2022–23 Portland Pilots women's basketball team

The 2022–23 Portland Pilots women's basketball team represented the University of Portland in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Pilots were led by fourth-year coach Michael Meek. They played their homes games at Chiles Center and were members of the West Coast Conference (WCC).

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
Assistant coaches
  • Tom Batsell
  • Skyler Young
  • Sharon Rissmiller
Home arenaChiles Center
Seasons
2022–23 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 19 Gonzaga 17 1   .944 28 5   .848
Portland 15 3   .833 23 9   .719
San Diego 11 7   .611 19 14   .576
BYU 9 9   .500 16 17   .485
San Francisco 9 9   .500 19 13   .594
Pacific 8 10   .444 15 17   .469
Saint Mary's 6 12   .333 13 18   .419
Santa Clara 6 12   .333 15 17   .469
Pepperdine 5 13   .278 11 19   .367
Loyola Marymount 4 14   .222 7 23   .233
2023 WCC tournament winner
As of March 24, 2023
Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

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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

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Departures

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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 Pflug 2 G 5'10"   Junior Portland, OR TBD
Camryn Collman 3 G 5'10" Freshman La Grande, OR Transferred to Idaho State
Maddie Muhlheim 15 G 5'8" Senior Portland, OR Graduated

Recruiting

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There were no recruiting classing class of 2022.

Roster

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2022–23 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) So Southridge HS Beaverton, OR
F 2 Keeley Frawley 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Haileybury Melbourne, Australia
G 3 Florence Dallow 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Epsom Girls' Beaverton, OR
G 4 Melika Samia 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Mount Maunganui College Napier, New Zealand
G 5 Emme Shearer 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Mount Maunganui College Auckland, New Zealand
G 10 Haylee Andrews 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Townsville State HS Townsville, Australia
G 11 Emma Strelein 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Kennedy Baptist Perth, Australia
F 12 Alex Fowler 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr St Margaret Mary's College Townsville, Australia
G 14 Chance Bucher 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Pinewood School Half Moon Bay, CA
F 21 Emily Sewell 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Centre of Excellence Melbourne, Australia
G 22 MJ Bruno 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Central Valley HS Spokane, WA
F 23 Liana Kaitu'u 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Jr East HS Salt Lake City, UT
G 24 Maisie Burnham 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Liberty HS
Eastern Washington
Spangle, WA
F 30 Lucy Cochrane 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Jr Catholic Ladies College
Oregon
Melbourne, Australia
G 32 Kelsey Lenzie 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr West Seattle HS Seattle, WA
C 34 Maddi Condron 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Jr Braemar College Woodend, Australia
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster
Last update: July 12, 2024

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 p.m., 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 p.m., 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.

Source:[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2022-23 Women's Basketball Schedule". portlandpilots.com. Retrieved July 12, 2024.