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Dec. 4, 2012; Portland, OR, USA; Portland Pilots guard Kevin Bailey (00) drives to the basket against UNLV Rebels guard Justin Hawkins (31) in the second half at The Earle A.

GAME 9

PORTLAND PILOTS (3-5)

DECEMBER 8, 2012 – 12:00 PM

RUPP ARENA – LEXINGTON, KY

TV - ESPN2

The Pilots were last in action this past Tuesday as they took on the #21 UNLV Runnin Rebels, and led by as many as nine points in the second half, but UNLV took over with a 12-0 run and the Rebels won 68-60 to drop the Pilots to 3-5. Star forward Ryan Nicholas had 15 points and 19 rebounds for the Pilots.

The Pilots have lost eight straight to ranked opponents, and Kentucky is currently ranked 19th in the USA Today Coaches Poll.

Portland Roster

	#	POS.	W	H	COLLEGE
John Bailey	5	F	210	6-8	freshman
Riley Barker	14	C	225	6-10	freshman
Tim Douglas	11	G	160	5-10	freshman
Jasonn Hannibal	55	C	270	6-10	senior
Kramer Knutson	45	F	220	6-9	senior
Nemanja Mitrovic	33	G	200	6-5	junior
Taylor Mossman	10	G	185	6-2	freshman
Ryan Nicholas	32	F	235	6-7	freshman
Tanner Riley	3	G	200	6-3	freshman
Derrick Rodgers	15	G	210	6-1	sophomore
Luke Sikma	43	F	235	6-8	senior
Jared Stohl	20	G	165	6-2	senior
Korey Thieleke	21	G	170	6-3	freshman
Eric Waterford	1	G	180	6-1	junior

Portland Team Stats

TEAM STATISTICS	Portland	OPP
SCORING	500	554
Points per game	62.5	69.3
Scoring Margin	-6.8	-
FIELD GOALS-ATT	181-423	184-437
Field Goals percentage	.428	.421
Field Goals made per game	22.6	23.0
3 POINT FIELD GOALS-ATT	36-115	55-157
3-point Field Goals percentage	.313	.350
3-point Field Goals made per game	4.5	6.9
FREE THROWS-ATT	102-150	131-184
Free throw percentage	.680	.712
Free throws made per game	12.8	16.4
REBOUNDS	268	272
Rebounds per game	33.5	34.0
Rebounding margin	-0.5	-
ASSISTS	110	113
Assists Per Game	13.8	14.1
TURNOVERS	118	105
Turnovers per game	14.8	13.1
Turnover margin	1.7	-
Assist/Turnover ratio	0.9	1.1
STEALS	46	68
Steals per game	5.8	8.5
BLOCKS	32	25
Blocks per game	4.0	3.1

Individual Stats

				Minutes		Total			3-pts			F-Throws			Rebounds										Scoring
##	Player	GP	GS	Tot	Avg	FG	FGA	FG%	3FG	3FGA	3PT%	FT	FTA	FT%	Off	Def	Tot	Avg	PF	A	Ast/G	TO	Stl	Blk	Pts	Avg
32	NICHOLAS, Ryan	8	8	246	30.8	40	98	.408	7	24	.292	22	32	.688	20	61	81	10.1	23	16	2.0	15	11	1	109	13.6
00	BAILEY, Kevin	8	8	180	22.5	26	63	.413	5	16	.313	23	30	.767	2	12	14	1.8	27	12	1.5	24	8	8	80	10.0
12	VAN DER MARS, Thomas	8	8	166	20.8	24	33	.727	0	0	.000	7	14	.500	12	23	35	4.4	26	8	1.0	14	0	4	55	6.9
35	CARR, David	8	8	173	21.6	15	41	.366	6	18	.333	1	3	.333	0	9	9	1.1	8	21	2.6	6	3	1	37	4.6
21	THIELEKE, Korey	8	5	191	23.9	20	47	.426	3	15	.200	11	16	.688	8	16	24	3.0	16	10	1.3	9	12	9	54	6.8
03	RILEY, Tanner	8	3	156	19.5	17	40	.425	9	24	.375	6	7	.857	2	10	12	1.5	11	4	0.5	7	2	0	49	6.1
15	RODGERS, Derrick	8	0	148	18.5	11	28	.393	1	4	.250	14	19	.737	1	11	12	1.5	11	19	2.4	17	5	1	37	4.6
14	BARKER, Riley	7	0	124	17.7	10	20	.500	0	0	.000	5	10	.500	9	17	26	3.7	14	6	0.9	6	3	3	25	3.6
45	REINFELDS, Oskars	8	0	104	13.0	8	23	.348	4	9	.444	3	8	.375	2	10	12	1.5	14	8	1.0	7	1	0	23	2.9
01	PRESSLEY, Bryce	6	0	51	8.5	5	10	.500	1	5	.200	6	6	1.000	2	4	6	1.0	6	3	0.5	6	1	1	17	2.8
05	BAILEY, John	8	0	44	5.5	3	16	.188	0	0	.000	2	3	.667	5	6	11	1.4	8	3	0.4	5	0	4	8	1.0
11	EHLERS, Jake	6	0	19	3.2	2	4	.500	0	0	.000	2	2	1.000	0	1	1	0.2	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	6	1.0
	Total	8		1602		181	423	.428	36	115	.313	102	150	.680	76	192	268	33.5	165	110	13.8	118	46	32	500	62.50
	Opponents			1601	200.1	184	437	.421	55	157	.350	131	184	.712	84	188	272	34.0	141	113	14.1	105	68	25	554	69.25

I fully expect with John Calipari hammering away at his team about conditioning and playing 40 minutes of solid basketball, the Cats will pounce on the Pilots early and often and earn their sixth win of the season. Kentucky wins, 81-56