
3:00 p.m., KRCW
Portland State W 71–56  6–5
 27  Fowler  9  Fowler  4  Andrews  Chiles Center (307)
Portland, OR
WCC regular season
December 17, 2022
5:00 p.m.
San Diego W 84–81  7–5
(1–0)
 19  Tied  7  Frawley  6  Andrews  Chiles Center (458)
Portland, OR
December 19, 2022
6:00 p.m., KRCW
BYU W 67–45  8–5
(2–0)
 18  Fowler  8  Andrews  8  Andrews  Chiles Center (448)
Portland, OR
December 29, 2022
7:00 p.m.
at Loyola Marymount W 70–61  9–5
(3–0)
 24  Fowler  5  Tied  9  Andrews  Gersten Pavilion (408)
Los Angeles, CA
December 31, 2022
1:00 p.m.
at Pepperdine W 86–76  10–5
(4–0)
 21  Burnham  7  Fowler  9  Andrews  Firestone Fieldhouse (176)
Malibu, CA
January 5, 2023
6:00 p.m., KRCW
Santa Clara W 81–71  11–5
(5–0)
 26  Fowler  8  Andrews  6  Tied  Chiles Center (303)
Portland, OR
January 7, 2022
5:00 p.m.
San Francisco W 77–46  12–5
(6–0)
 21  Shearer  8  Fowler  14  Andrews  Chiles Center (888)
Portland, OR
January 14, 2023
5:00 p.m., KRCW
No. 20 Gonzaga L 66–73  12–6
(6–1)
 27  Andrews  6  Andrews  5  Fowler  Chiles Center (1,167)
Portland, OR
January 19, 2023
6:30 p.m.
at Saint Mary's W 64–41  13–6
(7–1)
 18  Fowler  6  Tied  5  Meek  University Credit Union Pavilion (272)
Moraga, CA
January 21, 2023
2:00 p.m.
at Pacific W 81–67  14–6
(8–1)
 20  Tied  9  Shearer  5  Frawley  Alex G. Spanos Center (325)
Stockton, CA
January 26, 2023
6:00 p.m., KRCW
Pepperdine W 70–57  15–6
(9–1)
 26  Fowler  5  Tied  4  Meek  Chiles Center (463)
Portland, OR
January 28, 2023
7:00 p.m.
Loyola Marymount W 58–39  16–6
(10–1)
 12  Shearer  10  Shearer  4  Fowler  Chiles Center (633)
Portland, OR
February 2, 2023
6:00 p.m.
at San Francisco W 83–80 OT 17–6
(11–1)
 23  Fowler  9  Tied  5  Meek  War Memorial Gymnasium 
San Francisco, CA
February 4, 2023
2:00 p.m.
at Santa Clara W 80–68  18–6
(12–1)
 26  Fowler  6  Fowler  5  Shearer  Leavey Center (1,002)
Santa Clara, CA
February 11, 2023
1:00 p.m., RTNW
at No. 23 Gonzaga L 53–63  18–7
(12–2)
 13  Tied  9  Fowler  5  Meek  McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
Spokane, WA
February 16, 2023
6:00 p.m., KRCW
Saint Mary's W 77–66  19–7
(13–2)
 29  Burnham  8  Cochrane  5  Meek  Chiles Center (736)
Portland, OR
February 18, 2023
3:00 p.m.
Pacific W 57–46  20–7
(14–2)
 12  Tied  8  Frawley  4  Meek  Chiles Center (1,159)
Portland, OR
February 25, 2023
2:00 p.m.
at San Diego L 58–74  20–8
(14–3)
 15  Fowler  7  Frawley  15  Fowler  Jenny Craig Pavilion (301)
San Diego, CA
February 27, 2023
4:00 p.m., BYUtv
at BYU
Rescheduled from February 23
W 61–49  21–8
(15–3)
 17  Kaitu'u  6  Tied  5  Fowler  Marriott Center (815)
Provo, UT
WCC Women's Tournament
March 6, 2023
2:30 pm, RTNW/BYUtv
(2) vs. (6) Pacific
Semifinals
W 75–72  22–8
 29  Fowler  6  Fowler  6  Meek  Orleans Arena 
Paradise, NV
March 7, 2023
1:00 pm, ESPNU
(2) vs. (1) No. 16 Gonzaga
Championship
W 64–60  23–8
 19  Burnham  11  Fowler  5  Cochrane  Orleans Arena 
Paradise, NV
NCAA Tournament
March 18, 2023*
6:00 p.m., ESPNU
(12 G1) vs. (5 G1) No. 16 Oklahoma
First Round
L 63–85  23–9
 18  Fowler  7  Fowler  3  Tied  Pauley Pavilion 
Los Angeles, CA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
G1=Greenville 1.
All times are in Pacific Time.

See also

References

  1. "University of Portland - 2022–23 Women's Basketball Schedule". Portlandpilots.com.
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