Vikings Stay in San Diego, Move from Toreros to Tritons for Thursday Midday Game

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After a nail-biter 70-67 loss against San Diego Tuesday, the Portland State women's basketball team hope to make a comeback when they take on UC San Diego Thursday at 11 a.m. PT.

GAME #4: PORTLAND STATE (0-3) at UC SAN DIEGO (1-1)
GAME DETAILS: Thurs, Nov. 12, 11 a.m. PT, La Jolla, Calif. (LionTree Arena)
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SCOUTING UC SAN DIEGO:

The University of California San Diego Tritons lost their season opener against Washington 79-63 (Nov. 2) and beat San Diego 90-88 in overtime in their home opener (Nov. 7).
Last season, the Tritons had a 24-9 overall record and a 17-3 conference record, finishing tied for first in the Big West Conference.
The Tritons were ranked fifth in the Preseason Mid-Major Top 25®, a national ranking system by CollegeInsider.com in which 31 Division I coaches vote.
UC San Diego was picked to finish first in the Big West women's basketball preseason poll.
Three Tritons were named to the All-Big West Women's Basketball Preseason Coaches' Team: senior Erin Condron, sophomore Lev Feiman and graduate student Rosa Smith.
Condron led the team last season in points (515), points per game (15.6), rebounds (280), blocks (44), and field goals made (212). She currently leads the team in points with 33.
Feiman was second on the team in three-point percentage (.395) last season. Feiman also made the Big West All-Freshman Team last year after finishing the season with 182 points and leading the team in free-throw percentage (.885).
Feiman led the team in scoring in their last game (vs. San Diego, Nov. 7) with 21 points.
Smith recorded 16 double-figure scoring efforts last season, including three 20-point games. She finished fourth on the team in scoring with 349 points and an average of 10.9 points per game.
Junior Coryn Watts, who transferred to the team this season from Denver, led the team in scoring in their season opener (Nov. 2 at Washington) with 15.
UC San Diego is led by head coach Heidi VanDerveer, who is in her fifteenth season as head coach. She has an overall record of 277-140.

ALL TIME SERIES:

This will be the second-ever meeting between Portland State and UC San Diego. Their first game resulted in a 94-64 loss to UC San Diego on Nov. 30, 2025.

QUICK HITTERS:

Junior Teagan Colvin currently leads the team in points (49), rebounds (20), and assists (9). She has scored in double figures in the Vikings' first three games this season, setting a new career high in points three games in a row. Colvin ranks in the top 10 of the Big Sky for points (49, 5th), points per game (16.3, 8th), and minutes played per game (36.27, 2nd).
The Vikings have shown great improvement in ball control this season. Last season, they ranked last in the Big Sky with a minus-3.77 turnover margin. But through three games this season, the Vikings are plus-5.33 in turnovers, ranking them third in the Big Sky. They rank third in the conference and 21st nationally while giving up only 10.7 turnovers per game.
One of the Vikings' best offensive weapons has been their free throw shooting. They rank third in the conference with a .756 free throw percentage. Junior guard Kyleigh Brown is 6-for-6 from the line this season. Teagan Colvin, meanwhile, ranks fourth in the Big Sky in free throw percentage at .867 (13-for-15).
The Vikings enter their second year under head coach Karlie Burris, as well as associate head coach Kerri Nakamoto and assistant coach Hailey King.
Assistant coach Jodi Page joins the Vikings from Sacramento State, where she helped lead the Hornets to a semifinal appearance at the 2026 Big Sky tournament.
After Burris only had one recruit out of 14 players on last year's roster, she will have more ownership of this year's roster having brought in 10 newcomers. She's also coached the Vikings' five returners for a year.
Last season, the Vikings had an overall record of 6-25, 2-16 in Big Sky conference play.
Kyleigh Brown led the team in points (517), points per game (16.7), three-pointers (37), minutes played (1035), field goals (181) and free throws (118) last season.
The Vikings won their exhibition game 111-48 on Oct. 27 against Warner Pacific. If that game had counted, it would have been the highest scoring game in 32 years, dating back to when the Vikings scored 112 points against Alaska Fairbanks on Jan. 20, 1994. Additionally, if the game had counted, it would have been the first game with six different Vikings in double figures since Nov. 5, 2019, against Multnomah.
The Vikings won their home opener last season, 89-52, against Willamette on Nov. 11, 2025. That was their highest scoring game of the 2025-26 season, as well as their highest score differential (37).
The Vikings lost their home opener this season, 59-43, against Pepperdine.
The 2026-27 Vikings are the youngest team in the Big Sky. They welcome seven true freshmen: Nihoa Dunn, Emma Zuniga, Aspen McClees, Maaya Lucas, Alex Padilla, Maile Starns, and Liv Collins. Two redshirt freshmen hope to see action this season: Kailee Field and Ryme Jaekel.
Three players join the Vikings from the transfer portal for the 2026-27 season: junior Teagan Colvin (UNLV), sophomore Jordyn Smith (Cal Poly Humboldt), and sophomore Sara Barhoum (Oregon).
Besides Field and Jaekel, the Vikings only have three returning faces: Brown, senior Laynee Torres-Kahapea, and senior Kirstine Munk.

