Portland Women's Basketball 2024 NCAA Tournament Capsule

 
Portland Pilots
 
West Coast (21-12, 10-6)
 
 
Big Wins: 1/13 Santa Clara (73-63), 3/12 vs Gonzaga (67-66)
Bad Losses: 1/22 Saint Mary’s (67-73), 2/24 San Francisco (47-59)
Coach: Michael Meek
 
Probable Starters:
Lucy Cochrane, Senior, Forward, 7.5 ppg, 6.3 rpg, 2.5 apg, 3.1 bpg
Kennedy Dickie, Senior, Forward, 10.5 ppg, 5.5 rpg
Maisie Burnham, Junior, Guard, 11.6 ppg, 1.6 apg, 4.1 rpg
Emme Shearer, Junior, Guard, 12.2 ppg, 2.1 apg, 2.2 spg
McKelle Meek, Junior, Guard, 4.4 ppg, 3.5 apg
 
Key Role Players:
Dyani Ananiev, Freshman, Forward, 8.2ppg, 2.3 rpg
Kianna Hamilton, Senior, Guard, 4.7 ppg, 2.8 apg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 67.9 (129th in nation, 4th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 62.2 (126, 3)
Field-Goal Percentage: 41.9 (125, 5)
Field-Goal Defense: 39.4 (128, 1)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 6.0 (163, 5)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 29.8 (219, 7)
Free-Throw Percentage: 69.2 (243, 7)
Rebound Margin: -2.0 (246, 8)
Assists Per Game: 16.0 (45, 3)
Turnovers Per Game: 18.1 (300, 8)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2023NCAARound of 64 loss to Oklahoma
2022NITFirst Round win over Colorado State
2022NITSecond Round loss to Oregon State
2021WBIFirst Round win over Abilene Christian
2021WBISecond Round win over Northern Arizona
2021WBISemifinal loss to Cleveland
2010WBIFirst Round loss to Washington
2009NITFirst Round loss to Portland State
1999NITFirst Round loss to Washington
1997NCAARound of 64 loss to Michigan State
1996NCAARound of 64 loss to Texas Tech
 
*all team stats through 3/7