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PORTLAND STATE VIKINGS (3-2) vs. PORTLAND PILOTS (3-4)
Wednesday, December 2, 7:05 p.m. • Peter W. Stott Center (1,500), Portland, OR
 
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THE OPENING TIP
The annual cross-town rivalry game comes to the Stott Center this Wednesday as the Portland State Vikings host the University of Portland Pilots in a 7:05 p.m. contest.
     
Portland State of the Big Sky Conference goes into the game at 3-2 on the season and will try to stop a four-game losing streak to the Pilots. UP of the West Coast Conference is 3-4 overall and leads the all-time series with the Vikings.
     
It should be an exciting contest as both teams have proven they can score this season. PSU averages 85.8 points per game to lead the Big Sky Conference and is shooting .506 from the field as a team. GR F Cameron Forte is averaging 22.4 points per game to lead the Big Sky. Meanwhile, Portland averages 80.6 points and is hitting 11.8 three-point field goals per game.
     
The Vikings and Pilots have had no common opponents this season.
     
Live video and audio can be found at GoViks.com by clicking on the Game Day box. Live stats are available at www.ViksLive.com.      
 
COMING UP
The Vikings will play two road games over the next two weeks. PSU travels to Washington State for a Sunday afternoon game at 1 p.m. That contest will be televised on the Pac-12 Network. After that, the Vikings play a game at Southern Illinois Edwardsville on Dec. 12. That game is televised on Fox Sports Midwest at 2 p.m. PT.
 
GAME NOTES: PORTLAND STATE vs. PORTLAND
• ALL-TIME SERIES: Portland leads the all-time series, 35-17. The Pilots have won the last four meetings, including the last two at the Stott Center... the Pilots lead the series 11-7 since Portland State reinstated its program and joined the Big Sky Conference in 1996-97.
• LAST SEASON: PORTLAND 83, PORTLAND STATE 71: The Pilots won their fourth straight in the series in a decisive win at the Chiles Center. Portland point guard Alec Wintering scored a game-high 27 points with six assists... PSU shot only .257 in the first half to fall behind 41-24 and could never catch up... UP shot 50%, the  Vikings shot 40%, and the Pilots won the battle on the glass, 44-27.
• COACHES: Vikings Coach Tyler Geving (87-101, 7th season) is 1-4 all-time against the Pilots. He has a 4-8 record all-time against members of the West Coast Conference. Pilots Head Coach Eric Reveno (131-162, 10th season) is 4-4 all-time against the Vikings.
• VIKINGS VS. WEST COAST CONFERENCE: Portland State is 33-69 all-time against current members of the West Coast Conference. Portland is Portland State's only WCC opponent this year.
 
PORTLAND PILOTS
• The University of Portland was 17-16 last season, 7-11 and tied for sixth in the West Coast Conference.
• Portland has two starters and seven letterwinners returning from last season.
• The Pilots have started out this season at 3-4, they are 0-4 on the road (0-2 away, 0-2 neutral).
• Portland averages a remarkable 11.8 three-point field goals per game, shooting at a .415 clip. Inexplicably, the Pilots shoot only .582 at the free throw line... UP has been getting out-rebounded by 6.6 per game, but forces more than 17 turnovers per game.
• Bryce Pressley is averaging 13.6 points and 4.7 rebounds per game to lead the team in both categories. He has made 23-42 three-point field goals this season (.548).
• Point guard Alec Wintering is averaging 11.9 points and 6.6 assists per game.
• D'Marques Tyson averages 11.6 points and has made 21 three-pointers.
 
SUSTAINABLE AND RECYCLABLE VIKING QUICK NOTES
WINNING LINES
• Portland State is 3-2 this season, 2-0 at home, 1-2 on the road.
• PSU has won seven straight non-conference home games dating to 2013.
Stott Stuff
• PSU has gone 152-56 in 208 games at the Stott Center since the 1996-97 season. Including home games at Memorial Coliseum (12-6) and the Rose Garden (19-9), the Vikings are 183-71 at home over 20 seasons.
• Portland State is 59-27 at home in six seasons under Tyler Geving.
• Since the start of the 2006-07 season, PSU is 96-30 at home, including 55-26 in Big Sky Conference regular season and tournament games.
• Portland State has lost only six non-conference home games in the last nine seasons (41-6). PSU is 23-6 against Division I schools, and 18-0 against lower division schools over that span.
 
WHO IS HOT?
• The Vikings are shooting .506 from the field as a team. Portland State has out-shot its opponent in all five games this season.
• GR F Cameron Forte is averaging 22.4 points, 9.0 rebounds and shooting .597 from the field. Forte has three 20-point games and two double-doubles.
• JR G Calaen Robinson had 11 assists against Multnomah, the most by a Viking since Feb. 5, 2009.
• SO F Isaiah Pineiro is 21-33 from the field this season (.636).
• GR G Donivine Stewart has nine assists and two turnovers in 85 minutes of play.
• Portland State has held opponents to .368 shooting from the field.
• The Vikings are outrebounding opponents by 6.0 per game.
 
WHO IS NOT?
• Portland State is shooting .654 from the free throw line.
• The Vikings have committed 101 fouls in five games.
• Portland State has committed more turnovers than its opponents (71/68).
• PSU's top returning scorer from last season, JR F Braxton Tucker has missed the first five games of the season while recovering from injury.
 
