2022 Phil Knight Legacy Tournament, 2nd Round

PORTLAND STATE VIKINGS (2-3) vs. WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAINEERS (4-1)

Friday, November 25, 2022, 6 p.m. • Moda Center (19,393), Portland, OR
Television: ESPN Networks (check listings) • Play-by-play: Dan Shulman • Analyst: Jay Bilas
Live Stats: www.ViksLive.com
Complete notes and stats in pdf

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THE OPENING TIP

There is no rest for the weary at the Phil Knight Legacy Tournament being played in Portland this week. The Portland State Vikings completed their first-round game against sixth-ranked Gonzaga - a 102-78 loss - just before midnight on Thursday at Memorial Coliseum. Their reward is a Friday evening matchup with West Virginia at Moda Center tipping off at 6 p.m. 
          
The Vikings (2-3) will need to bounce back quickly from a loss to one of the top programs in the nation as they take on West Virginia (4-1) of the Big 12 for the first time in their history. The Mountaineers lost their opening round game to 24th-ranked Purdue, 80-68.
          
PSU continues its journey in the nation's premier tournament on Sunday. Depending on the outcome of Friday's game, the Vikings will play either Oregon State (whom they defeated last week) or Florida at the Chiles Center at a time to be determined.
          
The Vikings had their hands full on Thursday with a hot-shooting Gonzaga team. The Bulldogs finished the night hitting .603 from the field, including 12-24 three-pointers, and held a 40-26 rebounding edge.  PSU simply couldn't keep up.
          
Portland State saw solid performances from JR G Jorell Saterfield who went for 21 points (7-15 FG, 5-8 3-pt, 2-2 FT) and SR G Cameron Parker with 16 points (6-9 FG, 4-5 FT) and eight assists.
          
Saterfield leads the Vikings in scoring this season (18.2), while Parker leads the team in assists (6.0) while shooting .615 from the field. JR F Hunter Woods comes off the bench for 11.6 points, and team-leading stats of 6.6 rebounds and 2.2 steals.
          
Saterfield is currently tied for the lead in the Big Sky Conference in scoring. Parker leads the Big Sky in assists.
 

WE'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE

Portland State appeared in the PK80 Tournament, a forerunner to this year's Phil Knight Legacy Tournament, back in 2017 compiling a 1-2 record. The Vikings put up a game challenge before losing to #1 Duke on Thanksgiving that year. The Vikings led 49-45 at halftime and had a lead as late as 14 minutes remaining but eventually lost 99-81. On the following day, the Vikings had a potential game-winning three-point shot at the buzzer against Butler, but missed and lost 71-69. PSU took down Stanford, 87-78, in the finale of the weekend event.
 

GAME NOTES: PORTLAND STATE vs. WEST VIRGINIA

• ALL-TIME SERIES: Portland State has never faced West Virginia.
• PORTLAND STATE vs. THE BIG 12 CONFERENCE: Portland State is 0-5 all-time against current members of the Big 12 Conference with losses to Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State and Oklahoma State.
• COACHES: Vikings Coach Jase Coburn (Arizona State, 2006) is in his second season as Head Coach and is 16-20 overall. Coburn has never faced Gonzaga. He spent eight previous seasons on the Park Blocks as an Assistant and Associate Head Coach... the Mountaineers are coached by Hall of Famer Bob Huggins (West Virginia, 1977) who is 330-189 in his 16-year career at West Virginia, 920-399 in 40 seasons of coaching.

 

SCOUTING WEST VIRGINIA

• West Virginia is a member of the Big 12 Conference located in Morgantown, WV.
• The Mountaineers are currently 4-1, having lost to #24 Purdue, 80-68, in the first round of the PKL. West Virginia has beaten Mount St. Mary's, Pittsburgh, Penn and Morehead State this season.
• Senior guard Erik Stevenson leads the team in scoring at 14.6 points per game. Senior guard Joe Toussaint comes off the bench for 11.6 points per game. SR F Tre Mitchell averages 11.0 points and shoots .588 from the field.

 

OTHER POTENTIAL OPPONENTS FOR THE VIKINGS AT PKL

Round three
Oregon State - OSU leads the series, 16-1 (PSU 79, OSU 66, Nov. 19 in Corvallis)
Florida - Never met
 
 

WHO IS HOT

• JR G Jorell Saterfield had another 20-point night with 21 against Gonzaga, hitting 7-15 from the field, 5-8 from three-point range and 2-2 at the line.... he posted his second career high of the season with 26 points (8-17 FG, 4-9 3-pt FG, 6-6 FT) in the win at Oregon State. He set a new collegiate high for rebounds against Evergreen with 10... Saterfield leads the Vikings in scoring at 18.2 points per game and is tied for first in the Big Sky Conference.
• SR G Cameron Parker had another big night against Gonzaga with 16 points (6-9 
• FG, 4-5 FT) and eight assists... he matched his collegiate career high with 23 points (8-13 FG, 2-5 3pt, 5-7 FT) and six assists at Portland. Parker had previously scored 23 points in a game for Sacred Heart in 2019... Parker is shooting .615 from the field, averaging 14.4 points and a Big Sky Conference-leading 6.0 assists... he also leads in assist-to-turnover ratio (3.00).
• JR F Hunter Woods had a season-high 19 points (7-12 FG, 3-7 3-pt, 2-2 FT) in the win at Oregon State... he opened his PSU career with a double-double at Portland (11 pts, 14 reb, 3 ast, 3 st, 2 blk)... Woods leads the team in rebounding at 6.6 per game and steals at 2.2... he ranks 10th in the Big Sky in rebounding and second in steals.
• JR G Isiah Kirby is an impact player off the bench, scoring 55 points in 75 minutes. He is the team's fourth-leading scorer at 11.0 points per game... Kirby shoots .500 from the field and .875 at the line.
• SR G Mikal Starks scored a season-high 11 points against Gonzaga (2-7 FG, 7-8 FT).
• The Vikings were 15-17 at the line against Gonzaga (.917) and are shooting .802 as a team from the charity stripe this season.