2022–23 Portland Pilots women's basketball team

The 2022–23 Portland Pilots women's basketball team represented the University of Portland in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Pilots were led by fourth-year coach Michael Meek. They played their homes games at Chiles Center and were members of the West Coast Conference (WCC).

2022–23 Portland Pilots women's basketball
St. Pete Showcase champions WCC tournament champions
NCAA tournament, first round
Conference	West Coast Conference
Record	23–9 (15–3 WCC)
Head coach	Michael Meek (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Tom Batsell Skyler Young Sharon Rissmiller
Home arena	Chiles Center

2022–23 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 19 Gonzaga	17	–	1		.944			28	–	5		.848
Portland†	15	–	3		.833			23	–	9		.719
San Diego	11	–	7		.611			19	–	14		.576
BYU	9	–	9		.500			16	–	17		.485
San Francisco	9	–	9		.500			19	–	13		.594
Pacific	8	–	10		.444			15	–	17		.469
Saint Mary's	6	–	12		.333			13	–	18		.419
Santa Clara	6	–	12		.333			15	–	17		.469
Pepperdine	5	–	13		.278			11	–	19		.367
Loyola Marymount	4	–	14		.222			7	–	23		.233
† 2023 WCC tournament winner As of March 24, 2023 Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

The Pilots finished the season at 20–11 and 8–7 in WCC play, to finish in fourth place. They defeated in the quarterfinals WCC women's tournament to Loyola Marymount before losing to BYU in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the WNIT they defeated Colorado State in the first round before losing to Oregon State in second round.

Offseason

Departures

Due to COVID-19 disruptions throughout NCAA sports in 2020–21, the NCAA announced that the 2020–21 season would not count against the athletic eligibility of any individual involved in an NCAA winter sport, including women's basketball. This meant that all seniors in 2020–21 had the option to return for 2021–22.

Portland departures

Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Rose Pflug	2	G	5'10"	Junior	Portland, OR	TBD
Camryn Collman	3	G	5'10"	Freshman	La Grande, OR	Transferred to Idaho State
Maddie Muhlheim	15	G	5'8"	Senior	Portland, OR	Graduated

Recruiting

There were no recruiting classing class of 2022.

Roster

2022–23 Portland Pilots women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 McKelle Meek 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Southridge HS Beaverton, OR F 2 Keeley Frawley 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Haileybury Melbourne, Australia G 3 Florence Dallow 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Epsom Girls' Beaverton, OR G 4 Melika Samia 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Mount Maunganui College Napier, New Zealand G 5 Emme Shearer 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Mount Maunganui College Auckland, New Zealand G 10 Haylee Andrews 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Townsville State HS Townsville, Australia G 11 Emma Strelein 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Kennedy Baptist Perth, Australia F 12 Alex Fowler 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr St Margaret Mary's College Townsville, Australia G 14 Chance Bucher 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Pinewood School Half Moon Bay, CA F 21 Emily Sewell 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Centre of Excellence Melbourne, Australia G 22 MJ Bruno 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Central Valley HS Spokane, WA F 23 Liana Kaitu'u 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Jr East HS Salt Lake City, UT G 24 Maisie Burnham 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Liberty HS Eastern Washington Spangle, WA F 30 Lucy Cochrane 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Jr Catholic Ladies College Oregon Melbourne, Australia G 32 Kelsey Lenzie 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr West Seattle HS Seattle, WA C 34 Maddi Condron 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Jr Braemar College Woodend, Australia	Head coach Michael Meek (Eastern Oregon) Assistant coach(es) Tom Batsell (Pacific) Skyler Young (Western Michigan) Sharon Rissmiller (Portland) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: July 12, 2024