DEFENSIVE DOMINANCE: Portland State has held all five opponents at .420 or less from the field - the statistical goal that Head Coach Tyler Geving sets for his team. Three opponents have shot below .360 from the field. Overall, opponents are shooting .368 from the field and .289 from three-point range.
 
KEY ADDITIONS: With nine new players on the Viking roster this season, Head Coach Tyler Geving was counting on some big contributions from the newcomers. So far, he hasn't been disappointed.
• GR F Cameron Forte, a transfer from Georgia, leads the Vikings in scoring (22.4) and rebounding (9.0).
• SO F Isaiah Pineiro has two double-doubles and is averaging 9.4 points and 7.6 rebounds.
• GR G Donivine Stewart, a transfer from SIUE, has nine assists and only two turnovers at point guard in 85 minutes of play.
• JR F De'Sean Parsons, a transfer from Salt Lake CC, has started two games and averages 6.4 points and 3.2 rebounds.
• JR G Khari Holloway, a transfer from Mesa CC, is averaging 13.5 minutes per game.
• JR C Namdi Okonkwo, a transfer from Western Wyoming JC, had nine rebounds and three blocked shots in 15 minutes against PLU.
• For good measure, RS JR G Calaen Robinson, a transfer from Arizona State who redshirted for the Vikings last year, is averaging 11.0 points and 4.4 assists.
 
FORTISSIMO: GR F Cameron Forte has been loud and strong with his performance in his first five games as a Viking. In 125 minutes of playing time, Forte has scored 112 points with 45 rebounds. He is 46-77 from the field (.597).
• Forte has three 20-point games and one 30-point game.
• He has two double-doubles on the season.
 
WHITE IS BACK: JR G Bryce White was limited to only 13 games last season due to back problems, but he appears to be quite healthy this year. White is averaging 12.0 points, 2.6 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.2 steals.
• White has three double-figure scoring games and one 20-point game.
 
SWAT STATS: SR C Collin Spickerman set a PSU record for blocked shots per game (2.48) last season while leading the Big Sky Conference. Spickerman has 11 blocks this season and 83 blocks in 34 career games, ranking fourth in PSU history.
• Spickerman blocked four shots and grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds in the season opener at Grand Canyon (11/13).
• Spickerman scored a career-high 13 points in the win at UTRGV (11/22).
• He has two games of four or more blocked shots.
 
MR. ROBINSON'S NEIGHBORHOOD: JR G Calaen Robinson is starting to hit his stride. In the last two games he has combined for 26 points, 15 assists and nine rebounds.
• Robinson's 11 assists against Multnomah were the most by a Viking since Feb. 5, 2009.
• Robinson has three double-figure scoring games.
• He leads the team in three-point field goals (12), three-point percentage (.444), assists (4.4) and steals (7).
 
DOUBLE TROUBLE: SO F Isaiah Pineiro put up back-to-back double-doubles on the road last week, getting 24 points and 14 rebounds at UTRGV and 13 points and 11 rebounds at Nevada.
• For the season, Pineiro averages 9.4 points and 7.6 rebounds in 18.5 minutes per game.
 
BIG SKY CONFERENCE LEADERS:
• GR F Cameron Forte leads the Big Sky conference in scoring at 22.4 points per game and offensive rebounds (3.8 per game).
• PSU leads the Big Sky Conference in scoring (85.8), field goal percentage (.506), field goal percentage defense (.368), scoring margin (+13.6) and rebounding margin (+6.0).
 
BETTER OFF THE BENCH: Portland State's top performances by players coming off the bench:
• GR F Cameron Forte had 22 points and eight rebounds in 17 minutes against Pacific Lutheran.
• JR G Calaen Robinson scored 13 points with two assists in 13 minutes against Pacific Lutheran.
• The Viking bench scored 62 points and had 32 rebounds in 104 total minutes against PLU.
• SO F Isaiah Pineiro had game-highs of 24 points (11-14 FG) and 14 rebounds in 29 minutes at UTRGV.
• GR F Cameron Forte scored a game-high 23 points with nine rebounds at Nevada.
• JR F De'Sean Parson scored 14 points (6-8 FG, 2-2 FT) with three rebounds in 17 minutes against Multnomah.
 
SEASON HIGHLIGHT REEL
• With a 105-60 win over Pacific Lutheran (11/13), Portland State had its first 100-point performance in a counting game since a 102-47 win over Walla Walla on Dec. 3, 2011. It was the most points by a Viking team since a 108-56 win at Montana on Mar. 1, 2008. GR F Cameron Forte had 22 points and eight rebounds and JR G Bryce White scored 20 points with four assists.
• SO F Isaiah Pineiro posted 24 points and 14 rebounds in a 79-61 win at UT Rio Grande Valley (11/22). GR F Cameron Forte had a double-double as well with 16 points and 10 rebounds.
• The Vikings had their second 100-point game of the season with a 100-82 win over Multnomah (11/28). GR F Cameron Forte had 31 points on 15-26 shots while grabbing 10 rebounds. JR G Calaen Robinson scored 13 points and handed out 11 assists - the most by a Viking since Feb. 5, 2009 - in the win.