2024–25 Portland Pilots women's basketball team

2024–25 Portland Pilots women's basketball
2024–25 Portland Pilots women's basketball
Conference	West Coast Conference
Record	14–2 (3–2 WCC)
Head coach	Michael Meek (6th season);
Assistant coaches	Tom Batsell; Sharon Rissmiller; Jerod Gibson; Kianna Hamilton;
Home arena	Chiles Center
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

2024–25 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
San Francisco	5	–	0	1.000	8	–	6	.571
Saint Mary's	4	–	1	.800	8	–	6	.571
Washington State	4	–	1	.800	9	–	7	.563
Portland	4	–	2	.667	15	–	2	.882
Gonzaga	4	–	2	.667	9	–	8	.529
Oregon State	3	–	2	.600	7	–	9	.438
Pacific	2	–	3	.400	6	–	9	.400
Santa Clara	2	–	4	.333	8	–	8	.500
Pepperdine	1	–	4	.200	6	–	8	.429
Loyola Marymount	0	–	5	.000	6	–	7	.462
San Diego	0	–	5	.000	4	–	10	.286

† 2024 WCC tournament winner As of January 4, 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"	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

Michael Meek (Eastern Oregon)

Assistant coach(es)

Tom Batsell (Pacific)
Sharon Rissmiller (Portland)
Jerod Gibson (Portland State)
Kianna Hamilton (Portland)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

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Date time, TV	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						Chiles Center Portland, OR
January 9, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Pepperdine						Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA
January 11, 2025 5:00 p.m., KRCW/ESPN+	San Francisco						Chiles Center Portland, OR
January 16, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Gonzaga						McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA
January 18, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Oregon State						Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR
January 23, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Washington State						Beasley Coliseum Pullman, WA
January 30, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Saint Mary's						Chiles Center Portland, OR
February 1, 2025 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	Pepperdine						Chiles Center Portland, OR
February 6, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at San Diego						Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, 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.

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
AP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV										Not released
Coaches	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

References

^ 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.
^ "Alexis Mark commits to Portland". USBasket.com. June 27, 2024. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
^ "University of Portland - 2024–25 Women's Basketball Schedule". Portlandpilots.com.

[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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Previous season

Offseason

Departures

Incoming

Recruiting

Roster

Schedule and results

See also

Rankings

References