# 2024–25 Portland Pilots women's basketball team

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.

## 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 |

#### Recruiting

There were no recruiting classing class of 2024.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | 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 | W 80–61 | 15–2 (4–2) | 16 – Shearer | 7 – Burnham | 11 – Meek | Chiles Center (636) Portland, OR |
| January 11, 2025 5:00 p.m., KRCW/ESPN+ | | San Francisco | W 74–60 | 16–2 (5–2) | 18 – Burnham | 10 – Hull | 4 – Mark | Chiles Center (1,097) Portland, OR |
| January 16, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Gonzaga | L 65–66 | 16–3 (5–3) | 20 – Burnham | 6 – Hull | 3 – Tied | McCarthey Athletic Center (5,414) Spokane, WA |
| January 18, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Oregon State | W 86–61 | 17–3 (6–3) | 26 – Burnham | 7 – Tied | 6 – Shearer | Gill Coliseum (4,695) Corvallis, OR |
| January 23, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Washington State | W 83–65 | 18–3 (7–3) | 24 – Shearer | 12 – Mark | 7 – Meek | Beasley Coliseum (1,015) Pullman, WA |
| January 30, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Saint Mary's | W 66–58 | 19–3 (8–3) | 25 – Burnham | 11 – Mark | 10 – Shearer | Chiles Center (1,039) Portland, OR |
| February 1, 2025 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Pepperdine | W 76–52 | 20–3 (9–3) | 24 – Shearer | 11 – Hull | 4 – Tied | Chiles Center (1,240) Portland, OR |
| February 6, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at San Diego | W 66–64 | 21–3 (10–3) | 22 – Burnham | 7 – Mark | 5 – Meek | Jenny Craig Pavilion (142) San Diego, CA |
| February 10, 2025 3:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Pepperdine Rescheduled from January 9 | W 77–75 $^{OT}$ | 22–3 (11–3) | 21 – Burnham | 12 – Mark | 5 – Tied | Firestone Fieldhouse (153) Malibu, CA |
| February 13, 2025 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Saint Mary's | W 71–69 | 23–3 (12–3) | 26 – Shearer | 9 – Mark | 11 – Mark | University Credit Union Pavilion (275) Moraga, CA |
| February 15, 2025 3:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Washington State | W 84–79 | 24–3 (13–3) | 31 – Burnham | 9 – Mark | 11 – Meek | Chiles Center (1,518) Portland, OR |
| February 20, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | San Diego | W 81–65 | 25–3 (14–3) | 21 – Shearer | 7 – Hull | 7 – Meek | Chiles Center (756) Portland, OR |
| February 22, 2025 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Santa Clara | W 73–66 | 26–3 (15–3) | 23 – Mark | 11 – Mark | 4 – Tied | Chiles Center (1,158) Portland, OR |
| February 27, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at San Francisco | W 68–67 | 27–3 (16–3) | 20 – Shearer | 10 – Hull | 5 – Meek | Sobrato Center (305) San Francisco, CA |
| March 1, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Pacific | W 94–88 $^{OT}$ | 28–3 (17–3) | 28 – Shearer | 10 – Mark | 3 – Shearer | Alex G. Spanos Center (640) Stockton, CA |
| WCC tournament |||||||||
| March 10, 2025 2:30 p.m., ESPN+ | (2) | vs. (3) Washington State Semifinals | W 72–57 | 29–3 | 19 – Burnham | 12 – Mark | 4 – Shearer | Orleans Arena (2,936) Paradise, NV |
| March 11, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN2 | (2) | vs. (4) Oregon State Championship | L 46–59 | 29–4 | 16 – Burnham | 6 – Shearer | 4 – Burnham | Orleans Arena (1,737) Paradise, NV |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time. |||||||||