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 2, 2022* 6:00 p.m.		Warner Pacific	W 94–45		17 – tied	6 – Shearer	7 – Meek	Chiles Center (261) Portland, OR
Non-conference regular season
November 7, 2022* 5:00 p.m.		Willamette	W 92–56	1–0	20 – Kaitu'u	9 – Burnham	6 – Shearer	Chiles Center (294) Portland, OR
November 9, 2022* 5:00 p.m.		Hawaii	W 70–54	2–0	22 – Burnham	6 – Fowler	9 – Fowler	Chiles Center (492) Portland, OR
November 13, 2022* 2:00 p.m., ESPN2		No. 2 Stanford	L 47–87	2–1	13 – Kaitu'u	6 – Burnham	3 – Fowler	Chiles Center (2,047) Portland, OR
November 18, 2022* 6:00 p.m.		at San Diego State	L 53–55	2–2	14 – Fowler	11 – Cochrane	7 – Meek	Viejas Arena (1,490) San Diego, CA
November 20, 2022* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at UC San Diego	L 76–85	2–3	16 – Fowler	8 – Shearer	3 – Fowler	LionTree Arena (312) San Diego, CA
November 24, 2022* 2:30 p.m., FloSports		vs. Houston St. Pete Showcase	W 66–60	3–3	20 – Fowler	8 – Cochrane	4 – Cochrane	McArthur Gymnasium (115) St. Petersburg, FL
November 26, 2022* 11:00 a.m., FloSports		vs. Northeastern St. Pete Showcase	W 67–41	4–3	14 – Fowler	9 – Burnham	5 – Cochrane	McArthur Gymnasium (128) St. Petersburg, FL
November 30, 2022* 11:00 a.m.		Evergreen State	W 87–35	5–3	16 – Fowler	6 – Fowler	6 – Meek	Chiles Center (881) Portland, OR
December 3, 2022* 2:00 p.m., P12N		at No. 19 Oregon	L 51–90	5–4	19 – Fowler	5 – Cochrane	4 – Andrews	Matthew Knight Arena (5,892) Eugene, OR
December 7, 2022* 6:00 p.m., KRCW		Washington State	L 63–69	5–5	15 – Fowler	6 – tied	4 – Meek	Chiles Center (519) Portland, OR
December 10, 2022* 3:00 p.m., KRCW		Portland State	W 71–56	6–5	27 – Fowler	9 – Fowler	4 – Andrews	Chiles Center (307) Portland, OR
WCC regular season
December 17, 2022 5:00 p.m.		San Diego	W 84–81	7–5 (1–0)	19 – tied	7 – Frawley	6 – Andrews	Chiles Center (458) Portland, OR
December 19, 2022 6:00 p.m., KRCW		BYU	W 67–45	8–5 (2–0)	18 – Fowler	8 – Andrews	8 – Andrews	Chiles Center (448) Portland, OR
December 29, 2022 7:00 p.m.		at Loyola Marymount	W 70–61	9–5 (3–0)	24 – Fowler	5 – tied	9 – Andrews	Gersten Pavilion (408) Los Angeles, CA
December 31, 2022 1:00 p.m.		at Pepperdine	W 86–76	10–5 (4–0)	21 – Burnham	7 – Fowler	9 – Andrews	Firestone Fieldhouse (176) Malibu, CA
January 5, 2023 6:00 p.m., KRCW		Santa Clara	W 81–71	11–5 (5–0)	26 – Fowler	8 – Andrews	6 – tied	Chiles Center (303) Portland, OR
January 7, 2022 5:00 p.m.		San Francisco	W 77–46	12–5 (6–0)	21 – Shearer	8 – Fowler	14 – Andrews	Chiles Center (888) Portland, OR
January 14, 2023 5:00 p.m., KRCW		No. 20 Gonzaga	L 66–73	12–6 (6–1)	27 – Andrews	6 – Andrews	5 – Fowler	Chiles Center (1,167) Portland, OR
January 19, 2023 6:30 p.m.		at Saint Mary's	W 64–41	13–6 (7–1)	18 – Fowler	6 – tied	5 – Meek	University Credit Union Pavilion (272) Moraga, CA
January 21, 2023 2:00 p.m.		at Pacific	W 81–67	14–6 (8–1)	20 – tied	9 – Shearer	5 – Frawley	Alex G. Spanos Center (325) Stockton, CA
January 26, 2023 6:00 p.m., KRCW		Pepperdine	W 70–57	15–6 (9–1)	26 – Fowler	5 – tied	4 – Meek	Chiles Center (463) Portland, OR
January 28, 2023 7:00 p.m.		Loyola Marymount	W 58–39	16–6 (10–1)	12 – Shearer	10 – Shearer	4 – Fowler	Chiles Center (633) Portland, OR
February 2, 2023 6:00 p.m.		at San Francisco	W 83–80 OT	17–6 (11–1)	23 – Fowler	9 – tied	5 – Meek	War Memorial Gymnasium  San Francisco, CA
February 4, 2023 2:00 p.m.		at Santa Clara	W 80–68	18–6 (12–1)	26 – Fowler	6 – Fowler	5 – Shearer	Leavey Center (1,002) Santa Clara, CA
February 11, 2023 1:00 p.m., RTNW		at No. 23 Gonzaga	L 53–63	18–7 (12–2)	13 – tied	9 – Fowler	5 – Meek	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA
February 16, 2023 6:00 p.m., KRCW		Saint Mary's	W 77–66	19–7 (13–2)	29 – Burnham	8 – Cochrane	5 – Meek	Chiles Center (736) Portland, OR
February 18, 2023 3:00 p.m.		Pacific	W 57–46	20–7 (14–2)	12 – tied	8 – Frawley	4 – Meek	Chiles Center (1,159) Portland, OR
February 25, 2023 2:00 p.m.		at San Diego	L 58–74	20–8 (14–3)	15 – Fowler	7 – Frawley	15 – Fowler	Jenny Craig Pavilion (301) San Diego, CA
February 27, 2023 4:00 p.m., BYUtv		at BYU Rescheduled from February 23	W 61–49	21–8 (15–3)	17 – Kaitu'u	6 – tied	5 – Fowler	Marriott Center (815) Provo, UT
WCC women's tournament
March 6, 2023 2:30 p.m., RTNW/BYUtv	(2)	vs. (6) Pacific Semifinals	W 75–72	22–8	29 – Fowler	6 – Fowler	6 – Meek	Orleans Arena  Paradise, NV
March 7, 2023 1:00 p.m., ESPNU	(2)	vs. (1) No. 16 Gonzaga Championship	W 64–60	23–8	19 – Burnham	11 – Fowler	5 – Cochrane	Orleans Arena  Paradise, NV
NCAA tournament
March 18, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ESPNU	(12 G1)	vs. (5 G1) No. 16 Oklahoma First round	L 63–85	23–9	18 – Fowler	7 – Fowler	3 – tied	Pauley Pavilion  Los Angeles, CA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. G1=Greenville 1. All times are in Pacific.

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See also

• 2022–23 Portland Pilots men's basketball team