COACHING STAFF:

Head coach Karlie Burris returns to the helm for the second year. She has a 6-29 record with the Vikings.
Burris came to the Vikings after being part of a highly successful four-year stretch at UNLV from 2021-25. Serving as an assistant coach under Lindy La Rocque, Burris helped lead the Lady Rebels to four straight Mountain West Conference regular-season titles, as well as three Mountain West Conference tournament titles in 2022, 2023 and 2024.
Kerri Nakamoto, associate head coach and Burris' "top draft choice," also enters her second season at Portland State. Nakamoto came to the Vikings after four years as an assistant with Santa Clara University (2021-25). She helped lead the Broncos to a 25-win season and a postseason berth in the WBIT where they made the second round in 2023-24.
Hailey King, assistant coach, followed head coach Karlie Burris from UNLV to Portland State and will serve her second year as an assistant coach for the Vikings during the 2026-27 season.
Jodi King, assistant coach, joins the Vikings for the 2026-27 season. Burris and Page overlapped while both assistant coaches at Cal State Fullerton during the 2019-20 season.

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Players Mentioned

#12 Kyleigh Brown: G; 5' 8"; Junior; 2L

#1 Kailee Field: G; 5' 10"; Redshirt Freshman; RS

#2 Ryme Jaekel: G; 5' 9"; Redshirt Freshman; RS

#10 Kirstine Munk: F; 6' 0"; Senior; 2L

#3 Laynee Torres-Kahapea: G; 5' 6"; Senior; 3L

#5 Liv Collins: G; 5' 8"; Freshman; HS

#33 Nihoa Dunn: F; 6' 1"; Freshman; HS

#22 Aspen McClees: G; 5' 9"; Freshman; HS

#13 Alex Padilla: F; 6' 1"; Freshman; HS

#23 Emma Zuniga: F; 5' 10"; Freshman; HS

Players Mentioned

#12 Kyleigh Brown
: 5' 8"; Junior; 2L
: G

#1 Kailee Field
: 5' 10"; Redshirt Freshman; RS
: G

#2 Ryme Jaekel
: 5' 9"; Redshirt Freshman; RS
: G

#10 Kirstine Munk
: 6' 0"; Senior; 2L
: F

#3 Laynee Torres-Kahapea
: 5' 6"; Senior; 3L
: G

#5 Liv Collins
: 5' 8"; Freshman; HS
: G

#33 Nihoa Dunn
: 6' 1"; Freshman; HS
: F

#22 Aspen McClees
: 5' 9"; Freshman; HS
: G

#13 Alex Padilla
: 6' 1"; Freshman; HS
: F

#23 Emma Zuniga
: 5' 10"; Freshman; HS
: F